Managed Files - Users Guide. SelenioFlex File. Version

The SFX-File Manager keeps track of the files it needs in order to monitor watch folders and assign tasks.

To see a complete list of all of the files that are being managed by the Server, click on the Managed Files tab. If the tab is not showing you can right click on the tabs bar and show the tab, or choose Manager >

Managed Files from the main menu.

You can edit, delete and add files and folders using this window.

Alerts

All SFX-File Manager activity is automatically logged, stored in theSFX-Filedatabase for 35 days, and shown on the Alerts tab.

Note that Alerts are considered to be "temporary" data, and you cannot store them for more than 35 days. However, if you want to decrease the number of days that Alerts are stored before being purged, you can use the main menu to select Manager > Options, and on the Manager Prefs tab you can enter the number of days you want to store data for before it is purged. (This setting also affects how long Transcode Task information is stored before being purged.)

You can use the Alerts functions to set up recognized activities into categories, and to set up rules that define which person should be emailed a message each time the activities in a selected category have occurred.

On the Alerts tab, click the Categories button, then on the Alert Categories window click on the New button. This will open the Edit Category window.

Give the category a name, and then choose the types of events you want to be in this category from the Available Alert Types list, and use the ">" button to move them to the Selected Alert Types. Then click the Save button to create your new category.

Once you have created a category, you can set up message rules to send an email to a designated person whenever an event in that category is detected.

To use the email notification feature, you must setup the email server that will be used, and set up email addresses. Click on the Servers button, and then enter in your email server information. Save the email server information.

Return to the Alerts tab, click on the Address Book button and enter the email addresses you would like to use when you send out notifications.

Return to the Alerts tab and click on the Rules button. Use this to set messaging rules to assign which people in your address book will receive notification of which categories of alerts. To create a new messaging rule, click on the New button.

Give the messaging rule a name. On the Filter tab you will see a list of all of the alerts categories you created previously. Pick the ones that you want to use for this messaging rule. On the Notify tab you will see a list of all of the email addresses you previously added to your Address Book. Pick the Addresses that you want to use when messages are sent. Once you have saved the new rule, emails will be sent out to the appropriate people based on the settings.

As you use SFX-File, alerts will be generated, and items will be entered into the database whether or not they are emailed to an individual using a messaging rule. You can filter the alerts that are displayed using the criteria at the top of the window.

You may also see a "Bulk Alert" displayed in the Alerts list. This type of alert will be generated if the same alert is generated over and over. Instead of displaying (and emailing) the same alert repeatedly, the individual alerts will be accumulated into a bulk alert, and displayed (or sent) after 10 minutes and then every 30 minutes after that if the alert keeps repeating.

If you highlight an item in the Alerts list, then additional information about that alert will be displayed in the bottom panel of the window, including a record of whom the alert was emailed to (if it was selected in a messaging rule).

As with all tables displayed in the Console, you can export the items shown in the Alerts table by right clicking on the column headings and choosing Export. Alternatively, you can click on the Export button found above and to the right of the table.

Licenses

The Licenses tab shows you the licensed features that are managed by the Imagine Communications License Server, including the SFX-File features and the Zenium Resource features. It will not show you the licenses that are used by a Stream Engine.

Schedule

The Schedule tab is not shown by default. To show this tab right click in the tabs bar, unlock the tab bar if it is locked, and select the Schedule option.

Click the New button to create a new scheduled task, or pick an existing task and click the Edit button to modify an existing task. There are 3 types of tasks that you can schedule.

• Reboot Host: schedule a resource to reboot for maintenance purposes, for example after a software update or after applying a new Stream license key

• Run Project: schedule a project to run (this is normally only used for live encoding, but can also be used to schedule a transcode task)

• Configure Resource: Allows you to bring the resource Online or Offline on a schedule, and optionally to change which group the resource is assigned to.

For example, you may want to bring a resource (or a group of resources, as selected on the Targets tab) offline, then move the resources to another group, and then bring the resources back online in the new group. This will allow you to assign more resources to a particular project on a managed basis.

Each task has a Task Name, a Description and an "Auto Purge" option. Normally you will leave the scheduled task's "Auto Purge" option selected. This will automatically delete the task schedule from the database 10 days after it has completed. Note that this will not delete the record of the completed Job, or other recorded task information from the database.

Targets: This tab provides options to choose what to do if the targeted resource is busy.

Task: This tab allows you to enter information specific to the type of task you selected.

Schedule: This tab allows you to set when the task takes place (time/date, once, repeatedly, etc.).

Scripts: If you enabled the Scripting option, then you will be able to provide a script that will run before or after a scheduled task.

On the main interface’s Schedule tab, all scheduled tasks will be shown. If a task is in progress, you will have a Pause button to allow you to temporarily suspend the task. If the task is currently paused, then you will see a Resume button. You can also delete tasks you no longer need.

If you click on a task, you will see a list of Selected Task Events in the lower pane. This log shows you a record of the task, and any messages associated with the task (e.g., Success, Missed allowable run window, etc.). As with all lists, you can right click on the column header and export the list as a CSV file.

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