Call Recorder Storage, Archives and Replication configuration

How to use CLI Tool - refer to CLI Tool Overview

Attention!!: most of the corresponding configuration functionality is also available within Versadial VSLogger Monitor graphical interface.  Select setup View  Setup View and the corresponding section (General, Storage, Channels, etc..). 

VSLogger supports multiple storage destinations and can create multiple copies of the recording for reasons of retention and backup.

• MAIN  disk set (config storage main) -  This is required disk set. The MAIN disk set stores original files. At least one drive from this disk set should be configured.
• NET disk set (config storage net) -  Optional, online storage, where the copy of original files are stored. After the recording is finished and closed in MAIN disk set, it is copied to the NET disk set. Usually, Network attached drives used as NET disk set (explaining the name).
• FTP (config storage ftp) - Optional, automatic recording copy uploaded to FTP server
• HTTP (config storage http) - Optional, automatic replication of recordings  to another recorder
• Archives (config archives) - Optional, an automatic copy of the recording to the removable drive. Media commonly used: USB drives, DVD+RW etc.

 

Configure MAIN diskset cli>(config) ->storage main cli>(config-storage_main) ->? exit - exit current configuration mode chlist - show channels list chset [1,n|1-n] [y|n] - set/unset channels to store drivelist - show drives list driveset [D,E, ...,Z] [y|n - set/unset storage drives current [D-Z] - current drive diskspace [MB] - min diskspace [MB] drivemap [D:\\net] [y|n] - map/remove network drive delete [none|full|after [days]] - autodelete (none|when full| after n days searchdriveset [D,E,..][y|n] - set/unset search drives. Available starting ver 4.7.1.0 encryption [y|n] – turn on/off encryption. Available starting ver 4.8.0.0 cli>(config-storage_main)	Configure FTP storage cli>(config) ->storage ftp cli>(config-storage_ftp) ->? exit - exit current configuration mode enable [y|n] - enable/disable hw chlist - show channels list chset [1,n|1-n] - set/unset channels to store server [ftp server] - ftp server user [ftp user] - ftp user password [ftp password] - ftp password aswave [y|n] - save as wave uncompress [y|n] - save uncompressed schedule [cont|daily] - uploading schedule. Available starting ver 4.7.1.0 mediatype [0-2] - save only files with media type (0- audio, 1- audio and video/image, 2- video/image)  Available starting ver 4.7.1.0 cli>(config-storage_ftp)
Configure NET diskset cli>(config) ->storage net cli>(config-storage_net) ->? exit - exit current configuration mode enable [y|n] - enable/disable hw chlist - show channels list chset [1,n|1-n] [y|n] - set/unset channels to store drivelist - show drives list driveset [D,E,...,Z] [y|n] - set/unset storage drives current [D-Z] - current drive diskspace [MB] - min diskspace [MB] drivemap [D:\\net] [y|n] - map/remove network drive searchdriveset [D,E,..][y|n] - set/unset search drives delete [none|full|after [days]] - autodelete (none|when full| after n days aswave [y|n] - save as wave uncompress [y|n] - save uncompressed mediatype [0-2] - save only files with media type (0- audio, 1- audio and video/image, 2- video/image).  Available starting ver 4.7.1.0 cli>(config-storage_net)	Configure HTTP storage (replication to target recorder)   This feature is available starting ver 4.7.1.0 cli>(config) ->storage http cli>(config-storage_http) ->? exit - exit current configuration mode enable [y|n] - enable/disable hw chlist - show channels list chset [1,n|1-n] [y|n] - set/unset channels to store id [...] - satellite id hashtype [sha1|sha256] - hash type salt [...] - security phrase for hash generation url [http(s):\\server] - http server url mediatype [0-2] - save only files with media type (0- audio, 1- audio and video/image, 2- video/image) schedule [cont|daily] - uploading schedule cli>(config-storage_http)
Configure Archives cli>(config) ->archives cli>(config-archives) ->? enable [y|n] - enable/disable hw chlist - show channels list chset [1,n|1-n] [y|n] - set/unset channels to store drivelist - show drives list srcdriveset [D,E,...,Z] [y|n] - set/unset storage drives Removed starting ver 4.6.2.0 dstdriveset [D,E,...,Z] [y|n] - set/unset storage drives Removed starting ver 4.6.2.0 driveset [D,E,...,Z] [y|n] - set/unset destination drives.   Added starting ver 4.6.2.0 current [D-Z] - current drive diskspace [MB] - min diskspace [MB] drivemap [D:\\net] [y|n] - map/remove network drive searchdriveset [D,E,..][y|n] - set/unset search drives aswave [y|n] - save as wave uncompress [y|n] - save uncompressed schedule [cont|daily|demand] - archiving schedule cli>(config-archives)

 

 

Storage parameters

 

Command  format	Description	Disk sets	Extra Notes
enable [y|n]	enable/disable	All	Enable or Disable specific type of storage. MAIN storage set is always enabled.
chlist	show channels list	All	Show list of channels(1-256) with selected/not selected status. Recordings for not selected channels, won't be stored, even if the recording was stored in the MAIN disk set. If the channel is not selected in the MAIN disk set, the recording will not be stored at all, while users still can monitor the call in real time.
chset [1,n|1-n] [y|n]	set/unset channels to store	All	used to change channel storage status in chlist (see above command)
drivelist	show drives list	MAIN, NET, archives	Shows list of all drives available for this type of storage. Drives selected to the current disk set, indicated by set status (y/n). driveset command (see below) used to add/remove drives to/from the current disk set.
driveset [D,E,...,Z] [y|n]	set/unset storage drives	MAIN, NET	Used to add/remove drives to/from the current disk set.
current [D-Z]	current drive	MAIN, NET, archives	This parameter selects: For MAIN and NET disk sets, current destination disk for newly created recordings. Should be one of the drivelist drives. For archives, current destination disk for archiving. Should be one of the destdrivelist drives.     For example, a disk set might have disks D,E F, and one of them is current. The recorder will record on the current drive until it is full. When the current drive is full, the recorder will select next empty drive as current.  When all drives are full: NET and MAIN disk sets behave according to delete parameter (see below). Archive drives: automatically closed and alerts users to replace media.
diskspace [MB]	min diskspace [MB]	MAIN, NET, archives	Minimum free disk space, when disk considered full and recorder attempts to change current drive. Enough disk space should be allocated to finish recordings in progress (to avoid recording split on drive change)
drivemap [D:\\net] [y|n]		MAIN, NET, archives	With this command, network shares can be added to drivelist. Format is:  Drive letter  + ":" delimiter + netshare  name as \\sharedsrc\sharename Drive letter used in this command is fictitious (has nothing to do with mapped drive letters on your PC).   Drive letter used only to differentiate between physical drives and net shares in VSLogger drivelist configuration.
searchdriveset [D,E,..][y|n]	set/unset search drives	NET, archives	Drives used when searching for actual recordings.  Recording database includes the path to the recordings, but not drives.  When recording requested for play or download, recorder looks for recordings in drives from the  searchdriveset. Drives may be already removed from driveset (list of drives selected for recording) to avoid accidental overwrite or other reason, but still in searchdriveset because it still holds recordings
delete [none|full|after [days]]	- autodelete (none|when full| after n days	MAIN, NET	Auto delete options to enable continuous operation. If delete is none, and disk set is full (all drives are full) recorder will stop recording and issue alarm. All calls from this point won't be recorded until the user clears one of the drives.
aswave [y|n] -	save as wave	NET, FTP, archives	Save recordings in WAV/WAVE format on selected storage. Note: embedded CRC information will be lost
uncompress [y|n]	- save uncompressed	NET, FTP, archives	Applied only to recordings saved in WAVE format.  Recordings uncompressed to PCM format
driveset [D,E,...,Z] [y|n]	set/unset storage drives	archives	Archive destination drives. Usually removable USB or DVD+RW drives.  This parameter added ver 4.6.2.0. to replace dstdriveset and srsdriveset commands
schedule [cont|daily|demand]	archiving schedule	archives, FTP, HTTP	cont- continuous archiving, when active and ready archive drives are available. VSLogger Monitor Setup Tab allows to re-enabled drives when archived media replaced daily [0-23] - do daily archiving at the specific time(0-23, 24-hour format). VSLogger Monitor Setup Tab allows to re-enabled drives when archived media replaced demand - on-demand archiving.    VSLogger Monitor Setup Tab allows to schedule archiving and re-enabled drives when archived media is replaced.
server [ftp server]	ftp server URL	FTP
user [ftp user]	ftp server id	FTP
password [ftp password]	ftp server password	FTP
mediatype [0-2]	save only files with selected media type	NET, archives, FTP, HTTP	0- audio only   1- audio, video and images, 2- video and images only
encryption [y|n]	turn on/off encryption.	MAIN	Available starting ver 4.8.0.0
Specific to FTP storage
server [ftp server]	ftp server URL	FTP
user [ftp user]	ftp user id	FTP
password [ftp password]	ftp password	FTP
Specific to HTTP storage
id [...]	satellite id	HTTP	Sender recorder id , as configured on recipient recorder (Virtual channels trunk allocated on target recorder to receive recordings from this recorder)
hashtype [sha1|sha256]	hash type	HTTP	Security hash  type, to be generated based on salt and upload parameters . Known  to sender and recipient
salt [...]	security phrase for hash generation	HTTP	Set  security phrase for protection .  Known  to sender recorder and recipient recorder
url [http(s)://server]	http server url	HTTP	Target(recipient) recorder URL    e.g.  http://recorder1:22443/api/satellite.  Note: /api/satellite  path defines end point allocated for  replication feature interface on target(destination recorder)

 

Sample Storage configurations: 

MAIN storage from the VSLogger interface (required):

Sign into VSLogger and follow the steps below.

1. Click on "Live Monitoring" at the top of the page 2. Click on "Setup" from the dropdown menu
3. Click on "Storage" on the left-hand side of the VSLogger Setup menu 4. Click the "Edit" button for MAIN storage
5. Configure MAIN storage settings Channels - channels whose recordings are saved to this drive Destination - where recordings will be saved Search Drives - where VSLogger will pull search results from Disk Space - minimum capacity the recorder will keep on the drive (default 500Mb) Auto Delete - how or when the recorder deletes old recordings none when full- deletes by oldest first after (days) Delete After (days) - only functions when the "Auto Delete" option is set to "after (days)" Encryption 6. Click "Submit" at the top right of the page
7. Click the "Save" button at the top right of the page 8. Click "Save and reload" 9. Click "OK"
This completes the configuration.

MAIN storage from the VSLogger Command Line Interface (CLI) (required):

Open CLI from programs, go to File and connect, click ‘OK’.

Remember: The “?” command lists the available commands. 

login>
->u admin p admin

Today is: Thu Apr 4 23:01:34 UTC 2019
VSLogger version 4.9.0.568
Recording Service (vslogger.exe)
CPU usage: 0% Memory usage: 27.2 Mb
Started at: Thu Apr 4 22:48:22 UTC 2019
Uptime: 0 days 00:13:11

Total number of hw channels 0
Total number of virtual channels 0

----------------------------------------
VSLogger license info
----------------------------------------
License: XXXX-XXXXX-XXXX
Activated: y
Expiration Date: 2019-12-31 08:00:00
Support Contract id: 11856
Support Expiration Date: 2019-03-10 08:00:00
TDM Licenses Available: 100
VOIP Licenses Available: 100
Screen Licenses Available: 30
Voice Analytics License: y
Encryption License: y

cli>
->config storage main
cli>(config-storage_main)
->drivelist
drive |set |map
----------------------------------------
C n
D n

cli>(config-storage_main)
->driveset d

*settings were modified, type 'save' command to save current settings.
cli>(config-storage_main)
->delete full

*NOTE - this setting means when the drive reaches capacity, the oldest recordings will be over-written by the newest.

cli>(config-storage_main)

->save
Saving...
server is busy, wait...
Saving logger settings...
Logger settings were saved.
Saving channel settings ...
Channel settings were saved
Type "reload" command, to take effect.
cli>(config-storage_main)
->exit
cli>(config)
->reload
Reloading...
server is busy, wait...


This completes the configuration.

 

NET storage from the VSLogger interface (optional):

Sign into VSLogger and follow the steps below.

Ensure that the network drive is already mapped to the recording computer.

1. Click on "Live Monitoring" at the top of the page 2. Click on "Setup" from the dropdown menu
3. Click on "Storage" on the left-hand side of the VSLogger Setup menu 4. Click on "Map network drive" underneath the "Save" button
5. Select the drive letter of the network drive 6. Type in the drive path, format: \\server\share 7. Click on the check box to map the drive. You should now see the network drive added. Click "Submit" to save these changes
8. Click the "Edit" button for NET storage
9. Configure NET storage settings Enabled - enables the storage method Channels - channels whose recordings are saved to this drive Source - where the recording files are being backed up from; the MAIN storage drive Destination - where recordings will be saved Search Drives - where VSLogger will pull search results from Disk Space - minimum capacity the recorder will keep on the drive (default 500Mb) Save Media Type Only - allows you to choose what type of data to copy to the NET drive audio - only audio recordings will be saved audio and video/image - both audio recordings and screen capture data (video and images) will be saved video/image - only screen capture data (video and images) will be saved Auto Delete - how or when the recorder deletes old recordings none when full - deletes by oldest first after (days) Delete After (days) - only functions when the "Auto Delete" option is set to "after (days)" Save As Wave - saves recordings to the NET drive as .wav files instead of .vsl files Uncompress - uncompresses audio recordings 10. Click "Submit" at the top right of the page
11. Click the "Save" button at the top right of the page 12. Click "Save and reload" 13. Click "OK"
This completes the configuration.

NET storage from the VSLogger CLI (optional):

Please read:
***Important notes about using network shared drives for archiving and storage***
Below...

Open CLI from programs, go to File and connect, click ‘OK’.

Remember: The “?” lists the available commands. 

->u admin p admin

Today is: (Current Date / Time displayed UTC)

VSLogger version 4.7.1.0
Cli version 4.7.1.0
Total number of channels 112
----------------------------------------
VSLogger license info
----------------------------------------
License: XXXX-XXXXX-XXXX
Activated: y
Expiration Date: 2016-03-16 07:00:00
Support Contract id: 11856
Support Expiration Date: 2016-02-29 08:00:00
TDM Licenses Available: 96
VOIP Licenses Available: 32
Screen Licenses Available: 32
G.729 Licenses Available: 16

cli>
->config storage net cli>

(config-storage_net)
->drivemap z:\\server\share

cli>(config-storage_net)
->enable y

cli>(config-storage_net)
->searchdrives z

cli>(config-storage_net)
->delete full y

cli>(config-storage_net)
->save
Saving...

cli>(config-storage_net)
->exit

cli>(config)
->reload

Reloading...
server is busy, wait...

This completes the configuration.

Your mapped drive will now be available in the drivelist in main storage.

 

FTP storage from the VSLogger interface(optional):

Sign into VSLogger and follow the steps below.

1. Click on "Live Monitoring" at the top of the page 2. Click on "Setup" from the dropdown menu
3. Click on "Storage" on the left-hand side of the VSLogger Setup menu 4. Click the "Edit" button for FTP storage
5. Configure FTP storage settings Enabled - enables the storage method Channels - channels whose recordings are saved to this drive Source - where the recording files are being backed up from; the MAIN storage drive Server - FTP server URL Root Folder - Root folder name User Password Save Media Type Only - allows you to choose what type of data to copy to the FTP drive audio - only audio recordings will be saved audio and video/image - both audio recordings and screen capture data (video and images) will be saved video/image - only screen capture data (video and images) will be saved Schedule - how often or when the recorder will back up data to the FTP drive continuously - data will be constantly backed up to the drive daily - data will be backed up at a specified time daily Hours - what time each day a backup will be made. Only functions if "Schedule" option is set to "daily" Save As Wave - saves recordings to the FTP drive as .wav files instead of .vsl files Uncompress - uncompresses audio recordings 6. Click "Submit" at the top right of the page
7. Click the "Save" button at the top right of the page 8. Click "Save and reload" 9. Click "OK"
This completes the configuration. Your recordings will now be duplicated to the FTP site.

 

FTP storage from the VSLogger CLI (optional):

Open CLI from programs, go to File and connect, click ‘OK’.

Remember: The “?” lists the available commands. 

login>
->u admin p admin
Today is: (Current Date / Time displayed UTC)

VSLogger version 4.7.1.0
Cli version 4.7.1.0
Total number of channels 112
----------------------------------------
VSLogger license info
----------------------------------------
License: XXXX-XXXXX-XXXX
Activated: y
Expiration Date: 2016-03-16 07:00:00
Support Contract id: 11856
Support Expiration Date: 2016-02-29 08:00:00
TDM Licenses Available: 96
VOIP Licenses Available: 32
Screen Licenses Available: 32
G.729 Licenses Available: 16

cli>
->config storage ftp

cli>(config-storage_ftp)
->enable y

cli>(config-storage_ftp)
->server ftp.mysite.not

cli>(config-storage_ftp)
->user admin

cli>(config-storage_ftp)
->password Welcome1!

cli>(config-storage_ftp)
->save
Saving...

cli>(config-storage_ftp)
->exit

cli>(config)
->reload
Reloading...
server is busy, wait...

This completes the configuration.

Your recordings will now be duplicated to the FTP site.

 

HTTP storage from the VSLogger interface (optional):

Sign into VSLogger and follow the steps below.

1. Click on "Live Monitoring" at the top of the page 2. Click on "Setup" from the dropdown menu
3. Click on "Storage" on the left-hand side of the VSLogger Setup menu 4. Click the "Edit" button for HTTP storage
5. Configure HTTP storage settings Enabled - enables the storage method Channels - channels whose recordings are saved to this drive Source - where the recording files are being backed up from; the MAIN storage drive ID URL Salt Hash Type SHA1 SHA26 Save Media Type Only - allows you to choose what type of data to copy to the HTTP drive audio - only audio recordings will be saved audio and video/image - both audio recordings and screen capture data (video and images) will be saved video/image - only screen capture data (video and images) will be saved Schedule - how often or when the recorder will back up data to the HTTP  drive continuously - data will be constantly backed up to the drive daily - data will be backed up at a specified time daily Hours - what time each day a backup will be made. Only functions if "Schedule" option is set to "daily" 6. Click "Submit" at the top right of the page
7. Click the "Save" button at the top right of the page 8. Click "Save and reload" 9. Click "OK"
This completes the configuration.

HTTP storage from the VSLogger CLI (optional):

Open CLI from programs, go to File and connect, click ‘OK’.

Remember: The “?” lists the available commands. 

login>
->u admin p admin
Today is: (Current Date / Time displayed UTC)

VSLogger version 4.7.1.0
Cli version 4.7.1.0
Total number of channels 112
----------------------------------------
VSLogger license info
----------------------------------------
License: XXXX-XXXXX-XXXX
Activated: y
Expiration Date: 2016-03-16 07:00:00
Support Contract id: 11856
Support Expiration Date: 2016-02-29 08:00:00
TDM Licenses Available: 96
VOIP Licenses Available: 32
Screen Licenses Available: 32
G.729 Licenses Available: 16

cli>
->config storage http

cli>(config-storage_http)
->enable y

cli>(config-storage_http)
->id recorder1

cli>(config-storage_http)
->url http://recorder2:22443/api/satellite

cli>(config-storage_http)
->hashtype sha256

cli>(config-storage_http)
->salt 1232wed23r3245342trrewrtyyw

cli>(config-storage_http)
->mediatype 1


cli>(config-storage_http)
->save
Saving...

cli>(config-storage_http)
->exit

cli>(config)
->reload
Reloading...
server is busy, wait...

This completes the configuration.

Your audio, video and image recordings will now be duplicated to the recorder  recorder2

Note:to successfully accept recordings from this recorder,  destination recorder (http://recorder2:22443) configuration have to include virtual channels trunk corresponding to this recorder and with matching  parameters: id, hashtype and salt

 

ARCHIVE storage from the VSLogger interface (optional): 

Sign into VSLogger and follow the steps below.

1. Click on "Live Monitoring" at the top of the page 2. Click on "Setup" from the dropdown menu
3. Click on "Storage" on the left-hand side of the VSLogger Setup menu 4. Click the "Edit" button for ARCHIVE storage
5. Configure ARCHIVE storage settings Enabled - enables the storage method Channels - channels whose recordings are saved to this drive Source - where the recording files are being backed up from; the MAIN storage drive Destination - where recordings will be saved Search Drives - where VSLogger will pull search results from Disk Space - minimum capacity the recorder will keep on the drive (default 500Mb) Save Media Type Only - allows you to choose what type of data to copy to the ARCHIVE drive audio - only audio recordings will be saved audio and video/image - both audio recordings and screen capture data (video and images) will be saved video/image - only screen capture data (video and images) will be saved Schedule - how often or when the recorder will back up data to the ARCHIVE drive continuously - data will be constantly backed up to the drive daily - data will be backed up at a specified time daily demand - data will be backed up on demand At Time - schedules back up of data at specified time each day if the "Schedule" option is set to "daily" Save As Wave - saves recordings to the ARCHIVE drive as .wav files instead of .vsl files Uncompress - uncompresses audio recordings 6. Click "Submit" at the top right of the page
7. Click the "Save" button at the top right of the page 8. Click "Save and reload" 9. Click "OK"
This completes the configuration.

ARCHIVE storage from the VSLogger CLI (optional): 

Note: In the example, we’ll use a network mapped drive (Z). To use a local drive for archiving , omit the mapdrive command. 

Open CLI from programs, go to File and connect, click ‘OK’.

Remember: The “?” lists the available commands. 

login>
->u admin p admin
Today is: (Current Date / Time displayed UTC)

VSLogger version 4.7.1.0
Cli version 4.7.1.0
Total number of channels 112
----------------------------------------
VSLogger license info
----------------------------------------
License: XXXX-XXXXX-XXXX
Activated: y
Expiration Date: 2016-03-16 07:00:00
Support Contract id: 11856
Support Expiration Date: 2016-02-29 08:00:00
TDM Licenses Available: 96
VOIP Licenses Available: 32
Screen Licenses Available: 32
G.729 Licenses Available: 16

cli>
->config archive

cli>(config-archives)

->enable y

***This only needed if using a network shared drive***

cli>(config-archives)
->drivemap Z:\\server\sharecli>(config-archives)

 

Select archiving storage drive. 

->driveset Z

cli>(config-archives)
->save
Saving...
server is busy, wait...
Saving logger settings...
Logger settings were saved.
Saving channel settings ...
Channel settings were saved
Type "reload" command, to take effect.

cli>(config-archives)
->exit

cli>(config)
->reload

Reloading...
server is busy, wait...

 

Important notes about using network shared drives for archiving and storage

Program access to network shares and list of the mapped network drives are specific to user account context this program runs under.

CLI tool is a desktop application which runs under signed-in user account context.

VSLogger recording service is a Windows Service which runs under account context configured in Windows Control Panel Services applet, usually, it is Local System Account.

As a result, CLI tool and VSLogger Recording service can have completely different access rights to network shared drives.  CLI tool might even run on different PC from the managed VSLogger Recording service.

This situation creates some perception difficulties to Administrator, when network shared drive is accessible to her from the Windows Explorer, while not visible and accessible to VSLogger Recording service.

To resolve this issue, when configuring VSLogger recorder with network shared drives, the following steps should be taken:

1. run VSLogger Services on the dedicated user account, other than Local Service Account. Give this account read and write permissions to the corresponding network shared drives
2. use CLI drivemap command to associate net shares with drive letters used in other CLI configurations (e.g. drivelist, driveset and current)

To test net share availability, administrator can do the following:

• sign-in to recorder PC with account configured to run VSLogger Recording and VSLogger Connection Services
• use Windows Explorer to access the network share in question

If the account can access desired net shares, apply this account information to following services:

• Versadial VSLogger Connection Service (VSLoggerCtrl )
• Versadial VSLogger Recording Service( VSLogger)

 

Call Recording Archive media and access to recordings on archives

The main idea of archiving is to put a copy of the recordings to removable media and store it off-line (maybe even off-site) for security. This feature allows you to retain a significant amount of recordings without an investment in large capacity online storage.

Archive media content

1. Recording folders (Naming convention YYY-MM-DD ).  Contain recordings in individual channel sub-folders  e.g. H:\2015-06-22\004\20150622144142_004_0.VSL
2. DB file e.g. arch_1435884344562.db.      1435884344562 is UTC time in milliseconds of archive creation, serves as archive ID. 
3. LABEL.XML -  archive details

sample Labels.XML

<archive>

 

Searchable Archives (VSLogger versions 4.6.0.0- 4.6.2.0)

• Up to 5 archive DB files, copied to C:\ProgramData\Adutante\vslogger\data\db\archives folder, will be available in VSLogger monitor for search.
• Archive media with actual recordings also can be mounted to the system to allow access and play of the recordings from the archives  (see. searchdriveset command in config archives mode, see archives configuration CLI commands above).

Note: if more than 5 archive DB files copied to C:\ProgramData\Adutante\vslogger\data\db\archives  folder, only five most recent archives are available for search.

 

Searchable Archives (VSLogger versions 4.6.3.0 and later)

• Archive DB files automatically copied to C:\ProgramData\Adutante\vslogger\data\db\archives  folder or the user can copy selected archive DBs to the folder manually 
• Up to 5 archive DBs can be made searchable by selecting them from   VSLogger Monitor Setup - Storage section. Selected archives become available for search to all users
• Archive media with actual recordings also can be mounted to the system to allow access and play of the recordings from the archives  (see. searchdriveset command in config archives mode, see archives configuration CLI commands above).

Restoring MAIN or NET  Database from the archives

One important purpose of the archiving is the ability to restore recorder database lost for whatever reason (recorder damage, fire etc.).

Archives created by VSLogger versions 4.6.0.0- 4.6.2.0.

Archives created by these versions of the VSLogger software do not include recording metadata files with details required for database record creation.   This makes it impossible to regenerate MAIN or NET database from these archives.
For users of these versions of the VSLogger software, the following methods are recommended for database recovery planning:

• Configure Archiving to netshared drive (see NET diskset  storage )
• Periodically Backup of the main storage database (see CLI Tool - DB Maintenance  )
• Periodically backup MAIN disk set drives containing recordings with matadata

Archives created by VSLogger versions 4.6.3.0  and later

Archives created by these versions of the VSLogger software will include recording metadata files with details required for database record creation.  This makes it possible to regenerate MAIN or NET database from these archives.
There are some differences and limitations based on archive configuration

Archives created with aswave=Y  (archives contain recording in WAVE format)

These archives can be used to regenerate only NET disk set and database. MAIN disk set should contain original recordings in .vsl VSLogger format.

Restoration steps:

1. configure storage NET diskset (or restore original configuration)  with  aswave=Y
2. copy all recording folders from the selected archive(s) to the drives in the NET diskset
3. use  CLI Tool - DB Maintenance , "Repopulate the database from the meta files" feature.  Select NET drives with new data and storage type NET

Archives created with aswave=N  (archives contain recording in VSLogger format)

These archives can be used to regenerate, both MAIN and NET disk set and database. 

Restoration steps:

1. configure storage MAIN diskset (or restore original configuration) 
2. copy all recording folders from the selected archive(s) to the drives in the MAIN diskset
3. use  CLI Tool - DB Maintenance, "Repopulate the database from the meta files" feature.  Select MAIN drives with new data and storage type MAIN