Milestone XProtect Professional 2014 - Manual (Page 94)

Milestone XProtect ® Professional
2014
Administrator's Manual
www.milestonesys.com 94 Advanced configuration
Component Requirement
Database Repair Action
Select which action to take if the database becomes corrupted:
 Repair, scan, delete if fails: Default action. If the database
becomes corrupted, two different repair methods will be
attempted: a fast repair and a thorough repair. If both repair
methods fail, the contents of the database will be deleted.
 Repair, delete if fails: If the database becomes corrupted, a
fast repair will be attempted. If the fast repair fails, the contents
of the database will be deleted.
 Repair, archive if fails: If the database becomes corrupted, a
fast repair will be attempted. If the fast repair fails, the contents
of the database will be archived.
 Delete (no repair): If the database becomes corrupted, the
contents of the database will be deleted.
 Archive (no repair): If the database becomes corrupted, the
contents of the database will be archived.
If you choose an action to repair a corrupt database, this corrupt
database is closed while it is repaired. Instead, a new database is
created to allow recordings to continue.
XProtect Smart Client can often repair a corrupt database if it has
been archived. When you open the corrupt database in XProtect
Smart Client, XProtect Smart Client repairs the database
automatically if at all possible.
Tip: There are several things you can do to prevent (see " About
protecting recording databases from corruption " on page 34) that
your databases become corrupt in the first place.
Configure Dynamic Paths
With dynamic archiving paths, you specify a number of different
archiving paths, usually across several drives. If the drive
containing the camera's database is among the path you have
selected for dynamic archiving, XProtect Professional always tries
to archive to that path first. If not, XProtect Professional
automatically archives to the archiving drive with the most available
space at any time, provided there is not a camera database using
that drive. See also Dynamic path selection (see "Dynamic path
selection (properties)" on page 73).