User manual FARSTONE VIRTUAL CD DVD TOWER

Ch apt er 1 In t rodu ction 1.1 About Virtual CD/DVD Tower Virtual CD/DVD Tower is a Linux-based, stand-alone network application that emulates a CD-ROM server, allowing you to create, store and access virtual CD-ROMs across any TCP/IP network. With Virtual CD/DVD Tower, you can create an image of a CD/DVD on your Linux Server. This image is known as a Virtual CD or VCD. Virtual CD/DVD Tower supports most disc formats, including Audio CDs, CD-ROMs, Video CDs, Photo CDs, Mixed Mode CDs, DVD Videos (unprotected), DVD Data discs, and even the copy-protected CD/DVDs. Virtual CD/DVD Tower is ideal for situations where CD-ROM information needs to be accessed by multiple users quickly and conveniently over a LAN or the Internet. Virtual CD/DVD Tower can be accessed through a standard web browser or directly from the Virtual CD/DVD Tower Client software. 1.2 Main Features Multiple methods to access Virtual CD/DVD Tower Users can access the Virtual CD/DVD Tower through a web browser, My Network Places and the client side tool. Easy Management The administrator can maintain Virtual CD/DVD Tower through a web browser. The administrator can even manage the Virtual CD/DVD Tower remotely via the Internet, which makes the maintenance a breeze. Supports most disc formats, including: CD-ROM, Audio CD, DVD-ROM, Multi-session CD, Video CD, Photo CD, Mixed Mode CD and DVD Video (unprotected). Copy protection support Virtual CD/DVD Tower can create VCDs from CD/DVDs that have built-in copy protection (such as SafeDisc1, SafeDisc2, SecuROM, LaserLock, etc.) Building Virtual CDs Virtual CD/DVD Tower allows administrators to create an image of a CD on the server hard drive. The Virtual CD/DVD Tower incorporates a high-performance compression engine for building VCD files (ripping at 50% compression rate). VCD Comments Adding comments on a VCD makes VCD management easier. Multi-user Support Up to 5,000 users can be added to Virtual CD/DVD Tower and multiple users can access a VCD simultaneously. Network Configuration Network configuration allows users to configure Web server, SMB Server, NFS Server, etc. Live Update Using the Live Update function, users can get the latest updates and patches for Virtual CD/DVD Tower from the Internet. Backup/Restore Save your current Virtual CD/DVD Tower configuration file and apply it at any time. Ch apt er 2 In sta ll in g Vir tu al CD/ DVD Towe r 2.1 System Requirements TCP/IP Protocol Server Computer Operating Systems: RedHat Linux 6.2 Release Version /7.3/8.0 SuSE Linux 8.0 Turbo Linux 8.0 Client Computer Operating System: Windows 98/ME/NT/2000/XP Hard Disk Space: 10 MB of free disk space for the Root partition; 50 MB of free disk space for /usr/local; 100 MB of free disk space for storing VCDs. IE 5.0, Netscape 7.0, Mozilla 0.9.9 or better Note: The appearance of the user interface and the system management functions in Netscape and Mozilla may be different with its appearance in IE. But this does not affect the use of Virtual CD/DVD Tower. 2.2 Installation 1. Decompress the setup package. After the decompression, a folder named Virtual CD/DVD Tower-1.0.0 is created. Note: The setup package can be decompressed using the command line tar ­xzf filename. 2. In the Virtual CD/DVD Tower-1.0.0 folder, run ./install command to start the installation. Carefully read the Software License Agreement. If you accept the terms of the agreement then click on Yes to continue. Clicking on No will abort the setup process. 3. Choose a Linux platform according to your current operating system. Your operating system platform is: 1 --- RedHat Linux 6.2, 7.3 or 8.0 2 --- Turbo Linux 8.0 3 --- SuSE 8.0 4 --- Other Please choose [1,2,3,4]: Note: Virtual CD/DVD Tower supports the Linux operating systems listed above. For more detailed information, please refer to our website: http://www.farstone.com. Please carefully choose your current operating system. Virtual CD/DVD Tower may work abnormally on a mismatched operating system. 4. 5. Enter your Serial Number. A message (shown below) displays to ask users to confirm the location of the Apache configuration file: The Apache configuration file is /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf. Are you sure? (Yes|No): If the apache configuration file is located in the default path, click on Yes or press the Enter key on the keyboard to continue. If it is not in the default path, please enter the absolute path for the apache configuration file. 6. Enter the http port that is used by Virtual CD/DVD Tower. Current http service port is 80, enter Virtual CD/DVD Tower http port (Default:3333): Note: Pressing Enter will use the default port 3333. If port 3333 is applied, you can access Virtual CD/DVD Tower using the port number, e.g. http://192.168.0.1:3333 through a browser. If you did not add web service yet and the 80 port is not used by other programs, we recommend that you set the 80 port as your Virtual CD/DVD Tower http port. 7. Confirm the location of the samba configuration file (the message shown below): Samba configuration file is /etc/samba/smb.conf. Are you sure? (Yes|No): If your samba configuration file is located in the default path, just press Enter to continue. If it is not available in the default path, select No and enter the absolute path of the samba configuration file. 8. Confirm the location of the samba startup file (the message shown below): Samba daemon script is /etc/rc.d/init.d/smb. Are you sure? (Yes|No): If your samba startup file is located in the default path, just press Enter to continue. If it is not available in the default path, select No and enter the correct absolute path of the samba startup file. 9. Enter the location for storing VCD files (the message displayed below): Virtual CD/DVD Tower storage directory location. The Install Wizard will suggest a default folder in which to store the VCD files. If you would like to store these files in a different location, just enter the absolute path directly. Note: At least 100 MB of free disk space is required for storing the VCD files. After the installation is completed successfully, launch the Virtual Note: You can log onto Virtual CD/DVD Tower using a browser to verify whether Virtual CD/DVD Tower works normally. Note: Virtual CD/DVD Tower cannot be installed on Linux X Windows. Please set up Virtual CD/DVD Tower in Text mode. Please install Virtual CD/DVD Tower with a Root account. 2.3 Uninstalling Virtual CD/DVD Tower 1. 2. In the Virtual CD/DVD Tower folder, run ./uninstall to launch the uninstall program. The uninstall program will remove all files created by Virtual CD/DVD Tower, except the Virtual CD files (files with the "VCD" extension). CD/DVD Tower program from /etc/rc.d/init.d./cdserver start. Ch apt er 3 U sin g Vi r tu a l CD/ D VD Towe r 3.1 Accessing the Virtual CD/DVD Tower Web Browser The Virtual CD /DVD Tower Administrator interface is accessed through a web browser, by entering the Linux Server address, e.g. http://192.168.0.1. To open the Virtual CD/DVD Tower login window (Figure 3-1), press the Administration button. Figure 3.1 Only one administrator can be logged on at any one time. If another user tries to log in as an Administrator, the system will tell the user that an Administrator is currently logged on to Virtual CD/DVD Tower. The Administrator can log out the current Administrator and log in to Virtual CD/DVD Tower. The default Administrator username is "Admin" with the password left blank. 3.2 Virtual CD/DVD Tower Administrator Interface The Virtual CD/DVD Tower Administrator functions are split into three broad categories: General, Advanced and Maintenance. General Administration functions include: · · · · · · CD Tower Build VCD Virtual CD/DVD Tower Device Virtual CD/DVD Tower Group Virtual CD/DVD Tower User Access Report · · Recycle Bin Logout (See sections 3.2.1 to 3.2.8.) Advanced Administration functions include: · · · · · · · Log Event MYSQL Settings Network Service Virtual CD/DVD Tower Web Service Virtual CD/DVD Tower SMB Service Virtual CD/DVD Tower NFS Service Virtual CD/DVD Tower Service Check (See sections 3.2.9 to 3.2.15.) Maintenance functions include: · · · · · Time Setting Register Live Update Backup/Restore Shutdown (See sections 3.2.16 to 3.2.20.) General Administration functions 3.2.1 CD Tower Figure 3.2.1 CD Towers serve as containers for all virtual CDs. A CD tower named "Public" will be created after the installation of Virtual CD/DVD Tower. Users who have been granted access rights by the Administrator may enter various private Towers. You can also create CD towers and assign access privileges of the CD tower to other users after logging in to Virtual CD/DVD Tower with an administrator account. You can add a new tower in Virtual CD/DVD Tower by clicking the New Tower button on the top right of this page. Clicking on the Edit button on the right-hand side of the tower will open the Edit page. Users can edit the properties of an existing tower, such as its name, description and access privileges. To add a VCD to a Tower, click the Add button on the right-hand side of the tower to open the Add VCD page. In this page, select the VCDs you want to add and then click on the Add VCDs to this tower button. The VCD tower can be removed from Virtual CD/DVD Tower by clicking the Delete button. Click on a tower to enter it. You can carry out the following operations with the VCDs in this folder: Click on the Insert/Eject button to insert or eject a VCD. Click on the "Edit" button to edit the VCD properties (such as its name, location, maximum connections and whether or not to insert this VCD when the server boots). Clicking on the "Delete" button will put the VCD into the Recycle Bin. Note: The tower named "Public" cannot be deleted. No more than 100 VCD towers can be created in Virtual CD/DVD Tower. If a VCD was not deleted in Virtual CD/DVD Tower, but removed using other methods, a message "VCD not found" will be displayed on the page. If a VCD was moved to a CD tower, users access this VCD according to the access privileges assigned to the tower. But if the VCD has its own access privileges, the access privileges assigned to it will remain in effect. At most, 1,000 VCDs can be mounted on Virtual CD/DVD Tower at a time. In RedHat 6.2 only, 250 VCDs can be mounted. "Maximum Connects" allows the administrator to control how many users can access a VCD at the same time. 3.2.2 Build VCDs Select Build VCD from the General Functions list and then double-click on either of the following buttons to launch the VCD Building program: CDBuild: Create an image of a CD on the server. This image is known as a Virtual CD or VCD. Customize: Create your own VCDs with selected files from a CD or hard drive. Figure 3.2.2 Note: Users can only build VCDs using Internet Explorer in a Windows operating system. Windows 98 and Windows ME users will be required to copy the driver to the local machine the first time they are building a VCD. After installing the driver file, the system will ask them to reboot their systems. Click "Yes" to continue. VCDs built from common CDs will be stored on the server hard disk as *.VCD files. VCDs built from DVDs or Mixed Mode CDs have the extension *.D00, *.D01, etc. The size of the file you include in the VCD cannot exceed 8 GB (No more than 1 GB for RedHat 6.2). 3.2.3 Virtual CD/DVD Tower Device Selecting Virtual CD/DVD Tower Device from the General list will display the detailed information about Virtual CD/DVD Tower and its folder information. Figure 3.2.3 Virtual CD/DVD Tower Information shows information such as the Virtual CD/DVD Tower version, manufacturer, license, etc. Saving Folder displays the Virtual CD/DVD Tower folder information as its path, SMB share name, location, size, etc. You can also create a new VCD folder or delete existing folders. Note: There are two options available in the Delete Folder page: Delete all and Do not share the folder. Selecting "Delete all" will delete the folder and all of the VCDs in it. Selecting "Do not share the folder" will stop the sharing of the folder and the VCDs in the folder will not be removed. If the share path was deleted not from the Virtual CD/DVD Tower but from other places, a message "Cannot find the path" will be displayed on this page. 3.2.4 Virtual CD/DVD Tower Group Select Virtual CD/DVD Tower Group from the General Functions list to display the following page: Figure 3.2.4 By clicking the "New Group" button on the top right of the page, you can create new groups in the Virtual CD/DVD Tower. The group properties can be modified by selecting the "Edit" button on the right-hand side of the group. The items you can change include the group name, group description and the users in the group. Note: Virtual CD/DVD Tower auto-loads the groups and users existing in your Linux system after its installation. Add/Edit/Delete group will change the related settings in the Linux system. Virtual CD/DVD Tower does not support Chinese group names, and the first character in the group name cannot be a number. At most, 100 groups can be created. After the installation of Virtual CD/DVD Tower, the information of the new group created in the Linux system will not be able to load into the Virtual CD/DVD Tower system. The Admin group is a pre-set group in the Virtual CD/DVD Tower. All users in this group have administrator privileges. The group ID in Virtual CD/DVD Tower does not match the group ID in the Linux system. 3.2.5 Virtual CD/DVD Tower User Each user in Virtual CD/DVD Tower is identified by a username and password. From the Virtual CD/DVD Tower user page (Figure below), users can be added, deleted or modified. Figure 3.2.5 To add a new user, select Add User on the top right of this page. Then enter the user details and password (required). You can also assign the users to a group. You can modify user properties by clicking on the "Edit" button on the right-hand side of the user. Note: Virtual CD/DVD Tower auto-loads the users existing in your Linux system after its installation. Add/Edit/Delete user will change related settings in the Linux system. Virtual CD/DVD Tower does not support Chinese usernames, and the first character in the username cannot be a number. At most, 5,000 users can be added. After the installation of Virtual CD/DVD Tower, the information of the new users added in the Linux system will not be able to load into the Virtual CD/DVD Tower system. The user named "Admin" is a pre-set user in Virtual CD/DVD Tower. This user has been assigned administrator rights. The user ID in Virtual CD/DVD Tower does not match the user ID in the Linux system. 3.2.6 Access Report The Access Report page (Figure below) enables the Administrator to check which VCDs have been accessed by a user during a given time period. Figure 3.2.6 3.2.7 Recycle Bin Figure 3.2.7 The Recycle page (Figure above) is similar to the Recycle Bin in Windows®. From here, deleted files can be restored to a Tower or permanently erased from the Virtual CD/DVD Tower hard disk. 3.2.8 Logout Log off the user who is currently logged on to Virtual CD/DVD Tower. Advanced Administrator Functions: 3.2.9 Log Event This feature is useful for trouble-shooting within Virtual CD/DVD Tower or the LAN (Figure below). Log Event transcripts include Web Service Log, SMB Service Log and System Log. Figure 3.2.9 Note: The log file can be opened using a Notepad-Similar editor. 3.2.10 MySQL Setting The MySQL Setting allows users to change the MYSQL port used by Virtual CD/DVD Tower and the access password. Note: Changing the MySQL setting will disable all current connections. You must restart your Linux Server to have the changes take effect. 3.2.11 Network Service Figure 3.2.11 In the Network Service page, an administrator can set the network configuration (server name, domain name, IP address, etc.) Note: Any changes you made on this page will cause related changes to the network configuration in the Linux Server. 3.2.12 Virtual CD/DVD Tower Web Server In this page, you can set Time Out and Maximum Number of Connecting Clients. Select OK to implement any new settings. Figure 3.2.12 Note: Virtual CD/DVD Tower allows, at most, 150 connections at one time. If your HTTP port is not 80, e.g. the port is 3333, please append the port 3333 behind the IP address to access Virtual CD/DVD Tower. For example: http://192.168.0.1:3333. 3.2.13 Virtual CD/DVD Tower SMB Server The SMB Server is enabled by default. It allows Windows users to access Virtual CD/DVD Tower via "My Network Places". CodePage is a tool in SMB Server used to display certain languages properly. For Example, in order to view the Japanese file on Virtual CD/DVD Tower Server, when accessing it through "My Network Places", "CodePage" must be set to Japanese. In this page, you may set the Virtual CD/DVD Tower Server in the Windows® NT domain as the master browser or not; define the Virtual CD/DVD Tower Server within in a certain workgroup or a domain; or distribute the Virtual CD/DVD Tower Server to a domain by changing its Primary Domain Controller (PDC) IP address. implement any new settings. WINS Service and WINS Server display the current WINS service configuration (Figure below). Figure 3.2.13 Note: Virtual CD/DVD Tower allows, at most, 50 SMB connections at one time. If you are in a multiple subnets network, to ensure the Virtual CD/DVD Tower client program can log on to the Virtual CD/DVD Tower system, a WINS server must be available in your network. 3.2.14 Virtual CD/DVD Tower NFS Server The NFS Server is enabled by default. This function sets a user's access permission when the user's address is entered in the input box (a comma must separate each address). A computer cannot access the NFS Server if its address does not include a valid client address. If no address is entered, all client computers may access the NFS Server. Note: If the NFS Server is not configured on your Linux Server, no contents will be displayed on this page. If no IP address is assigned here, all computers in the network can access the Virtual CD/DVD Tower NFS server. You can also use a host name in the DNS environment to replace the IP address. 3.2.15 Virtual CD/DVD Tower Servers Check This page displays the status about all the servers on the Virtual Select Save to CD/DVD Tower. Maintenance Administration Functions 3.2.16 Time Setting Sets the time, date and time zone. 3.2.17 Register Register your software online. Note: To register Virtual CD/DVD Tower, your computer must be connected to the Internet. Only registered users will receive technical support from FarStone. 3.2.18 Live Update If your computer is connected to the Internet, you can get the latest files to update your Virtual CD/DVD Tower software. Selecting "Online Update" will connect you to the FarStone website for updating. To use "Manual Update", you will need to download the upgrade package from the FarStone website and copy it to /usr/cds_share/update, and then click "Manual Update" on the page to upgrade your Virtual CD/DVD Tower. Note: To run Live Update, be sure your Linux Server is connected to the Internet. Before running Live Update, please disable your proxy server. 3.2.19 Backup/Restore Saves the Virtual CD/DVD Tower configuration file and restores the settings using the "Restore" function. 3.2.20 Shutdown Virtual CD/DVD Tower can be rebooted or shut down from the Shutdown page. 3.3 Virtual CD/DVD Tower- Other functions 3.3.1 Browse VCDs The "Browse VCDs" page (shown below) allows users to view CD towers, folders in the CD Towers and the mounted VCD files. Figure 3.3.1 Note: Users cannot browse the VCDs that the administrator does not allow them to access. 3.3.2 Search File By selecting the Search File button, you can easily find wanted files in the VCDs. Figure 3.3.2 You can search for a file by entering its name in the box. You can also specify a certain volume (VCD) or CD Tower in which to search. Selecting "Full Match" will search the file whose name is the same as the name you entered. Selecting "Part Match" will search the file whose name contains the characters you entered. Note: If you are about to search a file named *.*, you must specify a VCD in which to search. 3.3.3 Switch User To switch users, just enter your username and password on the top right of this page to log on to Virtual CD/DVD Tower. Note: The username is case-sensitive. For SuSE Linux users, the username must be typed in lowercase. 3.3.4 Help Referring to Help might also assist you in resolving the problem you encountered while using Virtual CD/DVD Tower.