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NewsShare

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Technical Reference Guide

SOFTWARE VERSION 5.5

071837101
NOVEMBER 2005

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Contents

Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Chapter 1 Introducing NewsShare

NewsShare Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Before you Begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Open SAN Systems Only. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Open SAN and NAS Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

K2 Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Open SAN System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

NAS System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

K2 System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Chapter 2 Installing the Open SAN Hardware

Setting Up a Failover Open SAN System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Installing the Dual-Port Fibre Channel Card. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Installing the Fibre Channel Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Configuring the SCSI Drivers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Configuring the IP Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Modifying the Registry for Correct Use of the SCSI Fibre Channel Fabric 23

Chapter 3 Setting Up the File System Manager on the Open SAN System

Creating a CVFS license.dat File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Verifying SQL Server Licensing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Installing the NewsShare Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Explanation of the Database Installation Elements . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Chapter 4 Setting Up Workstations on an Open SAN System

Uninstalling the NewsRoomSuite Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Installing the CentraVision File System (CVFS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Configuring CVFS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Modifying the Registry for the CVFS Voting Workaround. . . . . . . . . . . 35

Configuration Changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Verifying the Changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Installing the PC Open SAN Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Installing ContentShare Explorer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Installing the NewsRoomSuite 5.5 software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Chapter 5 Testing Your Open SAN System

Testing NewsEdit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Testing FeedClip. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

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Chapter 6 Setting Up the Database System Manager on a NAS System

Installing Windows 2000 Server Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Installing SQL Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Upgrading an Existing SQL Server to SP3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Configuring SQL Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Installing the NewsShare Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Explanation of the Database Installation Elements . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Chapter 7 Setting Up the NAS System

Setting IP Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Setting the Date and Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Using Network Time Protocol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Chapter 8 Setting Up NewsShare Workstations

Uninstalling the NewsRoomSuite Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Installing the XP PC Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Mounting a NAS Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Installing the NewsRoomSuite 5.5 software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Chapter 9 Testing Your NAS System

Testing NewsEdit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Testing FeedClip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Chapter 10 Setting Up the Database System Manager on a K2 System

Installing Windows 2003 Server Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Installing SQL Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Upgrading an Existing SQL Server to SP3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Configuring SQL Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Installing the NewsShare Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Explanation of the Database Installation Elements . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Chapter 11 Setting Up NewsShare Workstations on a K2 Network

Installing the StorNext File System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Installing the Microsoft iSCSI Initiator 2.0. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Installing the Generic iSCSI Client Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Chapter 12 Setting up a NewsEdit client on a K2 iSCSI Network

Setting Up the K2 Network. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Configuring NewsShare Workstations with the K2 Application . . . . . . 80

Calculating NewsShare Workstation Bandwidth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

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Chapter 13 Installing NewsroomSuite Software

Uninstalling the NewsroomSuite Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Installing the XP PC Software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Installing the NewsroomSuite 5.5 software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Chapter 14 Testing Your K2 System

Testing NewsEdit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

Testing FeedClip. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Appendix A Database Maintenance Utilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

Appendix B Transplanting the News Database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

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Grass Valley Product Support

To get technical assistance, check on the status of problems, or report new
problems, contact Grass Valley Product Support via e-mail, the Web, or by
phone or fax.

Web Technical Support

To access support information on the Web, visit the product support Web page
on the Grass Valley Web site. You can download software or find solutions to
problems by searching our Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) database.

Grass Valley Product Support

World Wide Web:
Technical Support E-mail Address:

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[e-mail].

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Authorized Support Representative

Profile Users Group

A local authorized support representative may be available in your country. To
locate the support representative for your country, visit the product support
Web page on the Grass Valley Web site.

You can connect with other Profile XP Media Platform users to ask questions
or share advice, tips, and hints. Send e-mail to profi[e-mail] to
join the community and benefit from the experience of others.

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1

Introducing NewsShare

NewsShare provides the DNP system with the ability to share a common news
database and common media volumes. This allows newsroom personnel to use
a common media base, making all aspects of the editing process easier to create
and maintain.

This document describes each of the computers that comprise a NewsShare
system, for the Open SAN system, the NAS system, and the K2 system, and
how to install and configure all necessary components. If you are installing a
system that comes from the factory, most of these procedures have already been
done for you. Use this document for reference or when upgrading existing
equipment.

This chapter discusses:

• NewsShare components

• Things you should know before upgrading

• Open SAN system overview

• NAS system overview

• K2 system overview

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NewsShare Components

A DNP NewsShare system includes these components:

• DNP workstations, running NewsEdit XT or SC, FeedClip, and/or NewsQ

• Shared network:

- Open SAN network:

Profile Media Server(s) For encoding and playing out broadcast-quality

RAID arrays Provide storage for all media

File System Manager (FSM) One or two servers control access to the RAID

video

arrays and host asset databases

- NAS network:

NAS Server Manage the network file systems

RAID arrays Provide storage for all media

Database System Manager (DSM) Hosts the News database and optionally the

SmartBin Service

- K2 network:

K2 Media Server Manage the network file systems

RAID arrays Provide storage for all media

Gigabit Ethernet Switch Connects the K2 Media Server and the NewsEdit

Control point PC Hosts the K2 Configuration application used to

client machines

configure the storage system

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Database System Manager (DSM) Hosts the News database and optionally the

SmartBin Service

• (Optional) XRE Server, used for these services:

- SmartBin Service

- Domain Controller for Open SAN and K2 security

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Before you Begin

Please read the following notes before beginning the upgrade process.

Open SAN Systems Only

• Before creating a NewsShare environment, you first need to install and
configure an Open SAN system (MAN).

• Many Open SAN components, particularly the CentraVision File System
(CVFS), require all clients and servers to use fixed IP addresses. If your
network uses a DHCP server, you must create address reservations or a fixed
address subnet.

Complete IP connectivity must exist between all FSMs, Profile Media Servers,
and NewsShare workstations for a particular Open SAN. You may find it
convenient to assign all machines on an Open SAN to the same Workgroup. For
secure configurations, domain membership is necessary as discussed in the
document,

• A Profile Media Server’s Fibre Channel switch cannot handle both SCSI and
IP interfaces. For a NewsShare workstation to work with shared storage, you
must configure one Fibre Channel fabric for SCSI and one for IP.

Open SAN Security Instruction Guide

Before you Begin

.

• An Open SAN cluster is comprised of FSMs, Profile Media Servers, NewsEdit
workstations, and ContentShare Open SAN Servers that share a common
volume. You must use a common-prefix convention (e.g.,
name each machine within a cluster; NewsEdit uses these prefixes to determine
if files can be accessed within the local cluster or whether a stream exchange to
another cluster is necessary.

For example, you could identify one Open SAN cluster as OSAN1; you would
then use that prefix to name all machines in that cluster — a Profile Media
Server could be OSAN1_PRO1 and a NewsEdit workstation could be
OSAN1_EDIT1. Machines in a different Open SAN cluster require a different
prefix (such as OSAN2).

• Note the naming convention that must apply to common-cluster Profile,
DNP, and ContentShare Open SAN Broker machines (the
OPENSAN_MACHINE morphology) in order for winking (shallow copy)
of shared files to work. Without this, send commands will deep-copy
through GXF video networking paths or fail completely if no GXF is
available. The naming convention does not apply to FSMs, which we

prefix_machine)

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recommend to retain their factory names. If you do rename an FSM, you
must also rename the SQL Server that it hosts. See the description of the
changename utility in the
Area Network Instruction Manual.

• For DNP machines, whether running on Windows 2000 or Windows XP
Professional, use the Win2K version of the same CVFS build used by the
FSM and Profile. Use the same settings on all CVFS clients, with one
exception: Configure DNP clients (NewsEdit, NewsQ and FeedClip) to be
File Name Case Insensitive with Preserve Case. Do not change the settings
on the FSMs or Profiles from the normal case-sensitive values specified in
the Media Area Network Instruction Manual. Notwithstanding this
exception to the DNP guide, generally, if the CVFS configuration
specifications for the Open SAN system conflict with this installation guide,
follow the more recent specifications.

Open SAN and NAS Systems

• SDNP requires that all SQL Server instances in its products be updated to
Service Pack 3. These include the SQL Server Standard Edition found on
FSMs, DSMs, and NewsBrowse servers, as well as the SQL Server MSDE
found on NewsEdit, NewsQ, and FeedClip. DNP installer programs will
insist before proceeding that any downlevel version of SQL Server be
upgraded to SP3 or higher. If necessary, follow the

Installation and Update Procedures

the Standard and MSDE editions are decidely different, and that each must
be upgraded only by its indicated service pack. DNP has been increasingly
able to embed the MSDE installation and upgrade in DNP’s main installers;
thus, explicit upgrades to SP3 starting with version 5.0 products are usually
unnecessary.

Reconfigure FSM Settings

document for SP3 upgrades. Note that

section of the Media

Revised SQL Server

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K2 Systems

• Before creating a NewsShare environment, you first need to install and
configure a K2 Media Server (see the

Manual

• Many K2 network components, particularly the StorNext File System
(SNFS), require all clients and servers to use fixed IP addresses. If your
network uses a DHCP server, you must create address reservations or a fixed
address subnet.

Complete IP connectivity must exist between all DSMs, K2 Media Servers, and
NewsShare workstations for a particular K2 network. You may find it
convenient to assign all machines on a K2 network to the same Workgroup.

• An Open SAN cluster is comprised of FSMs, Profile Media Servers, NewsEdit
workstations, and ContentShare Open SAN Servers that share a common
volume. You must use a common-prefix convention (e.g.,
name each machine within a cluster; NewsEdit uses these prefixes to determine
if files can be accessed within the local cluster or whether a stream exchange to
another cluster is necessary.

For example, you could identify one Open SAN cluster as OSAN1; you would
then use that prefix to name all machines in that cluster — a Profile Media
Server could be OSAN1_PRO1 and a NewsEdit workstation could be
OSAN1_EDIT1. Machines in a different Open SAN cluster require a different
prefix (such as OSAN2).

K2 Systems

K2 Storage System Instruction

).

prefix_machine)

to

• SDNP requires that all SQL Server instances in its products be updated to
Service Pack 3. These include the SQL Server Standard Edition found on
FSMs, DSMs, and NewsBrowse servers, as well as the SQL Server MSDE
found on NewsEdit, NewsQ, and FeedClip. DNP installer programs will
insist before proceeding that any downlevel version of SQL Server be
upgraded to SP3 or higher. If necessary, follow the

Installation and Update Procedures

the Standard and MSDE editions are decidely different, and that each must
be upgraded only by its indicated service pack. DNP has been increasingly
able to embed the MSDE installation and upgrade in DNP’s main installers;
thus, explicit upgrades to SP3 starting with version 5.0 products are usually
unnecessary.

document for SP3 upgrades. Note that

Revised SQL Server

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Open SAN System

What to do... How to do it...

Hardware If necessary, replace the single-port

For each Profile

Media Server

Software

For each

File System

Manager

On the

ContentShare

Server

On the XRE Server Install SmartBin Service See the

Emulex Fibre Channel card with a
dual-port card and configure each port

Modify Registry entries See “Modifying the Registry for Correct Use

Follow the correct naming convention
for the Open SAN system

Configure the FSM as an Open SAN
component

Create a CVFS license file See “Creating a CVFS license.dat File” on

Verify SQL licensing See “Verifying SQL Server Licensing” on

Run SetupNewsShareServer installer See “Installing the NewsShare Server” on

Install the ContentShare MAN Broker See the manual,

See “Installing the Dual-Port Fibre Channel
Card” on page 21.

of the SCSI Fibre Channel Fabric” on page

23.

See “Setting Up a Failover Open SAN
System” on page 20.

See the

Manual

page 26.

page 27.

page 27.

Installation Instructions and Release Notes

instructions.

Media Area Network Instruction

.

ContentShare MAN Broker

SmartBins Instruction Guide

for

.

14

For each

NewsShare

Workstation

If you are upgrading, uninstall the
current version of the
NewsRoomSuite software.

Install and configure CVFS See “Installing the CentraVision File System

Implement The CVFS voting
accommodation

Install Profile XP software See “Installing the PC Open SAN Software”

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Use Windows Add/Remove Programs and
choose

Automatically Uninstall

(CVFS)” on page 30 and “Configuring
CVFS” on page 32.

See “Modifying the Registry for the CVFS
Voting Workaround” on page 35.

on page 37.

.

What to do... How to do it...

Open SAN System

For each

NewsShare

Workstation, cont...

Security See the

Test Test NewsEdit functionality See “Testing NewsEdit” on page 42.

Install ContentShare Explorer See “Installing ContentShare Explorer” on

Install the NewsRoomSuite 5.5
software

Create SmartBins See the

Open SAN Security Instruction Guide

Test FeedClip functionality See “Testing FeedClip” on page 43.

page 38.

See “Installing the NewsRoomSuite 5.5
software” on page 39.

SmartBins Instruction Guide

instructions.

for details.

for

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NAS System

What to do... How to do it...

Hardware Add a Gigabit Ethernet board and install the drivers

Software

Database System

For each

Manager

On the XRE Server Install and configure SmartBin Service See the

For each

NewsShare

Workstation

Install the Windows 2000 Server See “Installing Windows 2000 Server

Upgrade an existing SQL Server to SP3 See “Installing SQL Server” on page 46.

Install the SQL server See “Installing SQL Server” on page 46.

Configure the SQL server See “Configuring SQL Server” on page 50.

Verify SQL licensing See “Installing the NewsShare Server” on

Run SetupNewsShareServer installer See “Installing the NewsShare Server” on

Set the correct IP addresses for the NAS
heads

Set the date and time for your
newsstation

Set up SmartBins

Mount the NAS volume See “Mounting a NAS Volume” on page 61.

If you are upgrading, uninstall the
current version of the NewsRoomSuite
software.

Software” on page 46.

page 51.

page 51.

See “Setting IP Addresses” on page 54.

See “Setting the Date and Time” on page 56.

Use Windows Add/Remove Programs and
choose

SmartBins Instruction Guide

Automatically Uninstall

.

.

Install the Profile XP software See “Installing the XP PC Software” on

Mount the NAS volume See “Mounting a NAS Volume” on page 61.

Install the NewsRoomSuite 5.5 software See “Installing the NewsRoomSuite 5.5

Test Test NewsEdit and FeedClip

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functionality

page 60.

software” on page 62.

See testing procedures on page 64 and page

65.

K2 System

What to do... How to do it...

Hardware To each NewsEdit computer, add a dual-Gigabit Ethernet board and install the drivers

Software

K2 System

Database System

For each

Manager

(If you purchased a

new system, this

configuration is

already done for

On the XRE Server Install and configure SmartBin Service See

On each

NewsShare

Workstation

On the Control

Point PC

Install the Windows 2000 Server See “Installing Windows 2000 Server

Upgrade an existing SQL Server to SP3 See“Installing SQL Server” on page 46.

Install the SQL server See “Installing SQL Server” on page 46.

Configure the SQL server See “Configuring SQL Server” on page 50.

you)

Verify SQL licensing See “Installing the NewsShare Server” on

Run SetupNewsShareServer installer See “Installing the NewsShare Server” on

Set up SmartBins

Install StorNext File System See “Installing the StorNext File System” on

Install the Microsoft iSCSI Initiator See “Installing the Microsoft iSCSI Initiator

Install the Generic iSCSI Client
Software

Run the K2 Configuration wizard to set
up each NewsShare Workstation

Software” on page 46.

page 51.

page 51.

NewsroomSuite Installation Guide.

page 76.

2.0” on page 77.

See “Installing the Generic iSCSI Client
Software” on page 78.

See Chapter 12, “Setting up a NewsEdit
client on a K2 iSCSI Network” on page 79.

Chapter 7, “SmartBins,”

in the

On each

NewsShare

Workstation

(The K2

Configuration

Wizard needs to be

run before

installing this

software)

Test Test NewsEdit and FeedClip

If you are upgrading, uninstall the
current version of the NewsRoomSuite
software.

Install the Profile XP software See “Installing the XP PC Software” on

Install the NewsRoomSuite 5.5 software See “Installing the NewsRoomSuite 5.5

functionality

Use Windows Add/Remove Programs and
choose

Automatically Uninstall

page 60.

software” on page 62.

See testing procedures on page 64 and page

65.

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2

Installing the Open SAN Hardware

If you are creating an Open SAN NewsShare system using some existing
equipment, i.e., DNP workstations or a Profile Media Server, you may need to
make some changes to your current equipment.

This chapter discusses how to:

• Set up a failover Open SAN system

• Install the dual-port fibre channel card and configure drivers

• Modify the Registry for Correct Use of the SCSI Fibre Channel Fabric

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Setting Up a Failover Open SAN System

In a failover-configured Open SAN system that has redundant Fibre Channel
SCSI fabrics, the fabric topology must be configured in a particular way to
assure correct failover performance. This topology is often custom-specified
for individual Open SAN systems; as appropriate, this specification should be
sought and followed. In general, given redundant SCSI fabrics A and B, follow
these guidelines:

• Connect the A ports for all Profile and RAID chassis to the A fabric domain.

• Connect the B ports for all Profile and RAID chassis to the B fabric domain.

• The DNP machines do not have redundant Fibre Channel SCSI ports,
therefor, split the attachment of the DNP equipment between the A and B
domains.

• Assign domain numbers to each Fibre Channel switch such that any A­domain value is less than any B-domain value. Note that the term domain
used here in the Fibre Channel-fabric sense to indicate an FC switch. Do not
confuse this Fibre Channel domain with the semantically distinct Windows
domain.

When used correctly, the NewsShare Open SAN system works as follows:

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• Each FC client will discover, in order, the A then B RAID controllers.

• The DNP machines will select a single, stable, predictable path to the
redundant RAID controllers.

• In the event of a RAID controller failure, a DNP machine, after rebooting if
necessary, will find the alternate path to the RAID chassis.

• In the event of a Fibre Channel switch failure, the DNP machines not
primarily connected to the failed switch will continue to function, though
they may first require rebooting.

Important changes must be made to each DNP NewsShare client in order for it
to function correctly in the Open SAN environment. See Chapter 4, “Setting Up
Workstations on an Open SAN System” for details.

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Installing the Dual-Port Fibre Channel Card

Installing the Dual-Port Fibre Channel Card

You need to install a dual-port Fibre Channel card on each DNP NewsShare
system and then configure the two ports.

Installing the Fibre Channel Card

If any exist, you first need to remove old single-port Emulex Fibre Channel
cards and install dual-port Fibre Channel cards.

To install the Fibre Channel card:

1. Remove the Emulex card from each NewsShare workstation.

2. Install a dual-port Fibre Channel card in each NewsShare workstation.

3. Connect the cables to both ports.

4. Power on the system and log into Windows 2000 as

5. Configure the ports as described in the following two sections.

Configuring the SCSI Drivers

You need configure both ports of the Fibre Channel card with SCSI drivers.

To configure the SCSI drivers:

1. Right-click on My Computer and choose

2. Click the

3. Click

Two Fibre Channel controllers appear under

4. Right-click on the first Fibre Channel controller and choose

5. Click the

6. Click

The Upgrade Device Driver Wizard appears.

7. Click

8. Select

9. Insert the media with the Qlogic QLA2342 Dual Fibre Channel SCSI driver.

Hardware

Device Manager

Driver

Update driver

Next

.

Search for a suitable driver for my device

tab.

.

tab.

.

Administrator

Properties

SCSI and RAID Controllers

.

and click

Properties

Next

.

.

.

.

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10. Select the device with the SCSI driver from the list and click Next.

The Digital Signature Not Found window appears.

11. Click

12. Click

Yes.

Finish to complete the device driver upgrade.

13. Repeat Steps 4 through 12 for the second Fibre Channel controller.

14. Close the Properties window.

Configuring the IP Driver

You need configure the upper port of the Fibre Channel card with an IP driver.

To configure the IP driver:

1. Choose

The Add/Remove Hardware Wizard appears.

2. Click

3. Select

4. Select

5. Select

6. Select

7. Click

8. Insert the media with the Qlogic QLA2342 Dual Fibre Channel IP driver.

Start | Settings | Control Panel | Add/Remove Hardware.

Next.

Add/Troubleshoot a device and click Next.

Add a new device and click Next.

No, I want to select the hardware from a list and click Next.

Network Adapters from the Network Types list and click Next.

Have Disk.

9. Select the device with the SCSI driver and browse to the

10. Select the

11. Click

12. Select the

13. Click

14. Click

netql2x.int file and click Open.

OK.

QLogic QLA2x00 PCI Adapter and click Next.

Next and then click Yes.

Finish.

15. Reboot the system.

16. Click

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Cancel when the Found new Hardware window appears.

/W2K/IP folder

Modifying the Registry for Correct Use of the SCSI Fibre Channel Fabric

Modifying the Registry for Correct Use of the
SCSI Fibre Channel Fabric

After normal installation of the QLogic HBA cards (whether done in the factory
or field), certain Registry values must be tuned for correct use of the SCSI Fibre
Channel fabric. (See the topology discussion in this chapter’s section, “Setting
Up a Failover Open SAN System” on page 20.) By hand or by script, effect the
(sparsely specified) values indicated here in Registry script syntax:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ADIC\CentraVision File
System\1]

"NoMultiplePaths"=dword:00000001

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\ql2
300\Parameters\Device]

"DriverParameters"="UseSameNN=0;buschange=0;SNSGET=2"
"MaximumSGList"=dword:000000fc
"NumberOfRequests"=dword:00000096

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Chapter

3

Setting Up the File System Manager on
the Open SAN System

To accommodate NewsShare on your Open SAN, for each FSM you need to:

• Add licenses to the master CVFS license.dat file for the DNP machines

• Add SQL server licenses for the DNP machines

• Install the NewsShare database

If you need additional information on configuring an FSM for your Open SAN,
refer to Chapters 5 and 6 of the Media Area Network Instruction Manual.

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Creating a CVFS license.dat File

Each File System Manager requires a master CVFS license.dat file that contains
the FSM license as well as the licenses from each Profile Media Server and
NewsShare workstation on your shared storage network. If you are using two
FSMs on your Open SAN, each system needs the same master file. If this master
license.dat file was not created at the factory, use a text editor such as NotePad to
compile the license strings.

Depending on how your NewsShare system was assembled and shipped from
the factory, the license.dat file on each FSM may already contain a license
string for each client, or each client may carry its own license string which
needs to be copied to the master license.dat file on each FSM. If the DNP
machines were not originally shipped for use as an Open SAN system, they may
not have CVFS licenses. In this case, contact Thomson Grass Valley to obtain
licenses.

Verify that there exists a correct License Authorization String for each Profile
and NewsShare system in the master license.dat files. For each client, follow
this example to create the license.dat file:

1. On the primary FSM, browse to the
and open the license.dat file in a text editor.

2. For each Profile Media Server and NewsShare workstation, do the
following:

a. Browse to the

license.dat file in a text editor.

b. Locate the license string text. This is an example of license string text:

# System Identifier: B0D0B0C5B1 (XP1)
# Platform: NT
# Expiration Date: Expiration Date: Mon Dec 31 23:59:59 2001
# License Authorization String: client 1 NT B0D0B0C5B1
AAAABNEB8ASCDWFS2Y2SCNL2569SSPHVT8QCU6S6AZSFNPTC4 TSXP1
grassvalleygroup

c. If the text does not exist in the master license.dat file on the FSM, copy it

into that file.

3. Repeat Step 2 for each machine.

4. Save the master license.dat file.

5. Copy the master license.dat file to the backup FSM.

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C:\MediaAreaNetwork\config directory

C:\MediaAreaNetwork\config directory and open the

Verifying SQL Server Licensing

For each File System Manager in your Open SAN, verify the following:

• That the maximum per-seat number in the SQL Server license is adequate to
include Profile Media Servers and NewsShare workstations.

Installing the NewsShare Server

The SetupNewsShareServer installer must be run on each FSM in the Open
SAN system. This installer is included in the DNP distribution CD-ROM. It
must be run for both new installations and upgrades, and it may be run before
or after the independent installers for the NewsShare client machines.

The installer will not modify or delete customer data in existing News
databases; it simply makes compatibility changes for programming interfaces.
Nonetheless, it is strongly recommended that backups be made of existing,
server-mounted News databases prior to running the installer. See Appendix ,
Database Maintenance Utilitiesfor available backup utilities.

To install the NewsShare Server:

1. Log in to the FSM machine as Administrator.

Verifying SQL Server Licensing

2. Stop the Failover Monitor Service and make sure the unit is not in active
service to NewsShare clients or SmartBin Services.

3. Navigate to the location of the SetupNewsShareServer installer and double­click the installer icon.

The installer can be run directly from a DNP distribution CD-ROM, a
networked volume, or a local drive.

The installer completes in about a minute. You don’t need to reboot. After the
installer has been run on both FSMs, they can be returned to service.

Explanation of the Database Installation Elements

Whether used in shared or local mode, all FeedClip, NewsEdit, and NewsQ
workstations, and all SmartBin servers, install MDAC (Microsoft Data Access
Components), an embedded version of SQL Server called MSDE (Microsoft
SQL Server Desktop Engine), and the DNP database named News. In upgrades,
these components are updated as necessary. For a fresh installation, MDAC and
MSDE are loaded early in the process and the News Database is created late,
possibly after a required reboot.

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Typically, these components are factory installed, or, if done in the field,
automatically installed with no user interaction. If errors occur, proceed as
directed by Thomson Grass Valley service personnel.

For details on the installation of SQL Server (both Standard and MSDE
editions) for DNP, see the document SqlServerSp3ForGvgDnpProducts.htm.

Starting with version 5.0 of the NewsroomSuite software, the management of
MSDE is substantially embedded in the various installers. You should need to
refer to this document only to maintain or upgrade earlier DNP versions that are
still using MSDE SP2.

For installation or upgrade of the News database on a workstation, in the
directory C:\Program Files\Vibrint 3.0\DB Install, the DNP installer calls the
executable dbInstall.exe with certain parameters. If dbinstall does not
encounter any errors, it exits and returns control to the main installer. If it
encounters a fatal error, it will block with a message that describes the error.

The normal, error-free DB installation does not block, so the command-line
messages are not easily readable. Here is an example of what they would be for
a typical upgrade:

C:\Program Files\Vibrint 3.0\DB Install>dbInstall -nox -FSM1

VMAN_VBRFSM1

Skipping MSDE installation. Ver. 8.00.760 already installed.

Installing skeletal news DB on local MSDE server.

This may take a moment...success.

Updating news DB on this machine.

This may take a moment...success.

Inserting root bins in local news DB.

Revising local DB based on vbrDataSource...success.

Communicated successfully with DB news on server VMAN_VBRFSM1.

Database installation complete.

An analogous executable, svrDbInstall.exe installs and configures the News
database on DSM and FSM servers, and is called by the SetupNewsShareServer
installer.

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