VBrick Systems V4.4.3 manual NXG-to-VOD-W Content Migration, Creating an Asset List

Chapter 13

NXG-to-VOD-W Content Migration

Topics in this section

Creating an Asset List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185

Using the Migration Tool. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186

Verifying the Migration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189

This chapter explains how to migrate MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 video files from a VBrick NXG (Linux) VOD server to a VBrick VOD-W (Windows) VOD server. This migration is a two- step process:

TTo migrate NXG files

1.First run the Linux script VBListAssets.sh on the NXG VOD server to create an asset list that identifies all video files present on the server.

2.Then run the migration tool to replicate these files on the VOD-W server.

Creating an Asset List

Use the steps listed below to run a script that will create an asset list (see Sample Asset List) of all video files on the NXG server. The script requires that the following files be FTPed to the NXG server. These files are located in the Portal Server utilities folder at: C:\Program

Files\Vbrick\MCS\utils\NXGtoVODWMigrationTools

VBListAssets.awk

VBListAssets.sh

TTo FTP the files and run the script:

1.Open a Command Prompt on your PC and change directories to the folder with the files listed above.

FTP <NXG_ip_address>

2.Login as user = vbrickuser; password = vbrickuser ftp> bin to transfer the files in binary mode.

ftp> mput VBL* to transfer the script to the server. When prompted, answer y to allow the file transfer.

ftp> quit to exit FTP.

3.Telnet to the NXG server to run the script.

telnet <NXG_ip_address>

4.Login as user = vbrickuser; password = vbrickuser

chmod 777 VBL* to make the script files executable (FTP will not do this).

./VBListAssets.sh to run the script.

5.Wait approximately two minutes until the script completes. When prompted for password, type the root password (default = omnibase) and press Enter. The file nxg_asset_list will be created in the current directory. The script should not generate any output. If it does, note the output for analysis by VBrick Support Services.

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