Milestone M50 - Manual (Page 191)

Milestone Husky M30/M50 Administrator's Manual
www.milestonesys.com 191 Backup and restore configuration
Export Management Application configuration as backup
With this option, all relevant Milestone Husky product Management Application configuration files are
combined into one single .xml file, which you can specify a location for. Note that if there are unsaved
changes to your configuration, these are automatically saved when you export the configuration.
1. In the Management Application's File menu, select Export Configuration - Backup.
2. Browse to the location at which you want to store the exported configuration, specify a suitable
file name, and click Save.
If you intend to set up an identical version of your surveillance system elsewhere, do not export your
configuration as backup, since this may lead to the same device information being used twice, in
which case clients may get the following error message: Application is not able to start because
two (or more) cameras are using the same name or ID. Instead, export your configuration as a
clone. When you export as a clone, the export takes into account the fact that you are not using the
exact same physical cameras, etc. even though your new system may otherwise be identical to your
existing one.
Note that there is a difference between this Management Application configuration backup and the
system configuration backup done from the Milestone Surveillance folder because these are two
different things. The backup described here is limited to a backup of the Management Application
configuration. The type of system configuration backup done from the Milestone Surveillance folder is
a backup of your entire surveillance system setup (including, among other things, log files, event
configuration, restore points, view groups as well as the Management Application and XProtect Smart
Client configuration).
When you install the new version of Milestone Husky product, it inherits the configuration from your
previous version.
Milestone recommends that you make regular backups of your server configuration as a disaster
recovery measure. You should also do this when you upgrade your server. While it is rare that you
lose your configuration (cameras, schedules, views, etc), it can happen under unfortunate
circumstances. Fortunately, it takes only a minute to back up your existing configuration.
Export Management Application configuration as clone
With this option, all relevant Milestone Husky product Management Application configuration files are
collected, and GUIDs (Globally Unique IDentifiers, unique 128-bit numbers used for identifying
individual system components, such as cameras) are marked for later replacement. GUIDs are
marked for later replacement because they refer to specific components (cameras, etc.). Even though
you wish to use the cloned configuration for setting up a new similar system using similar types of
cameras, the new system does not use the exact same physical cameras as the cloned system. When
you use the cloned configuration later in a new system, the GUIDs are replaced with GUIDs
representing the specific components of the new system.
After you have marked GUIDs for replacement, the configuration files are combined into one single
.xml file, which you can then save at a location specified by you. Note that if there are unsaved
changes to your configuration, they are automatically saved when you export the configuration.
1. In the Management Application's File menu, select Export Configuration - Clone.
2. Browse to the location at which you want to store the exported configuration, specify a suitable
file name, and click Save.