Cisco VSVM Instruction Manual

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Installing and Upgrading Cisco Video
Surveillance Virtual Matrix (VSVM)
Contents
This document provides the following information and instructions:
Installation and Initial Configuration:
1. Verify minimum system requirements—System Requirements, page 2
2. Understand general installation information—Installing VSVM, page 4
3. Obtain the VSVM software—Obtaining VSVM Software, page 3
4. Install the VSVM software—Installing VSVM, page 4
5. Configure video repositories for archives and clips—Configuring VSVM,
page 5
After installation:
6. (As needed) Upgrade VSVM to a new software release—Upgrading VSVM,
page 5

System Requirements
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System Requirements
This section describes the requirements of the server and client systems on which
you install VSVM.
The server must meet the following minimum requirements:
• Hardware
– Intel Celeron or Pentium, 1.7 GHz
– 1 GB DRAM
– 10 GB hard disk
• Operating System (one of the following):
– Red Hat Enterprise 4 Update 2 (RHEL4)
– SuSE Enterprise 9 Service Pack 3 (SLES9-SP3)
– SuSE Enterprise 10 Service Pack 1 (SLES10-SP1)
– SuSE Enterprise 10 Service Pack 1 64-bit (SLES10-SP1-64)
• Software License Key
– Obtain a VSVM license key by contacting [e-mail]
A client PC must meet the following minimum requirements:
• Hardware
– 1.7 GHz Pentium III if running 1 video window
– 1.7 GHz Pentium 4 if running 2 video windows
– 3.2 GHz Pentium 4 with hyperthreading enabled if running 4 video
windows
– 1 GB DRAM
– ATI or Nvidia DirectX 9 compatible graphics interface. The graphics
interface and Drivers must support DirectX Acceleration, Direct3D
Acceleration, and AGP texture acceleration and have at least 128 MB of
video memory.
• Operating system:
– Microsoft Windows XP SP2 (32-bit)

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Installation Notes
• Software:
– Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0
– Microsoft DirectX 9.0c
Installation Notes
• The Pegasus MJPEG video decoder is installed automatically with the VSVM
client.
• Cisco recommends that you use NTP source to maintain the correct time on
the server. Configuring NTP should be done before video recording is
configured. The hardware clock should be set to use UTC time and the
appropriate time zone for the server. If you are using SUSE, you can use YaST
to configure the server time.
• The performance of client devices can vary depending on client configuration
and applications.
Obtaining VSVM Software
The VSVM software is available from
http://tools.cisco.com/support/downloads/pub/Redirect.x?mdfid=281550158
You must log in to the Cisco website to access the software. Select the Cisco
Video Surveillance Operations Manager software version for the appropriate for
your Linux version.

Installing VSVM
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Installing VSVM
Copy the downloaded .zip file with the VSVM software to the server and then
follow these steps:
Procedure
Step 1 Extract the contents of the downloaded .zip file. Cisco recommends that you
create a directory for the extracted contents.
shell> mkdir vsvm-6.1.0
shell> unzip Cisco_VSVM-6.1.0-xx-xxxxx.zip -d vsvm-6.1.0
Step 2 Verify that all files are present:
shell> cd vsvm-6.1.0
shell> ls -1
Cisco_VSBase-6.1.0-xx-xxxx-i586.rpm
Cisco_VSVM-6.1.0-xx.i586.rpm
Cisco_VSTools-6.1.0-noarch.rpm
Step 3 Install each of VSVM .rpm file:
shell> rpm -ivh Cisco_VSBase-6.1.0-xx-xxxxx-i586.rpm
shell> rpm -ivh Cisco_VSVM-6.1.0-xx-xxxxx-i586.rpm
shell> rpm -ivh Cisco_VSTools-6.1.0-noarch.rpm

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Configuring VSVM
Configuring VSVM
After you install VSVM, perform the following steps to use the Management
Console (VSMC) to set repositories for archives, clips and events. The VSMC
authentication information is:
Userid: root
password: secur4u
Procedure
Step 1 Open a web browser from a Windows PC and enter http://<server name/IP
address>/vsmc.html.
Step 2 Click the Virtual Matrix link to access the VSVM configuration. You are
prompted to authenticate.
Step 3 Enter the license key on the VSVM configuration page.
Step 4 Click Update.
Step 5 Click Restart Server, Restart Now, and Verify.
Upgrading VSVM
To upgrade VSVM, follow these steps:
Procedure
Step 1 Extract the contents of the downloaded .zip file. Cisco recommends that you
create a directory for the extracted contents.
shell> mkdir vsvm-6.1.0
shell> unzip Cisco_VSVM-6.1.0-xx-xxxxx-sp1.zip -d vsvm-6.1.0

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Step 2 Verify that all files are present:
shell> cd vsvm-6.1.0
shell> ls -1
Cisco_VSBase-6.1.0-xx-xxxx-i586.rpm
Cisco_VSVM-6.1.0-xx.i586.rpm
Cisco_VSTools-6.1.0-noarch.rpm
Step 3 Stop the VSVM service:
shell> /etc/init.d/cisco stop
Step 4 VSDrivers must be removed prior to uninstalling Cisco_VSVM. Uninstall all
previous MS modules including some (but not all) of the following based on the
previously installed version:
shell> rpm -e Cisco_VSTools
shell> rpm -e Cisco_VSVM
shell> rpm -e Cisco_VSBase
If the Cisco Video Surveillance Operations Manager (VSOM) is installed you
may get an error message when uninstalling the Cisco_VSBase package; to
uninstall the Cisco_VSBase package run
shell> rpm -e Cisco_VSBase --nodeps
This will leave the VSOM module installed.
Step 5 Run the following commands in the following order0:
shell> rpm -ivh Cisco_VSBase-6.1.0-xx-xxxxx-i586.rpm
shell> rpm -ivh Cisco_VSVM-6.1.0-xx-xxxxx-i586.rpm
shell> rpm -ivh Cisco_VSTools-6.1.0-noarch.rpm