Pinnacle Systems Interplay - 1.2.1 Installation Manual

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Avid® Interplay

Software Installation and Configuration Guide

Interplay v1.2.1

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Footage

Arizona Images — KNTV Production — Courtesy of Granite Broadcasting, Inc., Editor/Producer Bryan Foote. Eco Challenge Morocco — Courtesy of Discovery Communications, Inc. News material provided by WFTV Television Inc. Tornados + Belle Isle footage — Courtesy of KWTV News 9. WCAU Fire Story — Courtesy of NBC-10, Philadelphia, PA. Women in Sports – Paragliding — Courtesy of Legendary Entertainment, Inc.

Avid Interplay Software Installation and Configuration Guide • 0130-07635-02 Rev F • February 2007 • 02/01/08 13:36

Using This Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Symbols and Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

If You Need Help. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

The Avid Interplay Online Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Viewing User Guides on the Interplay Portal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

How to Order Documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

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

Chapter 1 Installation Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Performing an Upgrade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Updating Intel Drivers on Cluster Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Installation Check List and Installation Steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Set Up and Configure Your Avid Unity System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Workspace Names. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Avid Unity MediaNetwork Setup and Configuration Documentation . . . . . . . . . 18

Avid Unity ISIS Setup and Configuration Documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Network Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Time Synchronization. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

User Names and Passwords Required For Avid Unity and Product Servers . . . . . . 21

Creating the Server Execution User Account. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Accounts for Accessing Workspaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Manually Setting a Target Workspace For Voice Over Assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Accounts for Using Deletion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Accounts for Using AirSpeed Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Accounts for Using Interplay Transfer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Accounts for Avid Editing Applications, Assist, and Instinct. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Application Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Software Installed on Avid Interplay Systems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Interplay Framework Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Software Installed on Interplay Clients . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Software Installed on Interplay Servers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Software Installed on Media Indexer Servers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Different Types of Media Indexers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Shutting Down a Media Indexer System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Using the Interplay Installer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Chapter 2 Installing Software on Interplay Servers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Starting the Installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Installing Software on the Interplay Engine Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Installing the Avid Interplay Engine Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Installing Avid Interplay Access. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Installing Avid Interplay Adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Installing Software on the Interplay Transfer Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Installing Software on the Media Services Server and Media Services

Provider Servers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Installing Software on an Avid Interplay Media Indexer Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Important Installation Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Installing the Media Indexer Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Turning off Interplay Framework Services to Conserve System Memory . . . . . 59

Configuring a Media Indexer to Monitor Shared Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Tips for Adding a Shared Storage Workspace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Installing Software on the CaptureManager Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Installing and Configuring Avid Interplay Low Res Encoder Software . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Additional Information for Installing the Root Disk and Bootset . . . . . . . . . 66

Chapter 3 Installing Software on Interplay Clients . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Installing Software on Avid iNEWS Instinct and Avid Interplay Assist Systems. . . . 68

Installing Software on an Interplay Access System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Macintosh Installer for Interplay Access Client . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Installing Software on Avid Editing Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Configuring an Avid Editing System in the Interplay Framework. . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Connecting the Media Indexer on an Avid Editing System to the

Media Indexer Monitoring Shared Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Configuring the Local Media Indexer to Index Local Drives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Panasonic DVCPRO P2 and Ikegami NLTEK Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

Installing Software on a CaptureManager Client. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Installing Software on a Pro Tools Interplay Client . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Establishing the First Connection Between Pro Tools and Interplay . . . . . . . . . 88

Chapter 4 Installing Optional Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Performing a Custom Install of the Interplay Framework Software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Verifying that the Interplay Framework Services are Running . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

Disabling Services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

Installing Avid Interplay Access or Avid Interplay Media Services and

Transfer Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Browsing the DVD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

Chapter 5 Installing and Configuring an Archive Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Installing the Software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Installing the Interplay Access Software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

Installing the FlashNet Client Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

Installing the Interplay Archive Provider Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

Setting Up a Failover System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

Updating the Archive Engine Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

Chapter 6 Additional Configuration Topics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

Using Time Synchronization in an Avid Interplay Environment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

Configuring the Time Sync Master. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

Setting the Automatic Restart Feature in the Avid Interplay Framework . . . . . . . . 106

Installing the Lookup Server on a Separate Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

Installing the Lookup Server on a Separate Server. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

Configuring Lookup Servers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

Configuring Lookup Servers on Avid Unity ISIS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

Configuring a Multicast Repeater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

Understanding Multicast Repeaters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

Determining If You Need to Configure a Multicast Repeater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

Checking Whether the System is Recognized by the

Interplay Framework . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

Determining if a System is on a Different Subnet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115

Configuring a Multicast Repeater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

Connecting Systems Directly to the Lookup Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

Configuring Avid AirSpeed in Avid Interplay Adapter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

Interplay Adapter and AirSpeed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

Configuring Interplay Adapter, CaptureManager, and AirSpeed. . . . . . . . . . . 125

Updating Software on an AirSpeed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

Appendix A SR2400 and SR2500 Slot Locations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

SR2400 and SR2500 Front View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

SR2400 Slot Locations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133

SR2500 Slot Locations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135

Appendix B Interplay Server System Configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

Appendix C Interplay Maintenance Recommendations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139

Avid Unity ISIS Recommended Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145

Avid Unity ISIS Daily Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145

Avid Unity ISIS Weekly Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146

Avid Unity ISIS Monthly Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147

Complete Server Room Shutdown for Avid Unity ISIS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148

Appendix D Avid Interplay Port Usage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149

Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153

Using This Guide

This guide contains overview installation instructions and configuration information for the Interplay components on the Avid Interplay Installer DVD.

Revision History

Date Revised Changes Made

02/01/08 Updated info on configuring a Lookup Service “Installing the Lookup Server on

a Separate Server” on page 109. Also added info about installing Pro Tools

Client software from the Interplay Installer DVD “Installing Software on a Pro

Tools Interplay Client” on page 86.

12//17/07 Added section on updating Intel drivers. See “Updating Intel Drivers on Cluster

Systems” on page 14. Updated info on workspace names. See “Workspace Names” on page 18. Updated the Interplay shutdown procedure. See Complete Server Room Shutdown for Avid Unity ISIS.

11/13/07 Added info on Lookup Service. For Interplay environments with more that 10

clients, Lookup Service is required to be on a separate server. See “Installing the

Lookup Server on a Separate Server” on page 109.

10/04/07 Updated for v1.1.5 and modified Maintenance checklist

9/19/07 Updated section on software installed on Avid Interplay systems

08/28/07 Made the following changes:

• Updated Installation checklist and Additional Configuration Topics chapter with new info on Interplay Adapter and Lookup Service.

• Added info on Server Execution User to Installation Checklist (Chapter 1)

• added SR2500 info to Appendix A and B

• Updated Maintenance info in Appendix C

Using This Guide

Symbols and Conventions

Avid documentation uses the following symbols and conventions:

Symbol or Convention Meaning or Action

> This symbol indicates menu commands (and subcommittees) in the

Italic font Italic font is used to emphasize certain words and to indicate variables.

Courier Bold font

Ctrl+C or mouse action Press and hold the first key while you press the last key or perform the

If You Need Help

If you are having trouble using the Interplay products:

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.

A note provides important related information, reminders, recommendations, and strong suggestions.

A caution means that a specific action you take could cause harm to your computer or cause you to lose data.

order you select them. For example, File > Import means to open the File menu and then select the Import command.

This symbol indicates a single-step procedure. Multiple arrows in a list indicate that you perform one of the actions listed.

Courier Bold font identifies text that you type.

mouse action. For example, Ctrl+drag.

2. Check for the latest information that might have become available after the documentation was published:

- If the latest information for your Avid product is provided as printed release notes,

they ship with your application and are also available online.

- If the latest information for your Avid product is provided as a ReadMe file, it is

supplied on your Avid installation CD or DVD as a PDF document and is also available online.

You should always check online for the most up-to-date release notes or ReadMe because the online version is updated whenever new information becomes available. To view these online versions, select ReadMe from the Help menu. or visit

the Knowledge Base at www.avid.com/readme.

3. Check the documentation that came with your Avid application or your hardware for maintenance or hardware-related issues.

4. Visit the online Knowledge Base at www.avid.com/onlinesupport. Online services are available 24 hours per day, 7 days per week. Search this online Knowledge Base to find answers, to view error messages, to access troubleshooting tips, to download updates, and to read or join online message-board discussions.

The Avid Interplay Online Library

The Online Library for your Avid Interplay products contains all the product documentation in PDF format. You can also obtain the PDF files on the Avid Knowledge Base.

The Avid Interplay Online Library

You will need Adobe® Reader® to view the PDF documentation online. You can download the latest version from the Adobe web site.

Viewing User Guides on the Interplay Portal

You can quickly access the Interplay user guides from any system in the Interplay environment.

To access the Interplay user guides:

1. Type the following line in your web browser: http://Interplay_Engine_name where Interplay_Engine_name is the name of the computer running the Interplay

Engine software. For example, the following line opens the portal web page on a system named DocWG:

http://DocWG

2. Click the “Avid Interplay User Documentation” link to access the User Information Center page.

In general, the most up to date versions of the manuals are on the Avid Knowledge Base.

Using This Guide

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Chapter 1

Installation Overview

This document describes how to use the Avid Interplay Installer DVD to install the various Interplay components. This includes the order in which to install items and any special considerations when you are combining services and applications on the same system.

Refer to the installation check list for a list of the various steps required to install the Interplay products.

This chapter describes the following topics:

• Performing an Upgrade

• Installation Check List and Installation Steps

• Set Up and Configure Your Avid Unity System

• Network Considerations

• User Names and Passwords Required For Avid Unity and Product Servers

• Application Keys

• Software Installed on Avid Interplay Systems

• Using the Interplay Installer

Performing an Upgrade

Before you begin, see the Avid Interplay Readme for specific instructions on performing the upgrade for a particular release.

The following items apply to upgrading the components on your Interplay system:

• Backup your Interplay database and any other user data before performing the upgrade. For information on backing up your database, see the Avid Interplay Readme and Avid Interplay Engine and Avid Archive Engine Administration Guide.

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• Use the Interplay Installer DVD software to perform the uninstall of the previous versions of software components. You do not have to use the Control Panel to perform the uninstall.

• Do not uninstall the Avid Interplay Engine or Interplay Archive Engine software unless instructed by Avid support. Uninstalling the software could require additional steps to reactivate your database. When performing an upgrade, the installation software takes care of removing the previous version of the software.

Updating Intel Drivers on Cluster Systems

Do not install or update Intel NIC drivers on cluster systems after the cluster setup is complete. Due to the technical aspects of changing resources and devices on a cluster, this can lead to problems with the cluster software and possible data loss.

Older versions of the ISIS v1.4 Readme recommend that you update the Intel Pro MT/PT drivers on ISIS clients. This statement does not apply to Interplay Engine cluster systems. The Intel drivers on cluster systems do not require updating for this release. Doing so could compromise the integrity of the cluster. In general, do not update the hardware drivers on a cluster system unless instructed to do so by the Interplay Readme or Customer Support.

Installation Check List and Installation Steps

You use the Interplay Installer DVD to install Interplay software components on the various servers and clients. This document describes how to use the Interplay Installer DVD and also points to appropriate documents for additional configuration information.

Use the individual installer DVDs for the various Avid editing applications and use the Interplay Installer DVD to install the software required to make the Avid editing application a client of the Interplay environment.

The application software for Avid Interplay Assist and Avid iNEWS Instinct is on the Avid Interplay Installer DVD.

Install and configure the software as follows:

1. Determine how you will set up your Interplay environment. There are sample

configurations in the Avid Best Practices guide and you should discuss the setup with your Avid representative. In particular, determine the following:

- Determine your Media Indexer server configuration. See the Avid Interplay Best

Practices guide and “Software Installed on Media Indexer Servers” on page 31.

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- Determine where the Avid Lookup Service will run. The Lookup service is part of the Interplay Framework. See “Interplay Framework Components” on page 27. Also refer to “Software Installed on Avid Interplay Systems” on page 26 and

“Installing the Lookup Server on a Separate Server” on page 109 and “Connecting Systems Directly to the Lookup Service” on page 121.

- If you using AirSpeeds to capture media, determine where you will install the Interplay Adapter. See “Interplay Adapter and AirSpeed” on page 124.

- If you are using Interplay Transcode or an Interplay Archive Engine, determine where your Interplay Media Services server will reside and where your Transcode, ProEncode, and Archive providers will reside. One Transcode and one ProEncode provider can reside on the same system as the Interplay Media Services but an Archive Provider may require its own server.

2. Check your Network as described in “Network Considerations” on page 19.

3. Set up the physical hardware that will be used in your Interplay environment. See the

following for additional information:

- “SR2400 and SR2500 Slot Locations” on page 131

- “Interplay Server System Configurations” on page 137

- “Avid Interplay Port Usage” on page 149

4. If you will be setting up a cluster (failover) configuration of the Avid Interplay Engine

or Avid Interplay Archive Engine, see the Avid Interplay Engine Failover Guide on the Avid Knowledge Base.

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5. Set up and configure your Avid Un i t y

See “Set Up and Configure Your Avid Unity System” on page 18 and “User Names and

Passwords Required For Avid Unity and Product Servers” on page 21.

6. Create a Server Execution User account on the Avid Unity system and, if applicable, on the domain. See “Creating the Server Execution User Account” on page 22.

7. On the Interplay Engine server, use the Interplay Installer DVD to install the following:

a. Interplay Engine software.

When you install the Interplay Engine for the first time, you must use the Custom Install option so that you can specify the Server Execution User required by the Interplay Engine. See “Creating the Server Execution User Account” on page 22.

The user who installs the Interplay Engine must have an Administrator login and a password on the Interplay Engine system. That same user name and password must exist on the Avid Unity system. For more information about user accounts, see “User Names and

Passwords Required For Avid Unity and Product Servers” on page 21.

MediaNetwork or Avid Unity ISIS™ system.

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b. Interplay Access software Follow this installation order, installing Interplay Access last. See “Installing Software

on the Interplay Engine Server” on page 38.

Make sure that you obtain and load the Interplay Engine license key promptly. The license key must match the dongle for the Interplay Engine server. For more information, see the

Avid Interplay Engine and Avid Archive Engine Administration Guide.

8. Configure the Interplay Engine software to create the Interplay Engine database and

create users. See the Avid Interplay Engine and Avid Archive Engine Administration Guide. For information on setting up a user database, see Avid Interplay Best Practices.

9. Perform the following procedures on the systems that will run the Avid Interplay Media Indexers that monitor shared storage:

a. Use the Interplay Installer DVD to install the appropriate Interplay Framework

software. Do not install all components on a Media Indexer server. For more information, see “Software Installed on Media Indexer Servers” on page 31.

When you install the Interplay Framework software, you must name your workgroup. The name is case sensitive and should not contain spaces. You can either choose a useful name or use the default, AvidWorkgroup. The only time you are required to supply a unique name is when you have more than one Interplay workgroup on the same network. For example, this could happen at a large customer site.

On Avid Unity ISIS you must set the “Use UNC (Letterless) Drive Mapping” option on the Media Indexers that monitor shared storage. In the Client Manager window, select Preferences, and select the letterless option.

b. Verify that the Interplay Framework is running. See “Verifying that the Interplay

Framework Services are Running” on page 94.

c. Install the Media Indexer software. See “Installing Software on an Avid Interplay

Media Indexer Server” on page 57.

d. Before you configure the Media Indexer software, make sure there is an

Avid MediaFiles directory on each workspace that the Media Indexer will monitor. You can use an Avid editing system to capture or import media to the workspace. You can also create the directory manually but if you do, carefully check the spelling and case of the text in the folder name.

e. Configure the Media Indexer in the High Availability Group to monitor your shared

storage. See “Configuring a Media Indexer to Monitor Shared Storage” on page 59. You must use UNC paths to identify the shared storage folders. If you are configuring Media Indexer delegates, see the Interplay Best Practices.

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f. For redundancy you can configure Media Indexer standby delegates. See the

Interplay Best Practices.

If you have a workspace that contains a lot of files that are not Avid media files, do not connect the Media Indexer to the top level workspace. Connect to the Avid MediaFiles folder or another sub folder.

10. Set the Automatic Restart feature in the Avid Interplay Framework to ensure that Media Indexer will automatically restart. See “Setting the Automatic Restart Feature in the

Avid Interplay Framework” on page 106.

11. At this point you can install and configure the following applications in any order:

- Install the Interplay software components for the Avid editing applications. See

“Installing Software on Avid Editing Systems” on page 71. See “Connecting the Media Indexer on an Avid Editing System to the Media Indexer Monitoring Shared Storage” on page 75.

- Install the Interplay software components and application software for Avi d

iNEWS

iNEWS Instinct and Avid Interplay Assist Systems” on page 68.

- Install the Interplay software components on any systems that will run the

Interplay Access software. See “Installing Software on an Interplay Access

System” on page 70

- Install and configure Interplay Transfer. See “Installing Software on the Interplay

Transfer Server” on page 53.

- Install and Configure Avid Interplay Media Services. See “Installing Software on

the Media Services Server and Media Services Provider Servers” on page 54.

- Install and configure CaptureManager

CaptureManager Server” on page 65. See the Avid CaptureManager Installation

and Configuration Guide. Also setup and configure any Avid Low Res Encode systems. See the Avid Interplay Low Res Encode Setup and Configuration.

Instinct™ and Avid Interplay Assist. See “Installing Software on Avid

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. See “Installing Software on the

- Install and configure an Archive Engine. This is similar to installing and

configuring an Interplay Engine as described earlier in this section. For more information, see “Installing and Configuring an Archive Engine” on page 99.

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Set Up and Configure Your Avid Unity System

Before you install Interplay software, install and configure your Avid Unity system for shared storage. See the Interplay Readme for the supported versions of Avid Unity ISIS and Avid Unity MediaNetwork.

Depending on whether you have Avid Unity MediaNetwork or Avid Unity ISIS, install the Connection Manager (MediaNetwork) or Client Manager (ISIS) on the client systems.

Workspace Names

Use the following guidelines when creating workspace names in an Interplay environment:

• Do not use special characters or spaces in your workspace names. Workspace names should only contain ASCII characters.

• Keep workspace name length as short as is reasonable to allow recognition of the workspace. Longer workspace names add to the path length and can affect performance in a large Interplay environment.

Avid Unity MediaNetwork Setup and Configuration Documentation

The main setup guide for Avid Unity MediaNetwork is the Avid Unity MediaNetwork File Manager Setup Guide. Depending on your configuration you might also need one of the

following manuals.

For Avid Unity MediaNetwork v4.x:

• Avid Unity MediaNetwork PortServer Setup Guide

• Avid Unity MediaNetwork LANServer EX Setup Guide

For Avid Unity MediaNetwork v5.x:

• Avid Unity Media Engine and Avid MEDIArray XT v5.0 Readme

• Avid Unity MediaNetwork Administration Guide

• Avid Unity MediaNetwork Client Guide

• Avid Unity Media Engine and Avid MEDIArray XT Setup Guide

• Avid Unity Media Engine and Avid MEDIArray XT Site Preparation Guide

• Avid Unity MediaNetwork Performance Guide

Network Considerations

Avid Unity ISIS Setup and Configuration Documentation

See the following ISIS documentation:

• Avid Unity ISIS System Setup Guide

• Avid Unity ISIS Administration Guide

•Avid Unity ISIS Readme

The Avid Unity ISIS System Setup Guide contains a section on upgrading to ISIS v1.4. See also, “Updating Intel Drivers on Cluster Systems” on page 14.

Network Considerations

This section contains topics related to setting up your Interplay network environment.

Computer Names

A hostname must comply with RFC 952 standards. For example, you cannot use an underscore in a hostname. For more information, see “Naming Conventions in Active Directory for Computers, Domains, Sites, and OUs” on the Microsoft Support Knowledge Base. See also, “Workspace Names” on page 18.

Verify Entries on the DNS Server

Interplay Framework can become sluggish and unstable if there are incorrect entries in the DNS server for any of the computers in the Interplay environment. Symptoms include excessive CPU usage by the Interplay Framework Lookup service and Interplay Diagnostics. The tree view in the Interplay Service Configuration or Health Monitor may also fail to populate if there are incorrect DNS entries.

Make sure that you correct any errors in DNS entries for name to IP resolution.

Configure The DNS Server to Support Reverse Lookup

If DNS is not configured for Reverse Lookup, Interplay Framework can not resolve IP addresses to host names. Symptoms include; tree views fail to populate in the Interplay Service Configuration, Interplay Diagnostics, and Health Monitor.

Ensure that the DNS server is configured to support Reverse Lookups.

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Non-DNS Environments

In an non-DNS environment you must configure a host file on all systems, including Avid Low Res Encode systems. This is necessary so that the Interplay Framework can list the systems in its client applications such as the Interplay Service Configuration or Health Monitor.

Computers with Multiple Network Interfaces

Computers that have multiple network interfaces in use must be entered in DNS so that all IP Addresses have the exact same hostname.

If you have multiple network interfaces on a computer and one is not used, use the Device Manager to disable the interface. If not, the computer may have problems communicating with the Interplay Framework Multicast Repeater. For more information on Multicast Repeaters, see “Configuring a Multicast Repeater” on page 112.

Configuring an Avid Unity ISIS System

On an Avid Unity ISIS system, if your network extends outside of ISIS Zone 1, you must configure a router to communicate between the two VLAN

Know Where Your Subnets Are on the Network

Create a system diagram that identifies the subnets on your Avid Interplay environment. You must install and configure the Multicast Repeater software on each subnet as part of the Avid Interplay Framework installation. For information on configuring Multicast Repeaters, see

“Configuring a Multicast Repeater” on page 112.

Diagnosing Interplay Framework Problems

Use the System Check tab of the Avid Interplay Workgroup Properties tool to detect and diagnose problems in your Interplay environment.

Time Synchronization

If you already have a system in place to maintain Time Sync on your network, you can continue to use that system. Or you can use the Interplay Framework Time Synchronization service to perform the same task.

The Avid Time Synchronization Service enables time synchronization between different machines in a workgroup. The Time Synchronization Service can operate in either Master mode or Slave mode. In Master mode, the service retrieves a reference time from a configured time source and redistributes it to the Slave services within the workgroup. The time source can be the local PC clock, an NTP server, or an Adrienne

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Timecode card

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installed in a server, such as the CaptureManager server. In Slave mode, the Time Synchronization Service listens for time notifications from the workgroup and (optionally) sets the local PC clock to match.

It is important to use only one time synchronism mechanism to set the local PC clocks in the Interplay environment. If a Time Synchronization Slave service is configured to set the local PC clock and it detects that some other mechanism (such as Windows 32 Time Services) changes the local clock, then the Time Sync Slave service will disable itself to avoid the local clock from jumping back and forth. The Time Sync slave will also post a Warning in the Health Monitor.

For more information on Time Sync, see “Using Time Synchronization in an Avid Interplay

Environment” on page 103 and the Interplay Framework Readme at the top level of the

Interplay Installer DVD or on the Knowledge Base.

Using AirSpeed and Low Res Encode

When using Avid AirSpeed® and Avid Low Res Encode to perform a dual ingest, it is important that you lock your video signal to your timecode source. For example, you can connect a video feed and a Time of Day timecode device into a sync device to lock the incoming video and audio with timecode.

It is also important that the two capture devices are in sync. If the captured high res video and low res video are off by a few frames, you should delay the video signal going to one of the capture devices in order to ensure that the two video signals match. For more information, see the Avid Interplay Low Res Encode Setup and Configuration.This document is on the Avid Interplay installer DVD. See “Installing and Configuring Avid

Interplay Low Res Encoder Software” on page 65.

User Names and Passwords Required For Avid Unity and Product Servers

Some Avid products require user accounts on the Avid Unity system. The user names and passwords on the Avid Unity system must match the user names and passwords on the product server. If you are using a PortServer for Avid Unity MediaNetwork, these user accounts must also have the same accounts and passwords on the PortServer system.

Passwords are case sensitive so the passwords must match exactly.

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Creating the Server Execution User Account

The Server Execution User is a Windows operating system user account that is used only to run the Interplay Engine processes. You need to specify the user name and password of the Server Execution User account the first time that you install the Interplay Engine software. This account must fill the following requirements:

• The account must have local administration rights on the operating system for the Interplay Engine Server. The Interplay Engine installation software asks you for a user name and password and automatically creates the account. Usually this is a domain account that has already been created.

Ideally this should be an account that human users do not use to log onto the system. If there is ever a problem with the account, for example if someone changes the password by mistake, users may not be able to access the Interplay database.

• An account with an identical user name and password must have read/write access to the Avid Unity workspaces that contain media. You use the Avid Unity ISIS or Avid Unity MediaNetwork Administration tool to create this account.

For security reasons, do not use the Interplay Engine server operating system Administrator account. Create a unique account that you use only as the Server Execution User. For example, you can create an administrative account called “IPEngine.” Avoiding the word Administrator can help indicate that this account is not used for normal administrative tasks.

The Server Execution User account is different from the Interplay Administrator account. The Server Execution User account is used to run the Interplay Engine processes.The Interplay Administrator account is used to manage users and the database.

You need to create an account with the identical user name and password in two or three places, depending on your configuration:

• If your Interplay system is part of a domain, create a domain user (for example, “IPEngine”). In an Interplay Engine cluster configuration, the Server Execution User must be a domain user. If you want to run the Avid Interplay Engine within your domain and also want to automatically make use of domain user management, such as Windows Domain or LDAP, you must specify a domain user as the Server Execution User.

• On the Avid Unity system, create an account with read/write access to the Avid Unity workspaces that contain media. Use the Avid Unity ISIS or Avid Unity MediaNetwork Administration tool to create the account.

• On the Interplay Engine server, create an account during the installation process. A Windows account with administrative rights is created automatically. Usually this is a domain account that has already been created.

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When you install the Interplay Engine or the Interplay Archive Engine, do not select the default Server Execution User. Create a custom user instead.

Recreating the Server Execution User

If you have already installed the Interplay Engine and need to change the user name and password of the Server Execution User account, run the NXNServerUser.exe tool. For information on using the tool, see the section “Troubleshooting the Server Execution User Account” in the Avid Interplay Engine and Avid Interplay Archive Engine Administrator’s Guide. The tool is located in the following directory on the Interplay Installer DVD:

Installers\AssetMgr\Tools\NXNServerUser

For information on upgrading a cluster system on which you changed the Server Execution User, see the Avid Interplay Readme.

Accounts for Accessing Workspaces

To allow the Interplay Engine to access the Avid Unity workspaces, you need to set up user accounts on both the Interplay Engine and Avid Unity system. The user name and password for these user accounts must match exactly on both the Interplay Engine and Avid Unity system. If the user names or passwords are different, the workspaces will not be available in Interplay Administrator settings, such as the Editor Database settings - Voice Over Target workspace.

The workspaces available from the Interplay Administrator settings depends on the user account used to log in to the Interplay Administrator. For example, when you log in to the Interplay Administrator server using the Administrator account you can access all the Avid Unity workspaces; provided the users are set up correctly on both the Interplay Engine and Avid Unity system.

To access all workspaces:

1. Make sure the Administrator account on both the Interplay Engine and Avid Unity system have the exact same password. Passwords are case sensitive.

2. Log in to the Interplay Administrator server using the Administrator account.

To access a limited list of workspaces:

1. Make sure a user account with administrator privileges is created on the Interplay Engine and the same user name and password are used to create a user account on the Avid Unity system. These user accounts must have the exact same user name and password.

2. Log in to the Interplay Administrator server using this user account.

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The Avid Unity user’s workspace access privileges setting determine which workspaces are available.

Manually Setting a Target Workspace For Voice Over Assets

If the Interplay Administrator - Editor Database settings - Voice Over Target Workspace menu displays “No Items to Show,” and the user and password are correctly set, you can manually set the voice over target workspace.

To manually set an audio voice over target workspace:

1. Log into Interplay Access as an Administrator.

2. In the Assets browser, right-click the database node (for example, AvidWG) and select Advanced > Get/Set Property.

The Get/Set Property dialog box opens.

3. On the Get/Set Property tab, in the Name text box, type:

com.avid.worgroup.settings.VoiceOver.TargetWorkspace

Make sure you type the Property name exactly, because Property names are case sensitive.

4. In the Value text box, type the name of the workspace you want to use as the target workspace for audio voice over assets.

5. Click Apply.

6. Click OK.

Accounts for Using Deletion

To allow deletion in an Interplay environment, you must set up the following user accounts. You can use any user name and password for these accounts, but the user name and passwords must match exactly on all servers.

• Avid Unity system

- Avid Unity user with administrator privileges for Interplay Engine. This user must

not be the Administrator account.

• Interplay Engine server

- Microsoft Windows user with administrator privileges

- Interplay Engine Server Execution user

When installing the Interplay Engine on the Interplay Engine server, select the Custom User Account option to create the Avid Interplay Engine Execution User. The Server Execution User is the Microsoft Windows user that runs the Avid

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Interplay Engine (the Avid Interplay Engine Execution User). This user needs to have administrative access to the file server. The installer makes this user a local administrator on the Avid Interplay Engine server. For more information, see

“Creating the Server Execution User Account” on page 22.

Accounts for Using AirSpeed Server

When you are adding an Avid AirSpeed server in an Interplay workgroup, the Interplay Engine server needs a Windows user account (with Admin rights) with the user name

airspeed

additional information, see “Configuring Avid AirSpeed in Avid Interplay Adapter” on

page 123.

and password

avid.

You must use these exact user and password names. For

Accounts for Using Interplay Transfer

When you are adding Interplay Transfer into an Interplay workgroup, the Interplay Engine server requires a user for the Interplay Transfer. Create the following user on the Interplay Engine server:

• User name: transfermanager

• Password: avid

Accounts for Avid Editing Applications, Assist, and Instinct

The following limitations exist for Interplay v1.2:

• Avid editing applications such as NewsCutter, Media Composer, and Symphony that are part of an Interplay environment can use a regular Windows User login. However, when you install the application you must first log in as an Administrator, install the application, and initially launch the application as an Administrator. See the Avid editing application Readme for details.

• Avid Assist and Avid Instinct have similar limitations: When you install the application, you must first log in as an Administrator, install the application, and initially launch the application as an Administrator. You may then subsequently run the application as a regular User.

• In Avid Unity MediaNetwork, do not use the same login to log into Windows and to log into the Connection Manager for Avid Unity. For more information, see the Interplay Readme.

Check the Interplay Readme for any changes to the Windows login permissions.

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Application Keys

The following systems require a hardware application key (also known as a dongle):

• Interplay Engine server - also requires a software application key. For more information, see “Installing Software on the Interplay Engine Server” on page 38.

• Interplay Media Services

• Interplay Transfer

• Interplay Transcode provider system (for any Transcode provider that is not run on the Interplay Media Services system)

• Interplay Archive provider (for any Archive provider that is not run on the Interplay Media Services system)

• Avid editing applications

Do not lose the USB application key. Your software does not function without it. If you lose your application key, you must purchase another key from Avid at the full market cost of your software.

Software Installed on Avid Interplay Systems

The topics in this section list the software components installed on the Avid Interplay clients and servers. The Avid Interplay Installer combines components together to make the installation straightforward for an individual system. Depending on the size of your configuration, you need to make decisions regarding the software you will install on the Interplay Engine and the Media Indexer server.

Graphic Editor

In the client software table, the term Graphic Editor refers to a system used for graphics or other work that does not involve Avid assets. Examples of these file assets are Adobe Photoshop files, Microsoft Office files, and other file assets that are useful in an Interplay environment. They can be checked into the Avid Interplay database and made available to other users. Graphic Editor systems use Avid Interplay Access. For more information, see the Avid Interplay Engine and Interplay Archive Engine Administration Guide.

Interplay Framework Components

There are two important steps to perform when you install the Interplay Framework software:

1. Provide the correct workgroup name when prompted.

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The Workgroup name is case sensitive. You can use the Avid Interplay Workgroup Properties tool to change the workgroup name after the install if necessary.

2. Select the correct services to install on the system.

When you install software on the client systems, the installation program automatically selects the components that you need for a client system. The following are the basic services:

• Core Components

• Configuration Utility

• Diagnostic Log Viewer

• Health Viewer

• Machine Monitor

• Time Synchronization (see “Using Time Synchronization in an Avid Interplay

Environment” on page 103)

The following services are critical to the Interplay environment and must be installed on at least one system. They are often installed on the Media Indexers in a High Availability Group but in a large installation you can choose to install the services on a separate system to improve performance on the Media Indexer.

• Avid Lookup Service - See “Installing the Lookup Server on a Separate Server” on

page 109.

Starting at Interplay v1.1.x, if you have more than 10 clients in your Avid Interplay environment, Avid recommends that you install the Lookup Service on a separate server

such as a General Purpose Server. See “Installing the Lookup Server on a Separate Server”

on page 109.

• System Configuration

The following services are optional depending on whether you use them in your Interplay environment:

• Multicast Repeater - Required when Interplay clients are on a different subnet from the shared storage Media Indexer. See “Configuring a Multicast Repeater” on page 112.

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• SNMP Gateway The Avid SNMP Gateway service can capture a snapshot of a workgroup by mirroring

all of the health information in a simple network management protocol (SNMP) management information base (MIB). It uses an SNMP daemon to send traps to an SNMP trap receiver whenever a warning or critical system condition occurs. It captures a snapshot of the workgroup, reflects it in an SNMP MIB, and makes that information available to SNMP manager applications, such as HP® OpenView, by acting as an SNMP agent that responds to requests.

• Email Alerter The Email Alerter is an e-mail daemon, which sends e-mail notifications to a

configurable list of recipients when any of the health parameters—on systems in the workgroup—are at warning or critical health level. The Avid Lookup service gathers the health level information from systems within the workgroup.

The Avid Email Alerter is configured using the Avid Interplay Service Configuration application.

The SNMP Gateway and Email Alerter are resource intensive applications. If you plan to use those services, don’t install them on the Media Indexer or Interplay Engine servers. If necessary, use the Interplay Workgroup Properties tool to disable the services.

Software Installed on Interplay Clients

The following table shows the software that is installed on the Interplay client systems.

Software Installed on Avid Interplay Systems

In the following tables, X stands for required and O stands for optional.

Software Installed on Interplay Clients

iNEWS

Software

Assist Application X X (O)

Avid Unity client X X O X O

iNEWS Instinct application X

Editing application X

CaptureManager application X

Interplay Access X X X X

Media Indexer X

Interplay Transfer client X

Interplay Framework

Core Components X X X (O) X X

Avid Lookup service

Configuration Utility X (O)

Instinct Assist Access

X (O) X (O) X X

Avid Editor

X (O) X (O)

Graphic Editor

CaptureManager Client

Diagnostic Log Viewer X (O) X (O) X (O) X X

Health Viewer X (O) X (O) X (O) X X

Machine Monitor X (O) X (O) X (O) X X

System Configuration

Time Synchronization X X X (O) X X

Interplay Media Services

ProEncode Client X(O)

a. Do not run Assist and an Avid editing application at the same time on the same computer. b. Installed automatically on Avid Assist and iNEWS Instinct as part of the software application install. c. For additional information, see “Interplay Framework Components” on page 27. d. On a large system, you may want to disable optional Framework services on Instinct and Assist clients.

Chapter 1 Installation Overview

Software Installed on Interplay Servers

Software Installed on Interplay Servers (excluding Media Indexers)

Software

Interplay Engine

Interplay Archive Engine

Media Services

Interplay Transfer Engine

Media Services Provider

Capture Manager Server

Interplay Engine X

Interplay Access X X X X X

Interplay Adapter X

Interplay Archive Engine X

CaptureManager server X

Interplay Transfer X

Interplay Transfer client X

Media Indexer X (O)

Interplay Framework

Core Components X (O)

Avid Lookup Service X (O)

Configuration Utility X (O)

Diagnostic Log Viewer X (O)

Health Viewer X (O)

Machine Monitor X (O)

System Configuration X (O)

Time Synchronization X (O)

Multicast Repeater X (O)

XXX X X (O)

XXX XX (O)

X X X X X (O)

XXX XX (O)

X X X X X (O)

General Purpose Server

X (O)

Interplay Media Services X

ProEncode Provider X (O)

Transcode Provider X (O)

Archive Provider X (O)

a. On a non-cluster system with 10 or less Interplay clients. Do not install on a cluster system. b. See “Interplay Adapter and AirSpeed” on page 124. c. Starting at CaptureManager v4.0.4, The Interplay Transfer client is not required on a CaptureManager server. d. Do not install Interplay Framework software on a cluster or on a single engine system with more than 10 clients. e. Install only one System Configuration service per Lookup server. Additional services can affect performance.

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Pinnacle Systems Interplay - 1.2.1 Installation Manual

Contents

Using This Guide

Symbols and Conventions

If You Need Help

The Avid Interplay Online Library

Viewing User Guides on the Interplay Portal

How to Order Documentation

Avid Training Services

Installation Overview

Performing an Upgrade

Updating Intel Drivers on Cluster Systems

Installation Check List and Installation Steps

Set Up and Configure Your Avid Unity System

Workspace Names

Avid Unity MediaNetwork Setup and Configuration Documentation

Network Considerations

Avid Unity ISIS Setup and Configuration Documentation

Time Synchronization

User Names and Passwords Required For Avid Unity and Product Servers

Creating the Server Execution User Account

Accounts for Accessing Workspaces

Manually Setting a Target Workspace For Voice Over Assets

Accounts for Using Deletion

Accounts for Using AirSpeed Server

Accounts for Using Interplay Transfer

Accounts for Avid Editing Applications, Assist, and Instinct

Application Keys

Software Installed on Avid Interplay Systems

Interplay Framework Components

Software Installed on Interplay Clients

Software Installed on Interplay Servers