Milestone XProtect Advanced VMS 2014 - Manual (Page 28)

Milestone XProtect ® Advanced
VMS 2014
Administrator's Manual
www.milestonesys.com 28 Installation
Customize IIS
If you install on Windows Server 2008, Milestone recommends that you customize the standard IIS
installation:
1. In Windows Start menu, select Control Panel, then select Programs and Features.
2. In the Programs and Features window, click Turn Windows features on or off. This
opens the Windows Features window (window name may be different depending on
which operating system you are installing the service channel on).
3. In the Windows Features window, expand Internet Information Services.
4. Expand and select Web Management Tools, then expand and select IIS 6 Management
Compatibility, then select IIS Metabase and IIS 6 configuration compatibility.
5. Expand and select World Wide Web Services, then expand and select Application
Development Features, then select the following:

.NET Extensibility

ASP

ASP.NET

ISAPI Extensions

ISAPI Filters.
6. Expand and select Security, then select Windows Authentication.
7. Click OK.
About virus scanning
As is the case with any other database software, if an antivirus program is installed on a computer
running XProtect
® software, it is important that you exclude specific file types and locations, as well as
certain network traffic. Without implementing these exceptions, virus scanning uses a considerable
amount of system resources. On top of that, the scanning process can temporarily lock files which
likely results in a disruption in the recording process or even database corruption.
When you need to perform virus scanning, do not scan Recording Server directories containing
recording databases (by default c:\mediadatabase\, as well as all folders under that location). Avoid
also to perform virus scanning on archive storage directories. In older versions of the software, the
databases are by default located in the installation folder, each being a subfolder with the MAC
address of the device recorded.
Create the following additional exclusions:

File types: .blk, .idx, .pic, .pqz, .sts, .ts

C:\Program Files\Milestone or C:\Program Files (x86)\Milestone and all subdirectories.

Exclude network scanning on TCP ports: