Boring Toolbox: Monitor Health, Report, Configure
Multi-Site Camera & Storage Health Monitoring Dashboard | Bulk Configuration | Reporting
Updated on Monday, September 16, 2024
The Boring Toolbox gives you complete visibility into system health, camera performance, and storage usage. With an intuitive dashboard, intelligent alerts, bulk configuration tools, and advanced reporting, you can prevent downtime and optimize your video surveillance system quickly and easily.
What is needed
From The Boring Lab: Managing Milestone, Made Easy
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Boring Server
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Boring Client
Requires Windows 8 Pro or Server 2012 R2 Std and above
From Milestone Systems
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Milestone XProtect
XProtect Corporate 2018R2 or higher
XProtect Expert 2018R2 or higher
XProtect Professional+
XProtect Express+
Support for XProtect 2024 R1 Tested
XProtect Expert 2018R2 or higher
XProtect Professional+
XProtect Express+
Support for XProtect 2024 R1 Tested
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Overview
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Overview
Boring Toolbox: Monitor Health, Report, Configure - Multi-Site Camera & Storage Health Monitoring Dashboard | Bulk Configuration | Reporting
The Boring Toolbox is built specifically for Milestone XProtect, offering powerful tools that give you more control and better visibility into how your VMS is configured and performing.The Boring Toolbox health monitoring tools provide the data you need to proactively address issues before they result in lost video.
Whether you're managing one site or multiple, the intuitive dashboard gives you complete visibility into the health of your entire system. See which cameras are down, consuming excessive storage, or need attention, along with which recording servers are offline or running low on storage—and much more—all at a glance.
Save time with bulk configuration tools—update device settings, rename devices, change passwords, and even reboot cameras in bulk.
Scheduled reports deliver valuable insights into system performance and configuration, enabling data-driven decisions that improve overall efficiency and give you better visibility into your system.
Key features
- Real-Time System Health Monitoring Dashboard: See camera health, storage status, and server performance for single or multi-sites on one screen.
- Comprehensive Alerts: Real-time notifications give a complete picture of down events to minimize email overwhelm and simplify troubleshooting.
- Bulk Configuration Tools: Easily update camera settings, change passwords, create groups, rename devices, and reboot cameras in bulk.
- Detailed Reporting: Generate comprehensive reports on system performance, storage usage, and camera downtime to make data-driven decisions.
- Multi-Site Visibility: Monitor all your sites from one place, providing complete visibility into system health across large or distributed setups.
How it works
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Stay ahead of maintenance and storage issues before they lead to lost video. Get complete visibility into your system’s health from one centralized dashboard.
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Gain insights into system performance and configuration with customizable, scheduled reports.
Include things like camera status, storage usage, retention, device settings, camera snapshot, & more.
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Say goodbye to tedious manual changes. Change names, update settings, reboot cameras, group devices IN BULK. Quickly and easily configure your system exactly how you want it.
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Update your camera passwords in bulk to keep them secure from cybersecurity threats. Run a password audit to see which are old, duplicate, default, or easy to hack.
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Accessible from any browser, The Boring Toolbox's New Dashboard makes it easy to access and share critical health information about your Milestone XProtect VMS anytime, anywhere.
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Learn about the various insights and features you will find on your local Boring Toolbox dashboard.
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The Boring Toolbox's live monitoring smart notifications allow you to take action more quickly. The email you receive provides you with a snapshot of your camera and server health in one email.
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20s Challenge: Quickly report on camera retention for Milestone XProtect cameras recording in the VMS. This is perfect for those industries that require compliance with specific video retention.
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How to manage multiple Milestone XProtect Sites using Global Dashboard
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Instantly create beautiful and complete reports that you can either provide to you client as a deliverable or use it internally as an audit document.
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Gain insights into system performance and configuration with customizable, scheduled reports.
Include things like camera status, storage usage, retention, device settings, camera snapshot, & more.
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Specification
Required The Boring Lab: Managing Milestone, Made Easy product(s)
All versions of The Boring Toolbox and server are supported
Has proven compatibility with the following Milestone versions:
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XProtectExpress+2024 R1, 06/25 2024
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XProtectCorporate2024 R1, 06/25 2024
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XProtectExpert2024 R1, 06/25 2024
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XProtectEssential+2024 R1, 06/25 2024
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XProtectProfessional+2024 R1, 06/25 2024
Is also expected to work with:
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XProtectExpress+2018 R2, 06/07 2018 and later
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XProtectCorporate2018 R2, 06/07 2018 and later
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XProtectExpert2018 R2, 06/07 2018 and later
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XProtectEssential+2018 R2, 06/07 2018 and later
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XProtectProfessional+2018 R2, 06/07 2018 and later
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