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Getting started with SV Control Panel
Configure your Streamvault appliance to work with Security Center access control and video surveillance.
About backup and restore
Using the SV Control Panel, you can securely back up your Directory database and configuration files. Later, you can restore them to the same System ID in the event of a system failure or hardware upgrade.

Introduction to your Streamvault appliance
Learn how to deploy your Streamvault appliance.
Getting started with SV Control Panel
Configure your Streamvault appliance to work with Security Center access control and video surveillance.
- About the SV Control Panel
  The SV Control Panel is a user interface application that you can use to configure your Streamvault™ appliance to work with Security Center access control and video surveillance.
- Activating your Security Center license on an appliance
  The Streamvault Control Panel activation wizard helps you activate your Security Center license on your Streamvault™ appliance.
- Activating a license manually from Server Admin
  If your Streamvault™ appliance doesn’t have internet access, you must activate your Security Center license manually from Server Admin.
- Activating System Availability Monitor
  To monitor your system availability and health issues on GTAP, you can set System Availability Monitor to collect data about your appliance, and send it to Health Monitoring Services.
- Enabling Security Center video and access control features
  The Security Center installer assistant wizard guides you through setting up the main features of video management and access control.
- About the Unit enrollment tool
  Unit enrollment is a tool that you can use to discover IP units (video and access control) connected to your network, based on their manufacturer and network properties (discovery port, IP address range, password, and so on). After you discovered a unit, you can add it to your system.
- Configuring default camera settings
  From the Camera default settings, you can modify the default recording and video quality settings applied to all cameras controlled by the Archiver. Initially, these settings are configured on the Camera quality settings page in the Security Center installer assistant.
- Creating custom recording schedules
  Create custom recording schedules from the Security Center installer assistant to have cameras record in different recording modes for a specific time range.
- About backup and restore
  Using the SV Control Panel, you can securely back up your Directory database and configuration files. Later, you can restore them to the same System ID in the event of a system failure or hardware upgrade.
  - Backing up your Directory database
    You can use backup and restore to safely back up your Directory database and configuration files. Backup and restore makes configuring your system easier after a hardware upgrade and can restore your configurations after a system failure.
  - Restoring your Directory database
    If you backed up your Directory database and configuration files by using backup and restore in the SV Control Panel, you can restore your backup files to the same System ID. Backup files can be restored in the event of a system failure or hardware upgrade.
- Choosing the method for creating Archiver roles and partitions
  To set up your appliance for the expected number of cameras and bandwidth usage, you need to create enough Archiver roles. Depending on the type and state of your appliance, you can choose between two methods.
Getting started with Streamvault Maintenance plugin
Configure your Streamvault Maintenance plugin to work with Security Center.
SV Control Panel reference
These reference pages help you understand the SV Control Panel.
Additional resources
Get more insight on your appliance.
Troubleshooting
Troubleshoot common issues that can occur.
Technical support
Genetec™ Technical Assistance Center (GTAC) assists customers with Streamvault issues related to software and hardware.
Glossary
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About backup and restore

2024-06-05

Using the SV Control Panel, you can securely back up your Directory database and configuration files. Later, you can restore them to the same System ID in the event of a system failure or hardware upgrade.

How backup and restore works in the SV Control Panel

You create backups of your Directory database and configuration files and store them in the cloud or locally. The following architecture diagram shows how backup works in the SV Control Panel:

Benefits of backup and restore

Easily back up your files to the cloud or locally using the Backup wizard. If you are backing up files to the cloud, the five most recent backups are kept.
Easily restore any of the five cloud backups or any of your local backups to the same System ID using the Restore wizard.
All backup files can be encrypted.
The system locks after five failed attempts to log on.
You don’t need to be enrolled in the Genetec™ Advantage program to use this feature.

Limitations of backup and restore

A backup excludes your license files, video archives, or other databases.
You can’t restore a backup on an earlier version of Security Center. For example, you can’t restore a backup from a Security Center 5.10 system to a Security Center 5.9 system.
You can’t restore the configuration files if you’re restoring across major versions of Security Center. For example, you can't restore the configuration files from a Security Center 5.9 system backup to a Security Center 5.10 system.