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To install the Axxon Next VMS,    run the Setup.exe  file with administrator rightsexe executable file from the distribution package as Windows OS administrator.

The following three types of installations installation are available when installing Axxon Next to a personal computer:

1. Client – This type of installation is used for installing the software's user interfaces, which enable any user – installs only the Client that allows the user to connect to any server within a single security system and to Server and perform administration/management/monitoring of a the guarded location object based on the permissions granted by the administrator.

2. Server and Client — – installs the Client and the Server services.  
   The Axxon Next Server: 

   1. interacts Interacts with the devices (video cameras, microphones, sensors, relays, etc.) that constitute a the security system;.

   2. Stores the archive data on its own storage space and interacts with the writes video footage to archives on system disks; interacts with archives on NAS;

   3. hosts VMDA database;

   4. employs detection tools to analyze live video;

   5. .

   6. Stores the events and object tracks databases.

   7. Analyzes the incoming video image using the detection tools.

   8. Stores the keeps configurations of the security system, user settings, custom layouts created in the system, macros, etc.

3. Failover Server and Client —  – installs the Client and the Server services enhanced with the Failover capabilityFailOver technology.  In In emergency situations (Server power outage, network problemsconnection loss),   the Failover technology restores the server configuration on another server.

The following required software is installed, if necessary:

1. the configuration of the Server with the FailOver technology will be restored on another Server of the system.

When installing the Server, the following software is installed among the prerequisites:

1. PostgreSQL database Server. A PostgreSQL 9.2.2 server database If an older version of PostgreSQL is installed, it is updated to version 9.2.2.  A new log database is automatically created (with the name : – ngp, user name: the username – ngp, and the password : – ngp).
2. .NET Framework 2.0, .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 and .NET Framework 4.0.
3. Acrobat Reader, which is necessary for exporting in PDF format and printing freeze frames (see Frame export).

4. VLC Media Player. The VideoLan folder

   ,

   in the Axxon Next installation

   folder, contains the file

   directory will contain the VLC.exe file, which is a version of the VLC Media Player that can be run from any

   connected

   disk/carrier without installation. This file can be used to

   view

   playback the exported archive video.

   Note
   title Attention!
   Starting from Axxon Next 4.5.10, VLC Media Player is excluded from the software package.