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Vista Pro 6 Server: Viewing Mode
Select the Date and Time the Backup Should Begin
1. Under Start Backup Time, enter the Year, Month, Day, Hour and Minute to begin backup. In
this example, the shop owner would enter
2010
beside Year;
12
beside Month;
24
beside Day;
23
beside Hour,
00
beside Minute.
• This triggers the scheduled backup to start at December 24, 2010 at 11:00pm, and will back
up all the content between 9:00am and 6:00pm.
• Beside the Run Backup Per drop-down menu, select
2 Days
. This schedules the system to
back up the data every 2 days.
2. Click
OK
to save your settings.
Result
The the backup sequence begins on December 24, 2010 at 11:00pm. The system backs up all
content between 9:00am and 6:00pm. Since the shop owner wanted the back up to take place
every 2 days, on December 26, at 11:00pm, the system copies all the backup videos to the specified
directory.
The system will continue to back up data every 2 days on an endless loop.
SCENARIO B: SCHEDULING A 24-HR FULL BACKUP
The shop owner may want to backup all 24 hours of video starting on December 24th, 2010 at
11:00pm, every 2 days.
To back up 24-hours of video on a scheduled time:
1. Click the
Setup
(
)button. The System tab opens.
2. Click the
Backup Setting
button. The Schedule Backup Setup window opens.
3. Select the
Enable schedule backup
check box on the top-left corner of the window.
4. Under Backup Device Select, click the
Select
button and locate a save directory.
5. Select the
Overwrite
checkbox. This will allow your system to over-write content if the
hard-drive becomes full.
6. Under Backup Type, select
Full Backup
.
7. Under Start Backup Time, enter
2010
beside Year;
12
beside Month;
24
beside Day;
23
beside
Hour,
00
beside Minute.
8. Beside the Run Backup Per drop-down menu, select
2 Days
. This schedules the system to
back up the data every 2 days.
9. Click
OK
to save your settings.
• The system will perform a full backup every 2 days, starting on December 24, 2010, at 11:00pm.
Figure 5.9 Scheduling backup start time.
It is recommended to perform
daily backups (1 day) to prevent the
system from overwriting video
content.
Tip!
