You can view the file properties for video archives in local storage, such as file
name, start and end time, file size, protection status, and so on, in the Archive storage
details report. You can also change the protection status of the video
files.
Procedure
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From the homepage, open the Archive storage details
task.
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Set up the query filters for the report. Select one or more of the following
filters:
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Cameras
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Select the camera to investigate.
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Custom fields
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Restrict the search to a predefined custom
field for the entity. This filter only appears if custom fields are
defined for the entity, and if the custom field was made visible to you
when it was created or last configured.
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Event
timestamp
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Define the time range for the query. You
can define the time range for a specific period or a relative period,
such as the previous week or the previous month.
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Media
type
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Origin
type
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Refine your search by
selecting the origin of the files:
- Downloaded from the unit's internal storage
- Files created by the camera, downloaded from it by an
Archiver, and currently stored on the Archiver's disk.
- Duplicated from another Archiver
- Files created by an Archiver and transferred to another
one.
- On the unit's internal storage
- Files created by the camera and currently stored on it.
- Recorded by the Archiver
- Files created and currently stored by an Archiver.
- Restored from a backup
- Files restored from an offline backup set; that is, a backup
file containing archives that were not accessible from
Security Center
prior to restoring them.
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Source
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The name of the system the
camera belongs to.
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Status
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Select the video file status
you want to investigate:
- Unprotected
- Video files that are not protected against the Archiver’s
routine cleanup. These files can be deleted once their
retention period expires, or when the Archiver runs out of
disk space, depending on your Archiver role settings.
- Protection ending
- Video files that you unprotected less than 24 hours
ago.
- Protected
- Video files that are protected. They are not deleted even
when the disk is full. For these files, you can also specify
a protection end date.
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Click Generate report.
The video files associated with the selected cameras are listed in the
report pane, along with their file properties.
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To view a video sequence in a tile, double-click or drag a video file from the
report pane to the canvas.
The selected sequence immediately starts playing.
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