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PhonePad creates log files that can be used to make sure the system is functioning correctly and to check for any problems that may be occurring.  Most of the PhonePad applications and services have their own log files and a new log file is created each day.

After a while you can end up with a lot of log files.  Although each log file on its own tends to be relatively small, over a period of time they can consume some of your disk space.  To combat this, and to avoid you having to delete older log files manually, PhonePad includes a console program called LogManager.  This runs automatically each day on both the Server or Host PC and all workstations.

This screen enables you to configure the oldest log files to retain.  The range is from 5 days to 90 days.  The default is 30 days.

PhonePad also creates snapshots when you install a server update so that you can quickly revert back to the previous version in the event there is an issue with the new version.  Snapshots are like a backup but they also include the PhonePad Server application files as well as your database.

Snapshots can get quite large and having a few of them on your Server or Host PC can consume a lot of disk space.  Just like the log files, you can specify how long you want to retain the snapshots.  Bear in mind that, unless you manually create snapshots, they are only created when you install a server update.