About Omneon MediaGrid - Harmonic Inc

Administrative Procedures
To balance the ContentServer 3000:
1. Click the Servers & Switches icon on the Configuration tab to access the Servers & Switches
page.
2. In the ContentServers/ContentStores section, click the Name hyperlink for the required
ContentServer to access the Properties page.
3. Click the Failback button.
NOTE: You may also use the Failback button on any ContentStore being managed by the ContentServer you
wish to balance.
4. Verify that all ContentStores and ContentServers appear in the Managed ContentStores and
ContentServers field on the ContentServer Properties page. If they are not all listed, contact
Omneon Technical Support for assistance.
After clicking Failback, you may observe on the ContentServer Properties page that some
ContentStores or ContentServers in the Managed ContentStores and ContentServers field for one
controller now appear under a different controller, in which case, balancing was successful.
Using mgcopy to Copy Files Between MediaGrid Systems
The mgcopy utility allows you to copy data quickly between MediaGrid systems. This utility can be
used any time you wish to back up data quickly.
IMPORTANT: mgcopy does not work with MediaGrid systems running 3.0. It can perform copies only
between systems running a 2.X version and 3.1.
You can run mgcopy from the ContentDirector, or the Windows or Macintosh client FSD.
• To start mgcopy from the ContentDirector, log on to the ContentDirector and then type the
following command:
/opt/omcld/bin/mgcopy
• mgcopy is located on the client FSDs at the following locations:
• For the Mac FSD: /usr/bin/mgcopy
• For the Windows FSD: C:\Program Files (x86)\Omneon\Omneon MediaGrid\mgcopy
When opened, mgcopy presents a command line interface. Use the mgcopy command with additional
values shown in Table 6 to perform a copy.
Note the following usage:
mgcopy [-s content director][-u user][-p password][-s2 content director2][-u2
user2][-p2 password2][-d debuglevel][-copy ][-srcfile srcfile-name][-dstfile
dst-file-name][-o][-c][-copyOwner][-copyAcl][-logfile filename][-errorfile
file-name][-testRun][-noDataTransfer][-help]
Table 6. mgcopy Values
Values Description
-s ContentDirector name or IP address
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