How do I enable or disable home folder snapshotting?

You can enable or disable snapshotting of home folders by going to Shares > Home Folders > Settings. To disable, set the Snapshot Schedule to Never. To enable, set the Snapshot Schedule to the desired interval:

• Hourly: On the hour, every hour.
• Daily: Daily at midnight.
• Weekly: Every Friday at midnight.

How do I allow a user to have access to snapshots of their home folder?

To allow a user to have access to snapshots, go to Shares > Home Folders > Settings. Enable the Allow snapshot access checkbox for the required user and press Apply:

The user then sees a subfolder called 'snapshot' in their home folder. This subfolder contains the snapshots (read-only). Once the user has retrieved the data required from the snapshot, you can clear the Allow snapshot access checkbox to disable access.

How do I delete home folder snapshots?

The number of snapshots retained will be as per the Smart Snapshot Management retention rules:

• Hourly snapshots are kept for a period of 48 hours.
• Daily snapshots are kept for a period of 4 weeks.
• Weekly snapshots are kept for a period of 8 weeks.
• Monthly snapshots are retained forever.

See here for further information on Smart Snapshot Management.

If you wish to manually delete home folder snapshots, this can be done as follows:

• Go to Shares > Browse
• Navigate to the home folder directory, select the required user's home folder and then press Recover Files:

• You see all of the available snapshots for that home folder.
• Find the snapshot you wish to delete, right click on it, and select Delete.