GE v6 Client Redundancy Overview, Backup Clients Tab, Assign Micro Phone #s, Notification

Client Redundancy Overview

The Secure Perfect software system is responsible for processing alarm and badge transactions from devices like micros and DVRs. The software is responsible for writing these transactions to the database. A device such as a micro or DVR is hosted by a single Secure Perfect client. The client could potentially be responsible for hundreds of devices and can be a single point of failure. Although devices like the micro are designed to run without the host software running for days, eventually memory is going to be filled up at the micro end. The redundancy feature in SP 6.0 is designed to address this condition. Clients can be configured to be backed up by other clients so that, in case of the default hosting client (called the primary client) being disabled, one of the backup clients takes over all its devices. This is designed to work automatically without any operator intervention so the system continues to work efficiently. One of the backup clients performs the role of the default client until the default client is back up and running. The devices that can be taken over at present are all DVRs, network micros, dialup micros, and network + dial up micros. Direct micros cannot be hosted by any other than the default client computer.

The table below will assist you to find the areas in this Help system, relating to the redundancy feature.

Reference Topics:

Configuring Client Redundancy:

Am I Licensed for Client Redundancy?

How do I configure backup clients for redundancy? What micros are supported?

What are the limits on micros and DVRs? What is not permitted?

When a Failover Occurs:

Messages Displayed

Client Monitoring

How long should I wait when a failover occurs?

What alarms display on the Alarm Monitor?

What is the behavior on the Digital Video Viewer and Network List?

Recovery:
Recovery Notification	Messages

About Secure Perfect

Backup Clients Tab

Backup Clients Tab, Assign Micro Phone #s

Backup Clients Tab

Backup Clients Tab

Backup Clients Tab, Display Redundancy

Notification

Client Monitoring, Active Client

Backup Clients Tab , Database Connection

Heartbeat

Alarm Tab

Digital Video Viewer

Backup Clients Tab, Display Redundancy

Notification

Client Monitoring	Client Monitoring
How do I recover?	Client Monitor Form Shortcut Menu
What happens when a default client is back up?	Backup Clients Tab, Display Redundancy
	Notification
What is the timing on the recovery?	Takeover and Recovery Timing

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