Preface

This guide gives you the basic procedural information necessary to operate the Oracle Video Server (OVS). Before you begin, read the Oracle Video Server System Tour for a general overview of the OVS.

This preface discusses:

How this Guide is Organized

This guide is divided into the following chapters:

Chapter 1, "Tasks of the Oracle Video Server Administrator" outlines the tasks required to administer the OVS.

Chapter 2, "System Planning for the Oracle Video Server" covers the decisions you must make before you begin an installation of the OVS.

Chapter 3, "Operating the Oracle Video Server" describes the start-up procedures for the OVS.

Chapter 4, "Preparing and Loading Content" describes the operations needed to prepare multimedia content for playback.

Chapter 5, "Oracle Media Data Store Tasks and Procedures" explains how to maintain and expand the Oracle Media Data Store (MDS), the OVS's real-time disk system.

Chapter 6, "Monitoring the Oracle Video Server" describes how to run utilities and examine log files to monitor the OVS software.

Chapter 7, "Oracle Video Server Components Reference" describes the start-up components and gives examples of their use when using the OVS in the corporate LAN environment.

System-Specific Information

Information in this guide generally applies to all UNIX systems unless a specific attribution in given. Details particular to one system are noted in the text of this guide.

Conventions Used in This Manual

Table 1 defines the typographical conventions used in this guide.

Table 1: Conventions

Convention	Explanation
bold	Identifies filenames, command names, and system variables when discussed in the normal text.
italics	Identifies new terms and system variables when discussed in the normal text.
constant width	Identifies command syntax and system output.
constant bold	Highlights parts of command syntax or output specific to the discussion about that command or output.
constant italic	Identifies variables in examples for which a context-specific substitution should be made. For example, the variable filename would be replaced by an actual filename.
[ ] [a\|b]	Identifies optional items. Identifies a choice of optional items, each separated by a vertical bar (\|); any one option can be specified. In this example you may select either a or b, but not both.
{a\|b}	Identifies a choice of mandatory items, each separated by a vertical bar (\|). In this example you must select either a or b.
%	Identifies the C-shell prompt and is used in examples.
#	Identifies the prompt for the user root (also referred to as the superuser).
$	Identifies environment variables.
...	Indicates that the preceding item can be repeated any number of times.
(online only)	Denotes a document available only in HTML or Adobe Acrobat format.

Example Conventions

This guide shows example commands in this font:

% mdscopy /mds/video/oracle1.mpg /mds/online_video/oracle1.mpg

For an example command that is longer than a single line, a backslash (\) appears at the end of a line to indicate the command continues on the next:

% mdstar -c -b 128 -f /gfs/dev/scsi/rst053 \ 

/mds/video/oracle2.mpg /mds/video_archive/oracle2.mpg

Note

Do not enter the backslash on your command line. It is used only here as a typographic convention.

Operating System Conventions

This guide uses commands from UNIX C-shell. In the text of this guide, UNIX keywords appear in boldface and UNIX parameters appear in italics.

Related Documents

Refer to the Oracle Video Server Documentation Roadmap for a description of all OVS documentation.

Oracle Video Server Online Documentation

The OVS documentation includes online documentation in the form of HTML and Adobe Acrobat pdf files. For information on installing and viewing the OVS online documentation, refer to the section Installing the Online Documentation of Chapter 5, "Oracle Video Server Post-Installation Tasks" in the Oracle Video Server Installation Guide for your server platform.

Audience Requirements

This document is for database administrators and others responsible for installing Oracle products on UNIX operating systems. While command examples are provided, this document does not attempt to teach Oracle or UNIX system administration.

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