Distribution Status

LiveFlow Content Transmission

LiveFlow gives an administrator the ability to view and control the transmission of content that is traversing the WAN.

Using the Adaptiva Web Portal

LiveFlow (Live WAN Downloads) is available in build 8.0.928.0 and later.

1. Connect to the Adaptiva Web Portal using your web browser -- http[s]://AdaptivaServerFQDN[:port]

2. Enter the appropriate credentials or click on Login with Active Directory

3. Click on Go to OneSite ConfigMgr Edition or Go to One Intune Edition or click OneSite Anywhere, OneSite ConfigMgr Edition or OneSite Intune Edition

4. Select Live WAN Downloads

1. The center pane will display Content or Locations. This is the Content/Location pane.

2. After selecting a specific piece of content or a specific location, the right-most pane will display the current transfer status

After selecting Live WAN Downloads, the default page in the right pane will be Download Status. There are other pages that can be used to manage the content transfers.

View and Manage All Live WAN Transfers

1. In the Content/Location pane determine if you want to view by Content or by Location or both by selecting the appropriate items. Selecting an item from the list of Content will update the Showing results for: in the right-pane, by default it will show the content going to All Offices

1. Selecting Locations, expanding the list of Locations and selecting a specific location will then update the Showing result for: in the right-pane

1. If content is currently being transferred, the LiveFlow Transfer Status will show the progress of the transfer and the content item will be displayed in the In Progress Downloads section at the bottom.

• The LiveFlow Transfer Status has three sections:

  Summary This shows the number of active transfers, number of unique offices and the amount transferred to each destination

  Current Downloads This is a donut chart showing the amount of content Active versus Waiting

  Average Transfer Rate This is a line graph showing the speed at which the content is being transferred to each destination

• The In Progress Downloads will include information about the devices downloading the content -- source and destination, percent complete, bytes sent, and transfer rates.

1. To manage the content transfer between locations, select the ellipses (...) under Actions while hovering over a line item.

Pause - Selecting this option will pause the content transfer to its target.

Click OK to pause the transfer to that location

Override Priority - Selecting this option will display the current priority of the content item, which can be changed to raise or lower the priority.

Enter the new priority and click OK

Transport override - Offers the option to change the transport for a content item on the fly with the option of using Background adaptive transport, the default, or Foreground adaptive transport. It is not recommended to switch to Foreground transport as it will function like a SMB file copy, which may impact bandwidth availability over the WAN.

Select the desired transport and click OK

Cancel Transfer - Cancels the selected WAN Transfer.

Click OK to Cancel the transfer

Big Red Button -- Global WAN Pause/Resume

This allows you to immediately pause or resume ALL WAN transfers taking place between Adaptiva clients across ALL Adaptiva locations.

1. At the top, right of the pane, select Pause All WAN.

Notice the information bubble to its left

1. The following will be displayed:

Click OK to Pause all transfers. It will take a few seconds. When it is complete, the right pane will show:

NOTE: LAN transfers between Adaptiva clients located in the same office will continue.

1. To resume WAN transfers, select the green Resume ALL WAN button.

Click OK to Resume all transfers. It will take a minute or so to re-display the graph showing the content transfer statistics and information.

Manage LiveFlow Pauses

This task allows you to view, create and resume any paused WAN transfers

Showing Paused Downloads

1. Select Live WAN Downloads

2. In the right pane, select Paused Downloads

By default, All Content at All Locations is shown. If there are applicable LiveFlow Pauses they will be shown.

1. In the Content/Location pane, select either specific content or a specific location to filter the pauses to those items. After selecting a Content item or specific Location, click the x under Showing results for: to remove that selection and go back to All

Creating Paused Downloads

When either a specific content item or a specific location is selected, a Pause can be created for that content item to any location, or for all content to the specific location

1. In the Content/Location pane, select either specific content or a specific location to filter the pauses to those items.

1. Click on + Create Pause

Click OK

If a content item was selected, then distribution of that content to all locations will be paused

If a location was selected, then distribution of all content to that location will be paused.

Deleting a Paused Download

1. To remove a specific LiveFlow Pause, click on the ellipses (...) under the Actions column while hovering over the line item.

Select Delete

Click OK

1. To resume all transfers, click the Delete ALL Pauses button and click OK

Manage LiveFlow Priority Overrides

This task allows you to view, create or remove any priority overrides set against any LiveFlow content transfers.

Showing Priority Overrides

1. Select Live WAN Downloads

2. In the right pane, select Priority Overrides

By default, All Content at All Locations is shown. If there are applicable LiveFlow Priority Overrides they will be shown.

1. In the Content/Location pane, select either specific content or a specific location to filter the overrides to those items. After selecting a Content item or specific Location, click the x under Showing results for: to remove that selection and go back to All

Creating Priority Overrides

When either a specific content item or a specific location is selected, a Priority Override can be created for that content item to any location, or for all content to the specific location

1. In the Content/Location pane, select either specific content or a specific location to filter the overrides to those items.

1. Click on + Create Priority Override

Enter a new priority

Click OK

If a content item was selected, then distribution of that content to all locations will have its priority changed

If a location was selected, then distribution of all content to that location will have its priority changed

Deleting a Priority Override

1. To remove a specific Priority Override, click on the ellipses (...) under the Actions column while hovering over the line item.

Select Delete

Click OK

1. To delete all Priority Overrides, click the Delete ALL Priority Overrides button and click OK

Manage LiveFlow Transport Overrides

This task allows you to view, create or remove any transport overrides set against any LiveFlow content transfers.

Showing Transport Overrides

1. Select Live WAN Downloads

2. In the right pane, select Transport Overrides

By default, All Content at All Locations is shown. If there are applicable LiveFlow Priority Overrides they will be shown.

1. In the Content/Location pane, select either specific content or a specific location to filter the overrides to those items. After selecting a Content item or specific Location, click the x under Showing results for: to remove that selection and go back to All

Creating Transport Overrides

When either a specific content item or a specific location is selected, a Transport Override can be created for that content item to any location, or for all content to the specific location

1. In the Content/Location pane, select either specific content or a specific location to filter the overrides to those items.

1. Click on + Create Transport Override

Select the desired Transport

Click OK

If a content item was selected, then distribution of that content to all locations will have its transport protocol changed

If a location was selected, then distribution of all content to that location will have its transport protocol changed

Deleting a Transport Override

1. To remove a specific Transport Override, click on the ellipses (...) under the Actions column while hovering over the line item.

Select Delete

Click OK

1. To delete all Transport Overrides, click the Delete ALL Transport Overrides button and click OK

Using the Adaptiva Workbench

Open the Adaptiva Workbench and in Workbench Perspectives expand the Content Management folder and launch the LiveFlow Content Transmission Perspective. There are several Live Flow Management Tasks available.

View and Manage All LiveFlow Transfers

1. In the Live Flow Management Tasks pane, select View and Manage All LiveFlow Transfers.

1. In the Content And/or Office Selection section, first determine if you want to view by Content or by Office or both and check the associated box

1. Next, either select a content item from the left to see the status of a specific content item or select an Office from the right to see content transfers to the office itself.

2. If content is currently being transferred, the content item will be displayed in the Current Live WAN Transfers for Selected Content And/or Office section at the bottom.

3. The list of live transfers will include information about the clients downloading the content, percent complete, bytes sent, and transfer rates.

1. To manage the content transfer between offices, select the line item and use one of the below options. You can also select an office and apply the below settings.

Show Details - Displays additional information about the transfer such as Content and version information and download status.

Pause Transfer - Selecting this option will immediately pause the content transfer to its target.

Change Priority - Selecting this option will display the current priority of the content item, which can be changed to raise or lower the priority.

Change Transport - Offers the option to change the transport for a content item on the fly with the option of using the default, Background adaptive transport or Foreground adaptive transport. It is not recommended to switch to Foreground transport as it will function like a SMB file copy, which may impact bandwidth availability over the WAN.

Cancel Transfer - Cancels the selected WAN Transfer.

Big Red Button -- Global WAN Pause/Resume

This task allows you to immediately pause or resume all WAN transfers taking place between Adaptiva clients across all Adaptiva offices.

1. In the Live Flow Management Tasks pane, select Big Red Button -- Global WAN Pause/Resume.

2. To pause all transfers, select the red PAUSE button.

NOTE: LAN transfers between Adaptiva clients located in the same office will continue.

1. To resume WAN transfers, select the green RESUME button.

Manage LiveFlow Pauses

This task allows you to view, create and resume any paused WAN transfers.

1. In the Live Flow Management Tasks pane, select Manage LiveFlow Pauses.

2. In the Content and/or Office Selection section, check the box Limit Results to the Selected Content and/or Limit Results to the Selected Offices checkbox(es) to view pause states for a content item and/or office. If both boxes are unchecked, all pauses will be displayed.

To Pause all content transfers for a particular content item, select the content item and click the Create LiveFlow Pause button.

To Pause all content transfers to a particular office, select the office and click the Create LiveFlow Pause button.

To resume all LiveFlow transfers, click the Delete ALL Pauses button.

To resume the transfer of a specific content item, click the Delete button next to the item.

Manage LiveFlow Priority Overrides

This task allows you to view, create or remove any priority overrides set against any LiveFlow content transfers.

1. In the Live Flow Management Tasks pane, select Manage LiveFlow Priority Overrides.

2. In the Content and/or Office Selection section, check the box Limit Results to the Selected Content and/or Limit Results to the Selected Offices to view priority overrides set against a LiveFlow content transfer. If both boxes are unchecked, all overrides will be displayed.

3. To change the LiveFlow Priority Override, select the specific content item, content item and office, or simply all content for an office, then press the Create LiveFlow Priority Override button.

1. In the LiveFlow Priority Override dialog, edit the priority and click OK.

To remove all priority overrides, click the Delete All Priority Overrides button. The priorities of each content item will be reverted to their original value.

To remove a specific priority override, click the Delete button next to the item.

Manage LiveFlow Transport Overrides

This task allows you to view, create or remove any transport overrides set against any LiveFlow content transfers.

1. In the Live Flow Management Tasks pane, select Manage LiveFlow Transport Overrides.

2. In the Content and/or Office Selection section, check the box Limit Results to the Selected Content and/or Limit Results to the Selected Offices to view transport overrides set against a LiveFlow content transfer. If both boxes are unchecked, all transport overrides will be displayed.

3. To create a new LiveFlow Transport Override, select the specific content item, content item and office, or simply all content for an office, then press the Create LiveFlow Transport Override button. Alternatively, click the Delete All Transport Overrides button to delete overrides for the content and/or office selected.

1. To see all LiveFlow Transport Overrides, uncheck both Limit Results to the Selected Content and Limit Results to the Selected Office, and in the Current LiveFlow Priority Overrides section, a list will appear of all overrides as well as their priority. To remove the override, click the Delete button next to the item.

Content Distribution Status

Using the Adaptiva Web Portal

This is currently only available in the Adaptiva Workbench.

Using the Adaptiva Workbench

The Content Distribution Status perspective lists the various content types and content items with their current distribution status. An administrator can select a content item such as an ConfigMgr package, Adaptiva package or Intune P2P package, and quickly determine the following:

• Which offices the content has started, or completed downloading to

• Specific clients which have the content

• Specific clients currently downloading the content

• Specific clients who partially downloaded the content

1. Open the Adaptiva Workbench and in Workbench Perspectives expand the Content System folder and launch the Content Distribution Status Perspective.

2. In the Content Explorer pane, navigate to and select a content item that you want to view distribution status.

1. In the Content Distribution Status Viewer pane, in the Content Distribution Status Viewer section, you will see a list of offices where the content is available. To view the status, select one of the offices.

In the Content Distribution Status in the Selected Office section, you can view a list of Completed Downloads, Downloads in Progress, or Partial Downloads per machine.

Each list displays information about the clients as well as the amount of content which has been downloaded.