Install and configure XProtect management server on Node 2

1. On Node 2, run the Milestone XProtect VMS Products System Installer file.

   The installation files unpack. Depending on your security settings, one or more Windows® security warnings appear. Accept these and the unpacking continues.

2. After specifying the location of the license file and accepting the license terms, select Custom.

   A list of components to be installed appears. Apart from the management server, all elements in the list are optional.

3. Select all components EXCEPT the Recording Server and Smart Client. Click Continue.

4. In the Select Microsoft SQL Server window, select Use an existing SQL Server on the network and select the location of the Central SQL Server that you installed in Install new SQL Server failover cluster installation (see "Install a SQL Server failover cluster instance "). Click Continue.

5. Select Create new database and click Continue.

6. In the Select Service Account window, select This account and enter the domain Administrator credentials. Click Continue and then click Install.

7. After the installation is complete, open the XProtect Management Client using the domain Administrator credentials.

8. From the Tools menu, select Registered Services.

9. In the Add/Remove Registered Services window, select each service in the list and click Edit.

   In the Edit Registered Service window, modify the URL address to use the Cluster Name.

   Update all of the services listed in the Add/Remove Registered Services window including the Service Channel http and https fields. The new URLs should look something like this:

   • Event Server: http://ClusterName.host:22331/

   • Log Server: http://ClusterName.host:80/LogServer/soapext.dll?logserver

   • Report Server: http://ClusterName.host/Reporting/

   • Service Channel: http://ClusterName.host:80/and https://ClusterName.host:443/

   • Api Gateway: http://ClusterName.host:80/API/

10. In the Add/Remove Registered Services window, click Network and in the Service address (LAN) field, modify the URL address to use the cluster service address and then click OK.

11. In the Add/Remove Registered Services window, click Close and exit the XProtect Management Client.

Postrequisite

When this is done, modify all of the recording servers and failover servers to connect to the cluster service address for the management server by doing the following:

1. On the server where the Recording Server is installed, right-click the Recording Server icon in the tool bar and select Stop Recording Server Service from the menu.

2. After the Recording Server is stopped, again right-click the Recording Server icon in the tool bar and select Change Settings.

   The Recording Server Settings window appears.

3. Modify the address for the management server to connect to the cluster service, and click OK.

4. Right-click the Recording Server icon and select Start Recording Server service to start the Recording Server service again.