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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.
T To 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.
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
Optional. 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 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.