Cisco Systems Surveillance Media Server Installation and Upgrade Guide
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1. Note The following steps erase the partition table on the specified volume which deletes all data on the volume Procedure Step 1 Login to the VSMS server and follow these steps to create a partition GPT table on the volume linux parted dev lt device gt mklabel gpt Replace lt device gt with the volume device name such as dev sdb V Installing and Upgrading Cisco Video Surveillance Media Server VSMS Step 2 Before You Install W Verify that the volume is using the correct partition type linux parted dev sdb print Disk geometry for dev sdb OkB 10TB Disk label type gpt Number Start End Size File system Name Flags Information Do not forget to update etc fstab if necessary Make sure that the disk label type is set to GPT After creating the GPT partition table use the standard following methods for partitioning and formatting the partitions Creating Partitions Creating partitions in SLES9 SP3 amp SLES10 SP1 Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Step 5 Step 6 Use the SUSE YaST to partition format and configure repositories If any of the volumes are greater than 2TiB you must first follow the steps above to create a GPT partition table on each volume Cisco recommends using the XFS file system for optimal video recording performance Procedure Open the YaST Control Center Navigate to System Partitioner Enter Yes to create new partitions as required for2. Installing and Upgrading Cisco Video Surveillance Media Server VSMS Contents This document provides the following information and instructions Installation and Initial Configuration 1 Verify minimum system requirements System Requirements page 2 Understand general installation information Before You Install page 4 Obtain the VSMS software Obtaining VSMS Software page 3 Perform pre installation procedures Before You Install page 4 Install J2SDK Installing J2SE 1 4 2 SDK for Linux all platforms page 8 Install the VSMS software Installing VSMS page 9 N oo 7 FP YW DN Configure video repositories for archives and clips Configuring VSMS page 10 e 1 e 0 Americas Headquarters c S c O Cisco Systems Inc 170 West Tasman Drive San Jose CA 95134 1706 USA W System Requirements After installation 8 Recommended Back up the VSMS configuration Backing up VSMS page 10 and Restoring VSMS page 11 9 As needed Upgrade VSMS to a new software release Upgrading VSMS page 12 System Requirements This section describes the requirements of the server and client systems on which you install VSMS The server must meet the following minimum requirements e Hardware Intel Celeron or Pentium 1 7 GHz 1GBDRAM 10GB hard disk e Operating System one of the following Red Hat Enterprise 4 Update 2 RHEL4 SuSE Enterprise 9 Service Pack 3 SLES9 SP3 SuSE Enterprise 10 Se
3. packages are required Unless otherwise indicated all packages are provided by the operating system refer to the media from the operating system vendor to locate the necessary files e All platforms Sun J2SE 1 4 2 SDK dbl libelf sysstat e SLES10 SP1 64 libelf 32 bit e RHEL4 perl Digest SHA1 perl Digest HMAC perl Net SNMP perl Crypt DES l perl Socket6 l 1 These packages are not provided by Red Hat Compatible versions can be found on the Internet Installing and Upgrading Cisco Video Surveillance Media Server VSMS E W installing J2SE 1 4 2 SDK for Linux all platforms Installing J2SE 1 4 2 SDK for Linux all platforms Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Step 5 Step 6 Step 7 VSMS uses the Sun Java SDK 1 4 2 Follow these steps to download and install this package before you install VSMS Procedure Download Java 2 SDK Standard Edition v 1 4 2 from the Sun Microsystems website at http java sun com j2se 1 4 2 download html Although the version must be version 1 4 2 the build number may vary The downloaded filename is similar to j2sdk 1_4_2_19 linux i586 rpm bin adjust the commands in the following steps if your file name is different Copy the downloaded file to the VSMS server On the VSMS server extract the J2SDK rpm file with the command shell gt sh lt filename gt This process creates a new file Agree to the license as applicable Install the extr
4. VSMS To upgrade VSMS follow these steps Procedure Step 1 Extract the contents of the downloaded zip file Cisco recommends that you create a directory for the extracted contents shell gt mkdir vses 6 1 0 shell gt unzip Cisco_VSMS 6 1 0 xx xxxxx zip d vses 6 1 0 Step2 Verify that all files are present shell gt cd vses 6 1 0 shell gt 1s 1 Cisco_VSBase 6 1 0 xx xxxxx i686 rpm Cisco_VSBWT 6 1 0 xx xxxxx i686 rpm Cisco_VSDocs 6 1 0 xx noarch rpm Cisco_VSDrivers 6 1 0 xx xxxxx i686 rpm Cisco_VSMS 6 1 0 xx xxxxx i686 rpm Cisco_VSRecorder 6 1 0 xxxxx sp3 i686 rpm Cisco_VSVM 6 1 0 xx xxxxx i586 rpm Cisco_VSTools 6 0 0 noarch rpm Step3 Stop the VSMS service shell gt etc init d cisco stop Step4 VSDrivers must be removed prior to uninstalling Cisco_VSMS Uninstall all previous MS modules including some but not all of the following based on the previously installed version shell gt rpm e Cisco_VSBWT Installing and Upgrading Cisco Video Surveillance Media Server VSMS Step 5 shell gt shell gt shell gt shell gt shell gt shell gt rpm rpm rpm rpm rpm rpm Upgrading VSMS W Cisco_VSDocs Cisco_VSTools Cisco_VSRecorder Cisco_VSDrivers Cisco_VSMS Cisco_VSBase If the Cisco Video Surveillance Operations Manager VSOM is installed you may get an error message when uninstalling the Cisco_VSBase package to uninstall the Cisco_VSBase package run shell gt rpm e Cisco_VSBase
5. nodeps This will leave the VSOM module installed Run the following commands in the following order to install VSMS 6 1 0 shell gt shell gt shell gt shell gt shell gt shell gt shell gt rpm rpm rpm rpm rpm rpm rpm ivh ivh ivh ivh ivh ivh ivh Cisco_VSBase 6 1 0 xx xxxxx 1i586 rpm Cisco_VSMS 6 1 0 xx xxxxx i586 rpm Cisco_VSRecoder 6 1 0 xx xxxxx 1i586 rpm Cisco_VSDrivers 6 1 0 xx xxxxx 1i586 rpm Cisco_VSBWT 6 1 0 xx xxxxx i586 rpm Cisco_VSDocs 6 1 0 xx xxxxx 1i586 rpm Cisco_VSTools 6 1 0 noarch rpm Installing and Upgrading Cisco Video Surveillance Media Server VSMS 7 W Upgrading VSMS E Installing and Upgrading Cisco Video Surveillance Media Server VSMS
6. acted J2SDK rpm file with the command shell gt rpm ivh lt filename gt Create symbolic link usr java java to the installed J2SDK for VSMS as follows shell gt cd usr java shell gt 1n s j2sdk1 4 2_19 java Verify the symbolic link with the command shell gt 1s 1 usr java total 0 drwxr xr x 8 root root 376 Sep 26 10 15 j2sdk1 4 2_19 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 13 Sep 26 10 16 java gt j2sdk1 4 2_19 E Installing and Upgrading Cisco Video Surveillance Media Server VSMS Installing VSMS W Installing VSMS Copy the downloaded zip file with the VSMS software to the server and then follow these steps Procedure Step 1 Extract the contents of the downloaded zip file Cisco recommends that you create a directory for the extracted contents shell gt mkdir vses 6 1 0 shell gt unzip Cisco_VSMS 6 1 0 xx xxxxx zip d vses 6 1 0 Step2 Verify that all files are present shell gt cd vses 6 1 0 shell gt 1s 1 Cisco_VSBase 6 1 0 xx xxxxx i686 rpm Cisco_VSBWT 6 1 0 xx xxxxx i686 rpm Cisco_VSDocs 6 1 0 xx noarch rpm Cisco_VSDrivers 6 1 0 xx xxxxx i686 rpm Cisco_VSMS 6 1 0 xx xxxxx i686 rpm Cisco_VSRecorder 6 1 0 xxxxx sp3 i686 rpm Cisco_VSVM 6 1 0 xx xxxxx i586 rpm Cisco_VSTools 6 0 0 noarch rpm Step3 Install each of VSMS rpm file shell gt rpm ivh Cisco_VSBase 6 1 0 xx xxxxx i586 rpm shell gt rpm ivh Cisco_VSMS 6 1 0 xx xxxxx i586 rpm shell gt rpm ivh Cisco_VSRecoder 6 1 0 xx xxxxx i586 rpm shell
7. available from http tools cisco com support downloads pub Redirect x mdfid 28 1550158 You must log in to the Cisco website to access the software Select the Cisco Video Surveillance Media Server Software software version for the appropriate for your Linux version Installing and Upgrading Cisco Video Surveillance Media Server VSMS cs HZ Before You Install Before You Install Before you install VSMS you must configure the video repositories and install all software pre requisites Preparing Video Repositories Video that is recorded by VSMS is stored in repositories on storage volumes that are dedicated for recording video by VSMS The repositories must be separate partitions from the operating system partitions Network attached storage such as NFS or CIFS volumes are not supported To create a repository partition and format a storage volume then configure the operating system to access the partition Each repository has a mount point to specify the path through which the files are accessed The common convention for naming repositories is media with mediaO used for a repository on the operating system volume and medial mediaN used for additional storage volumes Repository Greater than 2 TiB To create partitions greater than 2 TiB the volume must use a GPT partition table and must be a different storage volume from the operating system volume The GPT partition table does not work on the boot volume
8. ckup_timestamp For example VSMS_PST_backup_20070327153851 tar Restoring VSMS To restore the VSMS configuration follow these steps Note Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Step 5 This process is not intended for copying a configuration from VSMS server to another VSMS server Procedure Obtain a new license key by sending the MAC address of the server that you want to restore to license broadware com Enter the following command to stop the server shell gt etc init d cisco stop Uninstall the VSMS packages Reinstall the VSMS packages Perform the following steps to extract the backed up VSMS configuration data to the new server This process extracts all necessary configuration files including proxy archive and event data a Locate the VSMS backup file that was created by using the VSMS console Backup command b Use SSH to access the new VSMS server as the root user c Copy the VSMS backup file from its current location to the VSMS server d From the SSH command line enter shell gt tar Pxvf lt filename gt tar Example shell gt tar Pxvf VSMS_PST_backup_20070327153851 tar Installing and Upgrading Cisco Video Surveillance Media Server VSMS B W Upgrading VSMS Step6 Restart the server Shell gt etc init d cisco restart Step7 Open the Management Console and enter the license and set the storage PTZ and other configuration information as needed Upgrading
9. gt rpm ivh Cisco_VSDrivers 6 1 0 xx xxxxx i586 rpm shell gt rpm ivh Cisco_VSBWT 6 1 0 xx xxxxx i586 rpm shell gt rpm ivh Cisco_VSDocs 6 1 0 xx xxxxx i586 rpm shell gt rpm ivh Cisco_VSTools 6 0 0 noarch rpm Installing and Upgrading Cisco Video Surveillance Media Server VSMS 7 W Configuring VSMS Configuring VSMS Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Step 5 Step 6 After you install VSMS perform the following steps to use the Management Console VSMC to set repositories for archives clips and events The VSMC authentication information is Userid root password secur4u Procedure Open a web browser from a Windows PC and enter http lt server name IP address gt vsmc html Click the Media Server link to access the VSMS configuration You are prompted to authenticate Enter the license key on the VSMS configuration page Check the Local Archives Repositories check box Click Update Click Restart Server Restart Now and Verify Backing up VSMS Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 After configuring VSMS you can back up the VSMS configuration Procedure In a web browser open http lt Server HostName gt vsmc html and navigate to the Encoding Server Backup on the Console page Click Download When prompted save the tar file to a secure directory Installing and Upgrading Cisco Video Surveillance Media Server VSMS Restoring VSMS W The VSMS backup file is named VSMS_ lt ServerName gt _ba
10. rvice Pack 1 SLES10 SP1 SuSE Enterprise 10 Service Pack 1 64 bit SLES10 SP1 64 e Software License Key Obtain a VSMS license key by contacting vsm license cisco com A client PC must meet the following minimum requirements e Hardware 1 7 GHz Pentium III if running 1 video window 1 7 GHz Pentium 4 if running 2 video windows 3 2 GHz Pentium 4 with hyperthreading enabled if running 4 video windows 1 GB DRAM Installing and Upgrading Cisco Video Surveillance Media Server VSMS Installation Notes W ATI or Nvidia DirectX 9 compatible graphics interface The graphics interface and Drivers must support DirectX Acceleration Direct3D Acceleration and AGP texture acceleration and have at least 128 MB of video memory e Operating system Microsoft Windows XP SP2 32 bit e Software Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 0 Microsoft DirectX 9 0c Installation Notes e The Pegasus MJPEG video decoder is installed automatically with the VSMS client e Cisco recommends that you use NTP source to maintain the correct time on the server Configuring NTP should be done before video recording is configured The hardware clock should be set to use UTC time and the appropriate time zone for the server If you are using SUSE you can use YaST to configure the server time e The performance of client devices can vary depending on client configuration and applications Obtaining VSMS Software The VSMS software is
11. video storage The creation process may take some time Choose Create and set the FileSystem XFS and MountPoint media Choose Apply Finish Quit and Quit Change ownership of the mounted partitions to nobody nobody shell gt chown nobody nobody medial Installing and Upgrading Cisco Video Surveillance Media Server VSMS n HZ Before You Install Creating partitions in Red Hat Enterprise 4 Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Step 5 Step 6 Open a shell session and run the following commands to create a repository The Ext3 file system should be used to format the repository Procedure Create new partitions Shell gt parted dev sdb mkpart primary ext3 0 0 Use mkfs to make the partitions Shell gt mkfs t ext3 dev sdbl Note This command destroys all data that resides on that partition Create a new directory shell gt mkdir medial Note Each volume needs a unique directory for a mount point Add a new line to etc fstab substituting the appropriate device name and mount point dev sdb1 medial ext3 defaults Es 2 Mount the newly created partitions Usage mount dev sdb1 media1 Change ownership of the mounted partitions to nobody nobody shell gt chown nobody medial Installing and Upgrading Cisco Video Surveillance Media Server VSMS Before You Install W Software Prerequisites In additional to the default SUSE or Red Hat installation the following software
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