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Milestone Husky M30/M50 Administrator's Manual
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which a remote user has been given access are visible to the user, regardless of whether the
cameras are connected to the master server or to one of the slave servers. To access the slave
servers from the Internet, enable Public Access on all involved servers, and map ports accordingly in
the routers and/or firewalls used.
About switching around master and slave servers
If you want a slave server to become a master server, clear Enable as master server on the original
master server and click OK. Under Master/Server, right-click the slave server which you want to
become master server, and select Properties. Then select Enable as master server. Click Add to
add slave servers to the new master server.
About event server installation in a master/slave setup
To run a master/slave setup, choose a Typical installation on the master server and Custom
installation, where you do not install the Event Server service, on the slave server(s). This is because
there can only be one Event Server service in a master/slave setup. If you install more than one Event
Server service, the master server may experience problems with accessing cameras on slave servers.
However, if you have an event server installed on the master server and no event server installed on
slave servers, you can create alarms that triggers when events occur on the slave. If you cannot see
an event from the slave server when you create an alarm and enter the source in the Management
Application, this may be because you need to be a user on the slave server with administrator access
before you can see the events on the slave server.
The slave server does not recognize a locally defined Windows user created on the Windows server,
and an event from the slave server is not be available for creating alarms. You must add domain users
to both the master server and the slave server with administrator access. This allows you to see the
events on the slave server and create alarms. If you are set up as a basic user on both the master
server and slave server, with administrator rights on both, you can see events on the slave server and
create alarms when you log in to the master server with this user ID.
By default, the Management Application does not prompt you for a login, but does log you in with the
Windows user ID with which you have logged in to Windows. If you want to log in as a basic user, you
must therefore do the following: Start the Management Application and go to File > Log Out. This
opens a login dialog box where you can use your basic user ID to log in.
Master/slave properties
If you have several Milestone Husky product servers, you can create a master/slave setup. A
master/slave setup allows users to connect to more than one server at the same time. When users
connect to the master server, they instantly get access to the slave servers as well.
Master server properties
Name Description
Enable as master server Select to enable as master server.
Timeout
Set timeout of slave update. See Update Status on Slaves further
below.