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Media collector status, Hp media collector troubleshooting, Media collector status 98 – HP X500 Data Vault User Manual

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HP Data Vault User's Guide

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1. At the PC, double-click the Windows Home Server icon

in the system tray and log on.

At the Mac, select Launch Home Server Console from the Server menu .

2. Click Media and then HP Media Collector in the left menu.

3. View the following information.

ƒ Client Name—The name of the computer where media is being collected.

ƒ Connection Status—The status will be Connected if the server can find the computer on

the network.

ƒ Files Copied—The number of files that have been copied to the server. Click Files

Copied to view details. Media Collector keeps track of all of the files that have been
copied to the server. Click the Close button in the upper right corner to return to the
status page.

ƒ Files Pending—The number of files that are waiting to be copied to the server.

ƒ Files Not Needed—The number of files that were ignored by Media Collector and not

copied to the server. Click Files Not Needed to view details. Select a file in the list to
view the reason it was not copied to the server. Click the Close button in the upper right
corner to return to the status page.

4. Click Reset Database to clear the counts and history for Files Copied, Files Pending, and Files

Not Needed and restart at zero.

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HP Media Collector is used by the HP Data Vault to copy music, photos, and videos of users that
have accounts on the HP Data Vault.

There are some common causes for the HP Media Collector to appear not to work.

In this article...

No Music, Photos, or Videos are Being Collected

The Server may not have refreshed yet

Media Type is not Enabled for Collection

Home Computer is not Included as a Scanned Computer

No Music, Photos, or Videos are Being Collected

The aggregation application may not be accessing the desired media files on the client computer

The server may be down or unreachable

Services may not be running on the client computer

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