User manual MACROMEDIA BREEZE-CLUSTERING BREEZE LIVE

[. . . ] or other entities and may be registered in certain jurisdictions including internationally. This guide contains links to third-party Web sites that are not under the control of Macromedia, and Macromedia is not responsible for the content on any linked site. If you access a third-party Web site mentioned in this guide, then you do so at your own risk. Macromedia provides these links only as a convenience, and the inclusion of the link does not imply that Macromedia endorses or accepts any responsibility for the content on those third-party sites. [. . . ] For the remainder of this white paper, the examples assume that the Breeze folder is named "breeze" and that the folder for shared files created by Breeze Live is "content. " In practice, you can choose other names for the folders. 4 On the file server, share the Breeze folder, giving the Breeze user you created in step 2 full control over the folder. To share the Breeze folder: a Right-click the Breeze folder in the Windows Explorer Folders panel, and select Sharing and Security. The Properties window for the Breeze folder opens: b Click Share this folder and enter a Share name, for example, "Breeze. " 6 Clustering Breeze Live c Click Apply and then click the Permissions button. The Permissions window opens. d Remove the Everyone group, if you want to, and then click Add. The Select Users or Groups window opens. e Click the Locations button and select the domain in which you created the Breeze user. f In the object names text box, enter the name of the Breeze user, and then click Check Names to verify that the name you entered is recognized, and click OK. g In the Permissions window, select the Breeze user and click Full Control, and then click OK. h In the Properties window, click OK. Setting up a Breeze Live cluster 7 5 Set the FCS_CONTENT_PATH property in the Breeze Presentation platform custom. ini configuration file to the location of the folder containing shared Breeze Live files. For example, given \\fileserver1\breeze\content as the folder containing the shared files, you would set the FCS_CONTENT_PATH property as shown in the following example: FCS_CONTENT_PATH=\\fileserver1\breeze\content For more information about the FCS_CONTENT_PATH configuration property, see the table of configuration properties in Chapter 4, "Configuring the Breeze Presentation Platform, " in the Macromedia Breeze Installation Guide. The custom. ini configuration file on the Breeze Presentation platform computer resides in the Breeze Presentation platform installation folder. 6 Copy the custom. ini file to the Breeze Live installation folder on each of the Breeze Live computers. 7 On the Breeze Presentation platform computer, set the login properties for the Macromedia Breeze Application Service so that the Breeze user account can start the service. a Depending on your operating system, do one of the following: For Windows 2000, select Start > Settings > Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Services. For Windows XP, select Start > Control Panel > Performance and Maintenance > Administrative Tools > Services. b In the list of services, double-click Macromedia Breeze Application Service. The Properties window for the Macromedia Breeze Application Service appears: 8 Clustering Breeze Live c Click the Log On tab. The Log On dialog box appears: d Select This account and then enter the name of the Breeze user account you created, followed by the account's password and a confirmation of the password. 8 Restart the Macromedia Breeze Application Service so that your changes take effect. 9 On each Breeze Live computer, follow the procedure given in step 7, and set the login properties for the Flash Communication Server and the Flash Communication Administration Server so that the Breeze user account can start the services. 10 On each Breeze Live computer, restart the Flash Communication Server and the Flash Communication Administration Server so that your changes take effect. Verifying failover for Breeze Live This section explains how to verify that your Breeze Live cluster can provide failover in the event that one of the computers in the cluster fails. If failover is successful, you have configured the cluster correctly and can expect that load balancing also functions successfully. [. . . ] Because of load balancing, each meeting you created should be assigned to a different computer. Stop Breeze Live on Computer1 by selecting Start > Programs > Macromedia > Macromedia Breeze 3 > Stop Breeze Live Server. If failover is successful, the window for one of the meeting rooms goes blank for up to a minute while failover is activated. If failover is successful for Computer1, the next step is to test failover for Computer2. [. . . ]