Versioning as a Recovery Tool
Versioning is the functionality that keeps each previous iteration of a document as a separate file; you can open a copy of the file as it looked in the past without losing the current iteration. In the context of DIY DR, it means that if a user overwrites or deletes part of a document, she can recover it from the previous version of the document. This is often overlooked as a means of recovering lost content. But it must be configured by the site administrator, and the user must diligently create versions of the document—not just keep pressing Save. Setting the versioning for an individual library is done via the Library Settings page (Figure 8-7).
Figure 8-7. Accessing library settings
Figure 8-8 shows the ...
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