In some situations (such as following a Cisco VSM server change), the camera inventory may need to be deleted. This is necessary only if the camera listing remains incorrect after completing the instructions in Updating the Camera Inventory.
If problems remain, select the camera driver command to Delete All Cameras. This command deletes the ICPAM cameras and downloads a new, updated list from the Cisco VSM server.
Deleting the cameras does the following in ICPAM.
· Removes the Cisco VSM server configuration.
· Removes the history of all cameras from the ICPAM database.
· Deletes all events and audit records for the cameras.
· Deletes the entire camera inventory.
Note To successfully reset the camera database, you must remove all camera associations in the Camera Manager and Graphic Maps, as described in the following instructions.
To delete all cameras from ICPAM and reload the camera inventory from the Cisco VSM server, do the following:
Step 1 Remove all camera references from the Camera Manager layout arrangements, and from any Graphic Map.
a. Select Camera Manager from the Events & Alarms menu, in the Video submenu.
b. Select each arrangement, then click on the title bar of each camera and drag it off the grid.
Tip You can also delete the arrangement to remove the camera references.
c. Click Save.
d. Select Map Editor from the Admin menu.
e. Select any maps that include cameras.
f. Right-click each camera icon then select Remove Device Icon.
Tip You can also delete the entire map to remove the camera references.
g. Click Save.
For more information, see the following:
· Viewing Event on a VSM Camera Driver 7X
Step 2 Do the following:
a. Enable the Delete All Cameras command and the Allow deletion of devices with events option in the System Configuration settings.
b. The Delete All Cameras command only appears after you enable it in the System Configuration window.
c. Select System Configuration from the Admin menu.
d. In the resulting window, switch to the ICPAM Settings page, and select the check-box for Display Delete All Cameras command on the camera driver.
e. Switch to the Miscellaneous page and select the check box for Allow deletion of devices with events. This allows cameras with associated events to be deleted from ICPAM.
f. Click Save.
g. To activate the changes, stop and then restart the ICPAM server. See Using the Web Admin Menus, Commands and Options for instructions.
Step 3 Delete the cameras from ICPAM:
a. Open the Hardware - Tree module.
b. Right-click on the Cisco VSM camera driver, and select the Delete All Cameras command.
c. Select the Delete All Cameras command.
d. Click OK when the warning message appears. All events, alarms, and audit messages for the cameras will be deleted.
Step 4 Verify that the deletion was successful.
· If the action succeeds, all cameras are removed from the camera driver. An event is displayed: “Cisco VSM Camera Driver command Succeeded: Reset Cameras”. Continue to substep d.
· If the action fails, some cameras are still displayed under the camera driver. If this occurs, do the following:
a. View the event Description and Data fields to locate the issue.
– The event is: “Cisco VSM Camera Driver command failed: Reset Cameras”.
– Open
the event to view the event Data and identify
the camera(s). For example:
“References found; Analog Camera - WV-CP484- s: Graphic Maps: map1-256map5-2.6MB,B10-3,
map4,B28-1, Analog Camera - WV-CP484- Camera Arrangements: one.”
b. Locate and delete the remaining camera references from Camera Manager and the graphic maps (see Step 1).
c. Restart the camera driver to restore the full camera inventory (right-click the Cisco VSM Camera Driver and select Restart). The Delete All Cameras command only works when the complete inventory is present.
d. Invoke the Delete All Cameras command again, as described in substep 2j.
Step 5 After the Delete Cameras command is successful, restart the camera driver: right-click the Cisco VSM Camera Driver and select Restart.
Step 6 Verify that the driver reset was successful.
a. Select Alarms from the Events & Alarms menu, in the Monitoring menu.
b. Verify that the following three events are listed as succeeded:
– archive data feed
– live data feed
– camera data feed
Step 7 Re-enter the Cisco VSM server settings:
Note Do not change the database name or port number after they have been configured.
a. Right-click the Cisco VSM Camera Driver and select Setup Cisco VSM.
b. Type the Run Frequency (in minutes): the time between ICPAM / VSM synchronization. Cameras added or removed from Cisco VSM are updated in ICPAM. If the camera inventory changes often, enter a low number. If the inventory changes rarely, enter a high number. The default is 30 minutes.
c. Type the Database name: the name of the Cisco VSM database. The default is bas.
d. Type the Server name: the name or IP Address of the Cisco VSM database server.
e. Type the Port number: the port number for the Cisco VSM database server.
f. Click OK to save the changes and close this dialog.
Tip Entering the Restart, Setup VSOM, or Synchronize with Cisco VSM commands will retrieve the camera inventory immediately, regardless of the configured run frequency. After the initial synchronization, the inventory is updated based on the scheduled run frequency.
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