Video Media Center -
VMC 1000
User Guide
Version 1.0.3
Video Media Center - VMC 1000 User Guide
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Contents
About This Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii
Purpose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii
Documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii
Audience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . viii
Document Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . viii
Customer Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix
Polycom Global Services Telephone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix
1 About the VMC 1000
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
About the VMC 1000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Key VMC 1000 Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
RSS 2000 Registration and Monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Content Creation and Publishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Content Editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Content Backup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Security and Access Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
VMC 1000 System Monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Reporting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Key Concepts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Realm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Roles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Site Administrator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Content Owner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Viewer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Category . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Resource Bin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
2 Getting Started with the VMC 1000
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
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Logging into VMC 1000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Logging in as a Site Administrator or Content Owner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Logging in as a Viewer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Navigating the VMC 1000 User Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
3 Managing Access to Video Media Center
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
About Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Adding New Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Editing a User . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Changing a User's Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Deleting a User . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Emailing a User . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
4 Managing Content in VMC 1000
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
About the Resource Bin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Resource Bin Items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
RSS 2000 Resource Bin Items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Adding a New Folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Moving Items Between Folders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Adding New Resource Bin Items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Adding New Streaming Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Adding New Downloadable Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Adding New Thumbnails . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Adding New Slides . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Editing Resource Bin Items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Deleting Resource Bin Items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Searching the Resource Bin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
About Channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
About RSS 2000 Channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Adding or Editing a New Channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Adding Channel Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Adding Channel Details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Review Channel Summary Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Copying and Pasting Channel URLs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
About Conference Call Channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
About Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Understanding Program Access Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Program Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
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Contents
About RSS 2000 Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Creating a VOD Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Adding Program Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Adding a Program Listing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Adding Program Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Setting Program Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Reviewing the Program Summary Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Creating a Scheduled Rebroadcast Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Adding Program Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Adding a Program Listing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Adding Program Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Setting Program Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Reviewing the Program Summary Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Editing a Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Previewing a Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Copying and Pasting Program URLs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Saving a Program’s Downloadable Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
5Using the Media Editor
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
About Media Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Editing Video Content . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
The Timeline Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
The Slide and Caption Preview Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
The Timeline Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Filtering Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Adding Slides, Chapters, or Captions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Enabling Continuous Captioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Displaying Transcript Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Trimming Video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
6 Creating Reports
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
About Aggregate Program Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Generating Aggregate Program Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
About Program Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Generating Viewer Attendance and Media Viewing Records
Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Generating Detailed Program Viewing Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Printing Reports From Internet Explorer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Setting the Page Orientation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Setting Printing Background Color & Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
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Setting Page Print Margins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
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About This Manual
This introduction provides a brief overview of the Video Media Center - VMC
1000 User Guide, describes the conventions used in this manual, and explains
how to get additional information or support.
Purpose
Documentation
The Video Media Center - VMC 1000 User Guide describes how to configure
and use the VMC 1000 appliance to archive and manage live stream video
conference calls stored on the Polycom RSS 2000.
The Video Media Center - VMC 1000 User Guide is part of the Video Media
Center - VMC 1000 documentation set, which includes:
• The Video Media Center - VMC 1000 User Guide - This document.
• The Video Media Center - VMC 1000 Administration Guide - Explains how to
connect the VMC 1000 appliance to your network and enable it to manage
video conference calls from the RSS 2000.
• The Video Media Center - VMC 1000 Release Notes - Describes the product
release. This document also identifies known problems and their
workarounds, information not covered in the manuals or that has been
modified since publication, as well as problems that have been fixed since
previous releases.
For more information about the Polycom RSS 2000, see the Polycom RSS 2000
User Guide.
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Audience
This guide is primarily for VMC 1000:
• Content Owners - Users who create and manage VMC 1000 programs.
Document Conventions
This document uses the following typographical conventions.
bold Names of fields, screens, windows, dialog boxes,
and other user interface elements; for example:
1 Type the number into the Phone Number
field and click Dial.
2 Click Cancel to close the dialog box.
italics New terms, book titles, or emphasis; for example:
According to the VERITAS Cluster Server User
Guide, crash tolerant applications are sometimes
referred to as cluster friendly applications.
code
code, bold Command line entries, for example:
code, bold
& italics
SMALL CAPS
Computer output, command references within text,
and filenames; for example:
Performs the initial configuration and reads the
.vcsrc
>> Type cp ../default_group.ini group.ini.
Command line variables, for example :
>> Type
with the subscriber group number.
Specific keys on the keyboard, for example:
>> Move the cursor by pressing TAB or
SHIFT+TAB.
file
cp ../default_group.ini groupnn.ini
replacing nn
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Customer Support
Recognizing that technology alone cannot solve today’s complex challenges,
Polycom Global Services provides the industry’s best technical support staff
and programs to let you concentrate on the task at hand. VMC 1000 users can
select from a variety of support solutions to obtain the level of support that
best meets their needs.
Before contacting your Polycom Global Services representative for technical
assistance, gather as much information as possible about your situation. Any
information you can provide helps us assess the problem and develop an
appropriate solution.
Polycom Global Services Telephone
If you have comments or questions about VMC 1000 or if you need technical
assistance, contact:
• Polycom Global Services in U.S.A. 800-827-7782
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• Denver metro or outside U.S.A. 303-223-5223
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About the VMC 1000
Overview
This chapter explains key concepts about the VMC 1000 appliance as part of
the Polycom video conferencing solution.
This chapter contains the following sections:
1
• About the VMC 1000
• Key Concepts
About the VMC 1000
The VMC 1000 manages live and video-on-demand (VOD) content created by
Polycom RSS 2000 devices and manages video streams (in Windows Media
format) created by other devices and uploaded to the VMC 1000. It provides
scalable and reliable content access by means of streaming protocols to end
users across the entire enterprise.
The VMC 1000 discovers new live and archived video calls recorded by RSS
2000 devices by periodically polling all registered RSS 2000 servers for a list of
live and archived calls. After each request, the VMC 1000 compares the current
list with a list obtained by the previous request and discovers the difference
between the two states (i.e. which live conferences and recorded files were
added).
The VMC 1000 uses this information to create assets (Resource Bin items) and
published events (Programs) to be accessed by end users (Content Owners,
Site Administrators, and Viewers). The VMC 1000 uses different time frames
to query for live and recorded content - for example, it could query every 10
seconds for new live streams and every 60 seconds for new recorded files.
Once a live stream from the RSS 2000 is discovered, it is connected to an entry
point (publishing point) on a standard Windows Media Server 9.
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The VMC 1000 only requires a single stream to be pulled from the RSS 2000 to
enable hundreds of streams. The VMC 1000 publishes live event links on its
Viewer Portal and redirects end users to the live streams from a streaming
server.
Once a video archive recorded by an RSS 2000 device is discovered by the
VMC 1000, it is transferred from the RSS 2000 device to a central repository
managed by the VMC 1000. The managed content can then be assigned access
control parameters and published to the VMC 1000 to be accessed by the
Viewer Portal, (which contains an embedded Window Media player) or by the
Windows Media Player, depending upon which option the Site Administrator
selects during setup. The following figure shows how the VMC 1000 works as
part of the Polycom video conferencing solution:
Key VMC 1000 Features
The following are important features of the VMC 1000.
RSS 2000 Registration and Monitoring
The VMC 1000 registers an unlimited number of RSS 2000 devices. Once
registered, the VMC 1000 monitors the state of the RSS 2000 devices. A link to
the RSS 2000 native UI enables users (Site Administrators) to access the RSS
2000 device directly from the VMC 1000 interface.
Content Creation and Publishing
The VMC 1000’s user interface for content creation and publication:
• Provides you with a simple workflow for creating and publishing content
• Allows you to specify rich descriptive information about content,
• Allows you to control content access by supporting the following access
to the VMC 1000 Viewer Portal.
availability, expiration dates, and presentation options.
control modes:
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— Group and user access - Leverages AD/LDAP group/user permission
to control access to content.
— PIN code access - Leverages the Polycom RSS 2000 pin code
mechanism for providing access control to live and VOD content.
— Open access - Provides unrestricted access to content.
Content Editing
The VMC 1000 allows you to perform simple editing of VOD content using the
Media Editor. The following editing capabilities are supported:
• Trimming
• Inserting chapters for quick navigation
• Inserting slides
• Inserting captions
Content Backup
The VMC 1000 allows you to backup video content and system configuration
data.
Security and Access Control
The VMC 1000 supports the following types of user authentication:
• LDAP Authentication
Integration with LDAP enables the VMC 1000 to authenticate a user's login
against the company directory. A user, once authenticated, is associated with
a VMC 1000 group and role that defines authorized user permissions and
access rights.
• Local Database Authentication
If a company does not have an external directory service, or does not want to
leverage their existing directory service, an optional database authentication
mechanism is available to leverage the VMC 1000 database.
VMC 1000 System Monitoring
The VMC 1000 System Monitoring:
• Monitors the VMC 1000’s run-time system parameters including the
• Provides access to system alerts and logs.
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• Reports critical system-level and application-level events, such as low
storage, and streaming connections errors because of license limitations on
the number of supported streams, etc.
Reporting
The VMC 1000 includes five Aggregate Program Reports that allow the Site
Administrator to find out how the VMC 1000 is performing. The VMC 1000
includes the following Aggregate Program Reports:
• Program Summary Report
• Media Viewing Report
• Viewer Activity Report
• Program Popularity Report
• Domain Summary Report
The VMC 1000 also includes four Program Reports that allow the Site
Administrator and Content Owner to get information about a particular
program or user. VMC 1000 includes following Program Reports:
Key Concepts
Realm
• Question Submission
• Viewer Attendance
• Media Viewing Records
• Detailed Program Viewing Report
This section explains key concepts that can help you understand how the VMC
1000 works.
A realm is a complete database of roles, users, and groups used to identify
valid users of the VMC 1000.
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Roles
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Each user is assigned one or more roles, which provide a package of
permissions allowing users of the role to perform tasks within the VMC 1000
user interface. The VMC 1000 has three roles:
• Site Administrator
• Content Owner
• Viewer
Site Administrator
Site Administrator is the user who has complete access to all aspects of the
VMC 1000. The Site Administrator manages all aspects of the VMC 1000
domain and manages all users, including Content Owners and Viewers. Site
Administrators also manage the domain messaging and the domain
configuration, which enables and disables a variety of features.
Category
Channels
Content Owner
The Content Owner user is another administrator role. Content Owners have
fewer permissions than Site Administrators. Content Owners manage
Viewers, Programming, the Resource Bin, and Reports. Content Owners have
the authority to add, edit, and delete Viewers; upload streaming and
downloadable resource files; add, edit, and delete channels and programs.
Content Owners manage only those channels and programs that they create.
Viewer
The Viewer is a user who has been granted access to the VMC 1000 Viewer
Portal.
A category is the top level of content hierarchy. A category is a container for
channels and programs within a domain. They provide an easy way for you to
organize content and for your audience to find it. A Site Administrator can
edit, add, and delete categories.
A channel is the middle level of content hierarchy. A channel is a container for
programs generally of the same subject matter. Channels are commonly used
to package a series of programs, or to provide your audience the option access
to a set of programs over time. Site Administrators and Content Owners can
edit, add, and delete channels.
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Programs
A program is the bottom level of the content hierarchy. A program is a
metadata “wrapper” that controls access to resources published using VMC
1000. Programs aggregate related streaming files and downloadable files from
the Resource Bin for online presentation. There can be several Resource Bin
items associated with a single program. For example, a program can contain
the same video in multiple bit rates, or non-related video files with different
bit rates. Programs are owned by the owner of the channel in which the
program resides.
Groups
Groups allow Site Administrators to create groups of users and assign roles to
them. These groups are also available to Site Administrators to assign to
programs to limit access of the program to specified groups.
In a domain that uses an LDAP realm, groups are read from the datastore, and
cannot be modified, nor can additional groups be manually added through the
system.
Resource Bin
The Resource Bin is a virtual file system for all streaming and downloadable
files uploaded into the VMC 1000. In order to create a program with streaming
files, or streaming and downloadable files, you must first populate your
Resource Bin. In the Resource Bin, you can:
• Upload new resources.
• View or edit information associated with existing resources.
• Organize Resource Bin items within Resource Bin folders.
• View shared resource files.
When you create a program, you are prompted to choose resource files from
the Resource Bin. The Site Administrator and the Content Owner can both
manage the Resource Bin. The Site Administrator can view all resources.
Content Owners can only view shared or public resources, and only the
private resources they own or manage (streaming, downloadable, thumbnail,
etc).
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Getting Started with the VMC 1000
Overview
This chapter explains how to log into and navigate within the VMC 1000. It
contains the following sections:
• Logging into VMC 1000
• Navigating the VMC 1000 User Interface
Logging into VMC 1000
The VMC 1000 login page is the entry point for all users. Each Site
Administrator, Content Owner, and Viewer has an individually assigned
username and password that gives them access to the VMC 1000. When the
VMC 1000 uses an enterprise LDAP system for user authentication, the users
log in using their regular LDAP credentials.
In addition to the VMC 1000 secure logon system and secure page encryption,
the VMC 1000 has implemented a Domain Level Security System (DLSS).
The VMC 1000 domain is a logical partition of content, users, and media. A
domain has its own:
• Categories and Channels
• Users - Site Administrators, Content Owners, and Viewers
• Programming
• Resource Management
• Report Generation
Site Administrators have the authority to manage everything within the VMC
1000 domain.
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If you do not have a user name and password, please contact your Site
Administrator. If you have forgotten your password, and you have the option
“Forgotten Password?” link enabled, you can click this link, enter your email
address, and a temporary password is e-mailed to you. If this link is not
available and your user account is being drawn from an enterprise user
database, such as LDAP, and you must follow the instructions provided by
your IT department to recover your password.
Logging in as a Site Administrator or Content Owner
Site Administrators and Content Owners can bypass the single Login page for
all users and directly log into the Video Media Center Administrative UI by
using a URL that has the following convention:
http://server/vmc/broadcast/home/home.jhtml
where:
server is the name of the web server where VMC 1000 is installed.
vmc is the name of the VMC 1000 domain in which your user account resides.
Logging in as a Viewer
Viewer users only have access to the Viewer Portal. The URL for the Viewer
Portal Login page uses the following convention:
http://server/vmc/default.jhtml
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Navigating the VMC 1000 User Interface
The VMC 1000 UI uses a dynamically generated menu which provides all the
navigation links necessary to use the application.
You activate the menu by clicking the menu option in the left navigation
menu. For those menu options that have sub-options, the sub options open up.
Simply click the sub option and the next page loads.
The VMC 1000 UI menu is generated according to the logged in user's role.
This means not all menu options are available to all users. For more
information on user roles, please see Chapter 2, “Getting Started with the
VMC 1000.”
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Managing Access to Video Media
Center
Overview
This chapter explains how to manage user access to content on the VMC 1000.
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About Users
Adding New Users
This chapter contains the following section:
• About Users
Users refers to all users who have access to VMC 1000, either as a Site
Administrator, a Content Owner, or a Viewer. Each user is assigned one or
more roles, which defines a set of permissions allowing access to certain areas
of the application. For more information users and roles, please refer to
Chapter 1, “About the VMC 1000.”
Only a domain using the VMC 1000 realm allows a Site Administrator to
manage individual users. If the domain uses an LDAP realm, user
characteristics are read from the datastore and cannot be edited.
The following instructions are for VMC 1000 realms only.
To add a new user:
1 From the menu, click Users.
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