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7 Maintenance
Backup strategy 7.1
Video files take up large amount of hard disk storage, so a strategy for how to save the simulations for later
use is needed.
The main use of SimView is to record the session and do the annotations for the students, but not to keep
all the simulation on the server.
The simulations that need to be saved for later and frequent use must be exported with the export function
to a remote storage server or a portable hard disk.
From the remote storage server all the simulations can be viewed with the Session Viewer application from
any PC connected to the storage server or using the portable hard disk.
You can export simulations in a format ready for the Session Viewer application for viewing anywhere
including offline as the files can be saved on USB memory sticks or portable hard disks.
You can also delete files not needed after being backed up somewhere else.
What to back-up? 7.2
Create a system image backup regularly as this will store all settings and programs for easy repair if the hard
disk stops working
In order to repair or move the SimView simulations it is important to make regular backups of the following
folders:
 AvsFiles and any extra working directories used for storing video
 App_Data folder in the SimView installation folder, including the file avs.sdf.
The AvsFiles folder is either specified in the Server setting in View & Setup or placed at the default location:
C:\AvsFiles
.
The App_Data folder with the file avs.sdf is located in:
<System Drive>:\Program Files (x86)\Laerdal\SimView Server\App_Data.
See also the sub-chapters “Settings - General” and “Server settings - Storage” in the “SimView” chapter.
Hard disk “clean-up” of simulations 7.3
In order to prevent filling the hard disk , there is a cleanup function, that can delete files older than a certain
amount of days
An automatic clean-up is run according to the settings in the Delete data that is older than box, but you
can run the clean-up manually at any time, just click at the “Run automatic clean up now”
Note! Any unsaved simulation is automatically deleted after 48 hours.