Volume Group

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It relies on the Volume Group tabbed page to allocate the RAID disk volume for a camera to save the recorded videos to. The volume is required for video recording.

 

To access the Volume Group tabbed page that configures the Recording Failover Server:

 

1. From the Tree Console, click the topic Recording Failover Server.

 

By default, the Properties tabbed page then opens at the Configuration Pane.

 

2. Click the Volume Group tab.

 

The Volume Group tabbed page then opens.

 

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Take a closer look at the user interface. The Volume Group tabbed page actually shows all the existing volume group(s), with the info about the allocated volume(s).

 

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On Recording Failover Server, video devices won’t display on Volume Group. When failover happens, the target Recording Server video devices will shows in the Volume Group according to the Volume Group settings from the Recording Server. If there are fewer Volume Groups in the Recording Failover Server, the video devices will be distributed to different Volume Group when failover happens.

 

The featured settings and icons are:

Setting / Item

Name

Description

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Adds a new Volume Group

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Deletes a Volume Group

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Edits the name of selected Volume Group.

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Available Volume Group

Available volume pool for new volumes added to the system.

 

All new added volumes in the Recording Failover Server will be assigned to Available Volume Group.
Volumes on Available Volume Group will not record when failover happens.

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Default Volume Group

The pre-created Volume Group in the Recording Failover Server.

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Volume for Video Recording

Volumes assigned to Volume Group can be used to store video data.

 

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Please set up more or the same number of Volume Group in Recording Failover Server than the target Recording Server to ensure the recording performance when failover start.

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Remember to assign volumes from Available Volume Group to Volume Groups for all Recording Server and Recording Failover Server to start record.

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After all recording failover configuration, please operate Simulation on Recording Failover Group to ensure all settings are correct.