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The system log is a log containing system information on events, including system error entries.

The system System log is stored in a the local database for each server by default. You can set access to the system log for a user group in the the Users tab under of the Settings tab (see the section titled Configuring user permissions Roles).

By default, metadata Metadata files are stored in Server's metadata database: C:\AxxonOneData\vmda_db\VMDA_DB.0\vmda_schema; if the metadata storage in the local directory of the server. The metadata storage path is set during the Axxon One installation(see Installation). If necessary, you can place them on any available metadata in the network storage.

To configure the data storage of the system log and metadata, do the following:

1. Go to Settings →
Options (1)
2. Options → Data storage
 (2)
3. .


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5. In the Settings of system log storage parameters group, in  section:

   1. In the Period field, enter the

   amount

   1. storage period of

   days to store

   1. the system log in the

   Server’s

   1. server database

   (3)

   1. . The maximum

   time

   1. allowable value is 1000 days. 
      

      Note
      title Attention!
      If you enter

   zero

   1. the 0 value, the system

   Log

   1. log events

   will be

   1. are stored for 0 days.

   2. In the
   Cleanup
   1. System log cleanup period field, enter the
   amount of hours after which outdated events will be purged from the system log (4). Outdated events are events that have been stored in the system log for a period greater than that indicated in
   1. system log cleanup period for irrelevant events in hours. The events are considered irrelevant if their storage period in the system log exceeds the set one on the previous step.

6. In the Settings of metadata storage parameters group, in section:

   1. In the Period field, enter the
   amount of days to store metadata in the database (5)
   1. metadata storage period in the metadata storage in days. The maximum
   time
   1. allowable value is 1000 days.
      

      Note
      title Attention!
      If you enter

   zero

   1. the 0 value,

   metadata retention time becomes unlimited

   1. there is no limit to the depth of the metadata in the database. If

   you have

   1. the free space on the disc becomes less than 15 GB

   of free disk space

   1. ,

   the 

   1. the metadata

   DB

   1. storage is overwritten, that is, the new data is recorded over the oldest

   data records

   1. one (see General information about the self-diagnostics service).

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   title	Note

   The metadata database is purged of video recordings that have been stored for more than the specified storage period:

   1. The cleanup of the metadata storage from videos, the storage period of which exceeds the set one, is performed: Each

   Every

   1. 12 hours after Axxon One

   is started

   1. starts.

   Every

   1. Each time when you start

   the MomentQuest forensic search tool )

   1. searching in the archive (see

   Forensic Search for Fragments (MomentQuest)

   1. Search in archive). If there is no recording by a camera to the archive during the metadata storage cleanup, the

   camera is not recording when DB is cleaned up, then its recordings are preserved irrespective of their timestamp.

   1. data of this camera is stored in the database regardless of the date.

   2. If necessaty, you can the database in the network storage
   The metadata database can be stored on NAS if necessary
   1. (by default,
   it
   1. the metadata storage is
   located locally as
   1. placed locally, the path is set during the installation, see Installation).
   Do the following:
   1. 1. In the Network path to save metadata field, specify the
   Enter a Info

   title	Note

   2. 1. path to the network
   destination for metadata database (6). 

   Enter the user name and password (7). The user must have permissions to access the NAS. 

   3. 1. storage where the database must be placed.
         

         Note
         title Attention!
         At the end of the network path, you must specify the character of the closingslash (\). Otherwise, the network path is considered incorrect, and the metadata recording isn't performed. The example of the correct network path: \\192.168.1.111\my_metadata_folder\

   4. 1. If you clear the path to

   NAS, metadata will be stored in the local database again
7. Click the Apply button.

8. 1. 1. the network storage used to store the metadata, the metadata is recorded to the local database.

      2. In the User name for network path field, enter the name of the user that has the access to the specified network storage.
      3. In the Password for network path field, enter the password of the user that has the access to the specified network storage.

9. Clcik the Apply Image Added button.

Configuring the database storage is Configuration of the system log is now complete.