View the historical state of your hardware and print a report

With the System Monitor feature, you can easily get an overview of the well-being of your VMS system. Also, over a longer period.

Are there periods where the CPU usage, bandwidth, or other hardware are challenged? Find the answer to this with the System Monitor functionality and decide if you need to upgrade your hardware or buy new to avoid it in the future.

Remember to enable the collection of historical data. See Collect historical data of hardware states.

  1. In the Site Navigation pane, select System Dashboard > System Monitor.

  2. In the System Monitor window, select a tile with the hardware you want to know the historical well-being of, or from the lower part of the window, select a server or camera.

  3. Select Details to the right side of the relevant server or camera.

    Camera details in System Monitor.

  4. For servers, select History to the right of the hardware that you want to investigate. For cameras, select the link.

  5. If you want to print a report, select the PDF icon.

You can only create historical reports with data from the recording server where the device is currently located.

If you access the system monitor's details from a server operating system, you may experience a message regarding Internet Explorer Enhanced Security Configuration. Follow the instructions to add the System Monitor page to the Trusted sites zone before proceeding.