Milestone Husky M50 Advanced Use and care manual

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Milestone Husky M50 Advanced
Administrator's Manual

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Contents
COPYRIGHT, TRADEMARKS AND DISCLAIMER.........................10
BEFORE YOU START ....................................................................11
INTRODUCTION TO THE HELP.............................................................................. 11
NAVIGATE THE BUILT-IN HELP SYSTEM................................................................ 11
ABOUT VIRUS SCANNING ................................................................................... 12
ABOUT ACTIVE DIRECTORY............................................................................... 13
MILESTONE HUSKY ASSISTANT..................................................14
ABOUT THE ALL-IN-ONE SETUP OPTION .............................................................. 14
ABOUT THE RECORDING SERVER OR FAILOVER RECORDING SERVER OPTION ......... 14
SET UP YOUR SYSTEM THROUGH THE MILESTONE HUSKY ASSISTANT ................... 14
SYSTEM OVERVIEW......................................................................16
PRODUCT OVERVIEW......................................................................................... 16
ADISTRIBUTED SYSTEM SETUP .......................................................................... 17
SYSTEM COMPONENTS ...................................................................................... 17
Management server............................................................................................................17
Failover management server ............................................................................................18
Recording server................................................................................................................18
Failover recording server..................................................................................................18
Event server........................................................................................................................19
Log server...........................................................................................................................19
SQL server ..........................................................................................................................19
Active Directory..................................................................................................................19
Virtual servers ....................................................................................................................20

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Clients .................................................................................................................................20
ABOUT LICENSES.............................................................................................. 23
ABOUT LOCAL IP ADDRESS RANGES .................................................................. 24
ABOUT IPV6AND IPV4...................................................................................... 24
About using the system with IPv6....................................................................................24
About writing IPv6 addresses...........................................................................................25
CONFIGURE THE SYSTEM IN THE MANAGEMENT CLIENT ....................................... 26
Change Software License Code .......................................................................................28
INSTALL CLIENTS .............................................................................................. 28
Install XProtect Smart Client silently ...............................................................................28
Install Milestone Mobile server.........................................................................................29
DOWNLOAD MANAGER/DOWNLOAD WEB PAGE.................................................... 29
Download Manager's default configuration ....................................................................31
Download Manager's standard installers (user) .............................................................32
Add/publish Download Manager installer components.................................................32
Hide/remove Download Manager installer components ................................................33
Device pack installer - must be downloaded ..................................................................34
FIRST TIME USE.............................................................................35
BEST PRACTICES.............................................................................................. 35
Protect recording databases from corruption ................................................................35
About daylight saving time ...............................................................................................36
About time servers.............................................................................................................36
MANAGEMENT CLIENT OVERVIEW ...................................................................... 37
About login authorization..................................................................................................37
Management Client window overview..............................................................................37
Panes overview ..................................................................................................................39
Menu overview....................................................................................................................40
MANAGEMENT CLIENT ELEMENTS.............................................43

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BASICS............................................................................................................ 43
License information ...........................................................................................................43
Site information..................................................................................................................47
SERVERS AND HARDWARE................................................................................. 48
Recording servers..............................................................................................................48
Hardware and remote servers...........................................................................................66
Remove a recording server...............................................................................................75
Delete all hardware on a recording server ......................................................................75
DEVICES .......................................................................................................... 75
Working with device groups .............................................................................................76
Working with devices.........................................................................................................78
CLIENT .......................................................................................................... 123
About clients.....................................................................................................................123
View groups......................................................................................................................123
Smart Client profiles ........................................................................................................124
Management Client profiles ............................................................................................128
Matrix.................................................................................................................................131
RULES AND EVENTS ........................................................................................ 133
About rules and events ...................................................................................................133
About actions and stop actions......................................................................................134
Events overview ...............................................................................................................142
Rules..................................................................................................................................149
Time profiles.....................................................................................................................157
Notification profiles..........................................................................................................161
User-defined events.........................................................................................................165
Analytics events...............................................................................................................167
Generic events..................................................................................................................170
SECURITY ...................................................................................................... 177
Roles..................................................................................................................................177

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Basic users .......................................................................................................................210
SYSTEM DASHBOARD...................................................................................... 210
About system dashboard ................................................................................................210
About system monitor .....................................................................................................211
About evidence lock ........................................................................................................212
About current tasks .........................................................................................................213
About configuration reports ...........................................................................................213
SERVER LOGS ................................................................................................ 214
About logs.........................................................................................................................214
Search logs.......................................................................................................................215
Export logs........................................................................................................................215
Change log language.......................................................................................................216
System log (properties) ...................................................................................................216
Audit log (properties).......................................................................................................217
Rule log (properties)........................................................................................................218
ALARMS......................................................................................................... 219
About alarm configuration ..............................................................................................219
About alarms ....................................................................................................................220
Alarm Definitions..............................................................................................................221
Alarm Data Settings.........................................................................................................223
Sound Settings.................................................................................................................224
About setting up alarms using Enterprise slaves ........................................................224
OPTIONS DIALOG BOX ..................................................................................... 225
General tab (options).......................................................................................................226
Server Logs tab (options)................................................................................................228
Mail Server tab (options) .................................................................................................229
AVI Generation tab (options) ..........................................................................................230
Network tab (options) ......................................................................................................231
Bookmark tab (options)...................................................................................................231
Evidence Lock tab (options) ...........................................................................................232

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User Settings tab (options) .............................................................................................232
Access Control Settings tab (options)...........................................................................232
Analytics Events tab (options)........................................................................................233
Event Server tab (options) ..............................................................................................234
Generic Events tab (options) ..........................................................................................234
FEATURE CONFIGURATION.......................................................237
FAILOVER RECORDING SERVERS (REGULAR AND HOT STANDBY)......................... 237
About failover recording servers....................................................................................237
About failover steps.........................................................................................................238
About failover recording server functionality...............................................................239
Install a failover recording server...................................................................................240
Set up and enable failover recording servers...............................................................241
Assign failover recording servers..................................................................................241
Group failover recording servers ...................................................................................242
Read failover recording server status icons.................................................................242
Failover recording server properties .............................................................................243
Failover group properties................................................................................................243
About failover recording server services......................................................................244
View status messages.....................................................................................................244
Change the management server address......................................................................244
View version information ................................................................................................244
FAILOVER MANAGEMENT SERVERS................................................................... 245
About multiple management servers (clustering) ........................................................245
Prerequisites for clustering ............................................................................................245
Install in a cluster.............................................................................................................245
Upgrade in a cluster.........................................................................................................247
REMOTE CONNECT SERVICES........................................................................... 248
About remote connect services......................................................................................248
Install STS environment for One-click camera connection.........................................248
Add/edit STSs...................................................................................................................249

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Register new Axis One-click camera .............................................................................249
Axis One-Click Camera connection properties.............................................................250
MILESTONE FEDERATED ARCHITECTURE.......................................................... 250
About selecting Milestone Interconnect or Milestone Federated Architecture.........250
About Milestone Federated Architecture.......................................................................251
Set up your system to run federated sites ....................................................................254
Add site to hierarchy........................................................................................................255
Accept inclusion in the hierarchy...................................................................................256
Refresh site hierarchy......................................................................................................256
Connect to another site in hierarchy..............................................................................256
Detach a site from the hierarchy ....................................................................................257
Federated site properties ................................................................................................257
MILESTONE INTERCONNECT............................................................................. 258
About selecting Milestone Interconnect or Milestone Federated Architecture.........258
About Milestone Interconnect.........................................................................................259
About possible Milestone Interconnect setups ............................................................260
Milestone Interconnect and licensing............................................................................261
Add a remote site to your central Milestone Interconnect site_not updated yet ......261
Update remote site hardware..........................................................................................262
Establish remote desktop connection to remote system ............................................262
Enable playback directly from remote site camera ......................................................263
Retrieve remote recordings from remote site camera .................................................263
XPROTECT SMART WALL................................................................................ 263
About XProtect Smart Wall .............................................................................................263
Configure Smart Walls.....................................................................................................264
Manage roles with Smart Walls ......................................................................................266
About using rules with Smart Wall presets...................................................................266
Smart Wall properties ......................................................................................................266
Monitor properties............................................................................................................268
XPROTECT ACCESS CONTROL MODULE........................................................... 270

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About access control integration...................................................................................270
Configure an integrated access control system...........................................................271
Wizard for access control system integration ..............................................................271
Access control properties...............................................................................................273
XPROTECT LPR............................................................................................. 277
LPR system overview ......................................................................................................277
About preparing cameras for LPR..................................................................................280
LPR installation ................................................................................................................293
LPR configuration ............................................................................................................294
LPR maintenance .............................................................................................................313
MULTI-DOMAIN WITH ONE-WAY TRUST .............................................................. 316
Setup with one-way trust.................................................................................................316
SNMP........................................................................................................... 317
About SNMP support.......................................................................................................317
Install SNMP service........................................................................................................317
Configure SNMP service .................................................................................................317
XPROTECT ENTERPRISE SERVERS ................................................................... 318
About XProtect Enterprise servers ................................................................................318
Add XProtect Enterprise servers....................................................................................318
Define roles with access to XProtect Enterprise servers ............................................319
Edit XProtect Enterprise servers....................................................................................319
SYSTEM MAINTENANCE.............................................................320
PORTS USED BY THE SYSTEM........................................................................... 320
BACKING UP AND RESTORING SYSTEM CONFIGURATION ..................................... 323
About backing up and restoring your system configuration ......................................323
Back up log server database ..........................................................................................323
Manual backup and restore of system configuration...................................................323
Scheduled backup and restore.......................................................................................325

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MOVING THE MANAGEMENT SERVER................................................................. 328
About moving the management server..........................................................................328
About unavailable management servers.......................................................................329
Move the system configuration ......................................................................................329
MANAGING THE SQL SERVER.......................................................................... 329
About updating the SQL server address .......................................................................329
Update the log server's SQL address ............................................................................330
Update the management server or event server SQL server address .......................330
REPLACE HARDWARE...................................................................................... 331
REPLACE A RECORDING SERVER...................................................................... 334
VIDEO DEVICE DRIVERS ................................................................................... 335
About video device drivers .............................................................................................335
About removing video device drivers............................................................................335
SERVICES ...................................................................................................... 335
About the Management Server service and Recording Server service......................335
Restart Data Collector Server service............................................................................336
View status messages.....................................................................................................336
Read server service icons - management, recording and failover .............................337
Change recording server settings..................................................................................338
Recording server properties...........................................................................................338
REGISTERED SERVICES ................................................................................... 339
About the service channel ..............................................................................................339
Add and edit registered services....................................................................................339
Manage network configuration.......................................................................................340
Registered services properties.......................................................................................340
INDEX............................................................................................342

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