Harmonic MirrorTool 2.0 User guide

Brand: Harmonic

Model: MirrorTool 2.0

Category: Backup recovery software

Type: User guide

MirrorTool™ Version 2.0

Omneon MediaTools

User’s Guide

Omneon Video Networks™• MirrorTool User’s Guide • Version 2.0

Part Number 28-0101, Rev 2.0. October 2006.

Software Release

MirrorTool Version 2.0.

Notice

Information contained in this guide is subject to change without notice or obligation. While every effort

has been made to ensure that the information is accurate as of the publication date, Omneon Video

Networks, Inc. assumes no liability for errors or omissions. In addition, Omneon Video Networks, Inc.

assumes no responsibility for damages resulting from the use of this guide.

Company Address

Omneon Video Networks

965 Stewart Drive

Sunnyvale, CA 94085-3913

 Business Office: +1 (866) 861-5690

 Fax (Business Office): +1 (408) 585-5099

 Technical Support: +1 (408) 585-5200

 Fax (Sales and Technical Support): +1 (408) 585-5090

 Web Site: www.Omneon.com

 E-mail (Sales): sales@Omneon.com · Email (Support): su[email protected]

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Contents

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

About MirrorTool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

New in this Release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Technical Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Installing MirrorTool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

System Compatibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

What Gets Installed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

MirrorTool Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

About the FTP Client and Character Set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

MirrorTool Licensing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Using MirrorTool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

User Interface and Menu Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Main Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Menu Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Configuration Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Transfer Queue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

User Review List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

File Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Setup Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Help Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Launching and Using MirrorTool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Setting up Mirror Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Using a MediaGrid as the Main or Backup Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Using a PC as the Main or Backup Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Assigning the Main and Backup Servers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Selecting the Directories to Mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Setting the Deletion, Rename and Startup Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Scheduling Mirror Times . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Setting the Mirroring Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

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Synchronizing Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Prescanning Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Saving and Reusing Previous Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Monitoring Clip Transfers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Transfer Queue Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Viewing Clip Details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Reviewing Clips Before Transfer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Viewing Mirror Logs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

User’s Guide 1

Introduction

About MirrorTool

Omneon

MediaTools

are low cost, easy-to-use utilities, designed to ensure greater

operability for broadcast customers. Each

MediaTool

is tightly integrated with the

Omneon

Spectrum™

System, and each runs on Windows® platforms.

The MirrorTool

™

application is used to ensure that key material on your main Omneon

server is always protected, providing automatic back up of your clips to another Omneon

server or even a PC.

Once installed and set up, MirrorTool runs essentially unattended in the background,

synchronizing the contents on your designated Main and Backup servers.

You can use MirrorTool to schedule distinct levels of content mirroring:

•Mirror in one direction: Copy clips from your main server to a backup server. You

can also set MirrorTool to automatically copy content to a backup server as soon as

the new content is recorded onto the main server.

•Mirror in both directions: In addition to copying new clips from the main server

to a backup server, copy any new material appearing on a backup server to the main

server, ensuring that the content on both servers always matches.

•Mirror manually: You also have the option to control when mirroring occurs

instead of setting specific times.

•Customized filtering: Filter mirroring operations by file name, media type,

duration, size, creation date and modification date.

NOTE: MirrorTool operations may affect system performance and the performance of other

applications that are currently running. It is recommended that you take advantage of

MirrorTool’s scheduling features and schedule mirror operations accordingly.

The document provides installation and operating instructions in the following sections:

•Installing MirrorTool

•Using MirrorTool

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New in this Release

This release of the software includes the following enhancements:

• Mirroring between additional devices

MirrorTool 2.0 provides the flexibility to mirror content between the following:

MediaDirector and MediaGrid

MediaDirector and ContentBridge

MediaDirector and PC

ContentBridge and ContentBridge

ContentBridge and PC

PC and PC

• Customized filtering

Filter mirroring operations by file name, media type, duration, size, creation date and

modification date.

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Introduction

Technical Support

Omneon Video Networks provides many ways for you to obtain technical and operational

support. In addition to contacting your Distributor, System Integrator, or Omneon Account

Manager, you can contact the Technical Services department using the Internet, E-mail, phone, or

fax.

For support in the Americas:

• +1.888.OVN.SPT1 (1+.888.686.7781) or +1.408.585.5200

• Fax Number: 408.585.5090

• E-mail: [email protected]

• http://www.omneon.com or support.omneon.com

• ftp://support.omneon.com

For support in Europe, Middle East and Africa:

• Telephone: +44 1256 347 401

• E-mail: [email protected]

• Fax Number: +44 (0) 1344 408 202

• http://www.omneon.com or support.omneon.com

For support in Asia Pacific:

• Telephone: +65 6548 0500

• E-mail: [email protected]

• Fax Number (APAC): +65.6548.0504

• http://www.omneon.com or support.omneon.com

For support in Japan:

• Telephone: +03.5488.7425

• E-mail: [email protected]

• Fax Number (Japan): +81.3.5488.7433

• http://www.omneon.com or support.omneon.com

Company Address

Omneon Video Networks

965 Stewart Drive

Sunnyvale, CA 94085-3913

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User’s Guide 5

Installing MirrorTool

This section provides information about installing MirrorTool. The following topics are

covered:

•System Requirements

•System Compatibility

•What Gets Installed

•MirrorTool Installation

•MirrorTool Licensing

IMPORTANT: The MediaGrid File System Driver for Windows must be installed on your

client PC to use MirrorTool with the MediaGrid system. See the Omneon MediaGrid

Installation and Configuration Guide for installation instructions.

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System Requirements

Prior to installing MirrorTool, your PC must conform to the following minimum requirements,

and must be connected by Ethernet to your facility’s LAN:

• Pentium 4 or equivalent CPU

• 256 megabytes (MB) of RAM

•20GB hard drive

• At least 3 Megabytes of free disk space

•Windows XP

• Display resolution should be set to 1152 x 864 minimum

• 100 BaseT (Gigabit Ethernet recommended)

You should also turn off Windows Firewall (Menu > Control Panel > Security Center >

Windows Firewall) when using MirrorTool.

System Compatibility

MirrorTool 2.0 is compatible with Omneon Spectrum System software v4.5SR2 (Service Release

2) and v4.6 Releases. You must install the MediaGrid File System Driver for Windows on your

client PC and Omneon Spectrum System software v4.6 to use MirrorTool with the MediaGrid

system. See the Omneon MediaGrid Installation and Configuration Guide for instructions.

What Gets Installed

The application consists of the main MirrorTool executable plus a pdf file of this guide.

MirrorTool Installation

Use the following steps to install MirrorTool on your PC. You will also need to select an

appropriate character set as detailed in About the FTP Client and Character Set.

1It is also highly recommended that you exit all Windows programs at this point.

2If you have not already done so, open the MirrorTool.zip folder that you downloaded

from the Omneon support Web site, and extract the files using the password provided by

Technical Support. Contact Technical Support for assistance.

3Locate the MirrorTool executable file icon from the MirrorTool.zip folder.

4Double-click the MirrorTool icon to begin the installation.

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Installing MirrorTool

5Click Next and then follow the installation steps to install MirrorTool.

This completes the MirrorTool installation procedure. Refer to Using MirrorTool to begin using

the application.

About the FTP Client and Character Set

MirrorTool must parse and modify text in QuickTime .mov files. Since QuickTime .mov files

do not support Unicode, the correct character set must be selected for QuickTime using the

System

Manager

application so both MirrorTool and the

MediaDirector

work properly. Select

the ANSI character set appropriate to the version of Windows that MirrorTool is running from

the following site:

http://www.microsoft.com/globaldev/nlsweb

NOTE: If English is the only language used in your facility, the default UTF-8 character set should be

used.

MirrorTool Licensing

A license file (provided by Omneon) supplies the licenses for the MirrorTool components. This

file is installed on the “license server” computer.

One license is required for each instance of MirrorTool that is in use. These are “floating licenses”

so any connected computer can run the application, until the total number of purchased (and

licensed) copies are active.

For example: If you have purchased four MirrorTool licenses and you have installed the product

on 20 computers, you can run up to four instances of MirrorTool at any one time. The remaining

16 installations cannot run the tool until one of the first four exits.

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A variety of dialogs may appear at startup time if the application encounters licensing issues (for

example, the license server is down, the license file cannot be found, all licenses are used, etc.). The

figure below shows examples of some of the possible messages you may encounter.

Follow the directions in these dialogs and/or contact your Network Administrator as required to

resolve any issues that arise. Contact Omneon Sales to purchase additional licenses.

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Using MirrorTool

This section covers the operation of the Omneon MirrorTool application. Refer to the

Introduction for an overview of the MirrorTool features. Choose from the following

topics:

•User Interface and Menu Overview

An introduction to the MirrorTool Main application window and a description of

each menu and its commands.

•Launching and Using MirrorTool

Detailed instructions on setting up and scheduling mirror operations.

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User Interface and Menu Overview

This section describes the MirrorTool Main window, and provides an overview of each menu and

its options. The following topics are covered:

•Main Window

•File Menu

•Setup Menu

•Help Menu

Main Window

The MirrorTool Main window provides a central control panel for transferring, or mirroring, files

between servers. The figure below shows a sample Main window.

TIP: Adjust the pane widths if the Main window or any of the panes do not quite fit.

Following are descriptions of each section above.

Menu Bar

The Menu Bar provides menus for File, Setup, and Help, which are used to operate the

MirrorTool application. Refer to File Menu, Setup Menu and Help Menu for complete details.

Menu Bar

Transfer Queue User Review List

Configuration

Panel

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Using MirrorTool

Configuration Panel

The Configuration Panel displays all necessary information about the main and backup servers,

and is where you select the servers and their directories to mirror.

•Direction

The direction in which to synchronize. Choose Unidirectional to copy content from your

main server to a backup server. Choose Bidirectional to copy any new material appearing

on a backup server to the main server, and vice versa.

•Server Type

Choose the types of devices that will be used for mirroring from the available list. Refer to

Setting up Mirror Operations for instructions.

•Main Server

Enter the IP address or host name for the device used as the main

server

. Click the

drop-down arrow to display the last five IP addresses entered. If the main server is a

ContentBridge and the backup server is another ContentBridge or a PC, you must also

enter the IP address or host name of the ContentBridge within the MediaGrid system.

Contact your network administrator for the IP addresses/host names.

NOTE: The top level PC directory must be shared and specified in MirrorTool whenever a PC is

used as the Main or Backup server. All folders involved in mirroring must reside within this

directory. Also, when mirroring between two PCs, the top shared directory must be named the

same on both PCs and must be entered in the PC Directory Name field on the MirrorTool Settings

screen. Refer to Using a PC as the Main or Backup Server for more information.

•Backup Server

Enter the IP address or host name for the device used as the backup server. Click the

drop-down arrow to display the last five IP addresses entered. If the backup server is a

ContentBridge and the main server is another ContentBridge or a PC, you must also enter

the IP address or host name of the ContentBridge within the MediaGrid system. Contact

your network administrator for the IP addresses/host names.

•Watch Paths

This is where the servers’ directories are shown. For unidirectional mirroring, the same

directory is automatically selected on the backup server. For bidirectional mirroring, you

must select the same directory on both servers. Select the check box next to the directory

you want to mirror.

• Select Subdirectories

Click this option to automatically select all directories and subdirectories when you select

a directory. Or, leave this option clear to select and deselect individual directories and

subdirectories. A check mark is placed next to each directory and subdirectory that you

select.

NOTE: A bold but unchecked directory contains checked subdirectories. Refer to Selecting the

Directories to Mirror for more information.

• Clear Selected button

Click Clear Selected to remove the check marks from any currently selected directories.

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•Refresh button

Click Refresh to update the Main and/or Backup Server windows. If you have added,

deleted or reorganized your directories, Refresh updates the windows to their current state.

Refresh has no effect on currently selected directories.

•Prescan button

Refer to Prescanning Files for details.

•Synchronize button

Refer to Synchronizing Files for details.

Transfer Queue

The Transfer Queue shows the clips that are currently being transferred, overwritten, deleted or

renamed, and clips that are queued for transfer. Refer to Monitoring Clip Transfers for more

information about the available options.

User Review List

If you choose to authorize certain clip transfers or deletion of clips on the Settings screen, these

clips are placed in the User Review List prior to their transfer. Refer to Reviewing Clips

Before Transfer for more information.

File Menu

• Click Load Configuration File to use the preferences from a saved configuration file for

a new mirror operation.

• Click Save Configuration File As to save and store the current mirroring settings for

future mirror operations.

• Click Save Configuration File to replace an existing configuration file.

Refer to Saving and Reusing Previous Settings for more information.

• Click Exit to close the MirrorTool program. Select Stop Synchronization at the bottom

of the Configuration Panel before closing MirrorTool if it is currently transferring clips.

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Using MirrorTool

Setup Menu

•Change Login: Select Change Login to update the user name and password information

for both a MediaGrid and a ContentBridge/FTP server on a PC.

MediaGrid: The user name and password are required for mirroring when the Main

or Backup server is a MediaGrid or ContentBridge. This is the user name and

password of the entire MediaGrid system.

NOTE: Contact your network administrator for the user names and passwords.

ContentBridge/FTP Server on PC: The user name and password are required

when the Main or Backup server is a ContentBridge or a PC. This is the user name

and password used for the ContentBridge and the FTP server on the PC, which must

be the same for this type of mirroring.

•Settings: Select Settings to schedule mirror times, and to set copy, deletion and rename

options. Refer to Setting the Deletion, Rename and Startup Options for more

information.

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•Filter: Select Filter to filter files during mirror operations based on criteria that you set.

Filtering can be customized using one or more of the following options:

Case Sensitive: Limit filtering based on uppercase and lowercase letters in the file

name.

To include or exclude file names containing certain words during mirroring

operations, type one or more words in the field you wish to use. Separate words using

a space, comma, semicolon or colon.

Media Type: Specify the media type to filter (Everything, MPEG, DV, Data, Audio

Only). Everything comprises all media types, including those not shown in the Media

Type dialog.

Duration: Filter by clip length.

Size: Filter by the total size of all the files mirrored (Bytes, KBytes, MBytes, GBytes).

Creation Date and Modification Date: Specify a range in which a file was created

or modified. If the creation date and the modification date are today, the Pick up all

newly created clips check box is activated. This is useful when MirrorTool is

running for more than a day. All new clips are picked up while polling as well as in all

event-driven operations.

If the creation date or modification date is before today, all events are ignored even

if the scheduling is event-driven. If a source or target file is modified, it will be filtered

out only when both files do not match the criteria.

NOTE: Files that only exist on the backup server are not filtered when polling.

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Using MirrorTool

• Select Licensing to display the License Information, which lists the IP address (or host

name) of the licensing server to which your PC is connected.

•The License Server field is automatically filled in, based on your license server entry

information at the time of MirrorTool startup. If you wish to reset the license server IP

address (for example, if the license server changes), click Reset Server Setting and enter

the new IP address or host name, or clear the current license server and close the dialog.

MirrorTool will request a new license server IP address or host name the next time you

start the application.

Help Menu

• Click Show Help to open the PDF version of the user’s guide (this guide).

• Click About MirrorTool to show the version, date and copyright information for

MirrorTool.

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Launching and Using MirrorTool

This section provides instructions on starting MirrorTool and scheduling mirror operations.

Ensure that the PC on which the MirrorTool application is installed is connected by Ethernet to

the servers involved in mirror operations.

A MirrorTool icon is placed on your desktop during installation of the program. Use the following

steps to operate MirrorTool for the first time. To use MirrorTool after first-time setup, just

double-click the desktop icon.

IMPORTANT: The MirrorTool application must be running for clip transfers to occur.

1Double-click the MirrorTool icon.

2Click Specify the License Server, and then click Next.

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