VBrick Systems V4.4.3 manual Adding Publishing Points to a VOD-WM Server

WM Publishing	Name	The publishing point on the VOD-WM (default = VBP)
Points		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	Path to user-created FTP directory. See Creating a VOD-WM
	Directory	FTP Server.
	Low Space	Optional. Default = 20 MB. If the available disk space on this
	Threshold	publishing point is less than the specified value, the
		publishing point with the largest amount of free space will be
		used.
	Free Space	Optional. This option automatically calculates the free space
		(in GB) available on disk when you add a new publishing
		point or refresh the publishing point list. This feature can
		consume server resources and is disabled by default. To
		enable (or disable) this option (on VOD-WM servers or File
		Servers), go to <install_dir>\program files\VBrick\MCS\utils,
		run EnableQueryDiskSpace.reg or DisableQueryDiskSpace.reg
		respectively, and reboot the server when done.

Adding Publishing Points to a VOD-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.

TTo add a publishing point:

1.Create an FTP server on the WM server. See Creating a VOD-WM FTP Server on page 38.

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.

36 © 2009 VBrick Systems, Inc.