Post-migration steps

The following steps outline what to do after you completed the migration with Milestone Migration Assistant Tool.

  1. Activate licenses.

    When you have added the cameras, Milestone recommends that you activate the licenses:

    1. Expand Basics and select License Information.
    2. Review the status of your licenses.
    3. You can activate licenses online or offline.

  2. On the XProtect Professional VMS system, stop the camera feed and recordings:

    1. In the Management Application, go to Scheduling and Archiving.
    2. Change the online schedule for all cameras to Always off.

  3. Verify that everything works as expected.

    1. Log in to XProtect Smart Client as the different users. Use the host name or IP address of your XProtect VMS system and not localhost.
    2. Verify that you can see the view groups and the cameras in the views you have migrated from the Professional VMS server for live viewing and playback of new recordings.

  4. In XProtect VMS, configure the features that were not migrated:

    • Scheduling
    • Recording settings
    • Rules
    • Events and alarms
    • Maps

  5. Access to old recordings.

    The XProtect Professional VMS system is still installed and running, so your users still have access to the XProtect Professional VMS server from XProtect Smart Client.

    On a single computer installation, log in to XProtect Smart Client using the XProtect Professional VMS server on port 81.

  6. Migration complete.