Back up system configuration

In the following, Milestone assumes that you have not changed your system's default configuration path, which is C:\Program Data\Milestone\Milestone Surveillance on servers running all supported operating systems. If you have changed the default configuration path, you must take your changes into consideration when using the method described in the following.

The backup described here is a backup of your entire surveillance system setup including log files, event configuration, restore points, view groups as well as Management Application and XProtect Smart Client configuration. Alternatively, you can export your configuration as a backup, which is limited to the Management Application configuration.

To back up:

Make a copy of the folder C:\Program Data\Milestone\Milestone Surveillance and all of its content.
Open the folder C:\Program Files\Milestone\Milestone Surveillance\devices, and verify if the file devices.ini exists. If the file exists, make a copy of it. The file exists if you have configured video properties for certain types of cameras. For such cameras, changes to the properties are stored in the file rather than on the camera itself.
Store the copies away from the server, so that they are not affected if the server is damaged, stolen or otherwise affected.

Remember that a backup is a snapshot of your system configuration at the time of backing up. If you later change your configuration, your backup does not reflect the most recent changes. Therefore, back up your system configuration regularly. When you back up your configuration as described, the backup includes restore points. This allows you to not only restore the backed-up configuration, but also to revert to an earlier point in that configuration if you need to.