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

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 Server includes functionality to manage devices, security, rules, sites, and settings.
- Log in to the Senstar Symphony Server
  You can open the Senstar Symphony Server configuration interface in a browser.
- Senstar Symphony Server services
  The Senstar Symphony Server runs the following services.
- Devices
  The Senstar Symphony Server supports cameras, digital input/output devices, and access control devices.
- Security
  Security settings on the Senstar Symphony Server allow you to configure authentication for users, set and change permissions for users and groups quickly, and add watermarks to video.
- Rules
  The Senstar Symphony Server can generate alarms from rules. Rules include events, action sets, and schedules.
- Licenses
  License settings for the Senstar Symphony Server allow you to view and refresh licenses.
- Settings
  The settings for the Senstar Symphony Server allow you to configure servers, general settings, email notifications, health monitoring, Senstar Enterprise Manager integration, 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 Senstar Symphony Server configuration interface is the interface for configuring settings that apply to all of the Senstar Symphony Server instances in the server farm.
  - Notifications
    The Notifications tab in the Senstar Symphony Server configuration interface is the interface for configuring event notifications from the server farm.
  - Cloud services
    The Cloud Services tab in the Senstar Symphony Server configuration interface is the interface for configuring cloud services that provide additional functionality for the server farm.
  - Aggregates
    An aggregate is a collection of cameras that can combine the people count from all of the cameras and present that information on an HTML page.
  - Maintenance
    The Maintenance tab in the Senstar Symphony Server configuration interface is the interface for configuring updates for the Senstar Symphony Client.
  - Backup and restore
    The Backup & Restore tab in the Senstar Symphony Server configuration interface is the interface for backing up and restoring Senstar Symphony Server configurations.
    - Configure backups
      You can back up the Senstar Symphony Server configuration.
    - Restore from a local backup
      You can restore configuration settings for the Senstar Symphony Server from the local backup path.
    - Restore from online backup
      You can restore configuration settings for a Senstar Symphony Server from the Senstar Xnet.
    - Restore from file
      You can restore configuration settings for a Senstar 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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Configure backups

You can back up the Senstar Symphony Server configuration.

By default, the Senstar Symphony Server creates a backup file automatically at 11:00 PM to the local backup path. If you use a password to protect the backup files, the password must meet the complexity reuirements for the Senstar Symphony Server.

In the Senstar Symphony Server configuration interface, click Settings > Backup & Restore.
In the Backup configuration daily at field, type the time at which you want the Senstar Symphony Server to create a backup file.
In the Local backup path field, type the path to which the Senstar Symphony Server saves the backup file.
To secure the backup file with a password, complete the following steps:
1. Select the Protect Backups with a Password box.
2. Type the password in the Password for the Backup field.
3. Type the password in the Confirm Backup Password field to confirm the password.
To backup the Senstar Symphony Server to the Senstar Xnet, turn Enable online backup on.

Note: This feature requires a Maintenance & Support license.
To test your configuration, click Test configuration.
To create a backup, click Back up now.