Archive Vault

In Archive Vault, you can add, edit, enable, disable, and delete archiving tasks, and transfer recordings from other servers to your $_DSPRODUCTNAME_$.

The left section of the list displays the current number of different status categories while the right section shows all archiving tasks. Sort tasks by Name or Creation time, and click on a task to view detailed information such as status, transmission speed, speed limit, camera, limitation, and storage. The bottom section provides different applications including Recording, Timeline, and Bandwidth Control.

To add a scheduled archiving task:

  1. Click Add to create a new archiving task.
  2. Enter the name of the archiving task in the Name field.
  3. Select Schedule Execution from the Task type drop-down menu to execute the archiving task periodically. You can configure the execution time of the archiving task by selecting grids in Task Execution Schedule. Select an entire day by clicking on a day and a specific time by clicking on the hour.
  4. Select Next to continue.
  5. Adjust Storage Settings and Rotation Rules in Storage.
  6. Select Next to continue.
  7. Specify the archiving source server in Source.
  8. Select Next to continue.
  9. Tick the checkbox(es) of the desired cameras to perform archiving tasks in Camera.
  10. Select Next to continue.
  11. Filter the archived recordings in Recording.
  12. Select Next to continue.
  13. Configure archive recording type in Advanced.
  14. Click Finish to save the archiving task.

To add a one time execution archiving task:

  1. Click Add to create a new archiving task.
  2. Enter the name of the archiving task in the Name field.
  3. Go to General > Task type, and select One Time Execution from the Task type drop-down menu. By selecting this option, the archiving task will only be executed once. You can select Execute immediately from the Execute Time drop-down menu to allow archiving tasks to be executed immediately once it is added. You can also select Execute at the specified time to specify when to execute the archiving task.
  4. Select Next to continue.
  5. Select recording storage space in Archiving Storage drop-down menu.
  6. Adjust Rotation Rules in Storage.
  7. Select Next to continue.
  8. Specify the archive source server in Source.
  9. Select Next to continue.
  10. Tick the checkbox(es) of the desired cameras to perform archiving tasks in Camera.
  11. Select Next to continue.
  12. Filter the archived recordings in Recording.
  13. Select Next to continue.
  14. Configure archive recording type in Advanced.
  15. Click Finish to save the archiving task.

To edit task:

  1. Select a task from list and click Edit.
  2. Modify the configuration in General, Storage, Source, Camera, Recording, and Advanced tab.
  3. Click Save to restore the change.

Note:

To batch edit task:

  1. Select the archiving task you wish to apply attributes to other archiving tasks.
  2. Go to Edit > Edit Batch.
  3. In the Source of Attributes step, the archiving task's attributes are grouped into four categories: General, Storage, Recording, and Advanced. Tick the Apply checkboxes for the attributes you wish to apply to other archiving tasks. After selecting the attributes, click Next.

    Note:

    • You can view attribute values that are attached to the end of select attribute value names on the list.
    • Attributes marked with asterisks (*) can only be applied to archiving tasks that are of the same type as the batch edit's source archiving tasks.
    • Only the attributes supported by the batch edit's source archiving tasks can be applied to other archiving tasks.
  4. In the Select the Archiving Tasks to Apply step, tick the Apply checkboxes to apply the selected attributes to your archiving tasks. When you finish selecting the attributes, click Finish to complete the batch edit.

    Note:

    • When the batch edit's source of attributes is different, attributes can only be partially applied to certain archiving tasks, and "-" will be displayed when you tick the archiving task.

To enable / disable task:

  1. Select a task from list.
  2. Click Enable to enable selected task from the Enable drop-down menu or click Disable to disable the corresponding archiving task.

To delete a task:

  1. Select a task from the list and click Delete.
  2. A confirmation prompt will appear. Select Delete all archived files or keep all archived files. Click Ok to delete the task.

Application

After selecting a task, you can open different applications in the bottom section.