Manual archive replication

General information

To protect the selected archive fragment from data loss during overwriting, you can manually replicate the fragment to an additional archive. Manual replication can be performed simultaneously for one or several cameras.

Manual archive replication for one camera

To manually replicate the archive of one camera:

1. Create an additional archive (see Creating archives) and configure in it the replication on demand (see Configuration of data replication).
2. Create or go to the layout with the required cameras.
3. Switch to the archive mode (Switching to the Archive mode).
4. In the archive panel on the right side of the window:
   1. Place the timeline pointer at the beginning of the interval.
   2. Click the Set beginning of period button.
   3. Scroll the timeline and place the pointer at the end of the interval.
   4. Click the Set end of period button.
5. Click the Actions with archive  button.
6. In the window that opens, click the Replicate archive item.
7. In the Replicate archive window that opens, specify the settings listed in the table.
   

   Replicate archive
   From	[date], [month], [year], [hours], [minutes], [seconds]	Specify the date and time interval for the archive replication. Data from this range is copied to the additional archive Attention! Replication is performed only to the end of the archive. You cannot maintain archive recordings over the existing data. If the selected replication range is earlier than the end of the replicated archive, replication is impossible (the Replicate button is unavailable).
   To
   Replicate to archive		From the drop-down list, select the archive to which you want to replicate data

8. Click the Replicate button. To cancel actions, click the Cancel button.

The video fragment is copied to the selected archive.

Manual archive replication for several cameras

To manually replicate the archive of several cameras:

1. Create one or several additional archives (see Creating archives) and configure in them the replication on demand (see Configuration of data replication).
2. Create or go to the layout with the required cameras (see Configuration of layouts).
3. Switch to the archive mode (Switching to the Archive mode).
4. Click the button located in the lower right corner of the surveillance window.
5. In the window that opens, select the archive from which you want to replicate a video.
6. In the archive panel on the right side of the window:
   1. Place the timeline pointer at the beginning of the interval.
   2. Click the Set beginning of period button.
   3. Scroll the timeline and place the pointer at the end of the interval.
   4. Click the Set end of period button.
7. Click the Actions with archive  button.
8. In the window that opens, click the Replicate archive item.
9. In the Replicate archive window that opens, specify the settings listed in the table.
10. From the Replicate to archive drop-down list, select an archive to which replication can be performed from the archives selected on the layout.
11. Click the Replicate button. To cancel actions, click the Cancel button.
    

    Note

    Replication is started for all cameras configured to replicate to the selected archive. Cameras that are not configured to replicate to the selected archive are ignored.

The video fragment is copied to the selected archive. During replication, a pop-up notification appears indicating successful replication for each camera.