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Backups
P and Q drives
- Snapshots of each drive are taken "daily/hourly"
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- (every
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- 6
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- hours),
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- nightly,
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- and
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- weekly.
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- By
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- adding
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- ~snapshot
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- after
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- the
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- address,
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- the
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- user
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- can
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- see
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- two
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- days
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- worth
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- of
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- daily/hourly
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- snapshots,
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- 6
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- nights
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- of
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- nightly
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- snapshots,
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- and
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- 2
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- weeks
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- of
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- weekly
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- snapshots.
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- Database
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- backups
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- are
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- taken
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- nightly
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- and
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- weekly.
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- Full
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- backups
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- are
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- taken
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- once
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- a month with a Level 1 backup two weeks later backing up any changes since the first Full backup that month.
- Incremental backups are nightly and retained for 14 days.
- The first full backup of every month is retained for 3 months.
- The Level 1 backup every month is retained for 3 months.
Restores
- For P and Q drive restores, users should be encouraged to use snapshots to recover data lost within the past 14 days. Tip sheets:
- For all other restores, a request should be sent to the UIT Client Support Center/UIT DataCenter Operations.
Restores for Windows computers:
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-
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1.
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In
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Windows
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Explorer,
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display
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the
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contents
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of
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the
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mapped
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drive
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of
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the
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data
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stored
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on
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the
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CIFS
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server
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(e.g.
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\\rstore1\sharename$).
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2.
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Right-click
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the
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file
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or
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folder
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in
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the
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mapped
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network
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drive
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whose
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Snapshot
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copies
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you
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want
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to
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view
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or
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manage.
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3.
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Click
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Properties.
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Properties
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for
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the
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file
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or
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folder
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you
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selected
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are
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displayed.
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4.
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Click
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the
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Previous
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Versions
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tab.
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A
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list
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of
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available
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Snapshot
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copies
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of
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the
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selected
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file
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or
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folder
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is
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displayed
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in
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the
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Folder
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versions:
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box.
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The
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listed
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Snapshot
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copies
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are
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identified
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by
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the
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Snapshot
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copy
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name
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prefix
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and
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the
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creation
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timestamp.
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5.
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In
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the
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Folder
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versions:
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box,
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right-click
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the
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copy
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of
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the
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file
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or
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folder
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that
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you
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want
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to
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manage.
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6.
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Perform
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the
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appropriate
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action:
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6a.
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If
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you
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want
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to
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view
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data
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from
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that
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Snapshot
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copy:
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Click
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Open.
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6b.
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If
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you
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want
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to
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create
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a
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copy
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of
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data
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from
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that
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Snapshot
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copy:
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Click
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Copy.
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WARNING:
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If
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you
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click
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on
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"Restore",
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it
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will
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replace
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the
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contents
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of
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the
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folder
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or
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file
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you've
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selected
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with
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the
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previous
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version
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you've
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highlighted
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in
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the
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"Previous
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Versions"
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tab.
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You
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will
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lose
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any
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data
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that
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has
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changed
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since
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that
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snapshot
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was
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taken.
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It
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is
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much
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safer
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to
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copy
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back
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files
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you
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want
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to
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recover
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either
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the
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"Copy"
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button
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or
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by
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opening
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a
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snapshot
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and
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dragging
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and
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dropping
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the
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files
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you
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want
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to
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recover
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in
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Windows
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Explorer.
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Data
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in
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Snapshot
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copies
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is
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read-only.
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If
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you
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want
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to
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make
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modifications
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to
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files
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and
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folders
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listed
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in
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the
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Previous
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Versions
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tab,
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you
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must
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save
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a
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copy
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of
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the
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files
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and
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folders
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that
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you
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want
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to
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modify
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to
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a
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writable
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location
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and
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make
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modifications
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to
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the
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copies.
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7.
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After
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you
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finish
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managing
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Snapshot
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data,
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close
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the
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Properties
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dialog
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box
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by
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clicking
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OK.
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Restores
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for
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Mac
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and
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Linux
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computers:
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Follow
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the
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restore
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procedure
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here:
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Restores for NFS shares on the HPC cluster
Users can access their snapshots via
| Code Block |
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/.snapshot |
Information required to process a restore share from TTS :
- System name: Server name ex. titan
- Drive Letter: (if they do not know this leave blank)
- Exact Path name: copy the path of where the file needing to be restored is located
- Restore files as of this date: the date which the last known good file was
- Restore Destination: custom - only if the client wants the restore in a new location