Instruction Manual

Milestone Husky M30/M50
Administrator's Manual
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Backup and restore configuration
2. Right-click the Event Server, click Stop.
This is important since any changes made to alarm configurations—between the time you create a
backup and the time you restore it—will be lost. If you make changes after the backup, you must make
a new backup.
Note that alarms are not generated while the Event Server service is stopped. It is important that you
remember to start the service again once you have finished backing up the SQL database.
Step 2: Back up alarms data in SQL Server Express database
1. Open Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio Express from Windows' Start menu by
selecting All Programs > Microsoft SQL Server 2008 > SQL Server Management Studio
Express.
2. When you open the tool, you are prompted to connect to a server. Specify the name of the
required SQL Server and connect with administrator user credentials. You do not have to type
the name of the SQL server: if you click inside the Server name field and select <Browse for
more...>, you can select the SQL Server from a list instead.
3. Once connected, you see a tree structure in the Object Explorer in the left part of the window.
Expand the SQL Server item, then the Databases item, which contains your entire alarm
configuration.
4. Right-click the VIDEOOSDB database, and select Tasks > Back Up...
5. On the Back Up Database dialog's General page, do the following:
o Under Source: Verify that the selected database is VIDEOOSDB and that the backup type
is Full.
o Under Destination: A destination path for the backup is automatically suggested. Verify
that the path is satisfactory. If not, remove the suggested path, and add another path of
your choice.
6. On the Back Up Database dialog's Options page, under Reliability, select Verify backup
when finished and Perform checksum before writing to media.
7. Click OK to begin the backup. When backup is finished, you will see a confirmation.
8. Exit Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio Express.
Tip: If you do not have SQL Server Management Studio Express, you can download it for free from
www.microsoft.com/downloads.
Tip: VIDEOOSDB is the default name of the database containing the system configuration. If you can
find the database, but it is not called VIDEOOSDB, it could be because you gave the database
another name during the installation. In this procedure, we assume that the database uses the default
name.
Step 3: Reinstall Milestone Husky product (if needed).
Do not install your surveillance software on a mounted drive. A mounted drive is a drive that is
attached to an empty folder on an NTFS (NT File System) volume, with a label or name instead of a
drive letter. If you use mounted drives, critical system features may not work as intended. You do not,
for example, receive any warnings if the system runs out of disk space.