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XMS Configuration Guide
Propagating Assets to Other Xmedia Servers
Propagation and distributed work orders
Work orders are mechanisms within the Vertigo Suite for requesting the creation and
addition of assets to the system (figure
17-13
). Within a work order job, a placeholder can
be created for an image or clip. A placeholder is an empty asset that serves as a temporary
proxy for an image or clip that will be replaced later by completing the associated work order
job (see
“Work Order Workflow Configuration” on page 10-1
for more information).
Figure 17-13. A work order is a mechanism for requesting and tracking the creation of required assets
A system that is
not
setup up for propagation, manages and stores its work orders only on
the server on which it was created. When propagation is setup however, and the work order
is created on a recipient server (spoke), a
distributed work order
is created and used so
that the work order request exists simultaneously on both the propagation (hub) and
recipient (spoke) servers allowing the hub server to fulfill the work order by propagating
assets to the spoke.
The following sections provide information and instructions for setting up a hub and spoke
propagation configuration for the sole purposes of using distributed work orders:
•
“Distributed work order concepts and behaviors” on page 17-15
•
“Setting up a hub and spoke server for distributed work orders” on page 17-16
•
“Using distributed work orders” on page 17-20