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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.
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.
Server redundancy
The Senstar Symphony Server supports server redundancy in server farms. If the primary Senstar Symphony Server stops responding, the camera and device processing moves to a redundant Senstar Symphony Server.
Configure failover
You can configure the Senstar Symphony Server to move cameras to a secondary Senstar Symphony Server if the primary Senstar Symphony Server goes offline.

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.
    - Configure video storage for a server
      You can configure how the Senstar Symphony Server stores and maintains video footage. These settings apply to the Senstar Symphony Server that you select.
    - Configure overload protection
      You can configure a Senstar Symphony Server to automatically move cameras to anotherSenstar Symphony Server when the CPU load grows too great.
    - Manage services
      You can configure how the Senstar Symphony Server manages the Senstar Symphony services.
    - Server redundancy
      The Senstar Symphony Server supports server redundancy in server farms. If the primary Senstar Symphony Server stops responding, the camera and device processing moves to a redundant Senstar Symphony Server.
      - Add a server to a redundancy group
        You can add a server to a redundancy group or create a new redundancy group.
      - Configure failover
        You can configure the Senstar Symphony Server to move cameras to a secondary Senstar Symphony Server if the primary Senstar Symphony Server goes offline.
      - Configure failback
        You can configure the Senstar Symphony Server to move cameras back to the primary Senstar Symphony Server after a failover when the primary Senstar Symphony Server comes back online.
      - Move cameras
        You can move all of the cameras from one Senstar Symphony Server to a different Senstar Symphony Server in your server farm.
    - Add an alternate server address
      You can add multiple IP addresses for the Senstar Symphony Server to facilitate communication with the Senstar Symphony Server when it is part of a multi-server farm.
    - Add an SSL certificate
      You can add an SSL certificate to the Senstar Symphony Server in the Senstar Symphony Server configuration interface. This topic only applies to Senstar Symphony Server 8.6.0. In the Senstar Symphony Server 8.6.1, the SSL certificate settings moved to the setup wizard. See the Senstar Symphony Installation Guide for more information.
    - Configure mobile connections
      You can configure the Senstar Symphony Server to support connections with the Senstar Symphony Mobile Application on mobile devices. This topic applies to Senstar Symphony Server 8.6.0.
  - 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.
- 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 failover

You can configure the Senstar Symphony Server to move cameras to a secondary Senstar Symphony Server if the primary Senstar Symphony Server goes offline.

Before you begin, you must configure video storage for the Senstar Symphony Server.

In the Senstar Symphony Server configuration interface, click Settings > Servers.
Select a server and click Edit.
In the Server Group list, select a server group that includes a server that does not have any cameras.
Click Enable Failover.