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Oracle Video Server

Getting Star t ed wit h Oracl e Vi deo Server Manager

Release 3.0

February, 1998 Part No. A55979-02

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Contents

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Preface

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1Overview

What is Oracle Video Server Manager?..........................................................................................

Why Use Oracle Video Server Manager?.......................................................................................

The Oracle Video Server System Architecture..............................................................................

Tier 1: Client..................................................................................................................................

Tier 2: Application Server............................................................................................................

Tier 3: Data Server........................................................................................................................

Video Server Manager Communication Paths..............................................................................

Oracle Video Server Content Model...............................................................................................

Content Layers..............................................................................................................................

Running OVS without a Database.............................................................................................

Registering Content......................................................................................................................

2 Installation and Startup

System Requirements........................................................................................................................

Installing Oracle Video Server Manager........................................................................................

Starting Video Server Manager........................................................................................................

Creating a Video Server Manager Shortcut on the Windows Desktop....................................

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3 Using Oracle Video Server Manager

Video Server Manager Console........................................................................................................

Menu bar........................................................................................................................................

Toolbar............................................................................................................................................

Navigator Tree ..............................................................................................................................

Creating a Split View in the Navigator Tree.....................................................................

Detail Pane.....................................................................................................................................

Summary Tables.................................. ...... ..... .................................. ...... ..... ..........................

Property Sheets......................................................................................................................

Status bar........................................................................................................................................

Video Server Manager Online Help..............................................................................................

4 Monitoring and Managing an Oracle Video Server System

Video Server Manager Task Reference...........................................................................................

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Preface

Oracle Video Server Manager™ (VSM) is a graphical, Java-based application that enables you to monitor and manage multiple instances of the Orac le Video Server™ and its clients. Compliant with Oracle’s Network Computing Architecture™ (NCA), the Oracle Video Server Manager is your best tool for monitoring and managing the Oracle Video Server system.

This guide discusses:

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general concepts underlying Oracle Video Server Manager and Oracle’s Network Computing Architecture

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system requirements and how to start the VSM console

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how to navigate and use the VSM console

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the types of administrative tasks that you can perform with VSM

This Preface provides the following topics:

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Audience

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Structure

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Conventions Used in this Guide

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Online Documentation

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What is Oracle Video Server Manager?

The Oracle Video Server Manager (VSM) is a graphical, Java-based software solution that simplifies the management of distributed multimedia servers and clients in heterogeneous environments. VSM offers the following features and benefits:

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Centralized management of distributed systems: VSM can monitor multiple instances of the Oracle Video Server and its clients from one location, reducing product and overhead costs.

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User-friendly graphical user interface: The VSM Java console provides an easy-to-use graphical user interface that is designed to enable you to effectively manage the system quickly, with a minimum of training.

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Integration with Oracle’s Network Computing Architecture: Oracle’s NCA is a comprehensive, open, network-based architecture that provides extensibility for distributed environments. For more information about Oracle’s NCA, visit the Oracle web site at http://www.oracle.com/nca.

Why Use Orac le Video Server Manager?

As you write and deploy multimedia business applications in client/server environments, system administration becomes increasingly cha llenging. With the new generation of multimedia servers, you are responsible for managing a highly divergent and ever-growing combination of servers, clients, and data. You must have an easy-to-use, effective, integrated set of tools that can manage local and remote multimedia systems from a single location.

The Oracle Video Server Manager (VSM) is the fastest and most efficient way to manage multimedia content and services throughout your Oracle Video Server (OVS) system. VSM simplifies routine OVS administrative tasks, enabling you to be more productive. From the VSM console, you can:

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start and stop individual OVS instances

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view the status of critical OVS services

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monitor and/or manage several OVS functions and components:

– Logical content, clips, and programs – OVS clients – Oracle Media Data Store (MDS) volumes, disks, and files – Hierarchical Storage Management (HSM) tapes and files

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– Real-time feeds

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load and register content

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play videos

For a complete list of the administrative tasks tha t you can perform from VSM, refer to Chapter 4, Monitoring and Managing an Oracle Video Server System, or the VSM online help.

The Oracle Video Server System Ar chitecture

The Oracle Video Server system is fully compliant with Oracle’s Network Computing Architecture, offering a scalable, object-oriented architecture, which consists of three tiers:

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Tier 1: Client

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Tier 2: Application Server

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Tier 3: Data Server

Figure 1-1 illustrates where each of the OVS system components resides in this three-tier architecture. For a more detailed description of the components of the Oracle Video Server system, refer to Introducing Oracle Video Server.

The Oracle Video Server System Architecture

Figure 1–1 Oracle Video Server System Architecture

Overview 1-3

The Oracle Video Server System Architecture

Tier 1: Client

The client tier resides completely on the client machine(s) and consists of the following compone nts:

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Oracle Video Server Manager: The Oracle Video Server Manager console is a Java application that gives you point-and-click control over OVS services, clients, and content.

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Oracle Video Client: The Oracle Video Client software enables you to develop interactive, video-based multimedia applications for such uses as computerbased training, interactive kiosks, corporate repositories, and Web sites. The Oracle Video Client software provides several tools to help you build and view client video applications. For more information about the Oracle Video Client, refer to the Oracle V ideo Client Developer’s Guide.

Tier 2: Application Server

The Application Server tier consists of the following components:

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Oracle Video Server: The Oracle Video Server is an end-to-end software solution for networked client-server computers which store, manage, deliver, and display digital video on demand. The Oracle Video Server is supported on a variety of server platforms and scales to many users.

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Oracle Video Server Cartridges: A cartridge is a manageable object that “plugs into” and extends the functionality of another piece of software. Cartridges use an IDL (Interface Definition Language), a language-neutral interface, that allows the cartridge to identify itself to other objects in a distributed system.

Any customer or vendor can write a cartridge or service that plugs into the Oracle Video Server system. For example, a real-time encoding vendor might write an encoder cartridge that integrates with the Oracle Video Server, as shown in

Figure 1–1.

Tier 3: Data Server

The Data Server machine contains the target service(s) which the client needs to access to get application-specific data. In the Oracle Video Server system environment, the Server tier consists of the Oracle database (optional). A database is a set of dictionary tables and user tables that are treated as a unit. The OVS system can use the Oracle database to write and query database tables associated with OVS processes, including logical content, clips, and broadcast programs.

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For Oracle Video Server Manager, the target service is the Oracle Video Server (which resides on the Application Server) and its connected clients, as well as the Oracle database.

Video Server Manager Communication Paths

This section describes how Video Server Manager (VSM) communicates with the Oracle Video Server (OVS). The numbered steps in this section refer to the communication path segments illustrated in Figure 1–2.

The user makes an HTTP request from VSM to OVS.

OVS collects the requested data or executes the requested command, communicating with the Oracle Media Data Store (MDS) or database as necessary.

OVS communicates with the Oracle database to resolve logical content references.

OVS returns the data to VSM, displaying the requested information, or indicates that the requested operation was performed.

Figure 1–2 VSM Communication Paths

Video Ser ver Ma nage r Co mmun icat ion Paths

Overview 1-5

Oracle Video Server Content Model

Oracle Video Server (OVS) offers both physical and logical control of all content that is stored in the Oracle Video Server system. To harness the flexibility and control that this content model offers, you must understand the different layers of content that are available in the OVS environment.

Content Layers

The OVS content model consists of the following layers:

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Content Files: files that OVS stores and delivers to clients. Content files can contain video and/or audio and are created through a process called encoding.

For more information on the types of content files that OVS supports, refer to

“Codecs, Containers, and Frameworks” in Chapter 3.

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Tag Files: a physical file that stores metadata and header information about a given piece of content, such as the file’s name, format, bit rate, and size. Tag files also store information about individual video frames, which is not stored in the database. Tag files must have an .mpi extension.

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Physical Content: a database object that contains the same header and metadata information found in a tag file.

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Clips: a logical excerpt from a content file. Each clip corresponds to only one content file. Clips map to a specific start and sto p position (in seconds) within a content file.

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Logical content: a collection of video clips that are played in a pre-defined sequence.

Logical content, clips, and physical content are all objects that are stored persistently in the Oracle database. Video Server Manager enables you to create, edit, and remove these objects, thereby protecting the physical data that is stored in the Oracle Media Data Store (MDS).

In contrast, tag files and content files are physical data files which are stored in the MDS. For each content file that you load into the MDS, you must create a tag file and store it in the MDS with the content file.

Figure 1–3 illustrates the relationship between the different OVS content layers.

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Figure 1–3 Oracle Video Server Content Layers

Oracle Video Server Content Model

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Oracle Video Server Content Model

Running OVS without a Database

If you are running OVS without an Oracle database, the content model changes slightly. When OVS is invoked without a database, the content service obtains content data directly from the tag file headers stored in the MDS. Thus, there are no clips or logical content in a system that does not have a database.

When OVS is running without a database, Video Server Manager still enables you to monitor the physical content (metadata and header information). However, logical content and clips are not available in this scenario.

Registering Content

In the OVS environment, the process of creating tag files and creating the logical content, clip, and physical content objects in the database is called registering.

For more information on how to register content from Video Server Manager, refer to the VSM online Help.

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Installation and Startup

The server and client components of the Oracle Video Server Manager (VSM) are separately-installed options of your Oracle Video Server system.

The server-side components of the Oracle Video Server Manager are installed with the Oracle Video Server software. For system requirements and instructions for the server-side VSM installation, refer to the Oracle Video Server Installation Guide for your server platform.

This chapter provides instructions for installing and starting the VSM console and other client-side components of the Oracle Video Server Manager.

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your video server machine, the Oracle Video Server Manager console was installed automatically. For instructions on how to start VSM, refer to “Starting Video Server Manager” later in this chapter.

This chapter contains the following sections:

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System Requirements

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Installing Oracle Video Server Manager

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Starting Video Server Manager

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Creating a Video Server Manager Shortcut on the Windows Desktop

If you chose to install Oracle Video Server Manager on

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System Requirements

To install and use the Oracle Video Server Manager console on a Windows machine, you need the following resources.

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VGA video (SVGA strongly recommended), minimum screen resolution of 800x600

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32 megabytes RAM

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Microsoft Windows 95 with Service Pack 1 or Windows NT 4.0 with Service Pack 3

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TCP/IP services

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Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 1.1.5

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Oracle Video Client 3.0.3 (if you want the ability to play video)

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CD-ROM drive

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Hard disk space:

– Oracle Video Server Manager: 2.3 MB – Oracle Video Server online documentation: 4 MB – Oracle Video Client 3.0.3: 3.5 MB – JRE 1.1.5: 4 MB – Adobe Acrobat Reader 3.0: 4MB

Installing Oracle Video Server Manager

Follow these instructions to install the Oracle Video Server Manager console:

Start Windows 95/Windows NT 4.0. Close all other applications.

Insert the Oracle Video Server Manager CD into your CD-ROM drive.

Select the Run command from the Windows Start menu.

Type the following command in the Open box:

D:\SETUP.EXE

This assumes that your CD-ROM is your D: drive. If your CD-ROM drive uses another name, substitute that in place of D: in this command.

InstallShield launches and presents you with the W elcome dialog box. Click Next.

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Installing Oracle Video Server Manager

Read the software license agreement and click Next.

The Choose Destination Location dialog box appears, prompting you to select the directory in which you want to install Oracle Video Server Manager.

– To accept th e default ORACLE_HOME selection, click Next. – To se lect a different installation destination, click Browse and select the

directory that you want. Then click Next.

If you do not have the Oracle Video Client 3.0.3, Adobe Acrobat Reader 3.0, and/or JRE 1.1.5 installed on your machine, InstallShield lists these dependencies in the Dependencies dialog box. Click Next to launch the appropriate product installation programs and follow the prompts.

Note:

The Oracle Video Server Manager installation installs the compact version of the Oracle Video Client (OVC). If you want to install the full version of the OVC, which includes additional online documentation and sample applications, you must install the video client from the OVC distribution CD.

The Oracle Video Server Manager Logon Information dialog box appears, prompting you to enter the host name and domain name for the Oracle Video Server that you want Video Server Manager to manage by default. Enter the information and click Next. If you do not know the host name or domain name for your Oracle Video Server, contact your network administrator.

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InstallShield copies all the following VSM files to your hard disk:

C:\ORAWIN95\jbin (or the directory that you chose to install VSM) – vsm.jar C:\ORAWIN95\VSM30 – vsm30.ico – vsmgr30.bat – several PDF files in the \doc directory

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Oracle Video Server Manager has been successfully installed on your machine. Click OK.

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Depending on which dependent programs were installed in Step 7, you might be prompted to restart your computer.

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Starting Video Server Manager

This section describes how to start the Oracle Video Server Manager console from a Windows or UNIX machine.

From the Windows desktop

Choose Programs|Oracle Video Server Manager|Oracle Video Server Manager from the Windows Start menu, or

Double-click the Oracle Video Server Manager shortcut that was created on your Windows desktop.

For instructions on how to create other VSM shortcuts, refer to the next section.

At the Logon screen, enter:

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your user name

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your password

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The host name and domain name fields appear dim. These values were entered during installation. If these values are not valid, you will not be able to logon to VSM.

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The Oracle Video Server uses the native security features in your network. For more information about restricting access to specific VSM consoles or users, refer to Chapter 3 in the Oracle Video Server Administrator’s Guide and Command Refere nce.

From a UNIX machine

To start the Oracle Video Server Manager console from a UNIX machine, type:

cd $ORACLE_HOME /vsmc30/admin ./vsmstart <hos tname.domainname >

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Creating a Video Server Manager Shortcut on the Windows Desktop

By default, the Video Server Manager program icon created during installation connects to the video server that you defined during installation. However, you create other Video Server Manager shortcuts that connect to different video servers at startup.

To create a custom VSM shortcut, follow these steps:

Right-click the Oracle Video Server Manager shortcut on your Windows desktop and select Create Shortcut.

Right-click the new VSM shortcut and select Properties.

Click the Shortcut tab.

In the Target field, edit the <host name>.<domain name> entry to refer to the video server machine that you want to manage (i.e, ovs1.oracle.com). The <host name>.<domain name> entry is the last variable in this field.

Click OK.

Alternatively, you can create a custom VSM shortcut by following these steps:

Click the Start button from the Windows desktop and select Settings|Taskbar.

Double-click Programs|Oracle Video Server Manager.

Click the Start Menu Programs tab.

Click the Advanced button.

For Windows 95 — Expand the Programs folder. For Windows NT — Expand the Profiles|All Users|Start Menu|Programs

folder.

Click Oracle Video Server Manager.

Right-click the Oracle Video Server Manager program icon and select Create Shortcut.

Click and drag the new shortcut to the Windows desktop.

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Creating a Video Server Manager Shortcut on the Windows Desktop

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Using Oracle Video Server Manager

This chapter tells you how to use the Oracle Video Server Manager console. It provides the following sections:

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Video Server Manager Console

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Video Server Manager Online Help

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Video Server Manager Console

The Oracle Video Server Manager console is a Java application that provides and easy-to-use graphical user interface that consists of these parts:

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Menu bar

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Toolbar

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Navigator tree

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Detail pane

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Status bar

Figure 3–1 shows the major parts of the Video Server Manager console and how to

use each part to monitor and manage objects of the Oracle Video Server. For information on the meaning of any desktop object, use the online help by

selecting Help | Contents.

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Figure 3–1 Video Server Manager desktop

Video Server Manager Console

Menu bar

The menu bar contains pull-down menus with commands for executing specific VSM tasks. Some menu commands require that you select an object or folder from the navigator tree. Not all commands apply to all objects. Unavailable commands appear dim in the menu bar.

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Video Server Manager Console

Toolbar

The toolbar contains buttons that provide quick access to frequently used VSM commands and features. Buttons that are not applicable to the currently selected Oracle Video Server object appear dim.

To see the name of a button, move the mouse pointer over the button. To execute a toolbar command, simply click the button with the mouse. Figure 3–2

shows the toolbar and the tasks it performs.

Figure 3–2 Video Server Manager toolbar

Note:

The Create Clips and Create Logical Content buttons are only available when the video server is connected to a database and if the Content Service (vscontsrv) is started with database options. For more information about implementing the Content Service, refer to Chapter 9 of the Oracle Video Server Administrat o r’s Guide and Command Reference.

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The Program button is only available when the video server is connected to a database and if the Scheduling Services and the Content Service are started. For more information about implementing these services, refer to Chapter 9 of the Oracle Video Server Administrator’s Guide and Command Reference.

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Navigator Tree

Video Server Manager Console

The navigator tree, on the left side of the screen, is your “starting point” for monitoring and managing the Oracle Video Server system. The navigator tree, shown in Figure 3–3, provides a consistent and hierarchically organized way to view and access parts of the OVS system. Specifically, you can monitor the different parts of the OVS system, including:

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Content

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Clients

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Oracle Media Data Store (MDS)

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Real-time Feeds

Each object type in the navigator tree is identified by an icon and name. Each branch of the Navigator tree is either:

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an object (i.e., a volume, disk, file, device, or other OVS object)

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a folder containing objects or other folders

Figure 3–3 Navigator Tr ee

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Video Server Manager Console

Table 3–1 lists the types of operations th at you can perform from the navigator tree:

Table 3–1 Navigator tree operations

Operation Action Description

Select Click folder or object with the

mouse

Displays information about the folder or object in the detail pane

Open Click the plus sign (+), or dou-

ble-click on the folder with the mouse

Close Click the minus sign (-), or

double-click on the folder with the mouse

Displays the objects and folders within a folder. After you open a folder, a minus sign (-) appears next to it.

Displays the folder but not the objects and folders within it. After you close a folder, a plus sign (+) appears next to it again.

Creating a Split View in the Navigator Tree

By default, the navigator tree is presented as a single tree. However, you can choose to create a split view from any folder in the navigator tree. Each split view that you create is identified with a tab. The tab for the root navigator tree view is labeled Navigator. Regardless of how many split views you create, you can always access the contents of the entire tree from the navigator tree.

Split views enable you to organize the naviga tor tree in a way that complements how you manage your system. Split views are also useful when individual folders contain several nested subfolders and files. Figure 3–4 shows the navigator tree with one split view.

To create a split view for a navigator tree folder:

Expand the video server folder.

Click the folder (Content, Clients, MDS, Feeds) that you want to split.

Choose Navigator |Split View.

To remove a split view:

Select the tab for the view that you want to remove.

Choose Navigator | Remove Split View.

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Figure 3–4 Creating a Split View in the Navigator Tree

Video Server Manager Console

Detail Pane

The detail pane, on the right side of the screen, displays information about the object selected in the navigator tree and, as needed, contains controls for managing that object. Depending on the object selected, the detail pane can show information in different forms:

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Summary tables

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Property sheets

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Video Server Manager Console

Summary Tables

For some navigator tree folders, such as Volumes, the detail pane displays a summary table. Each row in the summary table describes an object in the folder.

Figure 3–5 shows the Volumes summary table.

By default, rows in a summary table are sorted in ascending order of the left-most column values. To sort a summary table by a different category, click the heading of the column by which you want to sort.

Figure 3–5 Summary Table in the Detail Pane

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Video Server Manager Console

Property Sheets

For some navigator tree objects, the detail pane contains one or more tabbed property sheets. Each property sheet displays different information about the selected object. Yo u can view a property sheet by selecting its tab. Figure 3–6 illustrates the General property sheet for the clip “Cartoon1” in the logical content title “Binky’s Best”.

Figure 3–6 Property Sheet in the Detail Pane

Status bar

The status bar displays a one-line description of the selected desktop object or menu bar command. The status bar is located at the bottom of the Video Server Manager window.

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Video Server Manager Online Help

The Video Server Manager console provides a full-featured online Help system which contains HTML-based Help and a Quick Tour

You ca n access online Help in several ways:

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To view the online Help contents, choose Help|Contents.

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To search online Help for information on a particular topic, choose Help |Search fo r Help.

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For help on a specific navigator tree or detail pane object, select the object and click Help button.

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To view the online Help index, choose Help|Index.

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To view the online Quick Tour, choose Help|Quick Tour. Alternatively, you can view the Oracle Video Server Manager Quick Tour by

pointing your browser at:

http://<hostname>.<domain name>/vsm/help/vsm.htm

where

<hostname> is the name of the video server on which you have installed the Video Server Manager server components (for example, ovs1-sun).

<domain name> is the domain name of the video server on which you have installed the Video Server Manager server components (for example, oracle.com)

Once you have started the online Help for Video Server Manager, there are two ways to exit Help:

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Choose File |Exit.

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Close the Video Server Manager Help window by double-clicking its top-left corner.

Figure 3–7 illustrates the VSM online help interface.

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Figure 3–7 Video Server Manager Online Help Interface

Video Server Manager Online Help

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Video Server Manager Online Help

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Monitoring and Managing an Oracle Video

Server System

This chapter lists the types of administrative ta sks that you can perform with Oracle Video Server Manager. For a detailed description and step-by-step instructions for any of these tasks, refer to online Help.

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Video Server Manager Task Reference

Use tables 4-1 through 4-4 as a quick reference for how to execute common administrative tasks from the VSM console. When appropriate, these tables also refer you to relevant or additional information in other documents in the Oracle Video Server documentation library.

For complete instructions and explanations for any of these tasks, refer to the online Help.

Ta ble 4–1 General Video Server Manager Tasks

Task VSM Action

Manage a different video server

View the status of VSM job requests

Play video

Refresh display

Get help

Click

Switch Video Server

Click

Job Status

Click

Play

Click

Refresh

Click

Help

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Video Server Manager Task Reference

Table 4–2 General OVS System Tasks

Task VSM Action For More Information

Start an Oracle Vi deo Server instance Select the video server folder

and click the Startup button in the detail pane.

Stop an Oracle Video Server instance Select the video server folder

and click the Shutdown button in the detail pane.

Change the Oracle Video Server startup and shutdown scripts

View the status of critical Oracle Video Server services

View acti ve client s Select the Clients folder in the

View the status of a specific client Expand the Clients folder in the

Select the video server folder and click the Preferences but to n in the detail pane.

Select the video server folder and click the Show Status button in the detail pa ne.

navigator tree

navigator tree and select a client

Refer to “ Starting the Oracle Video Server” in Chapter 4 of the OVS Administrator’s Guide

and Command Reference

Refer to “ Shutting Do wn the Oracle Video Serv er” in Chapter 4 of the OVS

Administrator’s Guide and Command Reference

Refer to “ Starting the Oracle Video Server” in Chapter 4 of the OVS Administrator’s Guide

and Command Reference

Refer to “mnorbls” in the

Oracle Media Net Administrator’s Guide

Refer to “Displaying Information about Sessions and Circuits” in Chapter 6 of the OVS Administrator ’s Guide

and Command Reference

Refer to “Viewing Session and Circuit Information” in Chapter 6 of the OVS

Administrator’s Guide and Command Reference

View the event log file Select View|Server Event Log

from the menu bar.

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Refer to “mnlogreader” Oracle Media Net Administrator’s Guide

Video Server Manager Task Reference

Table 4–3 Managing Oracle Video Server Services

Task VSM Action For More Information

Media Data Store (MDS) Volumes, Disks, and Files

Load (and automatically register) content into the MDS from a tape, CD, or file system

Click

Load Content

Refer to Chapter 4 of the OVS Content Administrator’s Guide

View the status and contents of MDS volumes

View the status and contents of MDS disks Select the MDS Disks folder in

View the status and contents of MDS files Select the MDS Files folder in

Defragment an MDS volume Select Tools|

Copy MDS files from one volume to another

Select the MDS Volumes folder in the navigator tree

the navigator tree

Defragment Volume

Click

Load Content

Click

Refer to “mdsdir” and “mdsvolstat” in the OVS

Administrator’s Guide and Command Reference

Refer to “mdsdir” and “mdsdiskmode” in the OVS

Administrator’s Guide and Command Reference

Refer to “mdsdir” in the OVS Administrator’s Guide and Command Reference

Refer to “Defragmenting the MDS” in Chapter 7 of the OVS

Administrator’s Guide and Command Reference

Refer to Chapter 4 of the OVS Content Administrator’s Guide

Refer to “Registering Content” in Chapter 4 of the OVS

Content Administrator’s Guide

4-4 Getting Started with Oracle Video Server Manager

Video Server Manager Task Reference

Table 4–3 Managing Oracle Video Server Services (Cont.)

Task VSM Action For More Information

Hierarchical Storage Management (HSM) Tapes and Files

View HSM tape contents Select the HSM Tapes folder in

the navigator tree

View HSM file contents Select the HSM Files folder in

the navigator tree

Real-time Feeds

Monitor the status of active real-time feed server

View the status and properties of a specific real-time feed server

Select the Real-time Feeds folder in the navigator tree

Expand the Real-timeFeeds folder in the navigator tree and select a feed server

Refer to “Using HSM with the Ampex DST” in Chapter 7 of the OVS Administrator’s Guide

and Command Reference

Refer to “Using HSM with the Media Data Store” in Chapter 7 of the OVS Administrator’s

Guide and Command Reference

Refer to Chapter 8, “Configuring the Real-Time Feed Service” inthe OVS

Administrator’s Guide and Command Reference

Refer to Chapter 8, “Configuring the Real-Time Feed Service” in the OVS

Administrator’s Guide and Command Reference

Monitoring and Managing an Oracle Video Server System 4-5

Video Server Manager Task Reference

Ta ble 4–4 Managing OVS Content

Task VSM Action

Create clips

View or modify a clip Select the clip title in the

Rename a clip title Select the clip title in th e

Remove a clip Select the clip title in the

Click

Create Clip

navigator tree and c lick

Modify

navigator tree and c lick

Modify

navigator tree and c lick

Delete

Create logical content

View or modify logical content Select the logical content title

Rename a logical content title Select the logical content title

Remove logical content Select the logical content title

Note: The Clips and Logical Content options are only available when the video server is connected to a database and if the Content Service (vscontsrv) is started with database options. Refer to the VSM online help or Chapter 9 of the Oracle V ideo Server Administrator's Guide and Command Reference for information on how to s tart an d st op t his ser vice .

4-6 Getting Started with Oracle Video Server Manager

Click

Create Logical Content

in the navigator tree and click

Modify

in the navigator tree and click

Modify

in the navigator tree and click

Delete

Video Server Manager Task Reference

Ta ble 4–4 Managing OVS Content (Cont.)

Task VSM Action

Program schedules and channels

Click

Program

Note: The Schedules and Channels options are only available when the video server is connected to a database and if the Scheduling Services (vsbcastsrv, vsschdsrv, and vsnvodsrv) are started. Refer to the VSM online help or Chapter 9 of the Oracle Video

Server Administrato r's Gu ide an d Comman d Ref er ence for information on how to start and stop these services.

Monitoring and Managing an Oracle Video Server System 4-7

Video Server Manager Task Reference

4-8 Getting Started with Oracle Video Server Manager

Index

active feeds. See real-time feeds administrative tasks. See task reference Adobe Acrobat Reader

installing, ix

starting, x application server tier, 1-4 architecture

Oracle Video Server system, 1-3 audience, viii

broadcast programs

creating, 4-7

modifying, 4-7

removing, 4-7

channels

defining, 4-7 client tier, 1-4 clips

creating, 4-6

defined, 1-6

modifying, 4-6

removing, 4-6

renaming, 4-6 command conventions, viii comments, x communication paths, 1-5 contact information, x

content

defined, 1-6 loading, 4-4 registering, 4-4

conventions

command, viii

platform, viii copying MDS files, 4-4 creating shortcuts, 2-5

defragmenting an MDS volume, 4-4 deleting MDS files, 4-4 desktop. See Video Server Manager console detail pane

described, 3-7

property sheets, 3-9

summary tables, 3-7

graphical user interface. See Video Server Manager

console

help. See online help Hierarchical Storage Management (HSM)

viewing file contents, 4-5

viewing tape contents, 4-5 HSM. See Hierarchical Storage Management (HSM)

Index-1

installing Video Server Manager, 2-2

Java Runtime Environment, 2-4

loading content, 4-4 logical content

creating, 4-6 defined, 1-6 modifying, 4-6 removing, 4 - 6

manual

audience, viii conventions, viii organization, viii structure, viii

MDS disks

viewing status of, 4-4

MDS files

copying, 4-4 deleting, 4-4 viewing status of, 4-4

MDS volumes

defragmenting, 4-4 viewing status of, 4-4

menu bar, 3-3

navigator tr ee

creating split views, 3-6 described, 3-5 to 3-7 how to navigate, 3-6 removing split views, 3-6

Near Video-On-Demand (NVOD) programs

defining channels, 4-6

Near Video-On-Demand (NVOD). See broadcast

programs, 4-7

Network Computing Architecture (NCA)

application server tier, 1-4 client tier, 1-4 defined, 1-2 server tier, 1-4

online documentation

Adobe Acrobat Reader, ix installing Acrobat Reader, ix viewing, x

online Help

described, 3-10 exiting, 3-10 starting, 3-10, 4-2

Oracle Video Client (OVC)

defined, 1-4

Oracle Video Server

content model, 1-6 defined, 1-4 running without a database, 1-8 system architecture, 1-3

physical content

defined, 1-6 platform conventions, viii playing video, 4-2 property sheets, 3-9

real-time feeds

viewing active feed servers, 4-5 refreshing the display, 4-2 registering content, 1-8, 4-4 related documents, x removing split views, 3-6

schedules

creating, 4-7

Index-2

send us your comments, v server tier, 1-4 shortcuts

creating, 2-5 split views, 3-6 to 3-7 starting a video server, 4-3 starting Video Server Manager, 2-4 startup and shutdown scripts

changing, 4-3 stopping a video server, 4-3 summary table s, 3-7 switching managed video server, 4-2 system requirements, 2-2

tag files

defined, 1-6

registering content, 4-4 task reference, 4-2 to 4-7 toolbar, 3-4

user interface. See Video Server Manager console

Video Server Manager

communications paths, 1 - 5

console, 3-2 to 3-9

creating shortcuts, 2-5

defined, 1-2

installing, 2-2

starting, 2-4

task reference, 4-2 to 4-7

uses, 1-2 Video Server Manager console

defined, 1-4

installing, 2-2 viewing job requests, 4-2 viewing status

active clients, 4-3

event log file, 4-3

MDS disks, 4-4

MDS files, 4-4 MDS volumes, 4-4 OVS services, 4-3 specific client, 4-3

volumes. See MDS volumes

Index-3

Index-4

Oracle A55979-02 User Manual

Specifications and Main Features

Frequently Asked Questions

User Manual

Getting Star t ed wit h Oracl e Vi deo Server Manager

What is Oracle Video Server Manager?

Why Use Orac le Video Server Manager?

The Oracle Video Server System Ar chitecture

Tier 1: Client

Tier 2: Application Server

Tier 3: Data Server

Video Server Manager Communication Paths

Oracle Video Server Content Model

Content Layers

Running OVS without a Database

Registering Content

System Requirements

Installing Oracle Video Server Manager

Starting Video Server Manager

Video Server Manager Console

Menu bar

Toolbar

Navigator Tree

Creating a Split View in the Navigator Tree

Detail Pane

Summary Tables

Property Sheets

Status bar

Video Server Manager Online Help

Video Server Manager Task Reference

Index