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Cloud File Recovery

PLEASE NOTE:

This wiki page is a work in progress. I will be working to add pictures to this article.

Listed below is also just a first draft just to get the information here. I will elaborate in more detail later on.


METHOD 1

Restoring from the Recycle Bin


1) Navigate to COBRA

https://cobra.it.cahnrs.wsu.edu:9090

2) Navigate to File Station

3) Navigate to the Recycle Bin

4) Find the tilde file with the name of the missing file

5) Modify the name of the file

6) Move the file to the appropriate directory

7) The file will be hidden by default. Modify the properties of the file so the file isn't hidden


METHOD 2

Single File Recovery


1) Navigate to Mamba

https://mamba.it.cahnrs.wsu.edu:9090

2) Authenticate using the Mamba Admin Credentials

3) Open the Main Menu

4) Select Snapshot Replication

5) Select Snapshots

6) Navigate to the directory and select the folder in question

7) Select "Make Snapshot Visible"

8) Press OK

9) Wait the for process to finish

10) Open "File Station"

11) Open the directory and navigate to the appropriate Snapshot

12) Download the file you need to recover

Right-click the file and select "Download:

13) Upload the file to Cobra in the appropriate directory


METHOD 3

Recover an Entire Directory


1) Navigate to the Snapshot Menu

2) Open "Recovery List"

3) Select the appropriate Snapshot

4) Open the Actions Menu

5) Select "Clone with a new name"