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4.3.1 Windows NT


Starting the server

On NT the services "iXOS Admin Server" and "iXOS Jukebox Daemon" will start automatically after the server is installed and the host is rebooted. This behavior can be changed in the "Services" table from the "Control Panel":

Clicking [START] and [STOP] starts or stops the selected service. Clicking [STARTUP] you specify, whether the selected service should be started automatically at system start-up.
Alternatively, the services can be started from the command line by an administrator or super user with cdstart.bat from the JUKEMAN directory or with net start cdnfsd.

Starting the administration client

You can start the administration client under Windows NT in one of the following ways:

* Click [START]-[PROGRAMS]-[IXOS-JUKEMAN]-JUKEMAN ADMINISTRATION.
* Run "jukeboy.exe" from the JUKEMAN directory.


NT Admini-stration client


The iXOS-JUKEMAN administration client provides a graphical user interface (GUI) which can be run on any Windows NT or Windows 95 computer in the network. The network address of the host where iXOS-JUKEMAN is running is stored in the file "jukeboy.ini" in the %systemroot% directory.
You can configure devices and views on the file system and insert and remove disks from a jukebox using the GUI.
To maintain the configuration, the administration client reads and writes the server configuration file (server.cfg) and a device description file for each device.
You can also edit these files manually (see the sections entitled CLI), but it is easier to use the GUI to configure devices and exported views.
The main dialog has a menu and a list of devices. These devices can be `attached' or `detached'. `Attached' indicates that the device is controlled by iXOS-JUKEMAN.
The property `Startup' indicates whether a device should be attached automatically at the start-up of iXOS-JUKEMAN or manually (`manual'). Using the `Attach' button, you can connect devices from the list to iXOS-JUKEMAN.
The buttons can only be selected if you configured devices. If you just started iXOS-JUKEMAN for the very first time, devices must be configured as described in "Setting up devices" on page 52.
Communication between the GUI and the server is always initiated by the GUI, not the other way round. This is why the server cannot tell the GUI that a device has been detached using a cdadm command from the command line or that a device got switched off. The relevant device will still be listed as being attached in the device list of the GUI. If you are uncertain of the current state of the server, either restart the GUI or click the Attach/Detach button. This also applies to situations where the GUI issues a time-out error.
Note:
If you do not use the GUI to configure the devices, you can name the device description and save files anything you want. Put them into the directory where cdnfsd.exe resides, since this is where iXOS-JUKEMAN looks for them. However, random names can lead to problems if you use the GUI afterwards, since the GUI only accepts device description files with the name of the device (as stored in server.cfg) and the extension .dev.


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