Milestone XProtect Advanced VMS 2014 - Manual (Page 276)

Milestone XProtect ® Advanced
VMS 2014
Administrator's Manual
www.milestonesys.com 276 System maintenance
2. If:
o a and b, go to the notification area of the taskbar. Right-click the Management Server
icon, select Update SQL address.
o c, paste the directory you copied to a temporary place on the computer where the event
server is installed and run the included file:VideoOS.Server.ChangeSqlAddress.exe.
3. The Update SQL Server Address dialog box appears. Select Management Server and
Event Server and click Next.
4. Enter or select the new SQL server and click Next.
5. Select the new SQL database and click Select.
6. Wait while the address change takes place. When a confirmation message is presented, click
OK.
If you acted according to step 2 b, you have by now only updated the management server SQL
address. You must repeat the process to update the event server SQL address. When doing so,
make sure to select the scenario in step 2 c.
Replace hardware
When you replace a hardware device on your network with another hardware device, you must know
the IP address, port, user name and password of the new hardware device.
Your system might be affected by license limitations. Using the Activate Online wizard, you must
reactivate your licenses after replacing hardware devices. If the new number of cameras exceeds the
old number of cameras, you might also have to buy new licenses.
1. Expand the required recording server, right-click the hardware you want to replace.
2. Select Replace Hardware.
3. The Replace Hardware wizard appears. Click Next.