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What is the difference between Revert and Restore?

Problem

Let's figure out the difference between revert and restore and when weYou need to useundo them.FileWave model changes, but Revert to Last Model and fwcontrol server restore do different jobs.

SomethingUse hasrevert happened andwhen you want to takediscard achanges stepthat back.have not been published yet. Use restore when you need to make an older published model current again.

MaybeIn youFileWave haveCentral, noticedrevert underis theavailable from Server menu> → "Revert to Last Model"Model.

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andRestore inis run from the command line there is a: line:

sudo fwcontrol server restore [version]

Remember: whenWhen you openwork in FileWave Central, your changes are made in the FileWavenext Centralmodel. adminThey wedo arenot makingaffect changesmanaged todevices auntil futureyou update the model.

Resolution

Revert:Revert

IsRevert likediscards aunpublished typicalmodel revert you would see in a document editorchanges and takesreturns thingsFileWave backCentral to the lastcurrently saveddeployed state.model.

Let'sFor sayexample, Ithe openeddeployed mymodel is 10. You open FileWave AdminCentral and the model was currently 10 (Anymake changes I would be making in the FW Adminthat would become model 11 oncewhen I applied it by updating the model).published.

So

IYou makecreate a filesetFileset called "My Fileset A"A. You delete a filesetFileset called "Old Fileset B",B. andYou changemove anthe association for "Fileset C"C from beingGroup 1 to a "Group 1"2. to "Group 2"

AtIf thisyou pointchoose – if I did select "Revert to Last Model"Model frombefore updating the servermodel, menuFileWave –discards Itthose wouldunpublished undochanges everythingand I did by goinggoes back to the currently deployed model 10.

IFIf however,you Ialready updated the model to 11 and realized I made a mistake, a11, revert isn'tno goinglonger tohelps helpbecause me out there. As it would be reverting tomodel 11 is now the current model.

Restore: Restore

Restore is notmakes a Revert but has the ability to jump back to previous models.published Takingmodel current again.

Using the same storyexample, fromif above;

you

Let's say I opened my FileWave Admin and the model was currently 10 (Any changes I would be making in the FW Admin would becomepublished model 11 onceand Ithen appliedrealized itmodel by10 updatingwas the model).

last

Sogood I make a fileset called "My Fileset A" delete a fileset called "Old Fileset B", and change an association for "Fileset C" from being to a "Group 1" to "Group 2"

If however, I updated the model to 11 and realized I made a mistake. I canmodel, restore model 10 by doing10:

sudo fwcontrol server restore 10

The server only keeps the last 20 models.

After the command finished:

    I wouldfinishes, quit adminFileWave Central and open it again,again. seeing modelModel 10 is now restoredrestored. In this example:
    • My FIlesetFileset A wouldn'tno belonger appears in the filesetsFilesets view, although its uploaded data may still exist on the server.
    Old Fileset B appears again in the Filesets view, but theits payload data foris itmissing would see be onfrom the server Old FIleset B would show in the filesets view, and the data would be missing on the serverserver. The association for "Fileset C"C would bepoints back to being to a "Group 1"1.

    Restoring a previous model willdoes not uneraserestore adeleted removedFileset fileset.payload Youdata. needUse your backups for that.

    Additional Information

    Often if you make a big enough mistake, it is better to just contact support and have them help you get back to whereIf you need to be.recover from a major model mistake, contact FileWave Support before making more changes.

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