XMS Configuration Guide
17-7
Propagating Assets to Other Xmedia Servers
Setting up propagable categories and recipient associations
For an asset to be propagated by automatic propagation, it has to be placed in a propagable
category on the propagation server. A category on a propagation server becomes
propagable when it is associated with a recipient server on the Xmedia Server Control
Panel’s
P
ROPAGATION
C
ATEGORIES
page. A category can be set to propagate its assets to
a specific recipient server, a selection of recipient servers, to all of the recipient servers, or
to none of the recipient servers.
A recommended propagation configuration is to have one common or global category,
which propagates to all available recipient servers, and separate categories to propagate to
individual recipient servers. For example, a network with three (3) stations might consider
creating a
C
OMMON
category within the
I
MAGES
root category that would be set to propagate
to all three stations. Three (3) additional categories, one for each station, would also exist
under the root category with each one propagating to one of the stations.
N
O T E
Before proceeding, we recommend that you consult
page 17-2
to learn more about the
concepts and behaviors regarding the propagation of category assets.
To set categories on the propagation server to automatically propagate assets to the
recipient servers:
1.
Open the propagation server’s Xmedia Server Control Panel and select the Propagation tab.
2.
Select
C
ATEGORIES
from the
P
ROPAGATION
O
PTIONS
drop-down list.
3.
Click on one of the asset categories displayed in the
C
ATEGORIES
column (left), which
displays a list of asset categories that are stored on the propagation server. As a result,
the
P
ROPAGATION
L
OCATIONS
column (right) is populated with the recipient servers that
are associated with the propagation server (figure
17-5
).
Figure 17-5. Categories to Propagation Locations