Archiving - Exacq Vision User Manual

Archiving

NOTE: Archiving (not available in exacqVision Start) uses a significant amount of a system's resources. Thus, video
recording rates could be automatically throttled while archiving is in progress, especially on a wide area network with
limited bandwidth. To avoid throttling of video recording, it is highly recommended that archiving be scheduled for
periods when video recording rates are reduced. For example, if motion video is normally recorded at a retail location,
schedule archiving for overnight hours when the location is closed to customers.
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The Archiving page allows you to configure an SMB shared network drive (a Windows share), such as those on an
exacqVision S-Series server, for archiving of video and other data. The archive provides storage and quick retrieval of
recorded video and audio data using the Search page. Files archived to the network share can be searched as if the files
are located on the server itself. Multiple exacqVision servers can archive to the same drive.
To enable and identify the location of the shared network drive for easy retrieval of exacqVision data using the Search
page, complete the following steps in the Settings section on the Target tab:
1. In the Address field, enter the path to the shared network folder. Include the subdirectory in the shared folder
used in the configuration of the archiving task.
2. Enter a valid Username and Password required to log in to the shared network drive.
3. The Status portion of the Settings section shows whether the server has successfully connected to the shared
network drive. The following status messages can appear:
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Invalid Address: The address entered is not in a valid format. It must be entered as
\\ipaddress\share\folder or \\hostname\share\folder ("folder" is optional in each case).
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Path Not Found: The target server is reachable, but the folder is not found on the shared network drive.
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Disconnected: The system cannot connect to the shared network drive because of an invalid address or
username/password.
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Connected: The system is successfully connected to the target server.
4. Move the Percent To Use slider to configure the targeted amount of the drive that should be used for archiving.
The blue portion shows the amount of space used for this archiving configuration. The gray portion shows the
unused space. The red portion shows the amount of space already used for other storage and archiving from
other systems. You can select a percentage that includes the red portion, but that portion of the drive will not
actually be used for archiving unless the stored data is deleted.
5. Click Apply to save the information that has been entered.
6. To activate the drive for storage of exacqVision data, select the Enabled checkbox.
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