Grass Valley Xmedia Server Vertigo Suite v.5.0 - Manual (Page 190)

XMS Configuration Guide 16-5
Controlling the XMS service
Controlling the DataServer
The C ONTROL THE D ATA S ERVER setting that appears among the S ERVICE O PTIONS on the
Xmedia Server Control Panel’s Service control page (figure 16-3 ) must be enabled when
the Xmedia Server is being configured for replication (see page 6-1 for more information
about replication).
Figure 16-3. The Control the Data Server setting
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The Data Server manages data coming from various feeds, provides live updates of data
values when requested and distributes the data out to the appropriate recipients.
Enabling the C ONTROL THE D ATA S ERVER setting ensures the Data Server remains paired
with the Xmedia Server at all times in a replication environment. The objective in the
replication environment is to keep the server’s two components, the XMS and the Data
Server, together. As a result of enabling this setting, the Xmedia Server becomes the
master server to a Data Server and therefore is replicated as well.
Figure 16-4 demonstrates that once the C ONTROL THE D ATA S ERVER setting is enabled, the
following changes are applied to the Data Server Control Panel’s S ERVICE page:
• The manual start and stop controls are disabled
• The upper panel displays the following message: X MEDIA S ERVER IS CONFIGURED TO
CONTROL THE D ATA S ERVER
• The S ERVICE STATE message reports that the service is DISABLED , rather than START
AUTOMATICALLY
Figure 16-4. The Data Server Control Panel when the XMS is controlling the Data Server