Auxiliary Archiver - Resources tab

• Server ():

  Server hosting this role. Failover is not supported for the Auxiliary Archiver role. You can only select one server.

  • Network card:

    Network card used to communicate with all video units.
  • RTSP port:

    Ports used to listen for RTSP (Real Time Streaming Protocol) requests. When multiple archiving roles are hosted on the same server, these values must be unique for each one. The default values are 555 and 605 for the Archiver and 558 for the Auxiliary Archiver. The values configured must not duplicate any values used for the Media Router role or its redirector agent hosted on the same server.

• Database status:

  Current status of the database.
• Database server:

  Name of the SQL Server service. The value (local)\SQLEXPRESS corresponds to Microsoft SQL Server 2014 Express Edition installed by default with Security Center Server.
• Database:

  Name of the database instance.
• Actions:

  Maintenance functions you can perform on the role database:

  • Create a database ():

    Create a new database with the option to overwrite the existing one.
  • Delete the database ():

    Delete the database.
  • Database info ():

    Show the database information.
  • Notifications ():

    Set up notifications for when the database space is running low.
  • Backup/Restore ():

    Back up or restore the database.
• Authentication:

  Specifies which SQL Server authentication is to be used:

  • Windows:

    (Default) Use Windows authentication when the role server and the database server are on the same domain.
  • SQL Server:

    Use SQL Server authentication when the role server and the database server are not on the same domain. Mandatory for Azure SQL Database. You must specify a username and password in this case.
• Database security:

  Security options for communication between the role and its database server.

  • Encrypt connections:

    (Default) Uses Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocol for all transactions between the role and the database server. This option prevents eavesdropping and requires no setup on your part.
  • Validate certificate:

    Authenticates the database server before opening a connection. This is the most secure communication method and prevents man-in-the-middle attacks. The Encrypt connections option must first be enabled.

    NOTE: You must deploy a valid identity certificate on the database server. A valid certificate is one that is signed by a certificate authority (CA) that is trusted by all servers hosting the role and that is not expired.

• Disk information:

  Displays information about both local drives and network drives, which can be used to store video footage. All local drives found on the host server are listed by default and grouped under Default Disk Group.

  • Disk base path:

    Root folder on the disk where all video files are found. The default value is AuxiliaryArchives.
  • Min. free space:

    Minimum free space that the Auxiliary Archiver must never use on the disk. The default value is 1% of total disk space capacity.
  • Disk usage:

    Chart showing the total capacity of the disk (full chart), the minimum free space (red), the occupied disk space (dark gray), and the remaining free space for video archives (light gray). Hover over the chart with the mouse to display these values in a tooltip.

    

• Add network location ():

  You can only add network drives to your archive storage. All local drives on the host server are listed by default. You can exclude them from being used by the Archiver by clearing the checkbox in front of each disk.
• Add group:

  A disk group is a logical storage unit used by the Archiver to improve the overall disk throughput. Click the Up and Down arrows to move the selected disk from one group to another.
• Delete ():

  Deletes the selected disk or disk group. Each disck group must have at least one disk associated to it.
• Camera distribution ():

  Divide the cameras between the disk groups. This button appears only if you have more than one disk group defined.
• Refresh drive information ():

  Refreshes the drive information.

Auxiliary Archiver statistics

The Statistics dialog box appears when you click the Statistics () button. It provides information regarding the archive storage, and the rate at which it is being consumed.

• Refresh ():

  Refreshes the statistics.
• List of assigned disks:

  Snapshot of the disk statistics taken from the last time a refresh occurred.

  • Used space:

    Amount of space used by video archives.
  • Available space:

    Available free space for video archives (equals Free space on disk minus Min. free space).
  • Free space:

    Free space on disk.
  • Load percentage:

    Percentage of space used over the allotted space.
  • R/W:

    Indicates whether the role has read and write access to the folder.
• Protected video file statistics ():

  View the percentage of protected video files on the selected disk.
• Average disk usage:

  Average space used per day (first line) and average space used per camera per day (second line).
• Estimated remaining recording time:

  Number of days, hours, and minutes of recording time remaining based on the average disk usage and the current load.
• Active cameras:

  Number of cameras detected by the Archiver.
• Archiving cameras:

  Number of cameras that have archiving enabled (Continuous, On event, or Manual) and that are not suffering from any issue that prevents archiving.

  See details: View the recording state and statistics of each individual camera in the Archiving cameras dialog box. The statistics are taken from the last refresh of the Statistics dialog box. This report allows you to verify whether each encoder is currently streaming video (and audio) and whether the Archiver is currently recording the data.

• Total number of cameras:

  Total number of cameras assigned to this role.
• Archiving span:

  Time bracket in which video archives can be found.
• Archiver receiving rate:

  Rate at which the Archiver is receiving data.
• Archiver writing rate:

  Rate at which the Archiver is writing to disk.
• Network traffic in:

  Incoming network traffic bit rate on this computer.
• Network traffic out:

  Outgoing network traffic bit rate on this computer.

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