Pearl Mini User Guide
Reassign a registered resource
Reassign a registered resource
Every encoder you register with Kaltura has a unique resource name. To swap out one Pearl Mini with
another one, you can simply reassign the existing Pearl Mini resource name to the replacement Pearl
Mini.
Assigning Pearl Mini the same resource name when you register the encoder transfers all the existing
schedules and recordings over to the replacement Pearl Mini. When a resource tries to register using the
same name as another device, a warning message appears and you're asked whether or not you want to
take over from the other resource.
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If there's only one other registered resource with that name, you're prompted to choose whether
or not to take over the events for that other resource. If you do take them over, Kaltura transfers all
scheduled events from that other device.
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If more than two other resources are already registered with the same resource name in Kaltura,
registration fails. You're prompted to choose a different resource name and to try registering Pearl
Mini again.
This works well when you want to change the encoder in a room but retain all the existing schedules and
recordings that are associated with the encoder for that room.
Alternatively, you can avoid having to register the replacement Pearl Mini with Kaltura. If you apply a
configuration preset to set up the replacement Pearl Mini with the settings from the currently registered
Pearl Mini, the replacement Pearl Mini assumes the identity of the registered resource. For more
information about configuration presets, see
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Using a configuration preset can result in two Pearl Mini resources with the same identity,
which can effect recording and the content that's uploaded to Kaltura for scheduled events.
Power down, disconnect from the network, and consider performing a factory reset on one of
the Pearl Mini resources to remove the possibility of having duplicate resources.
If you've performed a factory reset that resulted in an orphaned Kaltura resource registration, you can
perform this procedure to reregister your Pearl Mini using the same resource name to take over the
resource instance that is still registered in Kaltura.
Before you begin, you should already have:
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A Kaltura instance created
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Access to the Kaltura Management Console (KMC)
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Your Kaltura partner ID
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Your Kaltura administrator secret
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