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Senstar Symphony Server
The Senstar Symphony Client includes functionality to manage devices, security, rules, sites, and settings.
Settings
Settings in Symphony allow you to configure servers, general settings, email notifications, health monitoring, Enterprise Manager, updates, and backup and restore.
Backup and restore
The Backup & Restore tab in the server configuration interface is the interface for backing up and restoring Senstar Symphony Server configurations.
Restore from a local backup
You can restore configuration settings for a Symphony Server from the local backup path.

Introduction
Senstar Symphony is award-winning, intelligent video surveillance software that offers a single, innovative, and open IP video platform for video management, video analytics, system integration, and alarm management.
Senstar Symphony Server
The Senstar Symphony Client includes functionality to manage devices, security, rules, sites, and settings.
- Log in to the server configuration interface
  You can open the server configuration interface in a browser.
- Senstar Symphony Server services
  The Senstar Symphony Server runs the following services.
- Devices
  Symphony supports cameras, digital input/output devices, and access control devices.
- Security
  Security settings in Symphony allow you to configure authentication for users, set and change permissions for users and groups quickly, and add watermarks to video.
- Rules
  Symphony can generate alarms from rules. Rules include events, action sets, and schedules.
- Licenses
  License settings in Symphony allow you to view and refresh licenses.
- Settings
  Settings in Symphony allow you to configure servers, general settings, email notifications, health monitoring, Enterprise Manager, updates, and backup and restore.
  - Servers
    The Servers tab in the Senstar Symphony Server configuration interface is the interface for configuring settings specific to individual Senstar Symphony Server instances in the server farm.
  - General
    The General Settings tab in the server configuration interface is the interface for configuring settings that apply to all of the Symphony Server instances in the server farm.
  - Notifications
    The Notifications tab in the server configuration interface is the interface for configuring event notifications from the server farm.
  - Cloud services
    The Cloud Services tab in the server configuration interface is the interface for configuring additional cloud services that provide additional functionality for the server farm.
  - Maintenance
    The Maintenance tab in the server configuration interface is the interface for configuring updates for the Symphony Client.
  - Backup and restore
    The Backup & Restore tab in the server configuration interface is the interface for backing up and restoring Senstar Symphony Server configurations.
    - Configure backups
      You can back up the Symphony Server configuration.
    - Restore from a local backup
      You can restore configuration settings for a Symphony Server from the local backup path.
    - Restore from online backup
      You can restore configuration settings for a Symphony Server from the Xnet.
    - Restore from file
      You can restore configuration settings for a Symphony Server from a file.
- Analytics
  Senstar Symphony video analytics provide real-time alerts, smart video search, and reporting.
Senstar Symphony Client
The Senstar Symphony Client includes functionality to monitor cameras, manage video, generate reports, and configure alarms.
Senstar Symphony Web Client
The Senstar Symphony Web Client includes functionality to monitor cameras, manage video, generate reports, and configure alarms.
Senstar Symphony Player
The Senstar Symphony Player is an application that can view video files created in the Senstar Symphony Client.
Legal information
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Restore from a local backup

You can restore configuration settings for a Symphony Server from the local backup path.

In the server configuration interface, click Settings > Backup & Restore.
To restore the configuration settings from a Symphony Server that is not part of the server farm, select Restore backup from different hardware, excluding license.
Click the Restore local backup tab.
To show compatible backup files in the local path, select Show only compatible versions.
Select the backup file.
Click Restore.