Setting communication thresholds and active job status updates for CASO

The communication statuses determine how the central administration server processes current and future jobs that are delegated to an unresponsive managed media server.

See What happens when CASO communication thresholds are reached.

You can change the thresholds that trigger the communication statuses when managed media servers become unresponsive. You can also set how often the managed media server sends active job status updates to the central administration server. The frequency affects the network traffic.

To set communication thresholds and the frequency of active job status updates

  1. On the central administration server’s navigation bar, click Media Servers.

  2. Do one of the following:


    To set defaults to apply to a managed media server when it is installed

    Do the following in the order listed:

    • On the task pane, under Media Server Installation Tasks, click Configure managed media server defaults.

    To set defaults for an existing managed media server

    Do the following in the order listed:

    • Right-click the managed media server for which you want to configure settings, and then click Properties.

    • Click the Settings tab.

    To set defaults for a group of managed media servers in a pool

    Do the following in the order listed:

    • Select or create the media server pool that contains the managed media servers to which you want to apply new settings.

    • Right-click the media server pool, and then click Properties.

    • Click the Settings tab.

    • Check Apply these settings to all of the managed media servers in the pool.

  3. On the Settings tab, click Custom settings, and then click Edit Custom Settings.

  4. On the Configuration tab, change the defaults as appropriate.

    See Default configuration settings for managed media servers.

  5. Click OK.

Setting communication thresholds and active job status updates for CASO