For admins
Backups and snapshots
Settings › Backups and snapshots gives you two ways back to how Solel was. Only admins and the owner see it. Snapshots come first on the page, then backups.
Which is which
| Snapshots | Backups | |
|---|---|---|
| Where they live | On the same drive as Solel | On another disk: a second drive or a USB drive |
| When they're made | When you take one, and before every update | Every day or every week, or when you choose Back up now |
| How many are kept | The newest 3, using up to a tenth of the disk | The newest 14, unless you change it |
| What they save you from | A bad update or a mistake | A drive that fails |
Both hold the same things: accounts, settings, routes, devices and activity. They don't hold anyone's files, photos or what apps save. Each one stores only what changed since the others, so most are small.
A snapshot can't help if the drive it's on fails, so it doesn't replace a backup. Set up both.
Getting back
Restoring either kind works the same way. It asks for your password and takes a snapshot of how things are now, so you can undo it. Then Solel puts the old data back and restarts, which takes a moment. If you signed in after the snapshot or backup was made, you sign in again.
- Snapshots: take one, restore one, and how they're kept.
- Back up to another drive: set up a drive, how each backup is checked, and getting it back after a reinstall.