Automatic Backup feature | Mirasys Help Center

Mirasys VMS has two automatic backup features

Automatic Backup to HDD
Automatic Backup to USB

Automatic Backup to HDD

The V9 Enterprise product line include Automatic Backup to HDD feature. This feature make automatic backup to the local HDD every night at 2 am if there have been any changes on the system side.

The default location for this is

C:\Program Files\DVMS\SystemManagement\SMData\RecoveryStore\Backups

If you want to, for example, change backup location or other options, you can edit the autobackup.xml file, which is located in C:\Program Files\DVMS\SystemManagement -folder.

Example of autobackup.xml file

XML

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<BackupConfiguration>
  <!-- Use automatic backup or not yes / no-->
  <Dobackup> yes </Dobackup>
  <!-- Start time for automatic backup, local time -->
  <Starttime> 2:00 </Starttime>
  <!-- Maximumm number of saved backup files -->
  <Maxfiles> 50 </Maxfiles>
  <!-- Backup path (if not defaults) -->
  <Path></Path>
</BackupConfiguration>

If you make changes to that file, you need to restart SMServer to accept the new changes.

Default VMS Services are using the SYSTEM account. Please note that this user cannot detect mapped network drives or USB sticks.

Automatic Backup to USB

This feature is an extra feature, and this needs to be add license before you can use this feature. If both features are added to the license, then the system uses only the Automatic Backup to USB feature.

Automatic Backup to USB feature detects if there is a USB stick on the system, and that stick is named as VMS Restore. On that stick, there needs to be a DVMS Setup folder on the root. If that is not created, VMS will not make any backups until that folder is created.

If you want to change when backup is made, you need to edit the autobackup.xml file.

Automatic Backup testing

If you want to test automatic backup, you need to change the start time and add a delay tag to the autobackup.xml file.

Example of autobackup.xml file

XML

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<BackupConfiguration>
  <!-- Use automatic backup or not yes / no-->
  <Dobackup> yes </Dobackup>
  <!-- Start time for automatic backup, local time -->
  <Starttime> 2:00 </Starttime>
  <!-- Maximumm number of saved backup files -->
  <Maxfiles> 50 </Maxfiles>
  <!-- Delay tag -->
  <Delay> 5 </Delay>
  <!-- Backup path (if not defaults) -->
  <Path></Path>
</BackupConfiguration>

Delay time defines how many minutes after the backup is checked. The delay tag is not a default value.

When you want to use your own settings, you need to remove the Delay tag from the XML file.

Automatic Backup Triggers

Automatic backup is triggered when any system data changes are made. These are examples:

Changing camera settings using the System Manager.
Creating new user profiles, users, etc., using the System Manager.
Adding new servers to enviroment.
Changing password, language, etc. on the Spotter side.

Automatic backup is not triggered when non-system data changes are made. These are examples:

Making a bookmark using the Spotter.
Saving a new layout, editing an existing layout, or saving your own tab using the Spotter.
Changing Spotter settings related to workstation examples: Video settings, decoding settings, etc.