05-21-2016 06:59 PM
Hello Experts,
We have one media server that is having issues so we want to make it offline for some time.
I have deactivated it from Devices=>Media Servers.
So is it fine approach or need to do something else before doing this step?
Plesase help.
05-22-2016 01:54 AM
05-22-2016 07:51 PM
Why not set the media server to ADMIN_PAUSE state. You could achieve this by running following command
nbemmcmd -updatehost -machinename <media_server> -machinetype media -machinestateop set_admin_pause -masterserver <master_server>
When you want to clear ADMIN_PAUSE status run following command
nbemmcmd -updatehost -machinename <media_server> -machinetype media -machinestateop clr_admin_pause_and_set_active -masterserver <master_server>
Hope it helps.