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Was the zmcamtool.pl ever finished and if, so is it downloadable and where to get the file, or is it already included in ZM? How would one run it if so?
Thanks

zmcamtool.pl is in the directory /usr/local/bin
To run, open a terminal and type:

Do note that zmcamtool is not a tool to export your monitor configs. Its a tool to export/import monitor presets and controls DB.

If you tried this tool and thought "--export name" means it will export to the name specified, it won't. The 'name' is actually a filter (used with a --where condition of mysqldump).

In other words, to see what it does, just execute it with --export (to export) and it will print to stdout. You can redirect stdout to a file

Exporting the actual config of a camera probably isn't what you want because info unique to that camera, most notably the ip address, will be part of the config.

Instead, first convert the monitor config into a camera preset, then export the preset to a file. Both operations can be done using zmcamtool.pl. See the help text for details.

Like any binary in a Linux environment, to find where it is use the type command:

What if you do want to save all your specific camera configurations, just dump & reload the config table?

Zmcamtool.pl is not a backup tool. Zmcamtool is a camera config migration tool. It is intended to make life easier for those who need to program (many) similar cameras on the same system, or across multiple servers, or who want to share presets with others.

If a backup is what you want, then just use the normal mysql tools to backup the database and/or table of your choice. You might as well just backup the entire database.