You can create a server farm two ways:
• One at installation - refer to the Aimetis Symphony Installation Guide.
• By merging existing farms into a single farm as follows
The following steps will create a multi-server farm from 2 or more existing farms.
To create a multi-server farm from existing farms:
1. Save configuration settings for each server:
a. If upgrading servers, save configuration settings for each server.
b. When uninstalling, select the Save Settings option.
c. Ensure all servers are installed as or upgraded to the same version of Symphony.
2. On all servers enable SQL remote access. For instructions, see, http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;914277
3. Choose one server to be the master, for example, Server A.
a. On the Aimetis web account, select the Servers link from the left panel.
b. Click on Server A's ID to launch the Server Settings page.
c. The ID for server A will now be considered the Farm Id. All other servers and their ID's will become void once they are in the Farm.
d. Click the Add Server to Farm link to add the MAC addresses of all child servers to server A.
e. Refresh the Settings page for server A to ensure all MACs have been added correctly.
4. Start Symphony Client and register the farm by [farm name] or server A's IP address or DNS name. From the File menu, select New Symphony Server Registration.
5. Open the Server Configuration Licenses page:
a. From the Server menu, select Configuration. The Server Configuration dialog box opens.
b. In the left pane, select Licenses. The Licenses Summary is displayed in the right pane.
c. Click the Refresh licenses from Aimetis button.
6. In the left pane, select Server Farm. The Server Farm information is displayed in the right pane.
• If this page is not available it may be because some standard camera licenses exist. Server farms will only work if there are no standard licenses. All camera licenses must be Professional and/or Enterprise.
a. In the Server address field, enter the IP address or DNS name of a child server to merge into the farm. Do 1 child at a time.
b. Click the Add server from another farm button. This will add the child to the farm, transfer all cameras and rules from the child server to the farm's database (residing on server A), and change the database connection string on the child to point to server A's database.
7. Restart server A and the child server that was just added.
8. Ensure that all cameras from the child have been added correctly, as well as all rules and masks.
9. Repeat steps 6a to 8 for remaining servers.