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Sun MediaCenter Server Administrator’s Guide • December 1997

6. Run:

build_oid

(with no arguments).

This program maps names in Sun MediaCenter server MIB to new OIDs.

7. (Optional) Copy your

$SNMHOME/discover.conf

file to

/etc/opt/SUNWconn/

snm

. In the

MAPPINGS

section of this copy, add the line:

In addition to modifying

discover.conf

, set the environment variable

SNMDISCOVERMAP

to the directory where

discover.conf

is located.

This step enables the Discover tool to find a Sun MediaCenter server and to identify
that machine correctly as a Sun MediaCenter server. This is a convenience to you but
is not required for the effective management of a Sun MediaCenter server.

8. Save your Management Database then restart the Console, using

snm -i.

The

-i

option recreates your SNM database, including the new, video server schema

file. Take the precautions described in the SNM documentation before entering this
command.

Caution –

It is critical that you save you save your Management Database before

invoking

snm

with the

-i

option.

9. In Console window, obtain the Properties sheet for a Sun MediaCenter server,

available through the server icon’s pulldown menu.

This step presumes you have run Discover or manually added the Sun MediaCenter
server to your database.

10. In the Properties sheet, select the media server agent,

sms_vod

, and select Apply.

11. In the server icon’s pulldown menu, select Change Type. In the Change Type

window, select

sms1000

.

In the Console window, the icon for the selected machine changes to an

sms1000

icon.

You now can use SNM to manage one or more Sun MediaCenter servers.

media component.sms1000