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Milestone XProtect ® Express 1.1Administrator's ManualAbout archivingArchiving is an integrated and automated feature in XProtect Express with which recordings are moved to free upspace for new recordings. By default, recordings are stored in the XProtect Express database for each camera.The database for each camera is capable of containing a maximum of 600,000 records or 40 GB. XProtectExpress automatically archives (see "About archiving" on page 118) recordings if a camera's database becomesfull. Consequently, having sufficient archiving space is important.You do not have to do anything to enable archiving. It runs in the background and is automatically enabledand carried out from the moment XProtect Express is installed. The most recent recordings are saved on a localstorage in order to prevent network-related problems in the saving process.The default settings for XProtect Express is to perform archiving once a day, or if your database becomes full.You can change the settings for when and how often archiving takes place in the Management Application. Youcan also schedule archiving (see "About archiving schedules" on page 121) up to 24 times a day, with a minimumof one hour between each one. This way, you can proactively archive recordings, so databases will never becomefull. Basically, the more you expect to record, the more often you should archive.You can also change the retention time, which is the total amount of time you want to keep recordings from acamera (recordings in the camera's database as well as any archived recordings) under the properties of theindividual camera.XProtect Express automatically archives recordings if a camera's database becomes full. You only specify onetime limit (the retention time) as part of the general Recording and Archiving paths (on page 80) properties. Notethat retention time will determine when archiving takes place. Retention time is the total amount of time for whichyou want to keep recordings from a camera (that is recordings in the camera's database as well as any archivedrecordings).Backup of archivesCreating backups based on the content of camera databases is not recommended as it may cause sharingviolations or other malfunctions. Instead, create backups based on the content of archives. If you have notspecified separate archiving locations for separate cameras, you could back up the default local archivingdirectory, Archives.Important: When you schedule a backup, make sure the backup job does not overlap with any scheduledarchiving times.If archiving failsUnder rare circumstances, archiving may fail, for example due to network problems. However, in XProtectExpress this does not pose a threat. XProtect Express creates a new database and continues archiving in thisnew database. You can work with—and view—both this new database and the old one like any other databases.Benefits of archivingBy default, recordings are stored in the XProtect Express database for each camera. The database for eachcamera is capable of containing a maximum of 600000 records or 40 GB.However, the maximum size of a database is not in itself very important: If a database for a camera becomes full,XProtect Express automatically begins archiving its content, freeing up space in the database. Consequently,having sufficient archiving space is more important (see Storage Capacity Required for Archiving in the following).In addition to automatic archiving when a database becomes full, you can schedule archiving to take place atparticular times up to 24 times per day. This way, you can proactively archive recordings, so databases will neverbecome full.By using archiving, you will also be able to back up archived records on backup media of your choice, using yourpreferred backup software.www.milestonesys.com 118 Advanced configuration
Milestone XProtect ® Express 1.1Administrator's ManualAbout archiving locationsThe default archiving folder (see "Configure default file paths" on page 166) (C:\MediaDatabase) is located on theXProtect Express server. You can change the default archiving folder to any other location locally, or select alocation on a network drive to use as the default archiving folder. In the archiving folder, separate subfolders forstoring archives for each camera are automatically created. These subfolders are named after the MAC addressof the hardware device to which the camera is connected.Because you can keep archives spanning many days of recordings and archiving may take place several timesper day, further subfolders, named with the archiving date and time, are also automatically created.The subfolders are named according to the following structure:...\Archives\CameraMACAddress_VideoEncoderChannel\DateAndTimeIf the video encoder does not have several channels, the video encoder channel will always be _1 (example:00408c51e181_1).Example: an archiving at 23.15 on 31st December 2012 for a camera with the MAC address 00408c51e181attached to channel 2 would be stored:C:\MediaDatabase\Archives\00408c51e181_2\2012-12-31-23-15Before configuring archiving (see "About archiving" on page 118) locations, consider whether you want to usestatic or dynamic archiving paths:Static archiving paths mean that for a particular camera, archiving will take place to a particular location,and to that location only. Static archiving paths are in principle individual for each camera, but they do nothave to be unique: several cameras can easily use the same path if required.You can configure static archiving paths for individual cameras, or as part of the general Recording andarchiving paths properties.ooIndividual cameras: In the Management Application's navigation pane, expand AdvancedConfiguration, expand Cameras and Storage Information, double-click the required camera,select Recording & Archiving Paths, and specify required properties (see "Recording and archivingpaths" on page 97).General Recording and Archiving Paths: In the Management Application 's navigation pane,expand Advanced Configuration, double-click Cameras and Storage Information, and specifyrequired properties (see "Recording and archiving paths" on page 80).Tip: If several cameras should use the same path, use the general Recording & Archiving Pathsproperties. There you get a template feature which lets you specify shared archiving locations in just afew clicks.Dynamic archiving paths allow greater flexibility, and are highly recommended. With dynamic archivingpaths, you specify a number of different archiving paths, usually across several drives. If the pathcontaining the camera database to be archived is on one of the drives you have selected for dynamicarchiving, XProtect Express will always try to archive to that drive first. If not, XProtect Expressautomatically archives to the archiving drive with the most available space at any time, provided there isnot a camera database using that drive. This fact will have no impact on how users find and viewarchived recordings.Dynamic archiving paths are general for all your cameras; you cannot configure dynamic archiving pathsfor individual cameras.To configure archiving paths: In the Management Application's navigation pane, expand AdvancedConfiguration, double-click Cameras and Storage Information, select Dynamic Path Selection -Archives, and specify required properties (see "Dynamic path selection" on page 82).If you configure your cameras through the Configure video and recording wizard (see "The Configure Video andRecording wizard" on page 57), the wizard also lets you configure archiving paths.www.milestonesys.com 119 Advanced configuration
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