Milestone XProtect Professional 2014 User Manual
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Milestone XProtect
®
Professional
2014
Administrator's Manual
www.milestonesys.com
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Advanced configuration
Component
Requirement
Database Repair Action
Select which action to take if the database becomes corrupted:
 Repair, scan, delete if fails: Default action. If the database
becomes corrupted, two different repair methods will be 
attempted: a fast repair and a thorough repair. If both repair 
methods fail, the contents of the database will be deleted. 
 Repair, delete if fails: If the database becomes corrupted, a
fast repair will be attempted. If the fast repair fails, the contents 
of the database will be deleted. 
 Repair, archive if fails: If the database becomes corrupted, a
fast repair will be attempted. If the fast repair fails, the contents 
of the database will be archived. 
 Delete (no repair): If the database becomes corrupted, the
contents of the database will be deleted.
 Archive (no repair): If the database becomes corrupted, the
contents of the database will be archived.
If you choose an action to repair a corrupt database, this corrupt 
database is closed while it is repaired. Instead, a new database is 
created to allow recordings to continue. 
XProtect Smart Client can often repair a corrupt database if it has 
been archived. When you open the corrupt database in XProtect 
Smart Client, XProtect Smart Client repairs the database 
automatically if at all possible. 
Tip: There are several things you can do to
prevent
(see "
protecting recording databases from corruption
your databases become corrupt in the first place.
Configure Dynamic Paths
With dynamic archiving paths, you specify a number of different 
archiving paths, usually across several drives. If the drive 
containing the camera's database is among the path you have 
selected for dynamic archiving, XProtect Professional always tries 
to archive to that path first. If not, XProtect Professional 
automatically archives to the archiving drive with the most available 
space at any time, provided there is not a camera database using 
that drive. See also Dynamic path selection (see "Dynamic path 
selection (properties)" on page 73). 
