VBrick Systems Portal Server ETV v4.2.1, Admin Manual

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Adding Publishing Points to a WM Server
In a typical scenario, first you configure the publishing point on the Windows Media server,
then you configure the publishing point on the Portal Server with matching values. Additional
publishing points are required to make content available when you add disk space to a
Windows Media server. As shown on the previous window, a Windows Media Server
supports multiple publishing points.
In this context, publishing points are used to discover your
content via FTP. Use the following steps, in the order shown , to create a new publishing
point. Note that as explained below, you must create a virtual FTP directory in IIS for each
publishing point on the WM Server.
T
To add a publishing point:
1. Create an FTP server on the WM server. See Creating a VOD-WM FTP Server on
page 33.
2. Create a publishing point on the WM Server.
a. Go to
Start > Administrative Tools > Windows Media Services
.
b. Right-click on the server_name and select
Add Publishing Point (Wizard)
.
c. Add a meaningful publishing point name and click Next.
d. Select
Files (digital media or playlists) in a directory
and click Next.
e. Select
On-demand publishing point
and click Next.
f. Specify the location of your content, for example
d:\WMPub\WMRoot
and click Next.
g. Skip through the remaining steps and click
Finish
when done.
3. To create a virtual directory on the WM server for this publishing point:
a. Go to
Start > Administrative Tools > Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager
.
b. Navigate to the Default FTP Website. Right-click and select
New > Virtual Directory
.
c. For
Alias
, use the Publishing Point name from Step 3 above and click Next.
d. Enter the path to the content directory for this FTP site and click Next.
e. Allow
Read
and
Write
permissions and click Next.
f. Click
Finish
when done.
4. In the Portal Server, configure the publishing point
Name
,
Source
, and
FTP Directory
to
match the values you used for the publishing point on the Windows Media server.
WM Publishing
Points Name The publishing point on the VOD-WM (default = VBP) server
where content will be accessed and managed by the ETV
Portal Server.
Note: this setting must correspond to an existing,
valid publishing point on the server.
Source Local path to the publishing point. Default =
d:/wmpub/
WMRoot
. Do not change for first publishing point.
FTP
Directory Path to user-created FTP directory. See Creating a VOD-WM
FTP Server.
Low Space
Threshold Default = 20 MB. If the available disk space on this publishing
point is less than the specified value, the publishing point with
the largest amount of free space will be used.
Free Space The free space (in GB) available on disk is automatically
recalculated when you add a new publishing point or refresh
the publishing point list.