FMS on CentOS

Hello,
I'm having trouble getting FMS2 installed on CentOS. I have
looked all over for information, but can't seem to solve the
problem. After a fresh install in everything appears to install OK,
it says server started.
So i think everything is working fine. When i go to load an
application I get this in the logs:
Failed to create thread (TCServerConnector::startConnector)
Server aborted
Anyone have any ideas?
Thanks.

Hi Smidge12,
At this point I cannot still help you because I cannot even
run the fms server, only the admin server.
Which version of CentOS are you running? Did you also have to
install compat-libstdc++-33-3.2.3-47.3.i386.rpm. This one made it
the installer to go through.
Do you have both servers running , ie, admin and fms?
If you have any hints or links to provide me, I'd be
grateful. May be once I get to running both servers I get the same
error and we both can tackle the problem.
Cheers.

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Failed to create thread (TCPollThread Ctor).    -
2012-02-15
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NPTL 2.3.4
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Core Hw/Sw Configuration:-
Processor :- Interl Xeon E5620 2.40 Ghz
Ram         :- 16GB
OS           :- Centos 5.5
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Thanks,
core.00.log
#Date: 2012-11-14
#Fields: date time x-pid x-status x-ctx x-comment
2012-11-14 14:01:33 21477 (i)2581237 Starting admin app on core (21477). -
2012-11-14 14:01:33 21477 (i)2581238 Core (21477) connecting to admin. -
2012-11-14 14:01:33 21477 (i)2581231 Core (21477) connected to admin. -
2012-11-14 14:01:33 21477 (i)2581234 Core (21477) connection to admin accepted. -
2012-11-14 14:01:34 21477 (i)2631174 Listener started ( _defaultRoot_ ) : 127.0.0.1:19351 (rtmfp-core)/v4 -
2012-11-14 14:01:34 21477 (i)2631174 Listener started ( _defaultRoot_ ) : 10.xxx.120.xxx:19351 (rtmfp-core)/v4 -
2012-11-14 14:01:34 21477 (i)2631174 Listener started ( _defaultRoot_ ) : 10.xxx.120.xxx:19351 (rtmfp-core)/v4 -
2012-11-14 14:01:34 21477 (i)2631174 Listener started ( _defaultRoot_ ) : 127.0.0.1:40001 (rtmfp-core)/v4 -
2012-11-14 14:01:34 21477 (i)2631174 Listener started ( _defaultRoot_ ) : 10.xxx.120.xxx:40001 (rtmfp-core)/v4 -
2012-11-14 14:01:34 21477 (i)2631174 Listener started ( _defaultRoot_ ) : 10.xxx.120.xxx:40001 (rtmfp-core)/v4 -
2012-11-14 14:01:34 21477 (i)2631174 Listener started ( _defaultRoot_ ) : 127.0.0.1:40201 (rtmfp-core)/v4 -
2012-11-14 14:01:34 21477 (i)2631174 Listener started ( _defaultRoot_ ) : 10.xxx.120.xxx:40201 (rtmfp-core)/v4 -
2012-11-14 14:01:34 21477 (i)2631174 Listener started ( _defaultRoot_ ) : 10.xxx.120.xxx:40201 (rtmfp-core)/v4 -
2012-11-14 14:01:34 21477 (i)2631509 Public rtmfp-core addresses for listener _defaultRoot_ are: 127.0.0.1:19351;10.xxx.120.xxx:19351;10.xxx.120.xxx:19351;10.xxx.120.xxx:40001;
2012-11-14 14:01:34 21477 (i)2581246 Core (21477) sending register cmd to edge. -
2012-11-14 14:01:37 21477 (w)2581171 System memory load (99) is high. -
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2012-11-14 14:09:38 21477 (i)2581172 System memory load (1) is now below the maximum threshold. -
#Date: 2012-11-14
#Fields: date time x-pid x-status x-ctx x-comment
2012-11-14 14:09:37 9534 (i)2581172 System memory load (1) is now below the maximum threshold. -
#Date: 2012-11-14
#Fields: date time x-pid x-status x-ctx x-comment
2012-11-14 14:09:40 22301 (i)2581237 Starting admin app on core (22301). -
2012-11-14 14:09:40 22301 (i)2581238 Core (22301) connecting to admin. -
2012-11-14 14:09:40 22301 (i)2581231 Core (22301) connected to admin. -
2012-11-14 14:09:40 22301 (i)2581234 Core (22301) connection to admin accepted. -
master.00.log
#Version: 1.0
#Start-Date: 2012-11-14 14:01:30
#Software: Adobe Flash Media Server 4.5.4 r3003 x64
#Date: 2012-11-14
#Fields: date time x-pid x-status x-ctx x-comment
2012-11-14 14:01:27 9508 (i)2581223 Core (10170) is no longer active. -
2012-11-14 14:01:30 9508 (w)2581256 Core (10170) _defaultRoot_:_defaultVHost_:::_0 experienced 1 failure[s]! -
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2012-11-14 14:09:37 9508 (i)2581172 System memory load (1) is now below the maximum threshold. -
2012-11-14 14:09:37 9508 (i)2581223 Core (10631) is no longer active. -
2012-11-14 14:09:37 9508 (w)2581256 Core (10631) _defaultRoot_:_defaultVHost_:::_1 experienced 1 failure[s]! -
2012-11-14 14:09:37 9508 (i)2581221 Core (22301) started, arguments : -adaptor "_defaultRoot_" -vhost "_defaultVHost_" -app -inst -tag "_1" -console -conf "/opt/adobe/fms/conf/Server.xml" -name "_defaultRoot_:_defaultVHost_:::_1". -

Hi Vijay,
Thanks for the reply. For now all of my core.xx.log files are filled with this error. I was searching for the below error and found it is already in discussion.
plz check this.
Below are my recent core.xx.log logs.
#Fields: date   time    x-pid   x-status        x-ctx   x-comment
2012-11-24      02:09:02        6403    (w)2611173      TSorensonVideoSmartQueue would have dropped H264 sequence header
2012-11-24      02:09:02        6403    (w)2611173      TSorensonVideoSmartQueue would have dropped H264 sequence header
2012-11-24      02:09:02        6403    (w)2611173      TSorensonVideoSmartQueue would have dropped H264 sequence header
2012-11-24      02:09:02        6403    (w)2611173      TSorensonVideoSmartQueue would have dropped H264 sequence header
2012-11-24      02:09:02        6403    (w)2611173      TSorensonVideoSmartQueue would have dropped H264 sequence header
2012-11-24      17:36:03        6402    (w)2611173      TSorensonVideoSmartQueue would have dropped H264 sequence header
2012-11-24      17:42:29        6403    (e)2581279      Assert failed in tincan/server/rtmfp/rtmfpcoresession.cpp line 1696
2012-11-24      17:48:41        6402    (e)2631109      Unknown exception caught in Operation not permitted.
2012-11-24      17:48:41        6402    (e)2581279      Assert failed in tincan/server/rtmfp/eventloopbase.cpp line 492
2012-11-24      18:50:30        6402    (e)2581279      Assert failed in tincan/server/rtmfp/rtmfpcoresession.cpp line 1696
2012-11-24      20:24:46        6402    (e)2631109      Unknown exception caught in Operation not permitted.
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2012-11-24      20:40:06        6402    (e)2581279      Assert failed in tincan/server/rtmfp/rtmfpcoresession.cpp line 1696
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#End-Date: 2012-11-25 00:58:55

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/Ed.

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user1 uid:gid is usr1adm:fmsgrp
user2 usi:gig is usr2adm:fmsgrp
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/home/sanmultimedia/applications/testaccess/
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Fred

VOD changes won't help him, he said outside the applications
folder. According to adobe any new vod folders must be in the
applications folder, hence virtually worthless for most purposes. A
better question may be, how do you specify a folder on a different
local hard drive. I wish adobe wouldn't make it so complicated, it
should be a really simple matter.

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I'm sorry if this issue has already been answered somewhere else, but my Google skills are up to par and I was unable to find a documented resolution to this problem within the last few days. Opening a new topic was my last resort.
I am designing a live-streaming system for a client. We've been running an instance 24/7 for the last month and my client just received an enormous bill for that.
Basically we need to be able to start and stop the instance as needed. When I check the checkbox next to it in the Management Console and click on Instance Actions, Stop and Start are greyed out. I am allowed to Terminate and Reboot the instance, but I'd like to keep my same instance and simply turn it on and off in between live streams. I've read that the Start and Stop options are disabled because my instance is not stored on an EBS volume, and that running FMS on an EBS volume is not supported. Must I leave the instance running all the time in order to get around having to set it up each time I need it? Is there any sort of workaround or widely accepted answer for this?
Thanks again.

Hi Smit,
I believe you are talking about FMS AWS instance and you may be using a centos 4.0.2 instance AMI or lower?
Well ... earlier, options for stopping a centos AWS image was not available, but recently they are there in place, so I suppose if you use a new centos 4.5.1 AMI then probably you can start stop the aws instance on yuor will. Give ut a shot and let me know.
Regards,
Shiraz Anwar
I again cross-checked and found that you were right, start and stop is not supported there .... an alternative method is to take a snapshots of the runinng instnace and terminate that instance after that, later you can use your snapshot to attach to the EBS volume to run your system again. You may need to use the Elastic IP address, because you wont like your users to update each time you terminate the old instance, and create new instance from snapshot. I have never used it in this way, but this is one of the approach.

Centos 5.2 'shared memory init failed' issue - doesn't start

I am running centos 5.2 32bit and I installed FMS 3.0.2 (Tried FMS 3.0.4 also)
FMS installed just fine with the -platformWarnOnly flag.
My problem is it will not start at all, nothing starts. no logs in the /opt/adobe/fms either, I only get logs in /var/log/messages with the following
Apr 8 17:14:48 vid Server[22463]: Process (22463) : shared memory (__FCS__serverstats_) init failed.
Apr 8 17:14:53 vid Server[22475]: Process (22475) : shared memory (__FCS__serverstats_) init failed.
Apr 8 17:21:15 vid Server[22733]: Process (22733) : shared memory (__FCS__serverstats_) init failed.
Apr 8 17:21:20 vid Server[22745]: Process (22745) : shared memory (__FCS__serverstats_) init failed.
I also did a ldd on fmsmaster and symlinked "libasneu.so.1 => not found" to the real file, that did nothing.
Here are some of the rpms that im pretty sure are needed.
[root@vid fms]# rpm -qa | grep compat
compat-gcc-34-g77-3.4.6-4
compat-libgcc-296-2.96-138
compat-glibc-headers-2.3.4-2.26
compat-gcc-34-3.4.6-4
compat-libf2c-34-3.4.6-4
compat-gcc-34-c++-3.4.6-4
compat-libstdc++-296-2.96-138
compat-glibc-2.3.4-2.26
compat-libstdc++-33-3.2.3-61
[root@vid fms]# rpm -qa | grep stdc
compat-libstdc++-296-2.96-138
libstdc++-4.1.2-44.el5
compat-libstdc++-33-3.2.3-61
libstdc++-devel-4.1.2-44.el5
[root@vid9 fms]# rpm -qa | grep nspr
nspr-devel-4.7.3-2.el5
nspr-4.7.3-2.el5
Would appreciate any help guys!!
I also googled my error and there is one post with no answer here: http://forums.adobe.com/message/105674#105674
Thanks!

tmp/ is (/opt/adobe/fms/tmp) 777 and owned by root, I even tried chown'ing to the user that runs fms, no luck.
tmp gets created when i run it the FIRST time:
[root@vid10 fms]# ls -al tmp/
total 8
drwxrwxrwx 2 admin admin 4096 Apr 8 21:15 .
drwxr-xr-x 11 admin admin 4096 Apr 8 21:09 ..
-rwxrwxrwx 1 admin admin 0 Apr 8 21:09 __FCS__serverstats__shm_mem
-rwxrwxrwx 1 admin admin 0 Apr 8 21:09 __FCS__serverstats__shm_mtx
Could it be something with the shm setting, maybe sysctl?
I have 4GB of ram in this machine. Same exact machine works perfect on rhel 4
I appreciate your quick reply.

Fms hardware question

Hello,
i have a question regarding the hardware of a fms server. We have it installed and working properly on:
CentOS 5.3 64bit
Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU E4400 @ 2.00GHz
3GB RAM
2xSATA HDD in RAID1
We are going to stream live video, at a rate of 500 K bits/second, to an
audience of up to 5.000 people, at peak times.
The video will be pushed to the FMIS server as flash files, ready to be
streamed in the right format and bit rate, which therefore do not need any
conversion.
In addition we will be offering, video for streaming download on demand, at
a bit rate of 500 K bits/second, with up to 1000 users at the same time at
peak times.
My question is if thats possible with te current hardware?
Thanks!

Check out pages 17-19 of this doc:
http://www.adobe.com/products/flashmediaserver/pdfs/fms3_5_wp_ue.pdf
It will give you some ideas of how your hardware will measure up. The tests were based on servers that each have a bonded pair of 1Gbps nic's, but actual throughput was limited to 1Gbps (NIC saturation affects performance, so if you'll make more bandwidth available at each box, factor that when factoring processor demands).

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