System architecture and XProtect Management Server Failover

Depending on the size of your VMS installation and resources, you can configure XProtect Management Server Failover in the following different ways. To learn more about the standard configuration, see Failover steps .

The failover cluster with external SQL Server

If you have a large VMS installation and want to use SQL Server on a separate computer, you can exclude SQL Server from the failover cluster.

In this scenario, the XProtect Management Server Failover solution does not monitor the SQL Server databases. Milestone recommends regular backups of the SQL Server databases as a disaster recovery measure.

See Prerequisites for using external SQL Server .

The failover cluster and a recording server

The failover cluster can work with a recording server installed on the primary or secondary computer. You can install a recording server on the primary, secondary, or both computers.

XProtect Management Server Failover does not provide failover for the recording server. You must configure the failover recording server yourself.

See Prerequisites for installing a recording server on the primary or secondary computer.

The failover cluster and a failover recording server

You can install a failover recording server on the primary or secondary computer in a domain environment.

If you have limited resources, you can use the primary and secondary computers to host a recording server and a failover recording server. You configure the failover recording server from XProtect Management Client.

For system resiliency, Milestone recommends installing the recording server on the secondary computer and using the recording server failover on the primary computer.

If you configure a failover recording server on the primary or secondary computer, you must use it in a Hot standby setup.