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Avid® DS Nitris

Installation and Administration Guide

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Avid DS Nitris Installation and Administration Guide • 0130-07502-01 • June 2006

Contents

Using Avid Support and Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Using the Product Documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Avid DS Online Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

How to Order Documentation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Contacting Avid Customer Support. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

E-mail Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Web Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Upload Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Avid Community Forum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Avid Training Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Chapter 1 Setting up your Avid DS Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Installation Scenarios . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Installing a Standalone Avid DS Workstation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Setting up an Avid DS Workgroup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Installing New Avid DS Workstations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Checklist: Preparing a New Avid DS Workstation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Checklist: Installing a Standalone Workstation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Checklist: Installing Multiple Workstations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Upgrading Existing Avid DS workstations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Checklist: Preparing your Workstation for an Upgrade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Checklist: Upgrading a Standalone Avid DS Workstation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Checklist: Upgrading a Workgroup with Multiple Avid DS Workstations . . . . . . 27

Removing Avid DS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Checklist: Removing Avid DS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Managing a Workgroup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Adding a Workstation to a Standalone Avid DS Workstation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Connecting Other Workstations in the Workgroup to the Controller . . . . . . . . . 30

Designating a New Controller for the Workgroup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Separating a Workstation from the Workgroup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Restarting a Workgroup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Chapter 2 Configuring Windows XP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Configuring the Network Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Using Two Network Cards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Installing the Microsoft Loopback Adapter on aStandalone Station . . . . . . . . . 36

Microsoft Windows Workgroups: Account Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Microsoft Windows Domains: Account Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Naming your Workstation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Sharing Folders and Setting Permissions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Sharing Folders in a Windows Workgroup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Sharing Folders in a Windows Domain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Creating User Accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Chapter 3 Installing Avid DS Software and Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Installing Avid DS Software Components. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Installing the Avid DS Controller. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Loading Plug-Ins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Installing and Removing Fonts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Installing and Removing Type 1 Fonts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Installing and Removing TrueType Fonts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Installing Non-European Fonts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Saving your Avid DS Nitris System Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Chapter 4 Installing the Remote Processing Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Remote Processing Concepts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Minimal Requirements for Avid DS RP Workstation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Network Hardware and Remote Processing Performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

CPU Usage on Avid DS RP Workstations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Installing Avid DS RP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Avid Throttle Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Chapter 5 The Avid DMS Broker. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

About the Avid DMS Broker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Installing Avid DMS Broker. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Removing Avid DMS Broker 2.1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Installing Java v1.4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Installing Avid DMS Broker 5.0. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Attaching the Dongle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Starting the DMS Broker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Using the DMS Administration Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Changing the Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Configuring Users in the DMS Broker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

DMS Administration Tool User Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

The Jobs Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

The Providers Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

The Profiles Page. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

The Services Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

The Users Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Chapter 6 Licensing Avid DS Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Requesting a License File. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Installing the Registered License File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

Chapter 7 Managing Your Storage Areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Planning your Storage Locations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Sharing Storage Areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Configuring your Storage Locations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Creating Media Folders on your Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Configuring the Media Indexing Service on your Workstation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

Accessing Storage on another Workstation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

Checklist: Installing Avid DS with Avid Unity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Establishing the Project Folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

Maintaining Disk Space on your Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

Striping your Drives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

Creating a Stripe Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

Importing Foreign Disks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

About your Local Storage Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

The DS_v8.x Folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

The DS Archives Folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

The DS Projects Folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115

The DSPresets Folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115

The VideoStorage and AudioStorage Folders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

The DSSystem Folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

Chapter 8 Using the Recovery DVD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

Installing the Recovery DVD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

Completely Rebuilding the System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

Using Avid Support and Services

The following topics provide general information about documentation and support services:

• Using the Product Documentation

• Contacting Avid Customer Support

• Avid Training Services

Using the Product Documentation

The Avid DS Nitris documentation describes the features and hardware of all models within the Avid DS family. Therefore, your system might not contain certain features and hardware that are covered in the documentation.

Unless noted otherwise, the material in this document applies to the Windows XP operating system.

This book uses the following conventions for mouse and/or pen usage:

This Term Means This with a Mouse Means This with a Pen

Click Quickly click and release the left mouse

button. Always use the left mouse button unless otherwise stated.

Double-click Click the left mouse button twice

rapidly.

Right-click Quickly click and release the right

mouse button.

Drag Click and hold the left mouse button or

the wheel while you move the mouse.

Tap the tablet once with the tip of the pen, or touch the pen to the tablet with enough pressure to click.

Quickly tap the tablet twice in the same screen pixel or press the F5 key to go from single to double-click.

Press the top portion of the switch on the side of the pen or press the F6 key to go from left to right-click.

Press the pen to the tablet while moving the pen.

Using Avid Support and Services

This Term Means This with a Mouse Means This with a Pen

Alt+key, Ctrl+key, Shift+key, etc.

Press and hold the first key while you press the second key. For example, “Press Alt+F1” means to press and hold the Alt key while you press the F1 key.

Avid DS Online Library

The Online Library contains the Avid DS Nitris documentation in a single PDF file. This allows you to easily search through the file and print sections that you require.

If the online library was installed on your system, you can access it from the Help menu in Avid DS Nitris. You can also access it directly from the Avid DS Software and Drivers DVD, or download the most up-to-date PDF from the Avid DS Customer Support web site at http://www.softimage.com/avidds.

The PDF versions of Avid DS documentation require Adobe Reader 4.0 or later. If you need to install Adobe Reader, you can download a free installer from Adobe's web page at www.adobe.com.

To access the Online Library:

t In Avid DS Nitris, select Help > Online Library,

t Insert the Avid DS Software and Drivers DVD into your drive, and select Online

Library from the main menu.

How to Order Documentation

To order additional copies of the printed documentation from within the United States, call Avid Sales at 800-949-AVID (800-949-2843). If you are placing an order from outside the United States, contact your local Avid representative.

You can also download printable PDF versions of the documentation from the Avid DS Customer Support web site at http://www.softimage.com/avidds.

Contacting Avid Customer Support

Avid DS Customer Support offers assistance by phone, email, and the web. You are invited to send your support requests to any of these channels. For urgent issues taht require immediate assistance, use your local phone support channel.

If you are having trouble using your system:

1. Retry the action, carefully following the instructions given for that task in this guide. It is especially important to check each step of your workflow.

2. Check the Avid DS Support Center at http://www.softimage.com/avidds for the latest information that might have become available.

E-mail Support

The e-mail address for Avid DS Customer Support is: dssupport@avid.com. You can use it for sending bug reports, usability questions, and avidds.cab audit reports for system analysis. All e-mails are logged in the support database and assigned a case number. Send one support request per e-mail.

Contacting Avid Customer Support

It is mandatory that you include your SID number in the body of your e-mail message for verification of your maintenance contract and case logging. Otherwise, response will be delayed.

Web Support

The Avid DS Support Center at http://www.softimage.com/avidds provides quick access to a wide range of resources from the Avid DS team—online documentation, tutorials, known limitiations and other late-breaking information.

All software and driver updates can be downloaded from the Avid Download Center http://www.avid.com/support/downloadcenter/index.asp.

Upload Utility

For troubleshooting purposes, you can upload your files for Avid Customer Support personnel to examine. You can upload a project's archive, media files, or other necessary data. Simply zip the files that you need to upload and use a short name (for easy retrieval), such as archive.zip or Case274877.zip.

To upload your files:

1. Go to the Avid web site at http://www.softimage.com/avidds.

2. Select Support and Upload Tool from the left menu.

Avid Community Forum

Although the Avid DS community forum is frequently monitored by Avid employees, it is not part of the official support channels.

Using Avid Support and Services

The forum has proven to be quite useful for users, and there is a constant stream of new subscribers.

To subscribe, join the Avid community forums on the Avid web site at http://www.avid.com. Select Support > Forums.

Avid Training Services

Avid makes lifelong learning, career advancement, and personal development easy and convenient. Avid understands that the knowledge you need to differentiate yourself is always changing, and Avid continually updates course content and offers new training delivery methods that accommodate your pressured and competitive work environment.

To learn about Avid's new online learning environment, Avid Learning Excellerator (ALEX)

For information on courses/schedules, training centers, certifications, courseware, and books, please visit www.avid.com/training or call Avid Sales at 800-949-AVID (800-949-2843).

, visit http://learn.avid.com.

Chapter 1

Setting up your Avid DS Environment

The information in this section describes the various ways in which you can set up your post-production environment with Avid DS.

Whether you are installing a new system or upgrading from an existing system, you must ensure that your workstation(s) is prepared with the proper operating system, drivers, and network and storage connections.

The Avid DS Customer Service web site http://www.softimage.com/avidds, has all the most recent software updates, hardware component and firmware drivers.

Installation Scenarios

Due to the various types of hardware platforms and Avid DS workgroup configurations, there are different installation checklists for upgrading your Avid DS workstation software. These checklists have specific steps that must be followed in the correct order. Each step will point you to an appropriate section with more detailed instructions. Return to the checklist each time that you complete a step.

This section shows different ways to set up your Avid DS workgroup, and where each of the various Avid DS software components or services should be installed.

Installing a Standalone Avid DS Workstation

When you have a single Avid DS workstation that is running alone, you only need to install the Avid DS software. A single workstation is it’s own controller running the project and media indexing services.

Chapter 1 Setting up your Avid DS Environment

Setting up an Avid DS Workgroup

When you have two or more Avid DS workstations (even if one of them is an Avid DS RP workstation), then it is possible to connect them together in an Avid DS workgroup. In a workgroup, you can share projects and media between workstations or offload the media management and processing services to a dedicated workstation.

CONTROLLER

Could run any one of the following:

- Avid DS RP

- Avid DMS Broker

- Avid Throttle Manager

To optimize the operation of your workgroup, we recommend that you connect an ordinary machine (i.e. a non-Avid DS workstation) to your workgroup and designate it as the controller. The controller then manages all indexing and remote processing services, so that you can use your Avid DS workstations solely for editing tasks.

This workstation would have the same system requirements as an Avid DS RP—see “Minimal Requirements for Avid DS RP Workstation” on page 62.

In a more elaborate environment, you may have more than one RP workstation to provide services to several Avid DS workstations. (You can’t run Avid DS RP and Avid DS simultaneously on a workstation.)

CLIENT

Avid DS Workstation

Installation Scenarios

ADDITIONAL RP WORKSTATION

Running Avid DS RP

Each RP workstation added to the

workgroup should be configured

the same as this one.

Avid DS Workstation

CLIENT 3

Running Avid DS

Running:

- Avid DS RP

- Avid DMS Broker

- Avid Throttle Manager

CLIENT 1

Avid DS Workstation

Running Avid DS

Each Avid DS workstation added to

the workgroup should be configured

the same as this one.

CONTROLLER

LOCAL AREA NETWORK

CLIENT 2

Avid DS Assist Workstation

To properly configure an Avid DS workgroup, you should have a basic understanding of Windows user account management. All Avid DS workstations should be connected to the same Windows network so that they can access each other’s project files and media when necessary.

You should also refer to “Planning your Storage Locations” on page 93, for the different ways that your media storage can be configured. If you are using Avid Unity MediaNetwork as your storage, you may use it in any one of these workgroup scenarios.

Chapter 1 Setting up your Avid DS Environment

Installing New Avid DS Workstations

Use the following checklists when installing new Avid DS workstations.

1. Checklist: Preparing a New Avid DS Workstation

2. Checklist: Installing a Standalone Workstation

Checklist: Installing Multiple Workstations

Checklist: Preparing a New Avid DS Workstation

Before you start to install the Avid DS software, you must prepare your workstation(s) with the proper operating system, drivers, and network and storage connections.

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This checklist only applies to workstations on which you are installing Avid DS. It is not required if you are only installing Avid DS RP on the workstation—see “Install Avid DS RP on the appropriate Workstations” on page 22.

Follow these steps in the order that they are listed.

Step Refer to

Read the online release notes and pre-installation instructions on the Avid DS Customer Service web site.

Request an Avid DS license for each workstation on which you are going to install Avid DS.

Make sure the workstation is properly connected to any necessary peripheral and storage devices.

Start the workstation.

Go to http://www.softimage.com/avidds and select Download > Software.

“Requesting a License File” on page 91.

“Avid DS Overview and Site Preparation” in the Avid DS System Setup Guide.

Installing New Avid DS Workstations

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On new Avid DS systems, the Windows XP operating system is already installed, but you may need to enter your Windows XP product ID for license confirmation.

You will be asked to create a user account (other than Administrator).

After setting up a user account, switch to the administrator account to install Avid DS.

1. Press Ctrl+Atl+Del twice to get the Windows login dialog.

2. Type administrator for the User ID and leave the Password field blank.

3. After you log in as administrator, add a password for the administrator, so that the Avid DS indexing services function properly.

The workstation MUST have an unique IP address.

Make sure that you have a valid network connection for your Avid DS workstation whether it is connected to a network or running alone.

If you are running a standalone workstation,

and don’t have a valid network connection, you need to simulate one by creating a loopback connection.

“Creating User Accounts” on page 41.

Microsoft Windows online help. Click Start > Help and Support.

“Configuring the Network Connection” on page 33.

“Installing the Microsoft Loopback Adapter on aStandalone Station” on page 36.

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Create user accounts for each person that will use the workstation.

• If you are part of a Windows Workgroup... “Microsoft Windows Workgroups: Account

Management” on page 37.

• If you are part of a Windows Domain... “Microsoft Windows Domains: Account

Management” on page 38.

Name your workstation to uniquely identify it within your Avid DS workgroup.

“Naming your Workstation” on page 39.

Chapter 1 Setting up your Avid DS Environment

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You must turn off ‘simple file sharing’, or other Avid DS software components will not be allowed to access the shared folders for data and media.

From Windows Explorer, select Tools > Folder Options... > View. Under Advanced settings, deselect the Use simple file sharing (Recommended) option.

Use some type of network timing software to maintain synchronization between the workstations within a workgroup.

Install the necessary drivers for your workstation.

When installing the drivers, reboot your workstation each time you are asked to do so.

If you purchased a new Avid DS Nitris system,

the drivers and firmware needed to run Avid DS Nitris are already installed on your system.

If the workstation has a local storage device, make sure the stripe volume has been created.

You are now ready to install Avid DS on your workstation(s).

Use the appropriate checklist for installing:

Use the Avid DS Nitris Software & Drivers DVD, or download the the latest drivers from the Avid DS Customer Service web site: http://www.softimage.com/avidds (see Download area).

“Striping your Drives” on page 110.

• a single standalone Avid DS workstation “Checklist: Installing a Standalone Workstation” on page 19.

• more than one Avid DS and/or Avid DS RP

workstation(s) connected together

“Checklist: Installing Multiple Workstations” on page 20.

Checklist: Installing a Standalone Workstation

If you have a single Avid DS workstation that is running alone, you will only need to install Avid DS.

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Installing New Avid DS Workstations

Make sure that you have fully prepared your

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workstation(s) for the install.

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Install Avid DS. “Installing Avid DS Software Components” on

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Install the latest Avid DS upgrades and/or fixes (if

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any).

Follow the online instructions to install software updates, and then reboot your workstation.

Create the license file for this workstation. “Installing the Registered License File” on page 92.

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Any new storage areas automatically have full

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read/write access by any user on the network. To restrict access to your media, you can change the share permissions through Windows.

Configure the media storage areas on each Avid

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DS workstation.

By default, the Avid DS installation configures one audio and one video storage on each workstation. Check your storage device configuration to set the Disk Controller Type and Disk Storage Type correctly.

“Checklist: Preparing a New Avid DS Workstation” on page 16.

page 45.

Use the Avid DS Nitris Software & Drivers DVD, or download the software from the Avid Download Center http://www.avid.com/support/downloadcenter/index.as p

Download the latest upgrades and/or fixes.

“Sharing Folders and Setting Permissions” on page 39.

“Configuring your Storage Locations” on page 99.

Set the path to your projects folder. “Establishing the Project Folder” on page 108.

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Chapter 1 Setting up your Avid DS Environment

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Test Avid DS by starting it and creating a new

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project.

If you receive a Project Indexer message

when you create a new sequence, contact Avid DS Customer Service immediately to resolve the problem.

“Creating a New Project” in the Avid DS Nitris Getting Started Guide.

Checklist: Installing Multiple Workstations

If you are upgrading an existing Avid DS workgroup, then follow the instructions in this section. The order in which you install the Avid DS software and services is critical, especially when configuring RP workstations.

Install the Controller

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Determine the workgroup configuration that

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you are going to use.

In a workgroup, you must first install the

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controller.

“Installation Scenarios” on page 13.

“Installing the Avid DS Controller” on page 50.

Use the Avid DS Nitris Software & Drivers DVD, or download the software from the Avid Download Center http://www.avid.com/support/downloadcenter/index.asp

If you installed the DMS Broker on this workstation:

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1. Atttach the DMS dongle to the

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After the controller has been installed, you can

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install and connect other workstations in the workgroup.

workstation.

2. Start the DMS Broker. “Starting the DMS Broker” on page 73.

“Attaching the Dongle” on page 71.

Follow the checklist below on how to “Install Avid DS on the appropriate Workstations”.

Install Avid DS on the appropriate Workstations

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Installing New Avid DS Workstations

Make sure you have fully prepared each Avid

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DS workstation(s) for the install.

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Run the Avid DS Setup and install Avid DS.

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In a workgroup environment, the

controller must be installed before you install Avid DS on the workstations.

Install the latest Avid DS updates and/or fixes

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(if any).

Follow the online instructions to install these software updates, and then reboot your workstation.

Create the license file on each workstation

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where Avid DS is installed.

Any new storage areas automatically have full

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read/write access by any user on the network. To restrict access to your media, you can change the share permissions through Windows.

Configure the media storage areas on each

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Avid DS workstation.

“Checklist: Preparing a New Avid DS Workstation” on page 16.

“Installing Avid DS Software Components” on page 45.

Use the Avid DS Nitris Software & Drivers DVD, or download the software from the Avid Download Center http://www.avid.com/support/downloadcenter/index.asp

Download the latest upgrades and/or fixes.

“Installing the Registered License File” on page 92.

“Sharing Folders and Setting Permissions” on page 39.

“Configuring your Storage Locations” on page 99.

Set the path to your projects folder. “Establishing the Project Folder” on page 108.

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If you are using Avid Unity as your storage,

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install the Avid Unity MediaNetwork software on each client workstation.

“Checklist: Installing Avid DS with Avid Unity” on page 107.

Chapter 1 Setting up your Avid DS Environment

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Test Avid DS by starting it and creating a new

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project.

If you receive a Project Indexer

message when you create a new sequence, contact Avid DS Customer Service immediately to resolve the problem.

Test remote processing on an Avid DS RP

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workstation (if you have one in your workgroup).

1. Start Avid DS RP on the controller, and check the messages in the interface to make sure that no error is displayed.

2. Start Avid DS on any workstation in the workgroup.

3. Create a sequence, apply an effect on a short clip and send the job to be processed remotely. After processing is complete, verify that the processed effect plays back correctly on the timeline.

Install Avid DS RP on the appropriate Workstations

“Creating a New Project” in the Avid DS Nitris Getting Started Guide.

“How Do I Process?” in the Avid DS Nitris Getting Started Guide.

Select the Process Remotely option in the

Processing dialog box.

After the controller has been installed, you can install Avid DS RP on the workstations that will serve as remote processing workstations.

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Run the Avid DS Setup and install Avid DS RP. “Installing Avid DS RP” on page 64.

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Use the Avid DS Nitris Software & Drivers DVD, or download the software from the Avid Download Center http://www.avid.com/support/downloadcenter/index.asp

Test remote processing on the newly installed

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RP workstation.

1. Start Avid DS RP and check the messages in the interface, to make sure that no error is displayed.

2. Start Avid DS on any workstation in the workgroup.

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Installing New Avid DS Workstations

3. Apply an effect on a short clip and send the job to be processed remotely. After processing is complete, verify that the processed effect plays back correctly on the timeline.

If you have more than one RP

workstation in your workgroup, Avid DS will direct your request to the first available RP workstation. You can test individual RP workstations by closing Avid DS RP on the other RP workstations.

“How Do I Process?” in the Avid DS Nitris Getting Started Guide.

Select the Process Remotely option in the

Processing dialog box.

Chapter 1 Setting up your Avid DS Environment

Upgrading Existing Avid DS workstations

This section describes how to perform a software upgrade on either a Compaq EVO W8000, HP xw8000, or Avid Nitris DNA

If you only need to reinstall hardware component drivers or system firmware, refer to the Avid DS Customer Service web site at http://www.softimage.com/avidds for the most recent updates.

If you are upgrading from a version earlier than v7.5, refer to the Avid DS Customer Service web site for detailed instructions.

If you have an Equinox HP xw8000, and would like to upgrade your hardware to an Avid Nitris DNA system, contact your Avid DS Customer Service respresentative for instructions on changing your hardware boards. You must perform the hardware upgrade before installing the Avid DS v8.x software.

Use the following checklists when upgrading your Avid DS workstations.

1. Checklist: Preparing your Workstation for an Upgrade

2. Checklist: Upgrading a Standalone Avid DS Workstation

Checklist: Upgrading a Workgroup with Multiple Avid DS Workstations

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Checklist: Preparing your Workstation for an Upgrade

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Before you upgrade your software, it is very important to archive your existing projects and save your Avid DS user preferences. You can then update your system drivers and firmware, and lastly, upgrade your software.

Step Refer to

Read the online release notes and Readme instructions on the Avid DS Customer Service web site.

Request an Avid DS license for each workstation on which you are going to install Avid DS.

Go to http://www.softimage.com/avidds and select Download > Software.

“Requesting a License File” on page 91.

Upgrading Existing Avid DS workstations

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Archive your existing projects.

You must NOT directly open projects from earlier versions of Avid DS without first archiving them. Once a sequence is opened in v8.0, it cannot be opened in a previous version. Therefore, it’s best to archive your projects before upgrading.

All media from v7.x onwards is compatible with v8, so you don’t need to archive the media. Caches, however, are not compatible and will have to be reprocessed in v8.

Save your current Avid DS layouts and preferences. “Saving your Avid DS Nitris System

Uninstall your previous version of Avid DS as well as any plug-ins.

All workstations must be upgraded to Windows XP Service Pack 2, or Windows Professional x64 Edition and Service Pack 1.

Install the latest Windows XP hot fixes from the Microsoft web site.

Download the latest drivers and firmware files for your workstations.

Install these files as instructed on the web site.

“Archiving Projects” in the Help.

Settings” on page 58.

“Removing Avid DS” on page 29.

http://www.softimage.com/avidds Home page

http://v4.windowsupdate.microsoft.com/e n/default.asp

Avid Download Center: http://www.avid.com/support/downloadce nter/index.asp

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After the operating system and necessary hardware drivers have been updated, use the appropriate checklist below to install the software on:

• a single standalone Avid DS workstation “Checklist: Upgrading a Standalone Avid DS Workstation” on page 26.

• more than one Avid DS and/or Avid DS RP

workstation(s) connected together

“Checklist: Upgrading a Workgroup with Multiple Avid DS Workstations” on page 27.

Chapter 1 Setting up your Avid DS Environment

Checklist: Upgrading a Standalone Avid DS Workstation

If you have a single Avid DS workstation that is running alone, you will only need to install Avid DS. The Project Indexer and Media Indexer are automatically installed.

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Make sure that you have fully prepared your

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workstation for the install.

Insert the Avid DS Software and Drivers DVD into

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your drive, OR Download the latest Avid DS software and updates from the web.

Install the necessary Avid DS components on this

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workstation.

If there are any fixes for this version, install them as well.

Create the license file for this workstation. “Installing the Registered License File” on

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Test Avid DS by starting it and creating a new project.

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If you receive a Project Indexer message when you create a new sequence, contact Avid DS Customer Service immediately to resolve the problem.

Configure the Media Storage.

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By default, the Avid DS installation configures one audio and one video storage on each workstation. If you had existing storage, you will notice that your storage areas are now shared using ds_media names (e.g. ds_media, ds_media_1, ds_media_2).

Determine the physical storage devices/drives to which these correspond, and that you are capturing your media to the correct location. You should also check your storage device configuration to set the Disk Controller Type and Disk Storage Type correctly.

“Checklist: Preparing your Workstation for an Upgrade” on page 24.

Avid Download Center: http://www.avid.com/support/downloadcenter/ index.asp

“Installing Avid DS Software Components” on page 45.

page 92.

“Creating a New Project” on page 28 of the Avid DS Nitris Getting Started Guide.

“Configuring your Storage Locations” on page 99.

Restore your Avid DS layouts and preferences that

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you saved from your previous version.

“Saving your Avid DS Nitris System Settings” on page 58.

Upgrading Existing Avid DS workstations

Checklist: Upgrading a Workgroup with Multiple Avid DS Workstations

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This checklist assumes that you are keeping your existing workgroup configuration. If you need to change the configuration of your workgroup (for instance, if you need to designate a different workstation as the controller), see “Managing a Workgroup” on page 30.

If you want to keep one or more workstations running earlier versions of Avid DS, then you must create a separate workgroup for these workstations.

Follow these steps to upgrade each workstation:

Step Refer to

Make sure that you have fully prepared your workstation for the install.

Insert the Avid DS Software and Drivers DVD into your drive, OR Download the latest Avid DS software and updates from the web.

Install the Controller

First, install the necessary Avid DS components on the controller.

If there are any fixes for this version, install them as well.

“Checklist: Preparing your Workstation for an Upgrade” on page 24.

Avid Download Center: http://www.avid.com/support/downloadcenter/ index.asp

“Installing the Avid DS Controller” on page 50.

If the DMS Broker is installed on this workstation:

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Make sure the DMS dongle is attached to the

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workstation.

Obtain a new license for the dongle. .“Updating the Dongle” on page 72

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Start the DMS Broker. “Starting the DMS Broker” on page 73.

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“Attaching the Dongle” on page 71.

Chapter 1 Setting up your Avid DS Environment

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Install the Other Workstations

Install Avid DS on each workstation.

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Create the license file for each workstation. .

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Test Avid DS by starting it and creating a new project.

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If you receive a Project Indexer message when you create a new sequence, contact Avid DS Customer Service immediately to resolve the problem.

Configure the media storage areas on each Avid DS

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workstation.

If you are using Avid Unity as your storage, install the

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Avid Unity MediaNetwork software on each client workstation.

Test remote processing on an Avid DS RP workstation

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(if you have one in your workgroup).

1. Start Avid DS RP on the controller, and check the messages in the interface to make sure that no error is displayed.

2. Start Avid DS on any workstation in the workgroup.

3. Create a sequence, apply an effect on a short clip and send the job to be processed remotely. After processing is complete, verify that the processed effect plays back correctly on the timeline.

If you have more than one RP workstation in

your workgroup, Avid DS will direct your request to the first available RP workstation. You can test individual RP workstations by closing Avid DS RP on the other RP workstations.

“Creating a New Project” on page 28 of the Avid DS Nitris Getting Started Guide.

“Configuring your Storage Locations” on page 99.

“Checklist: Installing Avid DS with Avid Unity” on page 107.

“Processing” on page 118 of the Avid DS Nitris Getting Started Guide.

Select the Process Remotely option in the Processing dialog box.

Restore your Avid DS layouts and preferences that you

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saved from your previous version.

“Saving your Avid DS Nitris System Settings” on page 58.

Removing Avid DS

Checklist: Removing Avid DS

If you need to uninstall the Avid DS software, you MUST first remove any plug-ins or codecs that were installed on your system.

Removing Avid DS

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If you uninstall Avid DS before uninstalling the plug-ins, the uninstall procedure will fail.

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Save your Avid DS layouts, presets, preferences, toolbars, and key command maps.

Remove all the Avid DS plug-ins or codecs.

1. Click the Start button, and select Settings > Control Panel > Add/Remove Programs.

2. In the Currently Installed Programs list, check for any installed plugs-ins.

3. Select the plug-ins one at a time, and click the Change/Remove button. Repeat this step until they are all removed.

If you cannot remove some plug-ins, continue with

the next one until completion, and then manually delete the \Plug-in folder.

Remove the necessary drivers and firmware via Settings > Control Panel > Add/Remove Programs.

“Saving your Avid DS Nitris System Settings” on page 58.

http://www.avid.com/partners/avx/ displayPartners.html for a list of Avid DS plug-in vendors.

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Remove Avid DS.

1. Click the Start button, and select Settings > Control Panel > Add/Remove Programs.

2. In the Currently Installed Programs list, select the Avid DS software that you want to remove.

3. When the setup program starts, select the Remove option, and click the Next button.

4. Select Ye s to remove all components.

5. When all components are removed, click Ye s to restart the workstation.

Chapter 1 Setting up your Avid DS Environment

Managing a Workgroup

If, at any point, you need to change the controller of your workgroup, connect more workstations, or create a new workgroup, then you can refer to the following sections.

Adding a Workstation to a Standalone Avid DS Workstation

To connect new workstations (either Avid DS or Avid DS RP) to a standalone workstation, you need to set up an Avid DS workgroup. In a workgroup, at least one workstation must be designated as the controller.

If you are connecting an RP workstation, we strongly recommend that you make your RP workstation the controller of the workgroup. This offloads the project indexing tasks from the Avid DS workstation onto a dedicated RP workstation.

Follow the instructions in “Checklist: Installing Multiple Workstations” on page 20.

Connecting Other Workstations in the Workgroup to the Controller

If you are installing a new workstation in the workgroup, then follow the checklist for “Install Avid DS on the appropriate Workstations” on page 21. (Assuming that you have already installed the controller for the workgroup).

If you already have an existing workstation with the necessary Avid DS components installed, and you simply want to connect it to the workgroup, then follow the instructions below.

To connect a standalone workstation to a workgroup:

1. On the workstation that you want to connect to the workgroup, click the Start button and select All Programs > Avid > Avid DS 8 > Configure DS Workgroup.

2. Click Join workgroup.

3. Select Join a different DS Workgroup, and click the Next button.

4. In the left pane, select the name of the appropriate Avid DS Workgroup on the network and click the Next button.

5. Validate the User Account and Password to authenticate the Avid indexing services (These must match the Controller User Account and Password entries). Click Next.

6. Do these same steps for any other workstation that you want to connect to the workgroup.

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