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Licensing Velocity during the restoration of the Velocity Database

Contact the Identiv Sales department for licensing your Velocity system.

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The Velocity license mechanism uses attributes of your computer to form a unique System ID that is used to license your system which is used to validate your Velocity license.

Prior to Velocity 3.8.5 restoring your database on a new machine would invalidate your existing Velocity licenses because the new machine's System ID would no longer match your license stored in the restored Velocity database.

Starting with Velocity v3.8.5, the licensing mechanism provides a grace period of up to 30 days while moving Velocity instances or updating them based on licensing schemas, depending on the Velocity update on the expiration of the demo license and an expiration alert window like the one below displaysonce you have restored your Velocity database on the new hardware. The grade period follows the Demo License of the newly installed Velocity software on the new machine. Therefore you may continue to use your new instance of Velocity (with the restored database) while you obtain your new licenses (for the new hardware) from Identiv.

During Demo License period you will see the Velocity Demo License expiration reminder (as shown below) each time an operator logs in until you have obtained new Velocity Licenses for the new hardware.

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The following rules of the temporary license apply while migrating Velocity Application from one system to another,

  • If the migrated system does not have the Velocity license, a 30 days temporary license will be installeda valid Velocity license (i.e., license for the new hardware), the 30 day demo license is used.

  • An expired Velocity license notification message displays is displayed when the original Velocity license installed is more than 30 days.has bot been replaced with a new license within the 30 day demo period

  • If the installation is less than 30 days, a pop-up message reminder asks the user to purchase the Velocity Licensed version.

  • The Velocity license licenses found in the database that does do NOT match the Server ID of that machine will be removed.

  • All other license types , including plugins or any created and used by IGS, (i.e. Velocity integrations) are not applied or extended.

Editing the Data in the Tables in the restored Velocity Database

After restoring the Velocity database to the new system, perform the following procedure to edit the data in the SQL tables of the Velocity database.

  1. For On Windows 10 type of machines, to locate the computer name of your system:

    1. Open Control Panel. Click System and Security → System.

    2. On the View basic information, see the Full computer name under the Computer name, domain, and workgroup settings section. Visit Windows Support to check the computer name for other types of Windows versions.

  2. From the Windows desktop, select Start→ Microsoft SQL Server Tools 18→ Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio 18.
    The Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio opens.

  3. Log in to SQL Server using your credentials.

  4. Expand the Databases folder to display the Velocity database in the Object Explorer navigation pane.

  5. Expand the Velocity database to display the Tables branch.

  6. Make the changes specified in the following table by right-clicking each database table and selecting Edit Top 200 Rows from the pop-up menu. (After each change, click outside the edited row for the changes to take effect.)
    Note: Be extra careful while editing the tables because accidentally editing the tables can corrupt the database.

    The table describes the modification of the SQL table properties and their value after a Database restoration. A set of table properties such as Server_Name, Remote Computer Name, Application path, Remote Server IP, and its value are replaced by the destination system name or target system name, for example, VEL1-LOCAL-SYSTEM.

In this table:

Select this column:

Enter this data:

MiscProperties


AuthenticationPath

  • If using local Windows accounts, the name of the local computer. For example, after restoring the database to a new system, the local computer name would be VEL1-LOCAL-SYSTEM.

  • If using domain accounts, the Windows Domain name.

VelocityServicesGroupPath

Name of the new Velocity Server (all UPPERCASE). For example, VEL1-LOCAL-SYSTEM.

UseDomainAuthentication

  • 0=Use Local accounts

  • 1=Use Domain accounts

Organizational Unit (OU)

(This column exists only if you selected an Organization Unit during the Velocity installation.)
LDAP://OU=Organizational Name,DC=Domain Name,DC=Top-Level Domain Name

For example: LDAP://OU=ENGINEERING,DC=SECURITY,DC=com

Operators

Name

If you are not logging in as Administrator for OperatorID=2, use your Windows user name. (If you are using the Administrator account, skip this step.)

DirectorySource

  • If using local Windows accounts, update all rows to the local computer’s name. For example, the local computer name can be \\VEL1-LOCAL-SYSTEM after restoring the database to a new system.

  • If using domain accounts, update all rows to the Windows Domain name. For example, \\SQL_Instance_name.

Servers

Server_Name

Name of the new Velocity Server (all UPPERCASE). For example, after restoring the database to a new server, the server name can be VEL1-LOCAL-SYSTEM.

ServerExtensions

RemoteComputerName

Name of the new Velocity Server (all UPPERCASE). For example, VEL1-LOCAL-SYSTEM.

Registry

AppPath

  • Destination of the application path. For example: C:\Program Files(x86)\Identiv\Velocity.

  • If this is a 64-bit version of Windows, the path is: C:\Program Files (x86)\Identiv\Velocity.

ComputerName

Name of the new Velocity Server (all UPPERCASE). For example, VEL1-LOCAL-SYSTEM.

RemoteIP

Name of the new Velocity Server (all UPPERCASE). For example, VEL1-LOCAL-SYSTEM

RemoteServerIP

Name of the new Velocity Server (all UPPERCASE). For example, VEL1-LOCAL-SYSTEM.

SDServer

Name of the new Velocity Server (all UPPERCASE). For example, VEL1-LOCAL-SYSTEM.

ServerName

New SQL Server Instance name. For example, VEL1-LOCAL-SYSTEM\SQL_Instance_name.

Workstations

WorkstationName

Name of the new Velocity Server for WorkstationID=1 (all UPPERCASE). For example, the workstation name is VEL1-LOCAL-SYSTEM.

ScheduledServiceTasks

ComputerName

Name of the new Velocity Server (all UPPERCASE). For example, VEL1-LOCAL-SYSTEM (only if scheduled service has been created).

After each change, click outside the edited row for the changes to take effect.

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12. Reinstall the Server Extensions that are used.

To install a server extension:

  1. Click Velocity's menu button, then select Extensions > Server Extensions.

  2. The Velocity Server Extensions Manager appears.

  3. Click Install.
    The Find Server Extension dialog appears.

  4. Search for C:\Program Files (x86)\Identiv\Velocity root directory. Several HEX files are located here, as shown.

  5. Select the extension you want to install and click Open.
    The newly installed extension appears in the Server Extension list in the Velocity Server Extensions Manager. By default, the extension is enabled (checked,) and the word 'True' appears in the first column.

  6. Repeat steps 3 to 5 to install more extensions.

  7. When you are finished.
    A message appears, prompting you to restart the Extension Service before the extension takes effect.

  8. Click OK.

  9. For the service extension to take effect, right-click on the Velocity Service Control Manager (SCM) in Windows to try stopping and restarting the extension service.

  10. Start the Velocity DIGI*TRAC Network Service.

Tip

The extension services are displayed in Velocity’s Interfaces Configuration folder after installing and restarting them.

Moving Velocity Archive Files

In a larger facility with many activities, the events and alarms table in the Velocity database can become quite large. It becomes critical for the older alarms and events to be archived.

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If you cannot copy the archive files due to user permission or restriction, grant access to the current user who has logged in.

Restoring SNIB2 and SNIB3 Encryption Files

You can ignore this section if your Velocity system does not have SNIB2 or SNIB3 boards installed in any attached controllers.

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Right-click the .dat files to check if the permissions on each file are set to Full Control.

Importing the VelocityTLS certificate from one server to another

Replacing a Velocity server machine will require the customer to delete the VelocityTLS certificate added by the Velocity installer and manually import the certificate from the Velocity database to the new computers Windows Certificate store (using -import switch option of provided tool, GenerateVelocityTLSCertificate.exe).

Deleting the VelocityTLS certificate added by the Velocity installer

To delete the VelocityTLS certificate:

  1. Open certmgr.msc, goto certificates →Current User→ Personal → Certificates.

  2. In the Certificate Properties dialog box, go to the Details tab and look for the field called "Issuer" or "Issued by". This will tell you where the certificate came from. Note down this information.

  3. If you want to remove the certificate permanently, select the certificate (VelocityTLS) and press the Delete key, or right-click on the certificate and select Delete.

Importing the VelocityTLS certificate from the Velocity database to the Windows Certificate Store

To import the VelocityTLS certificate from the Velocity database:

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