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So far you are doing very well. I was wondering how you would fare with the SQL commands but you did great. You said you were unsure of the schema file. It appears that your database exists and has the proper table layout. The schema file you used was /usr/share/zoneminder/db/zm_create.sql The zm ...

Okay so you are only trying to archive the events. Most of my previous information was related to FTP/Email but it did have you check for a couple modules for Archival. First things first. Is your zm.conf file correct? Located at /etc/zm/zm.conf You will want to look for: ZM_DB_HOST ZM_DB_USER ZM_DB ...

I guess my next procedure would be to see what you enabled in that filter. Is it upload only or are you using other methods as well such as email? Then we need to see what you are requiring from your system to make sure you have what you need. In your FTP options tab did you specify zip or tar? If ...

A common exit error when you enable the upload function is that the perl module it is trying to load does not exist. In this case it is Net::FTP. Make sure you have that installed and that the path is picked up in perl. perl -MNet::FTP -e "print \"Module installed.\\n\";" If you see "Module ...

I set this up for my Zoneminder. If anyone is interested on how to throttle the ftp uploads so you can have this uploading all the time but don't want to kill your connection then do as follows. 1) Install perl Net::FTP::Throttle. You may do this many different ways but "cpan Net::FTP::Throttle ...

Your post leaves a lot of wriggle room for opinions. I will tell you of my experience with cameras. I have experience deploying large camera security systems and have used many cameras. Most camera brands I used were Panasonic, Axis, Foscam, and Arecont. Axis is a good tried-and-true company. They ...

It would be nice to limit the upload speed of images being offloaded to offsite storage. I use the built-in FTP functionality myself. There are lots of workarounds someone could do themselves to do this but because the feature is already implemented this would be a good addition. Currently my ftp ...