The Cisco PowerVu® Administration and Troubleshooting (PVUADM) Training Version 1.0 instructor-led course offered by Cisco® Learning Services teaches you how to perform advanced tasks, including configuring and troubleshooting a Cisco PowerVu system. In this course you learn how to configure devices through the Cisco PowerVu Network Centre Control server, perform server administrative tasks, such as performing basic UNIX commands, back up the database, and restart the system. You’ll also learn how to perform basic troubleshooting by reviewing available tools and verifying the signal and the configuration from the signal input into the encoders to the signal reception at the decoders, as well as explore simulcrypt, statistical multiplexing (statmux), and Digital Program Insertion (DPI) advanced features and verify the Cisco Live Event Controller (LEC) server status and manage schedules with the Cisco LEC.

This course is offered remotely; however, considerably more hands-on opportunity is available at the Cisco Lawrenceville, Georgia, USA, training facility where the Cisco PowerVu training lab is located.

Upon completing this course, the learner will be able to meet these overall objectives:

• Perform important server administrative tasks, which include user management, data replication, shutting down and restarting the system, and performing regular backups
• Apply basic troubleshooting principles and use Cisco PowerVu Network Centre utilities and common tools when troubleshooting a Cisco PowerVu system
• Describe the signal flow of a working Cisco PowerVu system from beginning to end, including specifying the function and configuration of each type of Cisco PowerVu device in the signal flow
• Configure, schedule, and manage programs using the Cisco LEC
• Describe the following advanced features: simulcrypt, a DPI source, and statmux

• Module 1: Cisco PowerVu and MPEG Refresher
  • Cisco PowerVu Refresher
  • Devices Used in the Cisco PowerVu System
  • MPEG Refresher
  • Dividing Data Using MPEG
  • Introduction to MPEG Tables
  • Preparing for Transport
• Module 2: Server Administration
  • Cisco PowerVu Network Centre Restart and Failover
  • Stopping and Restarting only the Cisco PowerVu Network Centre Software
  • Shutting Down and Restarting the System
  • Primary Cisco PowerVu Network Center Failover to Standby
  • Backing Up the Server Files
  • Cisco PowerVu Network Centre System Server Backups
  • Using the Cisco PowerVu Network Center Informix Restore and Schedule Procedure
  • Exploring Data Replication
  • Logging On and Off the Cisco PowerVu Data Replication Client
  • Managing Data Replication
•  Module 3: Troubleshooting Principles and Tools
  • Principles of Troubleshooting
  • Troubleshooting Tools
  • Transaction and Diagnostic Logs
  • Device Alarm Window
  • UNIX Fundamentals for the Cisco PowerVu System
  • Third-Party Analyzers
• Module 4: System Signal Deep Dive
  • System Configuration
  • Connections and IP Addresses
  • System Signal Flow
  • Cisco PowerVu Encoders
  • Managing Cisco PowerVu Encoders
  • Cisco PowerVu Multiplexers
  • Multiplexers and Cisco MetroMux Software Feature
  • Managing Cisco PowerVu Multiplexers
  • Cisco PowerVu D9190 Conditional Access Manager
  • Managing and Troubleshooting the Cisco PowerVu D9190 Conditional Access Manager
  • Cisco PowerVu Modulators
  • Managing and Troubleshooting the Cisco PowerVu Modulator
  • Newtec ASI/IF Switch
  • Cisco PowerVu Decoders
  • Managing Cisco PowerVu Decoders
• Module 5: Cisco Live Event Controller
  • Exploring Cisco Live Event Controller
  • Cisco LEC Servers and Client
  • Managing the Cisco LEC Schedule
  • Cisco LEC Server Administration
  • Updating Cisco LEC Parameters from the Cisco PowerVu Network Center
  • Neverfail for Cisco LEC Servers
  • Backing Up and Restoring Cisco LEC Servers
  • Exporting and Importing a Schedule
  • Cisco LEC Logs
  • Cisco LEC Troubleshooting
  • Verifying That the Cisco LEC Servers Are Working
  • Recovering Single and Double Cisco LEC Servers
  • Responding to Log Table and Comm Errors
•  Module 6: Advanced Features
  • Configuring a DPI Source
  • Defining a DPI Source and Triggers for Cisco D9040 and D9050 Encoders
  • Examining Simulcrypt
  • Encryption Basics
  • What Is Simulcrypt?
  • Exploring Statistical Multiplexing
  • Statistical Multiplexing Basics
  • Statmux Redundancy Topologies

Lab Outline

• Lab Access and UNIX Practice
• Troubleshooting Tools
• Using the Six Principles of Troubleshooting
• Virtual service encoder (VSE) and Virtual Channel Creation
• Multiplexers and Cisco PowerVu D9190 Conditional Access Manager
• Troubleshooting Configuration Errors
• Troubleshooting Errors Related to Cisco PowerVu Network Centre
• Cisco Live Event Controller Schedule and Server Administration
• Additional lab activities available when class is held at the Cisco Lawrenceville, Georgia, USA, training facility:
• Cisco PowerVu Network Center Failover and Backup
• Third-Party Signal Analyzers
• Encoder Basics
• Multiplexers and Cisco PowerVu D9190 Conditional Access Manager
• Decoders
• Troubleshooting the Cisco LEC

This course is designed for technical professionals who need to know how to administer and troubleshoot a Cisco PowerVu system. The primary audience for this course includes:

• System engineers
• Technical support personnel
• Channel partners and resellers

Following are the prerequisites for this course:

• Completion of the Cisco PowerVu Operations Training course or equivalent experience.