# Client console menu

The Storware Endpoints client console can be run by a user in two ways: 

* by clicking the Storware Endpoints ikon on the user's desktop (or from the Windows Start menu: Start->Storware->Endpoints)
* from the context menu (right mouse button anywhere on the desktop and choose KODO)

## Overview

In the **Overview** view, the basic information about client settings and backup status is displayed:

1. Protection status and last backup (synchronization) time.
2. Assigned policy.
3. Continuous Data protection status.
4. The size of the data that is currently protected in the backup.

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**Note:** You can pause Storware Endpointsclient just by clicking "**Enabled**" and select one from the available options (15 minutes, 1 hour, 4 hours, or until the next restart).
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In the **Backups** view, you can browse and recover protected files and folders. You also have a search window (upper right corner of the window) to find files by name or extension (you can use the asterisk as well).

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To display all available file versions click the watch icon in the **Versions** column.

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You can also use the time slider and the calendar to go to another "**point-in-time**" moment to restore the data you need.

In the **Settings** view you can set:

* **Server**- the IP or the name of the Storware Endpoints server
* **Language** - you can choose the language Same as Microsoft Windows, English, Českỳ, or Polski.
* **Maximum download speed (kbps)** 
* **Maximal download speed (kbps)**
* **Enable data encryption**- a user can set the password to encrypt backup (the password will be required during the recovery process).

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If any previous backups are stored on the Storware Endpoints KODO server, existing backups will be deleted when encryption is enabled.

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Set a password and confirm it. It takes a while to set up the password.

## Backups

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**Note:** Storware Endpoints client will not backup zero-size files!
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On this tab, you can perform a restore of files from previous backups.

To restore files or files, just select the day and time of backup in the upper left corner

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and then select a directory and/or file(s) to restore. You can restore whole directories instead of individual files too by checking up directories. After selection just clicks the **Restore** button and choose a restore location.

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After all, click one more time the **Restore** button.

If there is a conflict with an existing file, you can choose a restoring action:

* **Overwrite** - to overwrite all existing files that conflict with restore
* **Skip** - to skip restore of all conflicting files
* **Decide for each file** - decide what to do on every restored file
* **Cancel** - for cancel operation.

The operation may be canceled by clicking the **Cancel** button.

Click the **Done** button to finish. The restore process is finalized.

## Settings

On the Settings tab, you can change server settings, and interface language and turn on or off data encryption.

After changing values just click the **Save** button.

To restore previous values click the **Reset** button.

On this tab, you can open the logs folder for troubleshooting by clicking the **Open Log folder** at the bottom right corner.

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* To enable data encryption just check the box and confirm the warning message.

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**Note:** Enabling or disabling encryption will erase all previously created backups!
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After that backup will be encrypted.

To disable encryption just unselect the checkbox, confirm the warning message and provide a previously set password.