{"id":135,"date":"2013-12-04T02:38:41","date_gmt":"2013-12-04T02:38:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.electrongoo.org\/?p=135"},"modified":"2014-04-30T22:31:47","modified_gmt":"2014-04-30T22:31:47","slug":"time-traveler-is-live","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/support.electrongoo.com\/?p=135","title":{"rendered":"A first-time users step-by-step guide to using Time Traveler for WHS"},"content":{"rendered":"

To follow along with these steps, it is assumed you have previously\u00a0installed and completed the one-time setup process for Time Traveler\u00a0on your Windows Home Server.<\/p>\n

Open the WHS Console and select the Time Traveler tab.\u00a0 You will\u00a0see a list of WHS shares available for rollback.\u00a0 To enable a\u00a0Share for rollback, right-click on the Share and select Enable.<\/p>\n

\"select<\/p>\n

Time Traveler will automatically create a rollback-point for all\u00a0files within the selected Share.\u00a0 Notice the status changes to \u00a0\u00a0 “Updating Database” in the lower-left corner.\u00a0 As soon as the\u00a0rollback-point is complete, this status will return to “Online.”\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 The first rollback-point you create for each Share will take the\u00a0longest amount of time since Time Traveler has to process each byte \u00a0\u00a0 of every file within the Share; so be patient.\u00a0 Future\u00a0rollback-points will be much quicker as only new and changed files will be processed.<\/p>\n

\"creating<\/p>\n

Now that you’ve created your first rollback-point, you can view the \u00a0\u00a0 rollback to make sure everything worked correctly.\u00a0 Select the\u00a0Share which you created the rollback-point above, right-click, and select View\u00a0Rollbacks.<\/p>\n

\"rollback<\/p>\n

You will now see the View Rollbacks window which contains a list of\u00a0all files and folders within the Share you selected.\u00a0 You can \u00a0\u00a0 click-through each folder on the right-hand side to view sub-folders\u00a0and files.\u00a0 As you select a file or folder on the right-hand \u00a0\u00a0 side, a list of all versions of the selected file or folder will display on the left-side.\u00a0 For our case, you should see a single\u00a0version for each file and each folder.\u00a0 When you’re done viewing\u00a0the rollback-points press the Exit key to return to Time Traveler and\u00a0the WHS Console.<\/p>\n

\"view<\/p>\n

Now we can configure Time Traveler to automatically create new\u00a0rollback-points whenever a file is added or changed.\u00a0 Note the\u00a0on-file-change option is only one of four options available to you\u00a0for configuring when Time Traveler creates rollback-points.\u00a0 You \u00a0\u00a0 could also select: periodically, daily, or manually.\u00a0 For the\u00a0purpose of this document, we’ll select on-file-change since it’s the\u00a0easiest method to create rollback-points.<\/p>\n

Located at the bottom of the Time Traveler screen, select the Create Rollbacks listbox and select On File Change.\u00a0 The default\u00a0setting will automatically create a new rollback-point ten seconds\u00a0after a file is added or changed within any of the Shares you have\u00a0selected.<\/p>\n

\"Set<\/p>\n

Now that Time Traveler is setup to automatically create\u00a0rollback-points for us, open an Explorer window to view the WHS \u00a0\u00a0 Share you have selected above.\u00a0 Now, within that Share, either make a change to an existing file or add a new file.\u00a0 Now wait ten \u00a0\u00a0 seconds and you will notice Time Traveler changes status from “Online” to “Updating Database” while the new rollback-point is being\u00a0created.<\/p>\n

\"create<\/p>\n

After Time Traveler finalizes the new rollback-point, the status will\u00a0display “Online,”\u00a0You can once again right-click the Share and\u00a0select View Rollbacks.\u00a0 Now, locate the file you changed (or added) above and verify a new rollback-point has been saved.\u00a0\u00a0Notice there are now two rollback points for our file since we’ve \u00a0\u00a0 created two different rollback-points on the file.\u00a0 Easy!<\/p>\n

\"view<\/p>\n

Now, go back to the Explorer window of your Share and edit the file a few more times (you’ll need to wait ten seconds, or whatever value \u00a0\u00a0 you have configured in Time Traveler, between edits to make sure Time Traveler\u00a0processes a new Rollback).\u00a0 Now, return to the View Rollbacks\u00a0dialog, select the file, and verify each of the new rollback-points\u00a0is visible.\u00a0 There they are!\u00a0 Kewl beans!!!<\/p>\n

\"more<\/p>\n

So far, we’ve only viewed our rollback-points.\u00a0 But, what if you wanted to actually rollback to an older version of a file?\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 That’s just as easy.\u00a0 Select your Share you have enabled for rollbacks,\u00a0right-click, and select Rollback.<\/p>\n

\"rollback<\/p>\n

Now you’ll see the Rollback wizard.\u00a0 By default, Time Traveler \u00a0\u00a0 sets the When To Rollback value to the last known rollback date.\u00a0 So, if you were to press the Rollback button now then Time Traveler\u00a0would rollback your entire share as it existed in the most recent\u00a0rollback-point.\u00a0 But, for our needs we want to rollback a single file.\u00a0 So, we want to browse for a particular version of a file\u00a0and locate its rollback date, we’ll press the Locate button.<\/p>\n

\"rollback<\/p>\n

The Browse For Versions dialog is displayed.\u00a0 This dialog is\u00a0identical to the View Rollback dialog we used previously.\u00a0 So, we \u00a0\u00a0 click-through on the right-hand side and locate the file we want to\u00a0rollback.\u00a0\u00a0 A list of available rollback dates are displayed on\u00a0the left-side.\u00a0 Select your desired rollback date and press the\u00a0Select button.<\/p>\n

\"locate<\/p>\n

Notice the When To Rollback value has been updated to reflect the\u00a0exact date of the version of the file you just selected.\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 Alternately, you can manually set a date and time if you know these details about the file you wish to rollback.\u00a0 But, for our \u00a0\u00a0 purposes, it is much easier to let Time Traveler tell us the date and time of the version we want to rollback.<\/p>\n

Also notice Time Traveler is smart enough to know that you what to\u00a0rollback a single file so the File radio-button is automatically\u00a0selected for you.\u00a0 If you had selected a folder, instead of a file above, then the Folder radio-button would have been selected for\u00a0you.\u00a0 There’s nothing more you need to change in the What To\u00a0Rollback section of the wizard.<\/p>\n

Now, we move to the Where To Rollback section of the wizard.\u00a0 By\u00a0default Time Traveler will rollback your files into a Share named \u00a0\u00a0 Time Traveler Rollbacks.\u00a0 This is to guarantee your existing files\u00a0on your WHS will not\u00a0be overwritten by accident.\u00a0 If you want to overwrite your existing files then simply click on the listbox and select Original Location.<\/p>\n

\"smart<\/p>\n

When you click on Original Location, you will be prompted to ensure\u00a0you want to overwrite the files in your WHS Shares.\u00a0 For our\u00a0case, we do, so select OK.<\/p>\n

\"warning<\/p>\n

Now you are ready to rollback a single file directly into its\u00a0original location.\u00a0 Press the Rollback button to get started.<\/p>\n

\"ready<\/p>\n

Time Traveler will begin rolling-back your file.\u00a0 Typically,\u00a0 this is a\u00a0quick process but is dependent on the size of the file being rolled-back.<\/p>\n

\"please<\/p>\n

After the file is rolled-back, Time Traveler will display a\u00a0notification and include a link directly to your file.\u00a0 You can\u00a0click the link to open an Explorer window and verify the version of the file you rolled-back is\u00a0now on your Windows Home Server; safe and sound.<\/p>\n

\"finally\"<\/p>\n

Enjoy!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

To follow along with these steps, it is assumed you have previously\u00a0installed and completed the one-time setup process for Time Traveler\u00a0on your Windows Home Server. Open the WHS Console and select the Time Traveler tab.\u00a0 You will\u00a0see a list of WHS shares available for rollback.\u00a0 To enable a\u00a0Share for rollback, right-click on the Share and … <\/p>\n

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