RC-E User Manual
Management Client (RC-E Manager)
IMPORTANT
: This is one of two maximum size settings for the recording database. The
Retention Time
setting specified earlier may mean that recordings are removed from the recording database before the
specified number of gigabytes is reached.
IMPORTANT:
The oldest data in a database will always be auto-archived (or deleted if no next archive is
defined) when less than 5GB of space is free. If less than 1GB space is free, data will be deleted. A
database always requires 250MB of free space. If this limit is reached (if data is not deleted fast enough),
no more data will be written to the database until enough space has been freed. The actual maximum
size of your database will thus be the amount of gigabytes you specify, minus 5GB.
o
Signing:
Check this box if you want to write a digital signature to database files containing recorded
data. This allows the Ocularis Client to verify that the contents of imported and opened databases have
not been tampered with and that no database files have been removed.
Note that signing is turned off per default as it may affect system performance.
o
Encryption:
Select the appropriate level of encryption for the recording database by selecting either
None
,
Light
or
Strong
.
Note that the stronger the encryption, the more CPU usage it will cause.
o
Password:
(mandatory only if you selected
Light
or
Strong
in the
Encryption
field mentioned earlier)
:
Click
Set...
to set a password.
3. Click
OK
.
If needed, you are now ready to create archive(s) within your new storage area, see Creating an Archive within an
Existing Storage Area (on page 67).
Creating an Archive within an Existing Storage Area
A storage area has no default archive when it is created.
1. To create an archive, select the wanted storage area by clicking it in the
Recording and archiving
configuration
list.
2. Next, click the button located below the
Recording and archiving configuration
list.
3. This opens the
Archive Settings
dialog where you must specify the following:
o
Name:
Rename if needed; use a descriptive and unique name.
o
Path:
Type or use the browser link next to the field to specify the path to the directory in which to save
the archive. The archive does not necessarily have to be located on the recording server computer itself.
Tip:
If the directory you plan to use does not already exist, you can create it using the browser dialog.
Network drives must be specified using UNC (Universal Naming Convention) format, example:
\\server\volume\directory\
.
o
Retention time:
Select a number of units and select either
Days
or
Hours
to specify how long recordings
should stay in the archive before being moved to another archive or deleted (depending on archive
settings). The retention time must always be longer than the retention time of the last archive or the
recording database. This is due to the fact that the number of retention days stated for an archive
includes all retention stated earlier in the process.
Who determines the schedule?
You do. You must specify the intervals with which the archiving
process will start.
Example:
If you specify 24 hours, recordings must be at least a day old before they will be archived. If
archiving is scheduled to take place before the 24 hours have passed, only recordings older than 24
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