Milestone XProtect Advanced VMS 2014 - Manual (Page 281)

Milestone XProtect ® Advanced
VMS 2014
Administrator's Manual
www.milestonesys.com 281 System maintenance
View status messages
1. Right-click the notification area's server service icon.
2. Depending on server type, select the relevant icon.
3. Select Show Status Messages. Depending on the current server type, either the
Management Server Status Messages or Recording Server Status Messages window
appears, listing time-stamped status messages:
Example from Management Server service
Read server service icons - management, recording and failover
The following notification area icons represent the possible states of the Management Server service,
Recording Server and Failover Recording Server services. They are all visible on the computers
where the service is installed, not in the Management Client:
Manage-
ment
Server
service icon
Recording
Server
service icon
Failover
Recording
Server service
icon
Description
Running.
Reg. failover recording server, it is enabled and
started and can take over from standard recording
servers.
Stopped.
Reg. failover recording server, it is stopped and
no longer taking over from standard recording
servers.
Starting.
Appears when a server service is in the process
of starting. Under normal circumstances, the icon
changes after a short while to Running.