VideoSpider Installation Guide 3
Table of Contents
1. INTRODUCTION ..............................................................................................................................5
1.1 HOW TO USE THIS MANUAL............................................................................................................5
2. GETTING STARTED........................................................................................................................9
2.1 INSTALLATION CONCEPTS AND SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS ...............................................................9
2.1.1 System requirements for Video Spider software .................................................................10
2.1.2 Networked servers: Set up user access and security rights.................................................10
2.1.3 Client stations: Set up access to Spider servers..................................................................11
2.1.4 Setting up and configuring Spider software........................................................................11
3. THE INSTALLATION PROCEDURE IN DETAIL.....................................................................13
3.1 SETTING UP USER ACCOUNTS AND ACCESS RIGHTS ......................................................................13
3.1.1 Creating user accounts and group using standard Windows tools.....................................13
3.1.1.1 Creating a new user group ..............................................................................................14
3.1.1.2 Creating a new user account...........................................................................................15
3.1.2 Adding Spider stations to the Windows network domain....................................................19
3.2 SPIDER SOFTWARE PVE 400 SETUP PROGRAM IN DETAIL ............................................................22
3.2.1 The Client component and its subcomponents....................................................................23
3.2.2 The Server component and its subcomponents ...................................................................24
3.2.3 Spider service access properties.........................................................................................25
3.2.4 Spider resource parameters................................................................................................28
3.2.5 File Storage settings ...........................................................................................................30
3.2.6 Finalizing the installation...................................................................................................32
4. INITIAL SPIDER CONFIGURATION .........................................................................................35
5. UNINSTALLING AND UPGRADING SPIDER...........................................................................39
5.1 UPGRADING SPIDER SOFTWARE...................................................................................................39
5.1.1 Common upgrading procedure...........................................................................................39
5.2 UNINSTALLING SPIDER SOFTWARE..............................................................................................41
6. TROUBLESHOOTING...................................................................................................................42
6.1 REMOTE ACCESS PROBLEMS ........................................................................................................42
6.1.1 Verifying generic accessibility of the Spider Server system................................................42
6.1.2 Checking/modifying the DCOM properties in Windows XP...............................................43
6.2 MISCELLANEOUS ISSUES AND CONSIDERATIONS..........................................................................44
6.2.1 Setup/maintenance program issues.....................................................................................44
6.2.2 Storage space considerations for video recording..............................................................46
7. APPENDIX........................................................................................................................................47
