Archive Vault

In Archive Vault, you can add, edit, enable, disable, and delete archiving tasks, and transfer recordings from other servers to your Synology NAS.

The left section of the list displays the current number of different status categories while the right section shows all archiving tasks. Click on a task to view detailed information such as status, transmission speed, speed limit, camera, limitation, and storage. The bottom section provides different applications including Recording, Timeline, and Bandwidth Control.

To add a scheduled archiving task:

  1. Click Add to create a new archiving task.
  2. Enter the name of the archiving task in the Name field.
  3. Go to General > Task type and select Schedule Execution from the Task type drop-down menu to execute the archiving task periodically. You can configure the execution time of the archiving task by selecting grids in Task Execution Schedule. Select an entire day by clicking on a day and a specific time by clicking on the hour.
  4. Select Next to continue.
  5. Tick the Customized archive folder name checkbox to specify a name for the archived recording directory. You can also select a desired storage space from the Archiving storage drop-down menu. For your reference, the selected path of archiving directory is displayed on the screen.
  6. Adjust Rotation Rules in Storage.
  7. Select Next to continue.
  8. Specify the archiving source server in Source.
  9. Select Next to continue.
  10. Tick the checkbox(es) of the desired cameras to perform archiving tasks in Camera.
  11. Select Next to continue.
  12. Filter the archived recordings in Recording.
  13. Select Next to continue.
  14. Configure archive recording type in Advanced.
  15. Click Finish to save the archiving task.

To add a one time execution archiving task:

  1. Click Add to create a new archiving task.
  2. Enter the name of the archiving task in the Name field.
  3. Go to General > Task type, and select One Time Execution from the Task type drop-down menu. By selecting this option, the archiving task will only be executed once. You can select Execute immediately from the Execute Time drop-down menu to allow archiving tasks to be executed immediately once it is added. You can also select Execute at the specified time to specify when to execute the archiving task.
  4. Select Next to continue.
  5. Select recording storage space in Archiving Storage drop-down menu.
  6. Select Next to continue.
  7. Specify the archive source server in Source.
  8. Select Next to continue.
  9. Tick the checkbox(es) of the desired cameras to perform archiving tasks in Camera.
  10. Select Next to continue.
  11. Filter the archived recordings in Recording.
  12. Select Next to continue.
  13. Configure archive recording type in Advanced.
  14. Click Finish to save the archiving task.

To edit task:

  1. Select a task from list and click Edit.
  2. Modify the configuration in General, Storage, Source, Camera, Recording, and Advanced tab.
  3. Click Save to restore the change.

Note:

To enable / disable task:

  1. Select a task from list.
  2. Click Enable to enable selected task from the Enable drop-down menu or click Disable to disable the corresponding archiving task.

To delete a task:

  1. Select a task from the list and click Delete.
  2. A confirmation prompt will appear. Select Delete all archived files or keep all archived files. Click Ok to delete the task.

Application

After selecting a task, you can open different applications in the bottom section.