Milestone XProtect Advanced VMS 2014 - Manual (Page 274)

Milestone XProtect ® Advanced
VMS 2014
Administrator's Manual
www.milestonesys.com 274 System maintenance
o Clients cannot log in: Client access is authorized through the management server.
Without the management server, clients cannot log in.
o Clients that are already logged in can remain logged in for up to one hour: When
clients log in, they are authorized by the management server and can communicate with
recording servers for up to one hour. If you can get the new management server up and
running within an hour, many of your users are not affected.
o No ability to configure the system: Without the management server, you cannot change
the system configuration.
Milestone recommends that you inform your users about the risk of losing contact with the surveillance
system while the management server is down.
Move the system configuration
Moving your system configuration is a three step process:
1. Make a backup of your system configuration. This is identical to making a scheduled backup
(see "Back up system configuration with scheduled backup" on page 271).
2. Install the new management server on the new server. See scheduled backup, step 2.
3. Restore your system configuration to the new system. See Restore system configuration from
scheduled backup (on page 272).
Managing the SQL server
About updating the SQL server address
When you install a system as a trial, or if you restructure a large installation, you may need to use a
different SQL database. You can do this with the Update SQL Server Address tool.
With the tool, you can change the addresses of the SQL servers used by the management server, the
event server and the log server. The only limitation is that you cannot change the management server
and event server SQL address at the same time as the log server's SQL address. You can do it one
after another.
You must do SQL updates locally on the computer where you have installed the management
server/event server or log server. You cannot do it from the Management Client. If your management
server and event server are not located on the same computer, you can still use the tool, but you must
run it on both the computer on which the management server is installed and on the computer on
which the event server is installed.
You must copy the SQL databases before you proceed.