20.0 File Versioning

The File Versioning feature allows you to create, store, and maintain multiple versions of a file in the Filr. This feature is applicable only for Personal Storage Files present in My Files, Shared With Me and Shared By Me areas of any user.

User can keep track of file versions when the file versioning feature is enabled. This feature is disabled by default and applicable at a zone level. You can also configure any version of a file to be deleted automatically when it reaches the specified file age limit. This is done using File Version Aging.

Path: Port 8443 Filr Admin Console Management > File Versioning

Table 20-1 Configuration

Field, Option, or Button

Information and/or Action

Configuration

This section allows you to set the configuration for using the versioning feature.

  • Enable File Versioning

  • To enable file versioning, turn on this toggle. This allows the users to create and maintain multiple versions of a file.

  • Discard

  • Click this button to discard the changes.

Version Cleanup

This section allows you to set up the version aging for the file versions maintained in Filr.

  • Enable File Version Aging

  • To enable file version aging, turn on this toggle.

  • File versions older than the specified age in the Maximum age of a File Version will be deleted automatically and cannot be recovered. The latest version of the file is exempted from version aging and will not be deleted.

  • Maximum age of a File Version

  • Click the dropdown menu and select the age of a file in days.

  • This is the maximum age of the file version in days. The file version is deleted when it exceeds the specified age.

  • Save

  • Click this button to save the changes.

  • After the Versioning is enabled, if an already existing file in Filr is uploaded again, the system will prompt you to create a new version instead of overwriting the file.

  • Discard

  • Click this button to discard the changes.

NOTE:

  • This feature is available for the Advanced Edition license.

  • Enabling versioning would increase disk space usage. it is recommended to expand the vastorage/vashare size at least twice the amount of the current disk space used (a maximum of 10 times). For more information, see Managing and Restricting Filr Based Storage. Manage the usage of disk space, by making use of data quota. For more information, see Expanding Storage.