Administering Publishing Points
You
can manage the status of publishing points, using the Windows Media
Services console. To manage the status of a publishing point and to
perform other administrative functions, right-click the appropriate
object. The available commands include:
Start
Stop
Allow New Connections
Deny New Connections
Duplicate
Rename
Remove
Individual publishing points can be started and stopped individually. You can also use the Duplicate
command to create a new publishing point (with a new name and URL)
based on the settings of an existing one. Denying new connections
effectively makes the contents of the publishing point inaccessible to
new users but continues to send streamed information to users who have
already connected. The Stop command ends all streams for the publishing point by disconnecting any active users.
Monitoring Publishing Points
The Monitor tab of a
publishing point provides an overview of current connections and
statistics related to the content currently being served. (See Figure 16.)
By default, the display is configured to refresh automatically every
three seconds. You can use the Reset All Counters command (icons located
at the bottom of the tab) to reset all cumulative-value counters to
their initial values.
The View
Performance Monitor command opens a new window that displays relevant
Windows Performance Monitor counters for the publishing point. As with
the full Performance Monitor application, you can use the commands on
the toolbar to add values or to customize the display. For example, you
can add counters related to the Processor, Memory, and Network Interface
objects to collect more details about the overall performance of the
server.
