Prerequisites for running a recording server or failover recording server on the cluster nodes

Installing the recording server or failover recording server on the cluster nodes requires additional steps.

You can install a recording server or failover recording server on one or both nodes. For example, you can install:

Before you configure the management server failover, consider the following:

Environment - The nodes can run in a domain or workgroup environment.
Failover recording server setup - If you configure a failover recording server on any of the nodes, you must use it in a hot standby setup.
Encryption (optional)- To encrypt the connection between the VMS components, you must install the SSL certificate for the recording server on the recording server computer. Then, you must enable encryption for the recording server from the recording server's Server Configurator.
Services - The XProtect Recording Server service and the configuration wizard for XProtect Management Server Failover need port 9001 to operate. To avoid conflicts, you must either use another port for the Milestone XProtect Recording Server service or stop the service when you configure or remove the configuration from the failover cluster.

To learn more about the configuration of the recording server and the failover recording server, see the XProtect VMS administrator manual.