EXgarde Enterprise User Manual
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1. NOTE ALWAYS backup all databases before you merge any databases It is necessary to close all applications including licence server such that only the backup application Is running 1 Database Upgrade The first step is to upgrade the database to be merged from UG2000 database to an Enterprise database This is done by installing the EXgarde Enterprise software into the new site server adding 64 to the site ID in the registry and running the License Server to convert the database 2 Merging the Database Once the database has been updated copy this database onto the Site 1 server into the SQLBase base folder For example if you have site 1 already running and you wish to merge site 2 copy the database from site 2 with the name as site_2 dbs into the c sqlbase folder on the site 1 server Y C SOLBase File Edit View Favorites Tools Help Back gt Ba A Search E Folders Address O C 50LBase BF Folders x Mame Size Type 5 listeditor A SjuUE2000 File Folder E 5 MstiCache O GUARDO File Folder El 5 Program Files lt site_2 dbs 9 120 KB DBS File E 9 SQLBase start dbs 1 310KB OBS File 4 UG2000 O GUARDO1 Once the database is in place select the Merge DB option in eXbackup and click on Go 3 Adding Database To All Sites When the merge process has been completed use the Site DB option to create the databases for all sites NOTE You must create databases for all sites even th2. Ml E garde visitor E Exgarde Replicator Installshield a d l Before starting If you want to upgrade an existing eXguard Pro database setting the S te D to a value of 64 before starting the EXgarde License Server EXIs will make the necessary updates to the database schema and convert the database to a sited database To do this Open the System Registry by selecting Run from the Start button In the Open field type regedit and click on OK Browse to the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE SOFTWARE TDSI Global and select the key Home Site wher the ID of the site is specified Change the value of this parameter to 64 Remember that the displayed value is normally shown in base 16 or Hexidecmial Once the database has been updated it is necessary to shut down EXgarde License Server EXIs and the database directory and file renamed from UG2000 to the appropriate name see section 2 7 for naming the convention of the EXgarde Enterprise databases Hi Registry Editor Registry Edit View Favorites Help A NVIDIA Corporation E ODBC Policies Jj Program Groups lab Default REG 5 value not set DBServer REG 52 10 0 3 21 AY Home Site REG DWORD Ox00000004 13 AY HotStandBy REG DWORD ox 00000000 fo J Windows 3 1 Migration Status SYSTEM My ComputeriHEEY_ LOCAL MACHINE SOFTWARETDST Global The DBServer key should have the actual IP address of the server and NOT 127 0 0 1 This is true for the Server PC also
3. i i Additional Documentation i Getting Started exgard e ENTERPRISE Installshield Page 14 of 32 Beck Nets l lt Back Neo Canal Additional to the normal installation process you need to enter the site number 1 64 for the site being installed For the Master site the site number is 1 For a Standby site this is given the same site number as the main site Click on the Next button to begin the installation process As well as the standard Database Server option for configuring the installation as the Server PC a second option of Standby Database Server will configure the Server as a Standby server If selected his option automatically selects the Database Server option so the Standard server applications are installed Once the appropriate options have been selected click on the Next button to continue the installation process 3 2 EXgarde Enterprise InstallShield Wizard Desktop Icons You can have shortcut icone placed on your desktop for frequently used applications For a server installation the Please make pour selections below d esktop an d start up screens fa Exgarde License Server have an option for the Replicator Similar to the ad Exgarde Communications EX g a rd e commun C ati ons g application it is recommended exgarde Xd Exgarde Explorer that the EXgarde Replicator o option be select for the start up co group Click on the Next button when done
4. 5 Help Area 6 Title Bar 7 Menu Bar If the EXgarde EXplorer is connected to the Standby server then the Title Bar reflects this by having Standby after the site name The Outline View is separated into two sections the Sites with their hardware and the Tenants Access Controlled Sites is a collection of multiple Buildings as can be found in the traditional version of EXgarde PRO which are now referred to as S fes Each site has its own Equipment Areas etc Note there is a Public and Master Alarm Zone for each Site Initially the access group Everyone is only applied to area Public 1 Public for Site 1 Access to Area Public for Sites other than Site 1 needs to be done by adding it to an appropriate access group manually or by applying the Access Group Everyone to the relevant Public areas The Properties of a Site has a Sharing tab in a similar way to that found in the Areas section of the application which defines which Tenants can view a particular site This allows the easy creation of Site only Tenants which only see their own local Site as only the Site that the Operator s Tenant is Shared with will be displayed in the outline The creation of licensed objects such as Computers ACUs i e Doors CCTV Controllers and configuring Intruder integration can only be done by the EXgarde EXplorers directly connected to that Site This allows the EXplorer to know the licensed options for that Site and thus only create o
5. It is recommended not to use EXgardeConfig to accomplish this as this will also set the server address in SQL INI This NEEDS to be 727 0 0 1 or oca host to start the database engine automatically Page 15 of 32 If you wish to connect a client from one system to another then it is necessary to modify 3 files A modification to the file win32client is required whereby it is necessary to include a line for each database The file win32client ws32 needs an entry for each server PC Finally on each server the file dbnt25sv needs the Servername to be modified and needs to be unique to that Site with ServerX for main sites and MirrorXX for standby sites Details of the file contents and modifications can be found in the sections 3 2 1 File win32client win32chent dbname XGARDEOL sqlws32 dbname XGARDEOZ sqlws32 dbname XGARDEOS sqlws32 3 2 2 File win32client ws32 win32chent ws32 serverpath Server1 10 0 0 1 XGARDEO1 serverpath Server2e 10 0 0 2 XGARDEOZ serverpath Server3 10 0 0 3 XGARDEO3 3 2 3 Files dbnt25sv For Each of the Server PCs On Site 1 server dbnt25sv dbname XGARDEOL sqlws32 servername 5Server1 sqlws32 On Site 2 server dbnt25sv dbname XGARDEOZ sqlws32 servername Servere sqlws32 On Site 3 server dbnt25sv dbname XGARDEO3 sqlws32 servername 5Server3 sqlws32 Page 16 of 32 3 2 4 Example For an installation where Site 1 has a Standby server On the Client PC win32chent
6. dbname XGARDEOL sqlws32 dbname EDRAGXOL sqlws32 win32chient dl comdll sqlws32 win32chent ws32 serverpath Server1 10 0 0 1 XGARDEO1 serverpath MirrorOl 10 0 0 101 EDRAGXO1 On the Main Server PC dbnt25sv servername 5Server1 sqlws32 DBNAME XGARDEOL sqlws32 On Standby Server dbnt25sv servername MirrorOl sqlws32 DBNAME EDRAGXOL sqlws32 Page 17 of 32 4 System Configuration 4 1 EXgarde License Server EXIs 4 1 1 General LE Exgarde License Server Site 1 Product Licence Key Present Maximum Network Users Maximum Doors Maximum Tenants Masimum Site Links Exgarde Enterprise Version 1 0 0 Yes 2 Unlimited 1 El EXgarde License Server EXIs needs to be running to be able to close or save the settings on the Site tabs This is a normal EXgarde operation for the local Site Note after Jlogging in the pica Eb connection will timeout after 5 Deleting events Inactive minutes SO It may be Licensed options Photo ID necessary to log back in before ocd saving any changed data Micro arde Units Upgrade Visitors Copyright c 1996 2008 TDS Database copyright c 1993 2009 Unify Corporation All nghts reserved A component of the supplied licence is the number of supported links A link is a one way communications path so for replication in both directions between two sites two links are required Two new tabs are added to EXgarde License Server EXIs The tab Sites contai
7. event and this is sent to Site 1 Site 1 would normally forward this to Site 3 However in the above Setting this is disabled and therefore this event would not be forwarded In the same example site 2 would not send the Door Open event to site 1 Page 28 of 32 4 3 5 Diagnostic Log File EXReplicator Site 1 File Debug Menu Set Debug Level gt Application is running as se Name Server Site 1 20002 Client Site 2 20002 Page 29 of 32 Y None Basic Level 1 Level 3 Listening Connected Site Status Enabled Enabled Link Status Show All Reload Close The Debug menu sets the debug information level that is written to the Translog_ dbg files This is similar to the Syslog dbg files from EXcomms and is a Set of seven rotating files one for each day of the week These are used to help identify any issues with the replication of data 4 4 EXBackup 4 4 1 Site Conversion In a replicated system each site s database contains all of the information for all the sites within the system The only exceptions are internal configurations which define which site the database belongs to A Site DB Site Database option can be found on the Advanced Options tab in EXbackup When selected this allows the selection of a site database to create and on pressing the Go button the creation of a new XGARDExx dbs file for the requested site This can subsequently be copied once the database server has been
8. increased amount of data associated with these objects Images are only transferred in a transaction if they have actually changed Although the photographs are stored in a preset resolution Site Plans and especially Alarm Zone images can be of a large file size To prevent the inter site links being flooded by the transfer of data that would normally be required by an image transfer the maximum size of images allowed to be transferred by the replication process is specified in the Replicator If the image is larger than the specified size then the image is not transferred by the transaction and the operator is informed by a message Stating that the image needs to be distributed manually to the other sites Note As Standby sites do not allow client application to connect while in standby mode it is not possible to manually add images to its database It is therefore recommended that once all large images have been added to the Ma n database the whole database should be manually transferred to the Standby site Page 24 of 32 4 3 EXReplicator 4 3 1 Main Screen gt EXReplicator Site 1 File Debug Menu Application IS TUNING Ag Server Name IP Status Site Status Link Status Buffer Count Server Site 1 20002 Listening Enabled Client Site 2 20002 Connected Enabled Show All Reload Close From the information entered when installing the system See section 4 1 1 of where to find this information the Replicator for a site Kn
9. server The Status window displays Application is Running as Server on a Main server but to give clear indication of the operation of a Standby server this is only displayed when it becomes the L ve server Otherwise the standby server normally displays App ication s running as server Standby Mode Page 25 of 32 4 3 2 Process Diagnostics EXReplicator Site 1 File Debug Menu Replication Server Listen Port 20002 IF Connection Listening Status Enabled Link Status Active Butter Totals Recieved 0 Current Buffer Size O Link Stats Transactions 0 Packets 0 Burst Packets 0 Accepted 0 Rejected 0 Executed 0 Failed O Busy 0 Disabled O Timed out O Client Site 4 20002 Test View Replication Client Server 10 0 0 133 20002 IP Connection Connecting Server Status Unknown Link Status Active Butter Totals Recieved O Current Butter Size 0 Link Stats Transactions 0 Packets O Burst Packets O Accepted 0 Rejected D Executed 0 Failed 0 Busy 0 Disabled O Timed out 0 Last Ping Accepted 10 11 2008 08 44 37 840000 Total Connections O To manually load TEF files select Import from the File menu To hide the window click on the View menu 4 3 3 Process Actions To access further options for a particular entry right click on either a server or client entry in Application is running as server the list Name IP Status Site Status Link Status Buffer Count Show displ
10. site 2 3 Replication Link Topology To provide the ability for sites to be used as hot standby sites or as duplicates and to support different topologies the type of interconnection between sites is configurable There are three types of links Replication Links Distribution Links and Miror Links Replication Links ISA Distribution Links Mirror Link Page 10 of 32 Replication inks pass changes from a source site to destination sites If the data is to be replicated across multiple sites then the site is responsible for updating all of the other sites with changes carried out by the locally connected workstations In this case the system will consist of multiple links For n sites the number of links required can be calculated as n n 1 For example if there are 4 sites then the number of links will be 4 4 1 4 3 12 links Distribution inks pass changes from a source site to a single destination The destination then adds the transaction to its own Transaction Table and then passes it out to all its destinations except the originator of the transaction In this system the number of links required for the system consisting of n sites can be calculated as n 1 2 For example if there are 4 sites then the number of links will be 4 1 2 3 2 6 links A Mirror ink passes all data to a single destination site including all of the site configuration data normally transferred by replication This re
11. 19 4 1 3 Inter Site Link Configuration Creating the Replication LINKS csssessessssssessssecsssessssessssesssseesssesseesseeessssesseeessseessen 20 AA IG standby CONS naaa iii 21 4 2 EXSarde Enteronse EXPO 22 Ar AR ROO e Acc Whe xsarde Enterprise User Nell aCe iaa D 23 Aa ANS arta 24 424 Photographs and Backeround Mage ini A 24 4 3 ENRICO a 25 ASA e SEEN norrena a o aan ane an en eista an E NN NtAE caro a aNtcA naman Reena 25 43e Process Dia eno Sia iii 26 A SS ACGHONS cailonieunnpani A AO 26 ASA Replication COn Meta MON ninas 27 ASD Diano teloe FIO aaa 29 4 4 O 30 AAL SIMOCONVE Orta ara ess 30 AA Database Meee TOA 30 Ads Te MERC POCOS aa a 31 444 Additional Ito MAN AAA deal anoede 31 AA MES ANN 31 Glossary Or TETS aio 32 Page 5 of 32 1 Introduction to exgar de Enterprise EXgarde Enterprise is an expansion of eXguard PRO to support the requirements of large scale customers by incorporating two new features giving the application the ability to attach a mirrored hot standby server to an EXgarde system this containing an instance of eXguard Licence Server as well as the database giving the EXgarde installation full Disaster Recovery facilities and connect multiple EXgarde installations together allowing them to share all data This provides central administration and control but also retains the resilience of separate local installations The backbone of the system is a client application known as a Rep i
12. 1996 2009 Time de Osta Systems Ltd Cistabas e coyright 21993 2009 Unity Corporation All rights reserved Page 22 of 32 ENTERPRISE The login screen now allows the selection of the site to connect to using the Site filed When Starting for the first time the Site field only contains the Home Site so that it can connect to the database and fetch the list of all of the sites and populate its local copy in the registry For subsequent login attempts the Site list contains all of the site numbers and the Names of the sites Any changes will not be shown until the local EXgarde License Server EXIs has been updated with changes from the Master site and the Explorer has connected at least once 4 2 2 The EXgarde Enterprise User Interface The following figure shows a typical main screen of EXgarde Enterprise application be Exgarde Site 1 File Edit View Tol O Fer Access Contral Sites Long Name A E Site 1 BN Public 1 Access Areas folder i m System Folder General displa This window shows the E Equipment contents of the currently fy Alarm Zones selected folder If the window BB Site 2 is empty expand the folder in E System Folder the tres B Access Areas PA Public 2 2 E Equipment E Alarm Zones B oo ajajaj dows Help Key Holders A Tenants i Landlord H E Kep Holders H Access Groups H E Key Boxes Badge Designs 1 Toolbar 2 Shortcut Bar 3 Outline View 4 Working Area
13. 2 It is fully user configurable can be different for each link if required but it is advised to use the default setting If multiple sites use the same port number for a destination then a single server process is created on the destination site if different ports are specified for the same destination multiple server process are created Note The Ports cannot be the same for different Link Types for the same destination site ie for a destination if some links are going to be Replication links and others Distribution then these two types must be on different ports The Type field is a drop down list containing 3 options Replication This setting are for links that simply transfer transactions from a source to a destination site Distribution this setting is for a link that transfers transactions to the specified destination but as well as performing the transaction to its own system it then forwards the transaction to its other destinations Mirroris only display for automatically created Mirror links and is not editable The State field is a drop down list containing Enabled Disabled Unused This option clears the whole row Changes in any of the fields enable the Save button which must be clicked on to commit the changes made to the database If the tab is changed while there are un saved changes then a dialogue box is displayed asking if the changes should be discarded If No is selected then the focus rem
14. Data Catch up Overview General To represent multiple EXgarde installations a single EXgarde installation will now be known as a S fe with the System as a whole becomes a set of inter linked EXgarde installations To allow continuing operation of a Site even if the inter connection is down each Site contains copies of all appropriate data EXgarde objects fall into two categories Site Specific Global Site Specific objects are those that where listed under the Building branch in the standard EXgarde Explorer and includes items such as Equipment Computers ACUs etc Areas Schedules and Database Users These are related physically to a specific location The G oba data is the Tenant data which could be applicable to one or many Sites Each Site has a unique S te D this has a value between 1 to 64 and is defined in the configuration of each Site This provides information on which site the information created the data even if it s for another site Replication is a transaction based system that passes a description of the operation such as creating a key holder and any appropriate data to a connected system The destination system then uses the standard functionality to carry out the changes to the local database See Section 2 4 for more details Events and Alarms can be visible on all sites but due to the interactive nature of Alarms they must be Owned by a Site Operators attached to any other site will see the Alarm dupl
15. User Manual exgar de ENTERPRISE Disaster Recovery Access Management Software To Register your Product Visit http www tdsi product registration co uk UM0034 Issue 1 12 2008 A ee HELP US TO HELP YOU Every effort has been made to provide you with error free information However if you do find any inaccuracies or feel that some additional information would be useful in this manual then we would like to hear from you Please copy and complete the form below and fax it back to us on 44 0 1202 724975 marked for the attention of TDSi Marketing Department or post it to TDSI Unit 10 Concept Park Innovation Close Poole Dorset BH12 4QT UK Alternatively e mail it to marketing tdsi co uk User Manual Improvement Form Manual N9 UMOO34 Issue 1 EE Main Company Activity Address Telephone Number E mail Address Please provide full description of the error or your suggested improvement including page Your Comments and section numbers Thank you TDSi Marketing Team tog0 o e G OE Page 3 of 32 NOTICES Manufacturers Details Copyright Notice TDSi Policy Page 4 of 32 This product is designed and supplied by Time and Data Systems International Ltd TDSi Unit 10 Concept Park Innovation Close Poole Dorset BH12 4QT UK Telephone 44 0 1202 723 535 Fax 44 0 1202 724975 E mail info tdsi co uk Web http www tdsi co uk Copyright 2008 Time and Data Systems Interna
16. Xgarde applications communicate with the licence server Once this connection is established it will notify the licence server to run in Standby Mode which will be the default mode for licence server running on a standby machine When running in this mode no other applications will be able to connect to it The Replicator application will then create a listening link for the main server to connect If a request to connect has not be received from the Main server within a specified time 45 seconds by default the Replicator then assumes that the Standby server is to become the Live server and informs the licence server to switch to Acting Sever Mode The licence server will then allow other applications to connect The Replicator application will create any required replication or distribution links and behave the same as a Main server When the Standby server is running as the L ve server the original server database will be considered out of date Since this would normally occur when the Main server has failed and the time to recovery could be considerable the process to return the Main server is to take a copy of the final database on the Standby server It is possible to force the switchover to the standby server and back again from the Main server This is carried out as follows Logging in to the Replicator application on the Main server right click on the link between the Main and Standby server selecting Switch Standby Server M
17. ains on the Site tab Any changes will create TCM messages to update the local replicators and also to be transmitted to other sites Page 20 of 32 4 1 4 Hot Standby Configuration To indicate that the License server is on the Standby server the Title Bar is the S te Name followed by Standby Server see the examples shown below In addition on the Status nformation tab the Database Status On line is followed by either Standby Mode or Acting Server Mode when the standby server is live h EXgarde License Server Site 1 Standby Server Product Licence Key Present Maximum Network Users Maximum Doors Maximum Tenants Maximum Site Links Database status Deleting events Licensed options EXgarde Enterprise Version 1 0 0 No Expires 18 12 2008 2 Unlimited 1 4 On line Standby Mode Inactive Photo ID Fusion MicroGarde Units Upgrade Visitors v Copyright c 1996 2008 TDSi Database copyright c 1993 2009 Unify Corporation All rights reserved SEE A EXgarde License Server Site 1 Standby Server Product Licence Key Present Maximum Network Users Maximum Doors Maximum Tenants Maximum Site Links Database status Deleting events Licensed options Copyright c 1996 2008 TDSi Database copyright c 1993 2009 Unify Corporation EXgarde Enterprise Wersion 1 0 0 No Expires 18 12 2008 2 Unlimited 1 4 On line Acting Server Mode Inactive Photo ID Fusio
18. ays the diagnostic comecied Enabled active Empty window for just that entry End Change Link State allows Suspend temporary changes to the HA link state Disable disconnects the connection to the destination Site Suspend keeps the link connected but does not process any transactions EXReplicator Site 1 File Debug Menu Show I Change Link State gt Client Site Show All Reload Close In the case of a Mirror Link on the Main server the client entry has the option Switch Standby Server Mode Selecting this option will cause the standby server to switch between Standby and Acting Server Mode On a Client entry selecting Transactions allows the removal clearing of Transaction Summaries either for just the selected link or for all destinations Page 26 of 32 4 3 4 Replication Configuration When EXgarde Replicator is started for the first time it will prompt the user to set the Replication Configuration This includes the adjustment of Poll Timings and Filters It is also to access these settings at any time by selecting Configuration from the File menu Replication Contiguration General Ping Filters Time Between Polls 5ma Link Delay Count EE 10 Adjust these figures to balance the system betwen sites Recommend to increasing the values for small sites and decreasing for large sites Cancel Replication Contiguration Distribute amp Replicate Link Ping period sec Mirr
19. be entered on the Maste site s EXgarde Licence Server EXIs but to allow for configuration of additional sites without the need for the Replication system to be running the information can be exported to a file and then manually transferred to the other sites and imported into their EXIs The Building branch of the outline view as found in the traditional EXgarde PRO interface becomes a Site Multiple sites can exist within the system Each Site contains Schedules Database Users Areas Equipment and Alarm Zones The Tenants appear as they do in the usual EXgarde PRO interface but the use of these depends on how you wish to organise the data As the Tenants have no direct relationship to a physical site a single Tenant could be used across all the sites or have individual Tenants for each Site This may be desirable to keep key holders and access groups separate for each site and to ease key holder management To limit which sites are visible to an Operator Sites have a Sharing tab in a similar fashion to that found in the Areas section of the software which allows you to specify which Tenants can see the site Although an EXgarde EXplorer connected to one Site can create objects on other Sites Communications PCs ACUs CCTV Controllers and Database Users creation and Intruder configuration can only be achieved from an EXgarde EXplorer physically connected to that site This is done to retain licensing for an individual
20. bjects allowed for Page 23 of 32 4 2 3 4 2 4 Alarms Events and Alarms can be made visible on all sites but due to the interactive nature or Alarms they must be owned by a Site A site will have a defined default A arm Owner by default this is Site 01 such that any alarms retrieved from its communications server EXcomms are automatically assigned to it Any client attached to that site is able to acknowledge and process these alarms immediately Operators attached to any other site will see the Alarm duplicated by the replication process but before they can process the alarm they must request ownership of the alarm from the current owning site This prevents the alarm being processed at the same time by clients on different sites On non owning sites the alarms are presented in the normal way but any action on an alarm such as Acknowledge are passed to the owning site which then processes the request before passing it back the acknowledgement to the requesting site This whole process is completed in the background and without notification to the user The exception to this is the indication Unable to find alarm in Master alarm list to acknowledge which is displayed when the owning site performs a task before the request is received Photographs and Background Images Key holder and operator images Site Plan background images and alarm zone background images are handled differently to other objects This is due to the
21. cator The purpose of the Rep icator is to connect to one EXgarde system process operator actions and events to identify changes to the system and then implement the same changes on a remote EXgarde system The advantage that this has over simple database duplication is that since this is a transaction based system it is highly less likely that any system table based corruption would be duplicated between the two systems The Rep icator includes a secondary system in that if the connection to the remote site is lost the Rep icator is aware of what changes have occurred and upon the connection being re established the remote site is synchronised to match The following diagrams show how the Aep icator achieves the different operations 1 1 Modes of Operation Hot Standby EXgarde Main EXgarde Standby The diagram opposite shows a Simple implementation of the Replicator to keep the Standby System instep with the Main Replicator System The EXgarde Licence Servers communicate with each other so if the main server fails the standby system becomes the live server and all client Ll Cl applications change over to use his server HS as Client PCs Page 6 of 32 1 2 Modes of Operation Resilient Duplication EXgarde System 2 Je Replicator EXgarde System 1 720 Replicator O el gt L a a j lt ZA _ lt 1 3 Modes of Operation Schematic The Rep icators are configure
22. closed and manually moved to the new site This method is used for either the addition of a new site or to replace one with an up to date copy as a result of either corruption or as a fast method to recover a Site that has been off line for a long period of time 4 4 2 Database Merge Tool The database merge tool is part of the EXgarde Backup application and has been designed to take a database which has been previously configured with eXguard V2 2 0 or below and add it to an Enterprise system To access this feature you need to log in to the backup program with ProAllowedXXX to access the Advanced Options tab th Database Backup and Re organise Tool Page 30 of 32 Backup ptions Whole database Selected only Check Index Rebuild Index Check T able Show Data Unload T able Load T able i Reorg DE f Copy DE C Create DE C Delete DE C Site DB Database Checks Advanced Uptions Server Mame SERVER Database Mame Exgarde Copyright c 2002 2009 TOS Ltd Database Copyright c 1993 2009 Unity Corporation S740 M1 ACU S7S40MACU MODEL S77 o40M ACU WIRING SYSADM ALAR M SYSADM ALARM_PROCEDURE SYSADM ALARM_STEFP 27340 M ALARM AONE STSADM ALARM _AONE_ITEM 3740 M AREA SYSADM BADGE 7 o40M BS amp 0GE_ITEM STSADM BDA STSADM COMMAND SYSADM COMMS_PE SYSADM COMMUONIT Y Unload Directory Browse ICAWINDOWS TEMPSU noad All rights reserved Exit 4 43 The Merge Process
23. d to have two way data transfer and then any changes on either system are reflected on the other This will allow two EXgarde systems with their own client machines connected to each one to behave as a single EXgarde system with all clients Seeing all data and events This configuration allows for very flexible redundancy in that if either server fails then the clients belonging to that server can be reconfigured to connect to the other running server Ifa database is damaged a duplicate of the data is stored on the other server If the two systems are separated by a WAN then if the WAN is broken the local clients can still communicate with their local server The following diagrams show the interconnection between the components of EXgarde for two sites during different modes of operation 1 3 1 Normal Operation Site 1 Site 2 EXplorer Database amp Database amp EXIs Replicator EX Replicator eXcomms Configuration Tenant amp Event data 1 3 2 Link Broken Between Sites Site 1 Site 2 EXplorer Database EXIS Database amp EXIs Replicator Apnea eXcomms 76 0 Page 7 of 32 eXcomms IP 485 Adaptor EXplorer eXcomms IP 485 Adaptor EXplorer 1 3 3 2 1 Link Re Established Between Sites Site 1 Site 2 EXplorer eXcomms IP 485 Adaptor Database amp EXIs Replicator Database EX Replicator eXcomms EXplorer Configuration Tenant and Event
24. hat workstation Therefore all applications on the workstation will be connected to the selected site so if it is necessary to change the site it is recommended that the workstation Should be used for EXgarde EXplorer only and this is never done on the server For sites with a Main and Standby server client applications such as EXgarde EXplorer and EXcomms must run on client machines and NOT on either the Main or Standby servers otherwise they will not be able to switch automatically between them EXgarde Enterprise has the ability of supporting up to 64 sites and to connect clients for any of these sites the Database Engine installed now supports up to 75 workstations to be connected concurrently The number of actually licensed workstations is still controlled by the EXgarde License Server EXIs Page 13 of 32 3 Installing EXgarde Enterprise 3 1 Installation EXgarde Enterprise InstallShield Wizard Edit Data Enter requested data Please enter the site number this installation belongs to 1 to 64 site No O exgard ENTERPRISE Installshield EXgarde Enterprise InstallShield Wizard Select Features Select the features setup will install Select the features You want to install and deselect the features you do not want to install Des criptic 7 Installs the database engine and database for the standby Server Je Esgarde Toolkit i 2 IP Communications e SQLBase Driver Pack Ultragard 8 Export
25. icated by replication but before they can process the alarm they must request ownership of the alarm from the current owning site See section 4 2 3 for details In Eva uation mode two replication links and two workstations are included This allows demonstration of two way resilient replication 2 links or a full hot standby system 1 link 2 workstations with standby server and a client workstation to show EXgarde EXplorer and EXgarde communications EXcomms changeover Page 8 of 32 2 2 Data Organisation Site 1 is defined as the Master and contains a list of the system Sites their names and IP address as well as definitions of their inter connections or Links From this information the system knows the number of sites and adds them to the EXgarde EXplorer Outline O Access Control System E Access Control Sites sees Site 1 DB Site 2 HE Site 3 E Site 4 EH System Folder ah Access Areas E ES Equipment EE Comms PC El Demo Cases rel CCTV System GF Acme Main ACLs E Acme Rear ACLs e de Workstation 2 e Workstation 3 lan ap Network Cameras A Alarm Zones a 28 Tenants E Landlord aT key Holders El Ey Access Groups E Ey Operators in E Site Plans El kep Boses E ES Badge Designs E MD Tenant 2 al E Key Holders E e Access Groups fl Operators Reports ts FS Site Plans a i kep Boxes PS Badge Designs Page 9 of 32 The Site information can only
26. larmed event A replication link that retransmits any incoming transactions to the other satellite sites The server that is the active one that client applications can connect to Objects that belong to the Site that the client is connected to In a hot standby configuration this is the server PC that is normally Live Site 1 Main server Items in the Outline this includes areas access groups alarm zones as well as hard items such as doors and readers The process of duplicating actions as well as data across connect EXgarde installations Part of the Replicator application responsible for transmitting transactions Part of the Replicator application responsible for receiving transactions Part of the Replicator application responsible for transmitting transactions Part of the Replicator application responsible for receiving transactions A single EXgarde installation A unique identifier for each of the individual installations of EXgarde Objects that a specific to a physical EXgarde installation such as Areas and Doors In a hot standby configuration this is the server PC that is normally inactive receiving copies of the actions occurring on the Main server A collection of individual EXgardes interconnected with Replicators A change to an objects A message based system describing changes to objects as well as the actual data A summary of a change indicating the type of change an the object involved and which sites need to be informed
27. licated data Summa added for ___ gt ry Distribution Link TOS E Transaction TSI Transaction Socket Socket Replication Server 1 TransAction dbs ee message converted TransAction Table Jen with all data to script TOSI TDSI Object Details Replication Replication Replication Client 2 Server 2 Replication Transmitter TOSI TDSi Receiver Replication Replication Client 3 eXguard_1 dbs eXguard_2 dbs TOSI Replication Event Client 4 TCM Client Driven TCM Client Triggering TCM Server TCM Server TCM Client TCM Client The Replication ransmitter manages a set of Replication Client windows one for each Destination Site The Replication Rece ver manages a set of Replication Server windows this may be one for all sites or one for each Source Site that is required to connect to it The system has been designed such that the ransmitter and Receiver communicate with the Cent and Server windows respectively in a standard way and the C ent and Server windows communicate independently for example the initial type will use a TDSi defined Transaction message passed via a TCP IP socket The Rep icator application will automatically connect to the EXgarde database and start processing when started in a Similar way to the EXgarde Communications application EXcomms To exit or to change configuration the application will need to be logged into similar to EXgarde EXporte
28. n MicroGarde Units Upgrade Wisitors v All rights reserved Below is an example where Site 3 has a standby server defined This is achieved by simply defining the standby address ha EXgarde License Server Site 3 Lona Name Comments Server Address Standby Ad 10 0 0 1 Copyright c 1996 2008 TDSi Database copyright c 1993 2009 Unify Corporation All rights reserved TE cE EXgarde License Server Site 3 Alar A Source Enabled Enabled Copyright c 1996 2008 TDSi Database copyright c 1993 2009 Unify Corporation All rights reserved When the site standby address is specified a new link is automatically created which links the Main Replicator to the Standby Replicator This link is used to keep the standby database in step with the live database and also inform the standby server that the live system is active If this link breaks after a period the standby server will automatically switch and act as a live server This switching informs the Licence Server to change modes and allows applications to connect to its database Similar to Satellite sites on the License Server EXIs of the Standby the S tes and Links settings cannot be edited directly and the S 7E ULD file must be imported from the Main server Page 21 of 32 4 2 EXgarde Enterprise EXplorer 4 2 1 Login Exgarde Login Site 1 Site 1 Tenant Lando Operator Password E e xdarde LOS Copyright
29. ns the parameters for the 64 available sites The tab Links define the inter site connections The entering and editing of the information contained within the Sites and Links tabs can only be accomplished on the EXgarde License Server EXIs on the Master Site Main server Site 01 The same data is available of all other Sate ite EXIs but only in a read only format Page 18 of 32 4 1 2 Site Configuration On the Site tab the table contains entries for all of the individual site IDs hh EXgarde License Server Site 1 aA The table is only editable on the Master site on which there are two buttons available Export and Save On the Master site Vame Long Name Comment Server Address Standby Address and Alarm Owning Site are Enabled 1000 3 standard text entry fields Copyright c 1996 2008 TDSi Database copyright c 1993 2009 Unify Corporation All rights reserved Figure 1 Information on the Site Tab as Displayed on the Master Site On all other sites the table is non editable and the buttons available are Import and Save ARIAS Ear a tar i Sela The Mode field is a dropdown list containing the following options Unused clears the whole row and also Stops the site from being displayed in the Mode Comments Server Address outline in each instance of EXgarde deg 0 0 EXplorer gt Enabled and Disabled shows the Site in EXplorer but the replication links are disabled Copy
30. ode menu option Page 12 of 32 2 To force client applications to change from the Ma nto Standby server either close the Main EXls or use the Suspend function to disconnect the clients and to cause then to restart When client workstations attempt to attach to the Main server and fail they then try to connect to the Standby server and then back again until they successful connect The server the client is attempting to attach to is indicated in the TCM connection dialog by the IP address of the server it is attempting to connect to Technical Changes Note EXgarde Enterprise is an based on eXguard PRO 2 2 0 and It is not possible to upgrade later versions of EXgarde PRO to EXgarde Enterprise The database file UG2000 dbs has been replaced and each site now has its own data file XGARDExx dbs where xx is a two digit number representing the site id i e site 01 which is the Master site is XGARDEO1 dbs If the site is a hot standby then the database is EDRAGxx dbs The Servernames are also unique with ServerX for main sites and MirrorXX for standby sites Replicators connect via TCP IP sockets and therefore DCOM between sites is not normally necessary However to be able to log on to a client PC from one site to the server of another does require a DCOM connection as normal Although the log in screen of the EXgarde EXplorer allows the selecting of different sites the TCMClient is used by all EXgarde client applications running on t
31. or Link Ping Period sec Hot Standby Changeover timeout sec Page 27 of 32 The General tab allows control of the speed of the Replicator between communication delays and the polling of sites The Ping tab controls the period between the transmissions of Pinging transactions The purpose of the ping is to check that the link between sites is Still active even if there is no other traffic Inthe case of Distribution and Replication Links the frequency of this check is not SO important Hence the default interval is set as 60 seconds Inthe case of a Mirror Link this is used as a check that the Main server is operational and so the default is 15 seconds The Hot Standby Changeover Timeout is the time that must have elapsed Since the Replicator on the Standby server has seen a ping from the Main server Replicator It is recommended that the value of this timeout is such that it is able to cope with the Standby server missing a ping due to network problems It is usual to set this to a value of a little over two pings The Filters tab allows control of Replication Contiguration Ji the type of information exchanged between sites This is particularly useful in the case of large systems where a Forwarding Transactions Replicate Transactions Significant amount of data transactions may be affecting Event 7 Evert mine id system performance The maximum size of an image to be Object State Everts We Objec
32. orted loading it s contents into the local database Page 19 of 32 4 1 3 Inter Site Link Configuration Creating the Replication Links The table as shown on the Links tab is only editable on the EXgarde License Server of the Master site In addition all links are shown in the Links table for the Master site but on all other sites only the links to and from that site are shown EXgarde License Server Site 2 Source Destination Copyright c 1996 2008 TOS Database copyright c 1993 2009 Unity Corporation All nights reserved To create a new link click in the Add button This will create a blank row in the table Select this blank row and type the required data Should you attempt to create more links than the license allows for then an error message is displayed informing you of this is displayed Select the Source and Destination of of the link The Source and Destination drop down boxes contain only the configured sites When creating a new link the Source and Destination will contain all of the available sites However as soon as an available site has been selected it will be removed from the other list This prevents the same Site being specified as both the Source and Destination for the link f the source is made available again for example if it is changed then it is added back into the destination and the new source removed etc The Port is the IP port to be used the default port is 2000
33. ose which already exist If you have multiple sites to merge in these can be done at the same time by naming the site_X dbs files to the correct site number For example Site_12 dbs for site 12 Once you have done this you can copy these databases to their own site servers and re start the system 4 4 4 Additional Information 4 4 5 This merge tool merges the majority of the data but some of this data is duplicated shared and cannot be merged The following information is not copied over from the site databases Events Alarms Event Details Group Schedules Net Cameras Log File A DBLogData dbg Is created detailing tables which encountered a problem when merging The merge process will try to copy all data from all tables However some of the data will already exist and will create an entry in the log file which does not in itself cause a problem For example the Area table will always contain the data Public 1 Public 2 Public 64 So when that area table is copied it will result in duplicate data However all non duplicate which is site specific will be copied Page 31 of 32 Glossary of Terms Alarm Ownership Distribute Live Local Main Master Object Replication Replicator Transmitter Replicator Receiver Replication Client Replication Server Site Site ID Site Specific Standby System Transaction Transaction Message Transaction Summary Page 32 of 32 The ability to directly acknowledge an a
34. ows the number of connections required and the Outline in the EXgarde EXplorer shows an entry for each Replicator client or server that has been created A Server is created for each link which has this site as the Destination with a different port number For example Server Site 1 20002 indicates a single replication server on Site 1 listening to port 20002 This can receive connections from multiple sites which are connecting to port 20002 A Client is created for each link which has this site as the source and the entry indicates which site the client is connected to and on which port For example Client Site 2 20002 is the replication client on Site 1 which is connected to port 20002 on Site 2 The Show All button displays diagnostic windows for each connection and gives the state of the connection how many connections there are to a Server and the amount of transactions exchanged Reload forces all clients and servers to be closed and reloaded from the database before re connecting the links The Close button has the effect of closing this application NOTE this is not instant as the sockets are cleared before the application Closes If a sites Replicator is closed and then restarted it maybe necessary to restart the destination replicator as well WARNING closing the Replicator on the Main server will cause the Standby server to become the Live server If you do not wish to swap servers only do this after closing the Replicator on the Standby
35. r Page 11 of 32 2 5 2 6 Off Line Re Synchronisation Replication re synchronisation is a mode where two sites re connect after a period of operating off line Whilst in this mode any transactions which have been logged off line will be transmitted and executed in batches If the period of disconnection is considerable it may be quicker to rebuild one of the databases using the EXgarde backup tool When a link between two sites is broken the client changes from real time replication to the off line process The client will start to export the transactions into Transaction Export Files TEF These will be labelled SS DD NNN TEF where SS is the Source ID 1 to 64 DD is the Destination ID 1 to 64 NNN IS a Sequential number between 000 to 999 As transactions are created the replication application exports these transactions into a TEF file If the TEF file is sreater than 250 Kbytes it will start a new file with the next sequence number until it reaches 999 This method will help keep the transaction table clean to provide the best performance on delivery When the two sites re connect together they will go into a re synchronisation mode and send each TEF file to the destination server which will import automatically the transactions When a file has been transferred successfully it will be renamed as SS DD NNN YYYYMMDDHHMM TMP where YYYY is the year MM is the month DD is the day HH is the hour and MM the month If the proces
36. right c 1996 2008 TDSi Database copyright c 1993 2009 Unify Corporation All rights reserved Figure 2 Information on the Site Tab as Displayed on Satellite Sites The Sever and Standby Address field applies the traditional IP address formatting upon exiting the form and if an invalid entry has been made notified of this The Server address is the IP address of the PC on which it is running to act as the Main server for this site while the Standby Server is the Mirror server to act as a hot standby The A arm Owning Site is a drop down containing all of the sites and specifies when an alarmed event occurs and which site has initial control By default this is set to Site 01 the Master which is usual for a centrally administered system but if each site is responsible for its own hardware then having each site set to itself i e control for it s own alarmed events then this may be more appropriate Any changes made in the form enables the Save button which must be clicked on to commit the changes made to the database If the tab is changed while there are un saved changes then a dialogue box is displayed asking if the changes should be discarded If No is selected then the focus remains on the Site tab The table is loaded each time the tab is selected The Export button saves the site and link information to a file S 7E UIF in the installation folder of EXgarde The Import button allows the an exported SITE UIF file to be selected and imp
37. s fails the file will be renamed to an ITF file Import Transaction File This will allow you to manually import this file The TMP files will be automatically deleted after a day or two It is possible to manually apply the off line transactions by taking one or more TEF files to the destination site and import the transactions manually For example file 03 01 000 TEF is a list of transactions for site 01 from site 03 Copy this file from Site 03 to Site 01 and then delete it from Site 03 Note if more than 1 file exists it is recommended that all files are processed together This will then allow for Site 03 to start again with the sequence of OOO With the file on Site 01 right click on a server from the list of servers and clients in the application window and select the Showoption This will display the server window From its menu select F e mport This will allow you to browse to the TEF file select it and import the data Repeat this for all files to be imported The manual merge is recommended when you are going to rebuild Site 03 from Site 01 Hot Standby Server Two sites linked with a Mirror Link result in a Main and Standby site which are exact duplicates of each other The active site is known as the L ve site As part of the Mirror Link the licence information is also copied across allowing the Standby site to run for 15 days in place of the L ve server The Replicator application on the Standby server will start and like all E
38. sults in the destination site being an exact duplicate of the source site This is configuration can be utilised to create a Hot Standby 2 4 Replicator Replication is a real time data replication system that uses a transaction based methodology where instead of just passing the resultant database changes it sends a description of the action taken on the Source S te that is then processed through the standard EXgarde functionality at the Destination Site thus creating the same database changes In addition the appropriate local actions are passed such that clients and ACUs attached to the destination Site are affected in the appropriate way The source of 7ransactions are the same as system events such as operator actions or ACU events A ransaction Summary is placed in a Transaction Table which acts as a buffer for transmission of the messages to the appropriate sites The interconnection between Sites is carried out by an application called the ARep icator which performs two types of process Replication Server Replication Client A Replicator Client at the Source Site is connected to a Replicator Server at the destination site via a TCP IP socket and passes data as a ransaction Message which contains all of the data for all the related objects in the that transaction The following shows the process from a client changing data on one Site to be pass via the Replicators to a second Site Replication Workflow Transaction Rep
39. t State Events transferred by replication is also specified here also see section Object States Non Event le Object States Non Event 4 2 4 for further details on this Shown opposite are the default Max Image Size KB noo settings for this Forwarding Transactions has all options switched OFF and Cancel transactions on a distributed link being forwarded to other sites This is useful in a system where all addition sites are connected toa central site via Distribution links and the central site is required to receive all transactions but the additional sites do no need to see events from another site just the changes in data Replicate Transactions has all options switched ON Normal operator events are always sent for example Operator Add Key Holder Selecting options in this section will stop transaction being sent by Replication Clients on this Replicator The following table shows some examples of the types of data that are grouped into each of the above categories Example of Events in this Category Operator Set Relay State ORIEL atetevems Operator Door Control Object States Non Events Communications PC Running In both Forwarding Transaction and Replicate Transactions the transaction type will NOT be sent if the tick box is checked The following examples demonstrate the effects of selecting the options in these sections In the default settings shown above Site 2 generates a Door Open
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