exacqVision 6.6 Releases Focuses on Failover

The latest version of the exacqVision Video Management System (VMS), Version 6.6, is now available. The focus of this release centers around server failure detection and automatic recovery. With added support for over 100 new cameras in this release, the exacqVision VMS now supports nearly 2,200 IP camera models.

exacqVision 6.6 is available for download

• ESM Failover for exacqVision
• EasyConnect Enhancements
• User Views
• Event Monitoring
• Network Hacking Detection
• New IP Camera Integrations

Other new items in this release:

• SpeedSearch Added to Mobile Client
• Enterprise System Manager version 3.0
• Z-Series Hot Spares

Watch the exacqVision 6.6 Overview Video

ESM Failover highlights the exacqVision 6.6 release.

ESM Failover for exacqVision

The new Enterprise System Manager (ESM) Failover feature ensures the high availability of mission critical security video and data. ESM Failover helps avoid downtime by:

• Continually monitoring exacqVision recorders for possible failures
• Automatically moving functionality to “spare” servers in the rare event of a failure
• Manual ESM Failover mode for maintenance of exacqVision recorders

Restore recording functionality within minutes!

How fast is ESM Failover?
ESM failover is designed to detect a server failure within 15-30 seconds. This setting is configurable, so a long delay could be set to avoid failover during a reboot, for example. A manual failover mode also exists for performing tasks like system maintenance. In the event of an actual system failure, the spare recorder can be up and running within a matter of minutes.

What Fails Over?

• Cameras
• Recording Schedules
• Users
• Event Linking
• Saved layouts, Views, Groups and Maps
• Serial Profiles
• Archiving configuration
• Notification Rules
• Auto Export Rules

Failover does not change the network identity of the protected recorder or spare in order to prevent duplicate IP addresses. Analog cameras and analog inputs are not part of ESM Failover due to wiring requirements of analog devices. Also note that the spare server storage doesn’t need to match the protected server, but should simply provide enough storage for anticipated downtime.

Failback
ESM will automatically failback to the protected recorder when available.The video from a failover remains on the spare server until manually moved back to the protected server.

Failover Requirements

Failover requires spare recorders, typically in the same family as the primary recorder, each with enough capacity to store video for the anticipated duration of the downtime. Failover also requires exacqVision camera licenses for the cameras being recorded. ESM Failover requires the Enterprise Server Option on an exacqVision server along with ESM running on a separate server.

EasyConnect Enhancements

The EasyConnect feature on the exacqVision VMS allows users to find, assign, address and connect certain IP cameras to their network automatically. EasyConnect enhancements in exacqVision 6.6 keeps the camera list fresh, guides administrators to the camera configuration page, and links to camera connection diagnostics to simplify the process even more.

The power of IP cameras with the simplicity of analog.

New User Views Functionality

exacqVision 6.6 now allows users to create views based on user permission settings.This feature allows Administrators and Power Users to control the camera views for specific users. It also allows individuals to create personal views that cannot be used by any other exacqVision user.

Updated Event Monitoring

Event monitors automate client reactions to events (for example displaying a video of the front door when the front door is accessed). When used properly, event monitors convey situational awareness in busy environments to active users. exacqVision 6.6 provides increased flexibility and power to always display the most important video using the Event Monitor feature.

• Use Event Monitoring to always keep YOUR most important live video in front of your users
• Now with faster and easier set up of Event Monitoring rules
• Apply new filters to the event list to find specific events
• Drag any camera into Event Monitoring panel to see video
• Higher ranked events fill in as they occur

Brute Force / Dictionary Hacking Detection

Brute force hacking occurs when hackers try to guess network passwords with dictionary powered scripts. exacqVision 6.6 monitors login attempts and deters these attacks.

New IP Camera Support

We’ve added support for over 100 new IP camera models in the exacqVision 6.6 release and updated over 450 new test records, bringing the total number of supported IP cameras to nearly 2200!

New native driver IP camera support and updates for the following cameras models are included in this release:

• Illustra Essentials
  • IP Outdoor/Indoor Mini-Dome models
  • IP Bullet models

   

• Axis Communications
  • P3215-V
  • Q3505
  • P3214

   

• Arecont Vision
  • AV8185CO-(HB)
  • AV10255PMTIR-H
  • AV8185DN-HB
  • AV20185CO-(HB)
  • AV2185DN

   

• Panasonic
  • Enhanced support for 3/5/6 Series
    • 4 multi-streams
    • 60 FPS

     

• Samsung
  • SNF-8010(VM)
  • SNB-6010
  • Advanced camera features:
    • Wide Dynamic Range (WDR)
    • Auto-focus
    • Flip-mirror-rotate

     

• Bosch
  • NDI-50022-V3
  • NBN-40012-V3
  • Dinion IP Starlight 8000 MP

   

• Vivotek
  • FE8181(V)

ONVIF Integrations

• DSC
  • 6 new models
• Aver
  • 3 new models
• 3S
  • 1 new model
• Geovision
  • 14 new models
• DVTel
  • 2 new model
• LG
  • 4 new models
• Messoa
  • 1 new model
• ATV
  • 7 new models
• Hitron
  • 1 new model
• Sunell
  • 1 new model

Mobile SpeedSearch

SpeedSearch is now available on our mobile clients. SpeedSearch enables scrubbing through video without downloading all the video frames, making it ideal for searching over lower bandwidth devices (3G, 4G, LTE).

Enterprise System Manager version 3.0

In addition to the failover feature discussed above, ESM can now be used to manage a single user across many exacqVision servers, keeping the user’s permissions in sync and resolving user permission conflicts. With ESM version 3.0, users can be assigned to groups for easy management of multiple users. Another new feature of ESM includes the ability to automate client configurations, importing systems into the client specified for each user.

Z-Series Hot Spares

The exacqVision Z-Series recorders are now available with hot spares, for automatic replacement of failed drives. This is accomplished by defining one or more drives as hot spares in the RAID array. If a drive should fail, that volume is automatically brought online to replace the failed drive. A drive installed after repair automatically becomes the new hot spare.

Download and Installation

The latest versions of exacqVision client and server software can easily and quickly be copied over existing versions while retaining all user settings. The latest versions are available through “Check for Updates” in the “About” box in the exacqVision software.

exacqVision Server software is available in both Windows and Linux versions, and the exacqVision client software is available in Windows, Linux and Macintosh native versions. Any version of exacqVision client can connect to any version of exacqVision server.

Download exacqVision Software here: http://exacq.com/downloads

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