Some Disks May Be Reported Twice In Server Storage Management Functions

Some hard disks may be reported twice in Windows, which may manifest in one or more of the following conditions: One instance can indicate a storage alarm, while the other does not.The non-alarmed instance may be the only one shown in the client, leading the user to believe that there are no storage alarms.Both instances… Continue reading Some Disks May Be Reported Twice In Server Storage Management Functions

Enabling Core Dumps on Linux/Ubuntu with exacqVision Server

Beginning with exacqVision Server 9.8.x, enabling or disabling exacqVision core dumps may be performed as follows:To Enable: Open Terminal sudo touch /usr/local/exacq/server/enabledumps There is no need to restart the service for any reasonWithin 1 second, SysmgmtPI will log SYSMGMTPI: enabled core dumps If the server crashes, you may grab the dump file /usr/local/exacq/server/logs/core_dump.gz(Prior to 19.03.x, the location was /usr/local/exacq/server/blob/core_dump.gz)This… Continue reading Enabling Core Dumps on Linux/Ubuntu with exacqVision Server

ExacqVision Server version 9.8 or higher requires Windows PowerShell.

Symptom: exacqVision Server service fails to start with Error 1053:  The service did not respond in a timely fashion.   <br> Problem: Windows Server 2008 does not include Windows PowerShell which is required on exacqVision Server versions 9.8 or higher. <br> Solution: Option 1:  Stay at exacqVision Server 9.4 Option 2: Upgrade the operating system to a supported… Continue reading ExacqVision Server version 9.8 or higher requires Windows PowerShell.

Panasonic Cameras fail to connect on server version 9.6 or higher with Connection error (407)

Symptom: Panasonic Cameras fail to connect on server version 9.6 or higher with Connection error (407) <br> Problem Panasonic cameras fail to connect with an HTTP Connection Error 407.   The http data stream sent for the client is correct, but access to the URL requires the prior use of a proxy server that needs some… Continue reading Panasonic Cameras fail to connect on server version 9.6 or higher with Connection error (407)

Client restart due to Intel drivers

There is an issue with Intel drivers on Linux systems where customers might call in regarding the client closing or restarting with any of our Linux hardware, but most likely with LC and G-Series PoE is where we’ve seen it. The issue is documented in ​#d19225. You can tell that this issue is happening because you… Continue reading Client restart due to Intel drivers

Configuring exacqVision S-Series Enterprise System with LSI RAID Controller with all JBOD Disks

exacqVision S-Series systems with LSI RAID controller running exacqVision Server 6.4.x display an empty Network tab on the Storage page if all disks are configured for JBOD. To fix this issue, complete the following steps: On the S-Series system, download the udev_gen.sh script (attached below).cd to the location where the script was downloaded and run sudo ./udev_gen.sh.… Continue reading Configuring exacqVision S-Series Enterprise System with LSI RAID Controller with all JBOD Disks

Fork error issue

Linux Fork issue: Any customer having this issue should increase their swap from 512 to at least 1GB or 2GB. (2 recommended) To work around this issue we can manually add additional swap space with the following commands: sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=/swapfile2 bs=1M count=1024 sudo chmod 600 /swapfile2sudo mkswap /swapfile2echo $’/swapfile2\tswap\tswap\tdefaults\t0\t0′ | sudo tee –append… Continue reading Fork error issue

Windows Updates, Imaging, and LTSx – Information

Description This ticket contains likely KB information for Windows images. First there are wikis here: ​https://trac.exacq.com/DVR/wiki/Windows10InformationandRequirements ​https://trac.exacq.com/DVR/wiki/Windows10DevelopmentEnvironmentCreation ​https://trac.exacq.com/DVR/wiki/Windows10ImageCreation ​https://trac.exacq.com/DVR/wiki/Windows10Verification  The the first wiki is probably of most relevant here. Our image is based on Windows 10 Enterprise 1607 LTSB (Long Term Service Branch)LTSB means the same thing here as it does for ubuntu. It is/was a mature, stable… Continue reading Windows Updates, Imaging, and LTSx – Information

Windows 10 Kiosk user password expiring

Issue: Exacq server Kiosk User account password expires every 90 days. NOTE: This is not an issue if you are not using the Kiosk User, if you have not had an issue after 90 days in service, and if your server was built in December 2018 or later (ER1852xxxxxx). <br> Servers affected: Any Windows 10… Continue reading Windows 10 Kiosk user password expiring

ESM downgrade fails with newly added users

Description Downgrading ESM from 4.5.10 or newer down to 4.5.9 or earlier can cause the following error. Also the installer fails not able to communicate with database. ERROR [installer:74] Exception in run_backward_migrations: Traceback (most recent call last): File “”, line 40, in run_migration_command File “south_utils\run_migrations.py”, line 127, in run_backward_migrations File “south_utils\run_migrations.py”, line 45, in run_migration_command… Continue reading ESM downgrade fails with newly added users