Install and configure Logging Agent

Install and configure Logging Agent

To install and configure Logging Agent

1. Click Start, point to
Administrative Tools, and then click Server Manager.

2. In the console tree, expand Roles, right-click
Streaming Media Services, and then click Add Role services.

The Add Role Services Wizard starts.

3. In the Add Role Services Wizard, on the Select Role Services
page, select the Logging Agent role service, and then complete
the wizard.
During installation, a message informs you that this role service requires additional role services. Click Add Required Role Services to
close the message and continue with the installation.
The Multicast and Advertisement Logging Agent ISAPI logging extension Wmsiislog.dll)
is copied into the following directory:
%systemdrive%\WMPub\WMIISlog
The ISAPI logging extension properties are set in the registry. For more
information about how to configure these settings,

4. Add a virtual directory that references %systemdrive%\WMPub\WMIISlog
and grant the ISAPI logging extension (Wmsiislog.dll) executable permissions on
the virtual root. For more information, see Internet Information Services (IIS)
Manager Help.

5. In the Windows Media Services snap-in, click the broadcast publishing point
for which you want to log multicast information. If it is started, stop the
publishing point.

6. On the Properties tab for the publishing point, in
Category, click Multicast streaming.

7. In Plug-in, click WMS Multicast Data Writer,
and then click Properties.

8. On the Advanced tab, in Logging URL, type
the URL of ISAPI logging extension (Wmsiislog.dll) on the Web server, for
example:

http://web_server_name/virtual_directory_name/wmsiislog.dll

9. Click OK to apply the new setting to
the plug-in.

10. In the details pane, click the Enable button.

11. Run the Multicast Announcement Wizard to update the multicast information
file (a file that has an .nsc file name extension) for the broadcast publishing
point.