Milestone M50 - Manual (Page 193)

Milestone Husky M30/M50 Administrator's Manual
www.milestonesys.com 193 Backup and restore configuration
each session is stored. With the Number of old sessions to keep field, you can control how many
old sessions are kept.
When you select to restore a configuration from a restore point, the configuration from the selected
restore point is applied and used once the services are restarted (see Start and stop services (on page
170)).
If you have added new cameras or other devices to Milestone Husky product after the restore point
was created, they are missing if you load the restore point. This is because they were not in the
system when the restore point was created. In such cases, you are notified and must decide what to
do with recordings from the affected devices.
1. From the Management Application's File menu, select Load Configuration from Restore
Point...
2. In the left part of the Restore Points dialog, select the required restore point.
3. Click the Load Restore Point button.
4. If you are sure that you want to overwrite the current configuration with the one from the
selected restore point, click OK.
5. Only relevant if the current configuration contains cameras or other devices which were not
present in the selected restore point: you are asked whether you want to delete or keep
recordings from affected devices. If you keep the recordings, note that they are not be
accessible until you add the affected devices to Milestone Husky product again. Select the
relevant option, and click OK.
6. Click OK in the Restore Points dialog.
7. In the Management Application's navigation pane, expand Advanced Configuration, and
select Services.
8. For the Recording Server and Image Server services respectively, click the Restart button.
When the two services are restarted, the configuration from the selected restore point is
applied.
Tip: When you select a restore point, you can see information about the configuration state at the
selected point in time in the right part of the dialog. This can help you select the best possible restore
point.