Oracle Video Server Getting Started with Oracle Video Server Manager Release 3.0 February, 1998 Part No.
Getting Started with Oracle Video Server Manager Part No. A55979-02 Release 3.0 Copyright © 1996, 1998, Oracle Corporation. All rights reserved. Printed in the U.S.
Contents Send Us Your Comments .................................................................................................................... v Preface........................................................................................................................................................... vii 1 Overview What is Oracle Video Server Manager?.......................................................................................... Why Use Oracle Video Server Manager? ....................
3 Using Oracle Video Server Manager Video Server Manager Console........................................................................................................ Menu bar ........................................................................................................................................ Toolbar............................................................................................................................................ Navigator Tree ..................................
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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 Oracle 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.
Audience This guide is intended for anyone who is planning to use the Oracle Video Server Manager to monitor and manage the Oracle Video Server. This guide assumes that you are familiar with the Microsoft Windows and UNIX operating systems. Structure Please read this guide in its entirety before using this product. This guide contains these chapters: Chapter 1 Overview: provides a brief explanation of Oracle Video Server Manager and the Oracle Video Server system architecture.
Platform Conventions The Oracle Video Server Manager client can operate on several different platforms. This guide specifies Windows 95 path names. For example, the default Oracle home directory for Windows 95 is C:\orawin95. If you are using a different platform, interpret the directory and file path names that reflect your installation. Likewise, the screen representations in this guide reflect the Windows 95 environment.
Viewing the Online Documentation To view the VSM online documentation from a Windows 95/NT machine, select Programs|Oracle Video Server|OVS Road Map from the Windows Start menu. To view the VSM online documentation from a Solaris machine, type: % $ORACLE_HOME/vs30/doc/pdf/roadmap.pdf & Related Documents Refer to the Oracle Video Server Road Map to find documents related to this release of the Oracle Video Server Manager.
1 Overview This chapter covers these topics: ■ What is Oracle Video Server Manager? ■ Why Use Oracle Video Server Manager? ■ The Oracle Video Server System Architecture ■ Oracle Video Server Content Model Overview 1-1
What is Oracle Video Server Manager? 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: ■ ■ ■ 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.
The Oracle Video Server System Architecture – Real-time feeds ■ load and register content ■ play videos For a complete list of the administrative tasks that 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 Architecture Tier 1: Client The client tier resides completely on the client machine(s) and consists of the following components: ■ ■ 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.
Video Server Manager Communication Paths 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. 1.
Oracle Video Server Content Model 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: ■ Content Files: files that OVS stores and delivers to clients.
Oracle Video Server Content Model Figure 1–3 Oracle Video Server Content Layers Overview 1-7
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.
2 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.
System Requirements System Requirements To install and use the Oracle Video Server Manager console on a Windows machine, you need the following resources. ■ ■ ■ VGA video (SVGA strongly recommended), minimum screen resolution of 800x600 32 megabytes RAM Microsoft Windows 95 with Service Pack 1 or Windows NT 4.0 with Service Pack 3 ■ TCP/IP services ■ Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 1.1.5 ■ Oracle Video Client 3.0.
Installing Oracle Video Server Manager 6. Read the software license agreement and click Next. 7. The Choose Destination Location dialog box appears, prompting you to select the directory in which you want to install Oracle Video Server Manager. 8. – To accept the default ORACLE_HOME selection, click Next. – To select 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.
Starting Video Server Manager 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 1. 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. 2.
Creating a Video Server Manager Shortcut on the Windows Desktop 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: 1.
Creating a Video Server Manager Shortcut on the Windows Desktop 2-6 Getting Started with Oracle Video Server Manager
3 Using Oracle Video Server Manager This chapter tells you how to use the Oracle Video Server Manager console.
Video Server Manager Console 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: ■ Menu bar ■ Toolbar ■ Navigator tree ■ Detail pane ■ 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.
Video Server Manager Console Figure 3–1 Video Server Manager desktop 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.
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.
Video Server Manager Console Navigator Tree 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.
Video Server Manager Console Table 3–1 lists the types of operations that 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 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.
Video Server Manager Console Figure 3–4 Creating a Split View in the Navigator Tree 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.
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.
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. You 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”.
Video Server Manager Online Help 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 can access online Help in several ways: ■ To view the online Help contents, choose Help|Contents. ■ To search online Help for information on a particular topic, choose Help |Search for Help. ■ For help on a specific navigator tree or detail pane object, select the object and click Help button.
Video Server Manager Online Help Figure 3–7 Video Server Manager Online Help Interface Using Oracle Video Server Manager 3-11
Video Server Manager Online Help 3-12 Getting Started with Oracle Video Server Manager
4 Monitoring and Managing an Oracle Video Server System This chapter lists the types of administrative tasks 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.
Video Server Manager Task Reference 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.
Video Server Manager Task Reference Table 4–2 General OVS System Tasks Task VSM Action For More Information Start an Oracle Video Server instance Select the video server folder and click the Startup button in the detail pane. Refer to “ Starting the Oracle Video Server” in Chapter 4 of the OVS Administrator’s Guide and Command Reference Stop an Oracle Video Server instance Select the video server folder and click the Shutdown button in the detail pane.
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 View the status and contents of MDS volumes Select the MDS Volumes folder in the navigator tree Refer to “mdsdir” and “mdsvolstat” in the OVS Administrator’s Guide and Command Reference View the status and contents of MDS disks
Video Server Manager Task Reference Table 4–3 Managing Oracle Video Server Services (Cont.
Video Server Manager Task Reference Table 4–4 Managing OVS Content Task Register content with the Oracle Media Data Store (MDS) and database VSM Action Click Register Content Create clips Click Create Clip View or modify a clip Select the clip title in the navigator tree and click Modify Rename a clip title Select the clip title in the navigator tree and click Modify Remove a clip Select the clip title in the navigator tree and click Delete Create logical content Click Create Logical Content View o
Video Server Manager Task Reference Table 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 Administrator's Guide and Command Reference for information on how to start and stop these services.
Video Server Manager Task Reference 4-8 Getting Started with Oracle Video Server Manager
Index A 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 B broadcast programs creating, 4-7 modifying, 4-7 removing, 4-7 content defined, 1-6 loading, 4-4 registering, 4-4 conventions command, viii platform, viii copying MDS files, 4-4 creating shortcuts, 2-5 D defragmenting an MDS volume, 4-4 deleting MDS files, 4-4 desktop.
I installing Video Server Manager, 2-2 J Java Runtime Environment, 2-4 L loading content, 4-4 logical content creating, 4-6 defined, 1-6 modifying, 4-6 removing, 4-6 M 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 N navigator tree creating split views, 3-6 described, 3-5 to 3-7 how to navigate, 3-6 removing split vi
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 tables, 3-7 switching managed video server, 4-2 system requirements, 2-2 MDS files, 4-4 MDS volumes, 4-4 OVS services, 4-3 specific client, 4-3 volumes.
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