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 The Software "VIDOS" or "VIDSO-NVR" with the replay tool "Archive Player for VIDOS" are all rather outdated former software developments of BOSCH ST. We kindly request all our partners and customers in the need to get technical support on license transfers to get in contact with a local BOSCH team (e.g. Sales contact person). Level 2 Support / ASA organization can assist and help you to find a correct contact person as well, but a support ticket should and can no longer be created as license transfers are no longer offered for discontinued and outdated software. Status of Aug 3, 2018  In many countries, the VIDOS Software went end of life 2011. With this announcement, we inform about the discontinuation of the software maintenance and license transfers. Please be aware of the EOL status (End of life). EOL was rolled out globally in June 30, 2011 with some exceptions in North America. December 31, 2012 and later it was no longer possible to purchase the software. End of 2015 License management was restricted. Due to many other changes (Operating system limitations and not state of the art security support), it is anyhow no longer possible to use those software. BOSCH does offer for a long time other software generations and we offer migration support from commercial side to find software today that can meet the needs in projects. Since 2018-08-03, BOSCH Support can no longer offer license transfers for VIDOS and similar former Software packages. Following Type Number and SAP Number is included:   For more details you can check with the Technical Support for video products at BOSCH in your region. ... View more

In this article we cover the following basic questions: How to Factory Default a NetApp E-Series unit by using BOSCH tools and NetApp WEB GUI? How to download the NetApp Support Bundle of a reachable online NetApp Storage Array   Step-by-step guide   1 How to Factory Default a NetApp E-Series that you bought via BOSCH sales channel? Using the BOSCH Configuration Manager starting with version 6.00, the NetApp models E2600, E2700 and E2800 can be managed. Especially we recommend to use the BOSCH Configuration Manager version above version 06.01 when using a NetApp E2800 to have all models (also former models E2700 and E2600) supported. Also in the BOSCH Configuration Manager, the Basic configuration for the initial setup is helpful as well as the Factory Default option and Clear option is available. Of course the NetApp E2800 offers also a WebGUI by using the IP of the management port of a controller. The following screenshot made from the BOSCH Configuration Manager shows the options available in the tab "Basic Configuration" when a NetApp E-Series (DSA E-Series) is already added to a VRM system in the Configuration Manager. The Button "Defaults" is used to trigger the "Reset Storage Array" mechanism of NetApp. At a E2800 all configuration is eliminated but the Management Port IP still remains to ensure that the WEB GUI of NetApp and the communication of the BOSCH Configuration Manager can still work.   2 How to download the NetApp Support Bundle of a reachable online NetApp Storage Array In the Tab "My Devices" of the Configuration Manager 6.01 and newer versions you can also now download the Support Bundle (collection of logfiles) from a NetApp E2800 storage system. Select the NetApp E2800 in your device tree that is added to a VRM system and right-click on it. There you find "File Download" and "Maintenance Log..." - Choose that to download the NetApp Support Bundle. Another way to download the support bundle file for DSA E-Series E2800 can be found here. Latest version of Configuration Manager is available in Download Area. ... View more

Possible causes and solution(s)   In August 2018 (10-08-2018) the VRM version 03.71.0029 was released. The Video Recording Manager 03.71.0029 is fully supported with BVMS 8.0 and Product Management of BVMS and VRM recommend to use this VRM version instead of the former Release version of VRM 03.70.0056.   Changes / Bug Fixes:   One of the main bugfix reasons to use VRM 03.71.0029 is a fix in regards to correct display and replay of recorded clips in continuous and alarm recording mode. This fix is listed on page 2 of the Release Letter. For Troubleshooting and support reasons it is essential to double-check a reported gap in recording and to analyze on Level 2 and Level 3 support side what circumstanced could lead to a video gap. See in the following chapter what kind of data a trained BOSCH partner, Installer or Video expert should provide to the BOSCH Technical Support to advise on next steps. The data described here below can and should be collected before the software VRM is changed and updated to a later version. Note: Video Recording Manager version 03.71.0029 is not the latest available version of VRM, but in combination with other 3rd party implementation or usage of special BOSCH VMS software version (e.g. BVMS 8.0) this VRM version 03.71.0029 may be required.   VRM logging to collect for in depth expert troubleshooting   In certain situations and troubleshooting scenarios extended logfiles might be required. The BOSCH Level 1 and BOSCH Level 2 team will assist all users on how to collect these data and cooperate with the BOSCH Level 3 Support where needed. Backup the configuration of BVMS and VRM (BVMS elements and VRM config.xml file) Enable debug logging of the VRM Depending on the used Configuration Software the debug logging need to be enabled to get an extended logging information. In case a gap in recording happened in the past it is anyhow helpful to enable the debug logging for a defined time for future incidents. To analyze the already occured video recording gap the available VRM logging must be collected. Depending on 32-Bit or 64-Bit version of the VRM software, the loggings are found in the "primary" or "secondary" sub-directory structure. Such for     ...\Bosch\Video Recording Manager\VRM Server   folder at your VRM server to find a similar directory view like shown in the screenshot here below:   Inside the directory "log" the standard logging data of the VRM are found and need to be collected.   In addition to the standard logfiles of the relevant day, the debug logging from a defined time period need to be provided in case debug logging was enabled prior to an incident. Here the "debug" logfiles are found:   The debug loggins are saved in a special directory "debug". The Spanhistory logging does provide details of the storage usage. It describes which internal "storage block" was used. It describes the IP of the target, the LUN and the block used for a recording. The Spanhistory of the day where the recording was done and shows issues (e.g. the video reocriding gap), the related spanhistory logfiles is required. As seen in an earlier screenshot above the VRM configuration file is found in the directory:     ...\Bosch\Video Recording Manager\VRM Server\primaryAll versions of the config.xml need to be provided to the Technical Support. ... View more

Question   Can I receive / retrieve more than 4 live video streams with BOSCH Video Security Client version 2.2 on my Windows PC?   Answer   All VRM versions newer than version 3.0 running on a DIVAR IP (e.g. DIVAR IP 6000 R2) do offer automated live video forwarding via the VRM running on the DIVAR IP. For example the current VRM version 3.71.0029 or VRM 03.81.0032 can offer 4 transcoded live videos and on top normal non-transcoded video depending on available performance and bandwidth. As the Video Security Client do not offer connections to devices of DIVAR IP Family through HTTP(S) proxies, the VSC cannot correctly determine if a DIVAR IP is local or connected via public internet. The Release letter of the Video Security Client (VSC) informs in section "4. Restrictions, known issues". DIVAR IP Family devices coming with VRM 3.6x and later are reachable via non transcoded tunneled way as well in case the Video Security Client can detect the DIVAR IP as local available device. There is a mechanism in the Video Security Client (VSC) to detect if the DIVAR IP is in the same local network as the Windows workstation running the VSC. As soon the VSC cannot reach the DIVAR IP locally but via a public IP the VSC tries to use a transcoded live video. A DIVAR IP offers up to 4 transcoded video connection in total. Note: There is one sentence in the release letter that is only valid for the VRM version 3.0 but not for any later/(newer VRM version: "•   Connections to devices of the DIVAR IP Family with VRM Version 3.0 support only transcoded connections" Please be aware that of course newer VRM versions offer non-transcoded live video via the VRM live video forwarding in the local network. ... View more

MTU stands for "Maximum Transmission Unit." MTU is a networking term that defines the largest packet size that can be sent over a network connection. The MTU is typically limited by the type of connection, but may sometimes be adjusted IT network settings. The typical value of the Network MTU is 1514 Byte. If a system sends packets over an Ethernet network that are larger than this size, the data will be fragmented into smaller packets. When referring to Ethernet MTU this includes 4 Byte checksum. The  1514 Byte is the interface MTU without the Ethernet Checksum. In cae there are limitations by the type of connection, the packets will then need to be reassembled on the receiving side (e.g. Bosch video management software or Bosch hardware decoder). However, it can be beneficial to optimize the packet size on the sender side (e.g. IP camera) to the exisitng network infrastructure. As MTU maximum packet size is layer 1 related, the IP MTU that you can be adjusted at the BOSCH device configuration (Configuration Webpages or with the help fo BOSCH configuraiton software like "Configuraiton Manager"). The BOSCH GUI refers to this as “Network MTU”. BOSCH products can manage fragmented data. MSS stands for "Maximum Segment Size" The MSS value is calculated from the MTU. MSS = MTU – (layer 3 TCP header [20 Byte] + Layer 2 IP header [20 Byte]+ Layer Ethernet 1 [6+6+2 = 14 Byte]) For example looking at CPP 6 Platform – like FLEXIDOME IP panoramic 7000 MP in Firmware version 6.50.0128 you can adjust and find the following values: Network MSS (in Byte) - default value = 1460 iSCSI MSS (in Byte) – default = 1460 Network MTU (in Byte) – default = 1514   MTU and MSS can be adjusted at all released firmware versions 4.x and later. CPP-ENC CPP3 CPP4 CPP5 CPP6 CPP7 CPP7.3 yes x x x x x x x No                   Step-by-step guide Here some screenshots as example based on Firmware 06.50.0128   ... View more