Grass Valley Profile InSync User Manual
InSync
PROFILE XP & OPEN SAN MIRRORING SOFTWARE
User Guide
SOFTWARE VERSION 3.0
071-8008-05
JULY 2008
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Rev Date Description
March 2000 Initial release of the Profile & Profile XP InSync User Guide,
071-8008-00
February 2001 Updated to include bi-directional mirroring mode, and to support v.
2.0. 071-8008-01.
April 2001 Updated to include PVS2000 in supported systems. 071-8008-02
September 2002 Updated to include Open SAN in supported systems. Part Number
February 2, 2004 Includes version 3 features. Part number 071-8008-04.
July 2, 2008 Updated synchronization rules. Part number 071-8008-05.
071-8008-03.
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Contents
Grass Valley Product Support.................................................................................4
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Introducing InSync...................................................................................................7
Profile System requirements ...................................................................................7
Important information about using InSync...............................................................8
Installing InSync......................................................................................................8
Starting and stopping InSync ................................................... ...............................8
Setting master and slave Profile XPs......................................................................9
About synchronization.............................................................................................10
Configuring synchronization rules...........................................................................11
Defining filters.................................... ...... ..... ...... ..... ........................................ ..... ...14
Saving a configuration file.......................................................................................15
Loading a configuration file .....................................................................................16
Running synchronizations .......................................................................................16
Managing individual synchronization tasks.............................................................17
About task blocks ............................... ..... ...... ..... ........................................ ..... ...17
Re-arranging the order of synchronization tasks................................................17
Excluding synchronization tasks.........................................................................17
Including synchronizati on tas ks........................................... ...... .........................18
Manually controlling deletions.................................................................................18
Viewing synchronization history..............................................................................19
Viewing the history log ............................................................................................19
Changing the slave Profile XP to be master............................................................19
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Grass Valley Product Support
T o get technica l assistance, che ck on the status of a ques tion, or to report new issue, contact
Grass Valley Product Support via e-mail, the Web, or by phone or fax.
Web Technical Support
To access support infor mation on the Web, v isit the pr oduct support Web page on the
Grass Valley Web site. Yo u ca n do wn loa d s oft war e or f ind sol utions to problems by
searching our Frequent ly Asked Questions (FAQ) database.
World Wide Web: http://www.thomsongrassvalley.com/support/
Technical Support E-mail Address: gvgtechsupport@thomson.net.
Phone Support
Use the following information to contact product support by phone during business
hours. Afterhours phone support is available for warranty and contract customers.
International
(France)
International
(United States,
Canada)
Hong Kong,
Taiwan, Korea,
Macau
Australia, New
Zealand
Central, South
America
China +861 066 0159 450 Netherlands +31 (0) 35 62 38 421
Belgium +32 (0) 2 334 90 30 Northern Europe +45 45 96 88 70
Japan +81 3 5484 6868 Singapore +65 6379 1313
Malaysia +603 7805 3884 Spain +41 487 80 02
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+61 1300 721 495 Germany, Austria,
+55 11 5509 3440 Near East, Africa +33 1 48 25 20 20
Authorized Support Representative
Italy +39 02 24 13 16 01
+39 06 87 20 35 42
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Tadzikistan,
Ukraine,
Uzbekistan
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Eastern Europe
+7 095 258 09 20
+33 (0) 2 334 90 30
+91 11 515 282 502
+91 11 515 282 504
+49 6150 104 444
A local authoriz ed support repres entative may be av ailable in you r country. To locat e the
support represent ative for your c ountry, visit the product support Web p age on the Grass
Valley Web site.
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