Install a recording server through Download Manager

If your system components are distributed on separate computers, you can install the recording servers by following the instructions below.

The recording server is already installed if you made a Single Computer installation, but you can use the same instructions to add more recording servers if you need more capacity.

You can download the component from Download Manager, see Install XProtect components through Download Manager .

Start the installation

1. Run the installer you have downloaded from Download Manager.
2. Select the language you want to use during the installation.
3. On the Select an installation type page, select:

   • Typical to install a recording server with default values, or

   • Custom to install a recording server with custom values.

Recording server settings

On the Specify recording server settings page, specify the different recording server settings:

1. In the Recording server name field, enter the name of the recording server. The default is the name of the computer.
2. The Management server address field shows the address and port number of the management server: localhost:80.
3. In the Select your media database location field, select the location where you want to save your video recording. Milestone recommends that you save your video recordings in a separate location from where you install the software and not on the system drive. The default location is the drive with the most space available.
4. In Retention time for video recordings field, define for how long you want to save the recordings. You can enter from between 1 and 365,000 days, where 7 days is the default retention time.

Recording servers

The Recording servers IP addresses page is shown only if you selected Custom. Specify the number of recording servers that you want to install on this computer.

Service account

On the Select service account for recording server, select either This predefined account or This account to select the service account for the recording server.

If needed, enter a password.

The user name for the account must be a single word. It must not have a space.

Encryption

On the Select encryption page, you can secure the communication flows:

• Between the recording servers, data collectors, and the management server

  To enable encryption for internal communication flows, in the Server certificate section, select a certificate.

  If you encrypt the connection from the recording server to the management server, the system requires that you also encrypt the connection from the management server to the recording server.

• Between the recording servers and clients

  To enable encryption between recording servers and client components that retrieve data streams from the recording server, in the Streaming media certificate section, select a certificate.

• Between the mobile server and clients

  To enable encryption between client components that retrieve data streams from the mobile server, in the Mobile streaming media certificate section, select a certificate.

• Between the event server and components that communicate with the event server

  To enable encryption between the event server and components that communicate with the event server, including the LPR Server, in the Event server and extensions section, select a certificate.

You can use the same certificate file for all system components or use different certificate files depending on the system components.

You can also enable encryption after installation from the Server Configurator in the Management Server Manager tray icon in the notification area.

Location and language

1. On the Select file location and product language page, select the File location for the program files. If any Milestone XProtect VMS product is already installed on the computer, this field is disabled. The field displays the location where the component will be installed.

2. In the Product language field, select the language in which to install your XProtect product. Click Install.

The software now installs. When the installation completes, you see a list of successfully installed system components. Click Close.

When you have installed the recording server, you can check its state from the Recording Server Manager tray icon and configure it in Management Client. For more information, see Initial configuration tasks list.