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inSync 5.2 Private Cloud – Administrator’s Guide
Deleting Snapshots
With time, more and more data is backed up by users. This goes on till the user consumes the entire
user quota and then the backups fail. In such cases you have two options as an administrator. The first
is to increase the user quota. The second is to delete the older snapshots of data for the user's
devices. Snapshots are created every time a device backs up data to the inSync server. Deleting a
snapshot deletes the unique data corresponding to the snapshot and frees up space for the user on
the inSync server.
The inSync Server administrator can configure a primary storage and a secondary storage to contain
user data. You can delete snapshots from the primary storage or from the secondary storage.
To delete a snapshot:
1. From the Manage menu, click Users. The Manage Users page is displayed.
2. Click the user whose snapshots you want to delete. The user details page is displayed.
3. On the Restore button, click Manage Snapshots of Primary or Manage Snapshots of
Secondary depending on the storage from which you want to delete snapshots. The Manage
Snapshots window appears.
4. Click the device whose snapshots you want to delete. The snapshots corresponding to the
device is displayed. Each snapshot is identified by the date and time when they were created.
5. Select the snapshots that you want to delete and click Delete Snapshot. A message asking for
confirmation appears.
6. Click Yes.
The selected snapshots are deleted.
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