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Version 2.7

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Avid Interplay Software Installation and Configuration Guide • 0130-07635-04 Rev I • Updated 7/15/2014 • This document is distributed by Avid in online (electronic) form only, and is not available for purchase in printed form.

Using This Guide. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Symbols and Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

If You Need Help. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Interplay Documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Viewing Help and Documentation on the Interplay Portal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Avid Training Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Chapter 1 Installation Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Using the Interplay Installers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Copying the Interplay Installers to a Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Creating a Recovery Image for the AS3000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Upgrading Your System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Updating Intel Drivers on Cluster Systems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Installation Check Lists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Overall Interplay Installation Check List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Media Indexer Installation Check List. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Set Up and Configure an Avid Shared Storage System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Workspace Names . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Network Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Time Synchronization. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

User Names and Passwords Required For Avid Shared Storage and

Product Servers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Creating the Server Execution User Account. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Accounts for Copy Provider and Interplay Streaming Server. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Accounts for Accessing Workspaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Accounts for Using Deletion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Accounts for Using AirSpeed Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Accounts for Using Interplay Transfer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Service Framework Administrator Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Accounts for Avid Editing Applications, Assist, and Instinct . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Required Application Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Chapter 2 Installing Software on Interplay Servers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Selecting the 32-Bit or 64-Bit Version of Avid Service Framework . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Starting the Interplay Server Installer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Installing Software on the Interplay Engine Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Avid Unity MediaNetwork Compatibility with the Interplay Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Installing the Avid Interplay Engine Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Installing Avid Interplay Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Installing Software on the Interplay Transfer Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Installing Software on the Media Services and Media Services Provider Servers . . . . . 49

Installing the Media Services Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Installing the Local Workflow Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Installing the WAN Workflow Components. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

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

Different Types of Media Indexers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Before Installing Media Indexer Software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Using UNC Drive Mapping on Interplay ISIS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Installing the Media Indexer Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

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

Tips for Adding a Shared Storage Workspace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Installing Software on the CaptureManager Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

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

Installing the Stream Publish Service and Auto-Publish Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

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

Starting the Interplay Client Installer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Installing Software on Interplay Assist or Avid Instinct Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Running Interplay Assist and Editing Applications on Same System. . . . . . . . . . . . 70

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

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

Installing Software on Avid Editing Systems (Windows) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Moving Editors Between Interplay Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Installing the Avid Service Framework Workstation Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Configuring an Avid Editing System in the Service Framework . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Connecting the Media Indexer on an Avid Editing System to the

Media Indexer Monitoring Shared Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Using the Processes Tab to Configure Media Indexers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Configuring the Local Media Indexer to Index Local Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Installing Software on Avid Editing Systems (Macintosh) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Uninstalling Media Indexer on a MacOS X System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

Stopping and Starting Media Indexer on a MacOS X System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

Removing Interplay Components from a MacOS X System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

Installing Software on a CaptureManager Client. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Installing Software on a Pro Tools Interplay Client . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Using the Pro Tools Send to Playback Plugin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

Video Satellite Support. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

Establishing the First Connection Between Pro Tools and Interplay . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

Chapter 4 Installing Optional Software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Performing a Custom Install of the Service Framework Software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Verifying that the Service Framework Services Are Running. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

Installing Avid Interplay Access or Avid Interplay Media Services and

Transfer Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

Installing Interplay Media Services Client Updater for Interplay Access . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

Installing Avid Interplay Adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Configuring an Interplay Adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Browsing the Interplay Installer Folders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

Chapter 5 Installing and Configuring an Interplay Archive Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

Installing the Interplay Archive Engine Software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

Installing the FlashNet Client Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

Installing the Interplay Archive Provider Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

Setting Up a Failover System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

Updating the Interplay Archive Engine Software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

Chapter 6 Additional Configuration Topics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

Using Antivirus Software in an Interplay Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

Troubleshooting Firewalls and Avid Interplay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

Integration of Journal Data into the Database. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115

Mounting Workspaces as Drives: Lettered versus Letterless . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

Using Time Synchronization in an Avid Interplay Environment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

Configuring the Time Sync Master . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

Installing the Lookup Service on a Separate Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

Configuring Lookup Servers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

Connecting Systems Directly to the Lookup Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

Configuring Avid AirSpeed Multi Stream. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

Configuring Avid AirSpeed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

Interplay Adapter and AirSpeed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

Configuring Interplay Adapter, CaptureManager, and AirSpeed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

Updating Software on an AirSpeed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

Chapter 7 Installing and Configuring the Interplay Streaming Server. . . . . . . . . . . . 131

Interplay Streaming Server and Direct Play of Proxy Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

Streaming Server Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135

Streaming Server Slot Locations, SR2500. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135

Streaming Server Slot Locations, AS3000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136

Port and Firewall Usage for the Interplay Streaming Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

Check List for Installing and Configuring the Streaming Server Software . . . . . . . . . . 138

Upgrading Interplay Stream Server v2.3 or Earlier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140

Installing and Configuring the Streaming Server Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

Uninstalling an Interplay Streaming Server. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145

Changing the Name of the Interplay Streaming Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146

Changing the Name of the Streaming Server Execution User . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146

Installing and Configuring an Additional Streaming Server. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147

Searching for Streamable Master Clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147

Chapter 8 Workgroups with Multiple ISIS Systems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149

Understanding Multiple ISIS Workgroups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149

Check List for Adding Multiple ISIS Systems to a Workgroup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153

Requirements for Multiple ISIS Workgroups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154

Adding Remote ISIS Systems to ISIS Client Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155

Configuring Media Indexer for Additional ISIS Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156

Adding Remote ISIS Systems in the Interplay Administrator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157

Mounting ISIS Workspaces as UNC Paths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159

Working with Media Services and Interplay Transfer in a Multiple ISIS Workgroup . . . 159

Appendix A SR2500 Slot Locations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161

SR2500 Front View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161

SR2500 Slot Locations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162

Appendix B Configuring the Copy Provider Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165

Copy Provider Slot Locations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165

Chelsio Adapter Board Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166

Chelsio Driver Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168

ISIS Connections and Client Software Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169

Making the ISIS Connections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170

Copy Provider ISIS Configurations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171

Copy Provider and ISIS Versions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171

Installing the ISIS Client Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171

Client Manager Preference Setting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172

Configure Chelsio as the Default Network Connection on the Copy Provider . . . . . . . 173

Creating Copy Provider User Accounts for ISIS and Interplay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174

Appendix C Configuring the Move Provider Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176

Move Provider Slot Locations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177

Chelsio Adapter Board Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178

ISIS Connections and Client Software Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178

Client Manager Preference Setting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178

Configure Chelsio as the Default Network Connection on the Move Provider . . . . . . . 179

Creating Move Provider User Accounts for ISIS and Interplay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180

Appendix D Installing Cards on the Interplay Transfer Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181

Interplay Transfer Server Slot Locations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181

Installing Cards in the Interplay Transfer Server. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181

Configuring the Intel PRO/1000 Adapter Card. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182

Appendix E Avid Interplay Port Usage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183

Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188

Using This Guide

Congratulations on your purchase of Avid®Interplay®, a powerful system for managing media in a shared storage environment. This guide contains overview installation instructions and configuration information for the Interplay components on the Avid Interplay Installer client and server installers.

This guide is intended for all Avid Interplay administrators who are responsible for installing, configuring and maintaining an Avid Interplay Engine or Avid Interplay Archive Engine (database, server, and all related client connections and user rights) in an Interplay workgroup.

The documentation describes the features and hardware of all models. Therefore, your system

might not contain certain features and hardware that are covered in the documentation.

Symbols and Conventions

Avid documentation uses the following symbols and conventions:

Symbol or Convention Meaning or Action

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

(Windows), (Windows only), (Macintosh), or (Macintosh only)

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.

A warning describes an action that could cause you physical harm. Follow the guidelines in this document or on the unit itself when handling electrical equipment.

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.

This text indicates that the information applies only to the specified operating system, either Windows or Macintosh OS X.

If You Need Help

Symbol or Convention Meaning or Action

Bold font Bold font is primarily used in task instructions to identify user interface

items and keyboard sequences.

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

Courier Bold font

Ctrl+key 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 your Avid product:

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 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

are shipped 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 media as a PDF document (README_product.pdf) 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.

Courier Bold font identifies text that you type.

mouse action. For example, Command+Option+C or Ctrl+drag.

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.

Interplay Documentation

The following documents describe how to use Avid Interplay:

• Avid Interplay Best Practices — provides an overview of the major Interplay components, shows sample configuration diagrams, and describes several of the key features, such as setting up a user database and using the Avid Interplay Archive Engine.

• Avid Interplay Software Installation and Configuration Guide — describes how to use the Avid Interplay installation programs to install and configure software on the various systems that make up a Interplay environment.

• Avid Interplay Engine Failover Guide — describes how to set up a cluster configuration for the Avid Interplay Engine and the Avid Interplay Archive engine. There are two versions of this guide: one for SR2500 systems and one for AS3000 systems.

• Avid Interplay Engine and Avid Interplay Archive Engine Administration Guide — describes how to administer your Avid Interplay Engine or Avid Interplay Archive Engine and Avid Interplay database.

• Avid Interplay Access User’s Guide — describes how to use Interplay Access to browse, search, and work with assets in the Avid Interplay database.

• Avid Interplay Assist User’s Guide — describes how to use Interplay Assist for logging, archiving, and sending to Playback material in an Interplay environment.

Interplay Documentation

• Avid Instinct User’s Guide — describes how to use the Avid Instinct application to write iNEWS stories and put together simple audio and video sequences.

• Avid Interplay Media Services Setup and User’s Guide — Avid Interplay Media Services lets you control and automate Transcode, Archive, and ProEncode services.

• Avid Interplay Transfer Setup and User’s Guide — describes how to use Interplay Transfer to transfer media to and from another workgroup, send finished sequences to a configured playback device, ingest media from a configured ingest device, and perform standalone transfers between workstations.

• Avid Service Framework User’s Guide — describes how to use the logging, monitoring, and management features of the Avid Service Framework applications.

• Avid Low Res Encode Setup and Configuration — describes how to set up and configure an Avid Low Res Encode system. Includes information on updating the bootset, root disk image, and configuring a Low Res Encode system to work with CaptureManager.

• Avid Interplay Capture User’s Guide — describes how to use Interplay Capture, a newsroom ingest tool that enables automated recordings.

• Avid Interplay Capture Administrator’s Guide — describes administrative concepts, tasks, and reference material for Avid Interplay Capture.

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• Avid CaptureManager User’s Guide — describes how to use CaptureManager™ in a newsroom environment to coordinate video feeds, schedule feed captures at both high and low resolutions, and record late breaking events instantly.

• Avid CaptureManager Installation and Configuration Guide — describes how to set up and configure CaptureManager.

All documents are available in PDF form on the Interplay Portal and also on the Avid Knowledge Base at www.avid.com/onlinesupport.

Viewing Help and Documentation on the Interplay Portal

You can quickly access the Interplay Help, PDF versions of the Interplay guides, and useful external links by viewing the Interplay User Information Center on the Interplay Portal. The Interplay Portal is a web site that runs on the Interplay Engine.

You can access the Interplay User Information Center through a browser from any system in the Interplay environment. You can also access it through the Help menu in Interplay Access and the Interplay Administrator.

The Interplay Help combines information from all Interplay guides in one Help system. It includes a combined index and a full-featured search. From the Interplay Portal, you can run the Help in a browser or download a compiled (.chm) version for use on other systems, such as a laptop.

To open the Interplay User Information Center through a browser:

1. Type the following line in a web browser:

http://Interplay_Engine_name

For Interplay_Engine_name substitute 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 Documentation” link to access the User Information Center web page.

To open the Interplay User Information Center from Interplay Access or the Interplay Administrator:

t Select Help > Documentation Website on Server.

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1 Installation Overview

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

See the installation check lists for the steps required to install the Interplay products.

This chapter includes the following topics:

• Using the Interplay Installers

• Copying the Interplay Installers to a Server

• Creating a Recovery Image for the AS3000

• Upgrading Your System

• Installation Check Lists

• Set Up and Configure an Avid Shared Storage System

• Network Considerations

• User Names and Passwords Required For Avid Shared Storage and Product Servers

• Required Application Keys

Using the Interplay Installers

Starting with Interplay v2.7, Interplay installers are delivered on the Avid download center. See the Interplay ReadMe for additional information. There are two separate Interplay Installers: one for Interplay Servers and one for Interplay Clients. You use the Interplay Installers to install Interplay software components on the various servers and clients.

For Avid editing applications such as Media Composer, use the individual installers for the various Avid editing applications and then use the Interplay Client Installer to install the software required to make the Avid editing application a client in the Interplay environment.

The application software for Avid Interplay Assist and Avid Instinct® is on the Avid Interplay

Client Installer.

Copying the Interplay Installers to a Server

Additional Installers on the Interplay Installers

The following installers are included on the Interplay Installers, although they are not accessible through the Installer user interface. You can browse the appropriate installer folders and select individual installers.

• Interplay Servers Installer

- Avid Low Res Encode software. For more information, see “Installing and Configuring

Avid Interplay Low Res Encoder Software” on page 65.

- Avid Service Framework Workstation Service. See “Installing the Avid Service

Framework Workstation Service” on page 75.

- Interplay Stream Publish Service and Auto-Publish Support. For more information, see

“Installing the Stream Publish Service and Auto-Publish Support” on page 65.

• Interplay Clients Installer

- Installer for Mac

OS® X applications. For more information, see “Macintosh Installer

for Interplay Access” on page 71 and “Installing Software on Avid Editing Systems (Macintosh)” on page 87.

Copying the Interplay Installers to a Server

This topic provides instructions for copying the Interplay Installers to a server so that you have easy access to installer files if you should ever need them in the future. In this topic, the folder that contains the software installation files is referred to as the software kit.

To copy the Interplay Installers to a server:

1. Log in as Administrator.

2. Make a folder for the software kit on the root directory (C:\) For example:

C:\Installers\Interplay_v2_5_Servers

3. Open the folder containing the installer.

4. Copy the software kit into the new folder you created. For example, use CTRL-A to select all the files and folders in the software kit and copy and paste to the new folder you created.

5. Navigate to the software kit folder and double-click the Autorun.exe file.

The Interplay Installer splash screen opens.

6. Install the application as described in this guide.

Creating a Recovery Image for the AS3000

The Interplay Servers Installer includes a tool for creating a recovery image for the AS3000 server.

The location of your AS3000 recovery image depends on the Windows OS and the Avid application.

• On Windows 7 systems, the recovery image is on the 16 GB flash drive that ships with the AS3000 server. Store the flash drive in a safe place.

• For all other systems, the recovery image ships on the D: partition of the system drive. On these systems, a tool for copying the image to a USB flash drive is located in the following locations:

- C:\Avid_Recovery_Tool\AvidRecoveryImageTool.exe

-<Interplay Server Installer>

For instructions on how to use the tool, see the Readme in the corresponding folder or see the AS3000 Setup Guide.

For systems that ship with the recovery image on the D: partition, Avid highly recommends you copy the image to the 16 GB USB flash drive provided with your AS3000.

When you perform a full product recovery of the Avid AS3000 system drive, you lose the product recovery image and data on the D: partition of the system drive.

Upgrading Your System

Before you begin, see the Avid Interplay ReadMe for specific instructions on upgrading for a particular release.

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

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

• Use the Interplay Installer software to uninstall the previous versions of software components. You do not have to use the Control Panel to uninstall unless specifically instructed to do so in the Interplay Readme.

Utilities\AvidRecoveryImageTool.exe

• 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 upgrading, 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.

Deleting the Intel drivers on an establised cluster system 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.

If you are reimaging the system as part of an upgrade then you can take the opportunity to

update the Intel NIC drivers at that time.

Installation Check Lists

This section contains the following check lists:

• Overall Interplay Installation Check List

• Media Indexer Installation Check List

For information about installing the Interplay Streaming Server, see “Check List for Installing

and Configuring the Streaming Server Software” on page 138.

Installation Check Lists

Overall Interplay Installation Check List

The following check list provides an overall view of an Interplay installation.

Check List for Installing Interplay Components

Task Section Reference



Review the recommendations in the Avid Products and Network Site Preparation Guide.

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

Determine where the Avid Lookup Service is running or where it will run. The Lookup service is part of the Avid Service Framework.

If you use AirSpeed Multi Stream or AirSpeed 5000 systems, refer to the associated installation guides.

See “Installing the Lookup Service on a

Separate Server” on page 120, and “Connecting Systems Directly to the Lookup Service” on page 122.

See the Avid AirSpeed 5000 Setup Guide or the AirSpeed Multi Stream Installation and User’s Guide.

Check List for Installing Interplay Components

Task Section Reference

Installation Check Lists



If you use AirSpeed® or CaptureManager to capture media, determine where you will install the Interplay Adapter.

If you are using Media Services providers such as Interplay Transcode or an Interplay Archive Engine, determine where your Interplay Media Services Engine server will reside and where you Media Services providers will reside.

Check your network environment. See “Network Considerations” on page 24.

Set up the servers that will be used in your Interplay environment.

If you will be setting up a cluster (failover) configuration of the Avid Interplay Engine or Avid Interplay Archive Engine, set up the cluster system.

See “Interplay Adapter and AirSpeed” on

page 125.

See the Avid Media Services Setup and User’s Guide.

See the following:

• Migrating Interplay Applications to AS3000 Servers

• “SR2500 Slot Locations” on page 161

• “Configuring the Copy Provider Server” on

page 165

• “Installing and Configuring the Interplay

Streaming Server” on page 131

• “Avid Interplay Port Usage” on page 183

See the Avid Interplay Engine Failover Guide

or the Avid Interplay Engine Failover Guide for AS3000 Servers.



Set up and configure your Avid I SI S™ or Avid Unity™ system.

Create a Server Execution User account for the Interplay Engine.

See “Set Up and Configure an Avid Shared

Storage System” on page 23 and “User Names and Passwords Required For Avid Shared Storage and Product Servers” on page 27.

See “Creating the Server Execution User

Account” on page 27.

Check List for Installing Interplay Components

Task Section Reference

Installation Check Lists



On the Interplay Engine server, use the Interplay Servers Installer to install the Interplay Engine and related software.

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

Interplay Archive Engine Administration Guide.

Install and configure the Media Indexers that will monitor shared storage.

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

• Install the Interplay software components for the Avid editing applications.

• Install the Interplay software components and application software for Avid Instinct Interplay Assist.

and Av id

See “Installing Software on the Interplay

Engine Server” on page 35.

See “Media Indexer Installation Check List” on

page 22.

See “Installing Software on Avid Editing

Systems (Windows)” on page 74. See “Connecting the Media Indexer on an Avid Editing System to the Media Indexer Monitoring Shared Storage” on page 77.

See “Installing Software on Interplay Assist or

Avid Instinct Systems” on page 69.

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

Transfer Server” on page 48.

• Install and configure the Media Services Engine. See “Installing Software on the Media Services

and Media Services Provider Servers” on page 49.

• If your site is using the Media Services Copy provider, install and configure the Copy Provider server. and Move Provider server

• If your site is using the Interplay Streaming Server, install and configure the Streaming Server and

related software.

See “Configuring the Copy Provider Server”

on page 165 and “Configuring the Move Provider Server” on page 176.

See “Installing and Configuring the Interplay

Streaming Server” on page 131 and “Check List for Installing and Configuring the Streaming Server Software” on page 138.

Check List for Installing Interplay Components

Task Section Reference

Installation Check Lists



• Install and configure Interplay Capture or CaptureManager

• Install and configure the Archive Engine. This is similar to installing and configuring an Interplay Engine as described earlier in this section.

Create the Interplay database. See “Creating an Interplay Database” in the

Create Interplay users and folder structures to match your project workflow and define a delete strategy.

Review the ISIS and Interplay maintenance procedures.

™

Media Indexer Installation Check List

See the following:

• Avid Interplay Capture Installation and Administration Guide

• “Installing Software on the

CaptureManager Server” on page 64 and

the Avid CaptureManager Installation and Configuration Guide.

See “Installing and Configuring an Interplay

Archive Engine” on page 109.

Avid Interplay Engine and Avid Interplay Archive Engine Administration Guide.

See “Setting up a Folder Structure and a User Database” and “Developing a Delete Strategy” in the Avid Interplay Best Practices guide.

See the Interplay Best Practices Guide.

The following check list provides the main installation and configurations steps for Media Indexers in an Interplay Environment.

Check List for Installing Interplay Components

Task Section Reference



Determine your Media Indexer server configuration. See “Configuring Avid Interplay Media

Indexers” in the Avid Interplay Best Practices guide.

If you are upgrading 32-bit Media Indexers to 64-bit versions, see the upgrade procedure in the Avid Interplay Best Practices guide.

See “Replacing 32-bit Media Indexers in the HAG with 64-bit Media Indexers” in the Avi d Interplay Best Practices guide.

Set Up and Configure an Avid Shared Storage System

Check List for Installing Interplay Components

Task Section Reference



Use the Interplay Installer to install the client Service Framework software.

When you install the Service 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.

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

Media Indexer Server” on page 57.

Verify that the Service Framework is running. See “Verifying that the Service Framework

Services Are Running” on page 103.

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.

Configure the Media Indexers in the High Availability Group to monitor your shared storage. You must use UNC paths to identify the shared storage folders.

See “Configuring a Media Indexer to Monitor

Shared Storage” on page 59.

If you are configuring 64-bit Media Indexers, see the Avid Interplay Best Practices guide.

Set Up and Configure an Avid Shared Storage System

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

Depending on whether you have Avid Unity MediaNetwork or Avid 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.

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

“Workspace Names” on page 24.

Network Considerations

Support Knowledge Base. See also

Verify Entries on the DNS Server

Service 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 Service Framework Lookup service and Interplay Diagnostics. The tree view in the Interplay Service Configuration or Health Monitor might 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, Service Framework can not resolve IP addresses to host names. Symptoms include tree views failing to populate in the Interplay Service Configuration, Interplay Diagnostics, and Health Monitor.

Make sure the DNS server is configured to support Reverse Lookups.

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 the Service Framework can list the systems in its client applications, such as the Interplay Service Configuration or Health Monitor.

Network Considerations

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 might have problems communicating with the rest of the Interplay workgroup.

Configuring an Avid ISIS System

On an Avid 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. Use Unicast Discovery to allow Interplay clients to communicate across subnets. See “Connecting

Systems Directly to the Lookup Service” on page 122.

The Multicast Repeater service is available on the Avid Service Framework installer but the

service is no longer recommended. Use Unicast Discovery instead.

Diagnosing Service Framework Problems

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

Install Antivirus Software and Check Firewalls

See “Using Antivirus Software in an Interplay Environment” on page 114 and Troubleshooting Firewalls and Avid Interplay.

systems.

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 Service 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 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 the local clock, then the Time Sync Slave service disables itself to avoid the local clock from jumping back and forth. The Time Sync slave also posts a Warning in the Health Monitor.

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

Environment” on page 117 and the Service Framework ReadMe at the top level of the Interplay

Installer or on the Knowledge Base.

Network Considerations

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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 Avid Interplay Low Res Encode Setup and Configuration. This document is on the Avid Interplay installer.

See “Installing and Configuring Avid Interplay Low Res Encoder Software” on page 65.

User Names and Passwords Required For Avid Shared Storage and Product Servers

Some Avid products require user accounts on the Avid shared storage system. The user names and passwords on the Avid shared storage 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; the passwords must match exactly.

Creating the Server Execution User Account

When you install the Interplay Engine software you must specify the user name and password of 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 should always use the Custom install option when installing the Interplay Engine software

so that you can specify the Server Execution User.

You have the following options for creating the Server Execution User:

• If your Interplay system is joined to a Windows domain, you can create a domain user (for example, “IPEngine”). The Interplay Engine installer will associate the appropriate permissions with the account. 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.

For Interplay Engine failover cluster systems, you must specify a Windows domain user.

• You have the option of allowing the Interplay Engine installer to create the account. Select a name before the installation and specify the name and a password during the installation. The installer will create a local user in the Administrators group with the appropriate permissions.

• You can also create a local Administrator account manually and specify that account during the installation. The account must have local administration rights on the operating system for the Interplay Engine server (both nodes on a cluster system). The account must have the following local security policy settings set to enabled:

- Act as part of the operating system

- Back up files and directories

- Restore files and directories

- Adjust memory quotas for a process

-Log on as a service

User Names and Passwords Required For Avid Shared Storage and Product Servers

- Increase scheduling priorities

- Manage auditing and security log

- Impersonate a client after authentication

- Debug programs

An account with an identical user name and password must have read/write access to the Avid shared storage workspaces that contain media (including the workspace used for file asset sources in a split database). Use the Avid ISIS or Avid Unity MediaNetwork Administration tool to create this account.

When you install the Interplay Engine or the Interplay Archive Engine, do not select the default Server Execution User. Create a custom user instead. The default user account is AVID_WORKGROUP_USER. Do not use this account.

Ideally the Server Execution user should be an account that users do not use to log onto the system. This prevents accidental changes to the Server User Account during normal administration duties. For example, if someone changes the password by mistake, users might not be able to access the Interplay database.

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.

For more information, see “Troubleshooting the Server Execution User Account” in the Avid Interplay Engine and Avid Interplay Archive Engine Administration Guide.

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 “Re-creating the Server Execution User” in the Avid Interplay Engine and Avid Interplay Archive Engine Administration Guide. The tool is located in the following directory on the Interplay Installer:

Installers\AssetMgr\Tools\NXNServerUser

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

User Names and Passwords Required For Avid Shared Storage and Product Servers

Accounts for Copy Provider and Interplay Streaming Server

See the following sections for details:

• “Creating Copy Provider User Accounts for ISIS and Interplay” on page 174

• “Check List for Installing and Configuring the Streaming Server Software” on page 138

Accounts for Accessing Workspaces

To allow the Interplay Engine to access the Avid shared storage workspaces, you need to set up user accounts on both the Interplay Engine and the Avid shared storage system. The user name and password for these user accounts must match exactly on both the Interplay Engine and Avid shared storage system. If the user names or passwords are different, the workspaces are not available in Interplay Administrator settings, such as the Media Creation workspace in the Editor Settings tab of the Application Database Settings.

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 shared storage workspaces, provided the users are set up correctly on both the Interplay Engine and Avid shared storage system.

To access all workspaces:

1. Make sure the Administrator account on both the Interplay Engine and Avid shared storage system have exactly the 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 shared storage system. These user accounts must have exactly the same user name and password.

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

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

User Names and Passwords Required For Avid Shared Storage and Product Servers

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 shared storage system

- Avid shared storage 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 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 27.

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 password see “Configuring Avid AirSpeed” on page 124.

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You must use these exact user and password names. For additional information,

Accounts for Using Interplay Transfer

When you are configuring an Interplay Transfer Engine you must specify a user name and password that Interplay Transfer should use to connect to the Avid Interplay engine. This user account must already exist on the Interplay Engine.

Service Framework Administrator Password

By default the Service Framework does not have an Administrator password. If you want to set a password, open the Service Framework Service Configuration tool and set the password in the System Configuration Service.

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Required Application Keys

To set the Service Framework password:

1. Open the Service Configuration tool and click the Processes tab.

2. Select the System Configuration service and select the system running the System Configuration service.

3. Set the Administrator password and click Apply at the top of the dialog box.

Accounts for Avid Editing Applications, Assist, and Instinct

The following limitations exist for editing clients in an Interplay environment:

• Avid editing applications such as NewsCutter 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.

• Interplay Assist and 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 can 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 MediaNetwork. For more information, see the Interplay ReadMe.

, Media Composer®, and Symphony™ Nitris®

See “User Names and Passwords Required For Avid Shared Storage and Product Servers” on

page 27. Check the Interplay ReadMe for any changes to the Windows login permissions.

Required 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 35.

• Interplay Media Services

• Interplay Transfer

When installing the Interplay Transfer Engine in a standalone environment, a hardware

application key is not required. The Avid editing software handles the licensing of the Interplay Transfer Engine.

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

Required Application Keys

• 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.

2 Installing Software on Interplay Servers

The following topics describe the installations of the Interplay software on the servers:

• Selecting the 32-Bit or 64-Bit Version of Avid Service Framework

• Starting the Interplay Server Installer

• Installing Software on the Interplay Engine Server

• Installing Software on the Interplay Transfer Server

• Installing Software on the Media Services and Media Services Provider Servers

• Installing Software on an Avid Interplay Media Indexer Server

• Installing Software on the CaptureManager Server

• Installing and Configuring Avid Interplay Low Res Encoder Software

For information on the order of installation and configuration, see “Installation Check Lists” on

page 19.

Selecting the 32-Bit or 64-Bit Version of Avid Service Framework

The following are 64-bit applications and require the 64-bit version of Avid Service Framework:

• Interplay Transcode Provider v2.5 and later

• Interplay STP Encode Provider v2.5 and later

• Interplay Media Services Engine v2.7 and later

• Interplay Copy v2.7 and later

• Interplay Move v2.7 and later

• Interplay Delivery v2.7 and later

• Avid Media Composer v6.0, Symphony v6.0, NewsCutter v10.0 and later

• Interplay Assist v2.5 and later

• Instinct v4.0 and later

The other Interplay applications that require the Framework are 32-bit applications and can run with either the 32-bit version or the 64-bit version of Avid Service Framework.

To run a 32-bit applications with the 64-bit Service Framework:

1. If the 32-bit Framework is installed on the system, use the Add/Remove Programs tool to uninstall it.

2. Install the 64-bit Framework. Make sure to install the client or server version as appropriate.

3. Click the Lookup tab and check whether the system is connected to the Lookup Service. If it is already connected, you can close the Workgroup Properties tool.

4. If the system is not connected to the Lookup Server, connect it as follows:

a. Select the Workgroup that you want to connect to and click Add in the Lookup services

window.

If the name of the workgroup that you need does not appear in the Workgroup area, click the Add

button and add the entry. Remember that the name is case sensitive.

b. In the Lookup Service dialog box, type in the fully qualified domain name of the system

running the Lookup service.

c. Click Expected and click OK.

Besides identifying the Lookup Server system, launching the Workgroup Properties tool defines the settings in the Windows registry that allow 32-bit applications to locate the 64-bit Framework.

Starting the Interplay Server Installer

To start the Interplay Server Installer:

1. In the Interplay Server Installer folder, double-click autorun.exe.

The Main Menu window opens.

The Main Menu window allows you to select the installers required by a particular Interplay component. The list is divided into Interplay servers and individual optional installers.

Items with three dots open a new window. Items without three dots start an installer.

Installing Software on the Interplay Engine Server

These instructions are for a system with a single Interplay Engine or Interplay Archive Engine. If you are installing software on a system with cluster services, see the Avid Interplay Engine

Failover Guide.

If you are upgrading an Interplay Engine, see the Interplay ReadMe before proceeding. The Readme contains any specific instructions for upgrade the Interplay Engine for a particular release.

Installing Software on the Interplay Engine Server

To install the Interplay Engine Server:

1. Select the following from the Interplay Server Installer Main Menu:

Servers > Avid Interplay Engine

2. Install components from the following table:

Component Description

Avid Interplay Engine The full Interplay Engine software. See “Installing the Avid Interplay

Engine Software” on page 36.

Avid Interplay Access Required to communicate with the Interplay Engine database. Installing

Interplay Access also installs the Interplay Administrator. See

“Installing Avid Interplay Access” on page 47.

3. Perform the installation in the order shown in the above list. You have to reboot the server after the Interplay Engine installation.

Avid Unity MediaNetwork Compatibility with the Interplay Engine

Starting at Interplay v2.2, the Interplay Engine requires an updated version of the UnityAecifsLibVC7.DLL that is installed as part of a MediaNetwork client installation. The updated version of that DLL is UnityAecifsLibVC9.DLL.

This has the following implications for MediaNetwork sites:

• If any version of the MediaNetwork client is already installed on the server on which Interplay Engine 2.2 is to be installed, the Interplay Engine installer will automatically install the new .dll. No further action is required.

• If Interplay Engine 2.2 is to be installed on a fresh server in a MediaNetwork environment, you must install the MediaNetwork client before installing the Interplay Engine.

Installing the Avid Interplay Engine Software

The first time you install the Avid Interplay Engine software, you must select Custom installation. Selecting Custom installation lets you specify the Server Execution User and other configuration information correctly.

If you are upgrading, you should also use Custom installation to verify that the settings are correct. For example, during a Custom installation you can verify the name of the Server Execution User.

If you are installing or upgrading a cluster system, see the Interplay ReadMe and the Avid

Interplay Engine Failover Guide.

Installing Software on the Interplay Engine Server

If you are installing an Interplay Archive Engine, see “Installing and Configuring an Interplay

Archive Engine” on page 109.

To install the Avid Interplay Engine software:

1. Before you begin, do the following:

t Make sure that the Interplay Engine application key is installed on the server system.

For more information, see “Required Application Keys” on page 31.

The Interplay Engine also requires a software license. Install this license after installing the Interplay Engine software, as described at the end of this procedure.

t Make sure you have created matching accounts on the Interplay Engine system and the

Avid shared storage system. You need to type the user name and password during installation to create the Server Execution User. See “Creating the Server Execution

User Account” on page 27.

t Close all Windows programs.

2. Select the following from the Interplay Server Installer Main Menu:

Servers > Avid Interplay Engine > Avid Interplay Engine

3. In the Welcome dialog box, read the information about the installation of the Apache server. Click Next.

4. Read the license agreement information and then accept the license agreement by selecting “I accept the agreement.” Click Next.

The Specify Installation Type dialog box opens.

5. Select one of the following and click Next:

Installing Software on the Interplay Engine Server

t If this is a new installation, select Custom. This ensures that you identify the Server

Execution User required by the Interplay Engine.

Avid recommends that you always use the Custom installation option so that you can view the

Server Execution user name and review other settings as you proceed with the installation.

t If this is an upgrade, select Typical and proceed to step 18. (Both the Typical and

Custom installation use the existing settings.)

The Specify Destination Location dialog box opens.

6. Specify the destination folder and click Next.

The Destination Location is the folder in which the Avid Interplay Engine program files are installed. In most cases, keep the default, which installs the files in an Avid Interplay Engine subfolder in the Program Files folder.

The Specify Default Database Folder dialog box opens.

Installing Software on the Interplay Engine Server

7. Accept the default folder and click Next.

The database folder is the folder in which the database is created and stored. This location must be local, that is, the database folder must be installed on the Interplay Engine server. No other configuration is supported. By default the database folder is created at the root of the D: drive as D:\Workgroup_Databases. All access rights are set automatically.

If you previously installed the Interplay Engine software, this field displays the share name that appears in the next dialog box.

If you do not have adequate local storage for your Interplay database, you can store source files

for file assets on a shared storage workspace rather than a local drive. To do this, you must perform extra steps after the installation. See “Configuring Interplay for a Split Database” in the Avid Interplay Engine and Avid Interplay Archive Engine Administration Guide.

The Specify Share Name dialog box opens.

8. Accept the default share name and click Next.

By default, the share name is “WG_Database$.” The “$” at the end makes the share invisible if you browse through the network using Windows Explorer. For security reasons, Avid recommends keeping the default setting and using a “$” at the end of the share name. With this default setting, the folder “D:\Workgroup_Databases” on the Avid Interplay Engine computer is shared under the name “WG_Database$.”

The Specify Configuration Server dialog box opens.

Installing Software on the Interplay Engine Server

9. Select the Interplay Engine you want to use as the Central Configuration Server and click Next.

The Central Configuration Server (CCS) is an Interplay Engine with a special module that is useful if you are working in an environment that includes more than one Interplay Engine (including an Interplay Archive Engine). However, even if you are working in an environment with one Interplay Engine, you need to specify a CCS.

Select one of the following:

t This Avid Interplay Engine: Specifies that the Interplay Engine that you are installing

should be the CCS. Click Next.

t Another Avid Interplay Engine: Specifies that a previously installed Interplay Engine

should be the CCS. An additional dialog box opens. Type the name of the Interplay Engine to be used as the CCS and click Next.

If you want to specify another Interplay Engine, you must specify an Interplay Engine that is already installed. If you have not yet installed the desired Interplay Engine, specify the current Interplay Engine, install the desired Interplay Engine, and then change the CCS through the Interplay Administrator. See “Understanding the Central Configuration Server” in the Avid Interplay Engine and Avid Interplay Archive Engine Administration Guide.

If you specify an Interplay Engine that is not yet installed, you might not be able to log onto the system. See “Troubleshooting Log-in Problems” in the Avid Interplay Engine and Avid Interplay Archive Engine Administration Guide.

The Server Execution User dialog box opens.

Installing Software on the Interplay Engine Server

10. Select Custom user account and click Next.

The Server Execution User is a Windows account that has administrative access to the Avid Interplay Engine. This account also needs to have administrative access to the shared storage workgroup. Avid requires that you create a custom user account. For more information, see

“Creating the Server Execution User Account” on page 27.

The Specify Server User dialog box opens.

Installing Software on the Interplay Engine Server

a. Type a local user, for example, “IPEngine,” or type a domain user, such as

“MYDOMAIN\IPEngine.” Make sure this user name exactly matches the user name of an Avid shared storage account with administrator privileges.

b. Type the password. The installer cannot check the password you type in this dialog box.

Make sure that the password exactly matches the password for the Avid shared storage user with administrator privileges. If the user name and password do not match those of the Avid shared storage user, the Avid Interplay Engine will not run properly. Confirm the password.

You can change the Server Execution User after installation. See “Troubleshooting the Server

Execution User Account” in the Avid Interplay Engine and Avid Interplay Archive Engine Administration Guide.

c. Click Next.

The Specify Server Name dialog box opens.

Installing Software on the Interplay Engine Server

11. Specify the server name as it appears on the network and click Next.

By default, the computer’s name is specified as the server name. Interplay clients use this name to identify the server. If there are clients in your network that are unable to resolve hostnames to IP addresses, you have to specify the server’s IP address here. In this case, the server needs a static IP address; be sure to configure your DHCP server accordingly.

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.

The server name entered should not be more than 15 characters. Server names longer than 15 characters will be truncated and might cause problems with client connections if there is more than one machine in the network with the same truncated name.

The Specify Preview Server Cache dialog box opens.

Installing Software on the Interplay Engine Server

12. Accept the default location and click Next.

Interplay Access lets you view a thumbnail image or other representation of a file asset. This feature requires a special cache folder. The default folder for the preview server cache is named PreviewServer and is installed in the default database folder.

The Enable E-mail Notification dialog box opens.

13. Enable email notification and click Next.

Installing Software on the Interplay Engine Server

The email notification feature sends emails to your administrator when special events, such as “Disk Full” and “Out Of Memory,” occur. See “Configuring the Server Event Manager” in the Avid Interplay Engine and Avid Interplay Archive Engine Administration Guide for details on configuring the email notification.

The E-mail Notification Details dialog box opens.

14. Supply the following information:

a. Type the administrator’s email address and the email address of the server that is the

sender. If an event such as “Disk Full” occurs on the server, the administrator receives an email from the sender’s email account explaining the problem, so that the administrator can respond to the problem.

b. Type the static IP address of your SMTP server. The notification feature needs the

SMTP server in order to send emails. If you do not know this IP address, ask your administrator.

c. (Option) If you also want to inform Avid Support automatically through email if

problems arise, select the option “Send critical notifications also to Avid Support.”

d. Click Next.

The installer modifies the file Config.xml in the Avid Interplay Engine\Data\Server\Config directory with your settings. The Ready to Install dialog box opens.

15. If you are ready to complete the installation, click Next.

Installing Software on the Interplay Engine Server

All necessary components are installed. It might be necessary for the installation program to install additional components, such as Adobe Reader.

If any system libraries on your machine need to be upgraded to complete the installation process, the installation program asks you to reboot your machine. Save all your open documents, close all applications, and then click the OK button to reboot.

The installation finishes and the Installation Completed dialog box displays the success or failure of each installation.

16. Click Finish.

A dialog box requesting a reboot opens. A message with instructions on how to fix any installation problems also appears.

17. Click OK to reboot the machine.

18. Enable a permanent license key. See “Managing Licenses” in the Avid Interplay Engine and Avid Archive Engine Administration Guide for instructions. Make sure that you obtain and load the Interplay Engine license file promptly. The permanent license key must match the application key (dongle) for the Interplay Engine server.

Installing Avid Interplay Access

You must install Avid Interplay Access on the Interplay Engine. Avid recommends that you accept the defaults.

Installing Avid Interplay Access also installs the Avid Interplay Administrator.

To install Interplay Access:

1. Select the following from the Interplay Server Installer Main Menu:

Servers > Avid Interplay Engine > Avid Interplay Access

After the installer starts, the Introduction dialog box opens.

Installing Software on the Interplay Engine Server

2. Close down all other programs, then click Next.

3. Complete the installation by accepting the defaults. If you want to install the Microsoft Office and Adobe Photoshop plug-ins, accept the default paths.

4. When you finish the installation, the installation program might require you to reboot the system.

Installing Software on the Interplay Transfer Server

To install Interplay software on the Interplay Transfer server:

1. Select the following from the Interplay Server Installer Main Menu:

Servers > Avid Interplay Transfer Engine

2. Install components from the following table:

Component Description

Avid Service Framework for Client

Avid Interplay Access Installs the Interplay Access and Interplay Administrator applications.

Avid Interplay Transfer Engine

Avid Interplay Media Services and Transfer Status

Avid Interplay Transfer Cache

The installer automatically installs the components required for an Interplay Transfer application.

For information on configuring the Interplay Transfer server and the Interplay Media Services and Transfer Status application, see the Interplay Transfer Setup and User’s Guide.

(Option) Lets you monitor Interplay Transfer jobs as well as Interplay Media Services jobs from any computer in the network.

(Option) Lets you install only the Interplay Transfer Cache. The Transfer Cache Engine runs in the background and allows you to monitor transfers in the workgroup.

See the Avid Interplay Transfer Setup and User’s Guide for details on installing and configuring the Interplay Transfer software.

Installing Software on the Media Services and Media Services Provider Servers

This section provides an overview of installing the Media Services and Media Services Provider servers. The following illustration shows the initial installer screen.

Installing the Media Services Engine

The first screen links to the installers for Interplay Media Services.

Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express is installed automatically when Interplay Media Services

Engine is installed. After the installation of the Media Services Engine, you need to check the SQL Server 2005 Express configuration. See “Configuring Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express

(Optional)” on page 50.

To install the Interplay Media Services engine:

1. Select the following from the Interplay Server Installer Main Menu:

Servers > Avid Interplay Media Services > Install Avid Interplay Media Services

The Install Avid Interplay Media Services window opens.

Installing Software on the Media Services and Media Services Provider Servers

2. Install components from the following table:

Component Description

Avid Service Framework for Client

Avid Interplay Access Installs the Interplay Access and Interplay Administrator applications.

Avid Interplay Media Services 64 Bit

Select the 64-bit Framework installer.

Required software to configure the Media Services Engine with the Avid Interplay server.

Installs the Interplay Media Services Engine.

During the installation, if an Avid Interplay Media Services database already exist on the server, the “Avid Interplay Database” dialog box opens. Select one of the following:

• Upgrade exiting database (default)—to use the existing database.

• Overwrite current database—if you want to remove all users, providers, and services.

3. (Option) After you install the Media Services Engine, check the configuration of the Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express. See “Configuring Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express

(Optional)” on page 50.

4. Configure the Media Services Engine for the Interplay workgroup. See the Avid Interplay

Media Services Setup and User’s Guide.

If you are performing an upgrade, you do not have to reregister existing services such as the

Transcode service or Archive service.

You might have to re-create some profiles after upgrading your software. See the Avid Interplay Media Services ReadMe.

Configuring Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express (Optional)

Beginning with Interplay v2.3, you do not need to configure the Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express. Configuration is done by the Media Services installation program. Use this procedure if you want to check or change the configuration.

To configure Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express:

1. Click Start and select Programs > Microsoft SQL Server 2005 > Configuration Tools > SQL Server Configuration Manager.

The SQL Server Configuration Manager window opens.

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Select this item

2. Select Protocols for MSSQLSERVER in the left pane.

3. Right-click TCP/IP in the right pane and select Properties.

The TCP/IP Properties dialog box opens.

4. On the Protocol tab in the General area, change Enabled from No to Yes.

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Change to Ye s .

Select Yes for Enabled

5. Click the IP Addresses tab.

6. Do the following:

a. In the IP1 list, select Enabled and change from No to Yes.

b. In the IP2 list, select Enabled and change from No to Yes.

7. Click Apply and click OK in the message box.

8. Click OK to close the TCP/IP Properties dialog box.

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c. Restart Service button

b. Select item.

a. Select item.

9. Do the following:

a. Select SQL Server 2005 Services in the left pane.

b. Select SQL Server (MSSQLSERVER) in the right pane.

c. Click the Restart Service button.

10. Restart the system.

If desired, you can install the Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio Express (a graphical

management that is part of the SQL Server 2005 Express Toolkit). You do not need to remove the installed SQL Server software if you want to install this tool. You can download it from the Microsoft web site:

www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=c243a5ae-4bd1-4e3d-94b8-5a0f62bf779 6&displaylang=en

Installing the Local Workflow Components

Use this installer screen to install the local workflow providers. For additional information, see the Avid Interplay Media Services Setup and User’s Guide.

To install the Local Workflow Components:

1. On the system that you want to install the provider, select the following from the Interplay Server Installer Main Menu.

Servers > Avid Interplay Media Services > Install Local Workflow Support

The Install Avid Interplay Media Services Local Workflow window opens.

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2. You can install the following software on the Interplay Media Services system or on another system to improve performance:

Component Description

Avid Interplay Transcode

Avid Interplay STP Encode

Avid Interplay Archive Provider

Avid Interplay Copy The Interplay Copy provider. Typically installed on its own server. See

The Transcode service provider. Allows you to define profiles and launch transcode jobs from Access or the Avid editing application.

The Interplay Transcode installer includes an option in which you select whether you want to mount workspaces as drive letters or UNC paths. Select UNC paths if the number of workspaces required for the client exceeds the available drive letters. Change the server's ISIS client preferences match the setting you choose.

Allows you to off load time-consuming processing involved in exporting and transferring of Long GOP OP1a media, during a send-to-playback request from the Avid editing application or Avid Interplay Assist.

Do not install STP Encode and Interplay Transcode providers on

the same system.

The Interplay STP Encode installer includes an option in which you select whether you want to mount workspaces as drive letters or UNC paths. Select UNC paths if the number of workspaces required for the client exceeds the available drive letters. Change the server's ISIS client preferences match the setting you choose.

The Archive provider. Typically installed on its own server. See

“Installing the Interplay Archive Provider Software” on page 111.

“Configuring the Copy Provider Server” on page 165.

Avid Interplay Move Allows you to move media for Avid assets (both .mxf and .omf files)

from one Avid ISIS workspace to another.

Avid Interplay Media Services and Transfer Status

Avid Interplay ProEncode Provider

(Option) Interplay Auto Media Services

Lets you monitor Interplay Transfer jobs as well as Interplay Media Services jobs on a standalone system. You don’t need to install this software on the Media Services system as the function is built into the Media Services Engine software.

For information on installing ProEncode, see the Avid Interplay Media Services Setup and User’s Guide.

Installs the Avid Interplay Auto Media Services. The Avid Interplay Auto Archive installation includes the Auto Archive, Auto Transcode, Auto Transfer, and Auto Copy services.

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For information on configuring Interplay Media Services providers, see the Avid Interplay Media Services Setup and User’s Guide.

Installing Avid Service Framework for Local Workflow Components

The following components require the 64-bit version of Avid Service Framework for Client:

• Interplay Transcode Provider

• Interplay STP Encode Provider

• Interplay Copy

• Interplay Move

The other providers can run with either the 32-bit version or the 64-bit version of Avid Service Framework. See “Selecting the 32-Bit or 64-Bit Version of Avid Service Framework” on

page 34.

Do not install both the 32-bit Framework and the 64-bit Framework on the same system.

To install the Framework for the Local Workflow Components:

1. Navigate to the following installer page:

Servers > Avid Interplay Media Services

2. Choose the appropriate installer as follows:

- For Transcode, STP Encode, Copy, and Move, select the 64-bit Framework.

- For the other providers, select either the 32-bit or 64-bit Framework.

Installing the WAN Workflow Components

Use this installer screen to install the WAN workflow providers. The Delivery service provider and the Delivery Receiver service allow you to transfer clips, shotlists, and cuts only sequences and the media files to another workgroup.

You also install the Interplay Streaming server as part of the WAN workflow. See “Installing and

Configuring the Interplay Streaming Server” on page 131.

To install the Media Services WAN Workflow Components:

1. On the system that you want to install the provider, select the following from the Interplay Installer Main Menu:

Servers > Avid Interplay Media Services > Install WAN Workflow Support

The Install Avid Interplay Media Services WAN Workflow window opens.

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2. You can install the following software on the Interplay Media Services system or on another system to improve performance:

Component Description

Avid Interplay Delivery

Avid Interplay Delivery Receiver

The Interplay Delivery service provider. The Delivery service provider and the Delivery Receiver service allow you to transfer clips, shotlists, and cuts only sequences and the media files to another workgroup. You can also use profiles to only transfer the portion that is used in a subclip.

The Interplay Delivery Receiver service. The Delivery Receiver service lets the workgroup receive transfers from a workgroup with the Delivery service.

Installing Avid Service Framework for WAN Workflow Components

Avid Interplay Delivery requires the 64-bit version of Avid Service Framework for Client:

Avid Interplay Delivery Receiver can run with either the 32-bit version or the 64-bit version of Avid Service Framework. See “Selecting the 32-Bit or 64-Bit Version of Avid Service

Framework” on page 34.

Do not install both the 32-bit Framework and the 64-bit Framework on the same system.

To install the Framework for the WAN Workflow Components:

1. Navigate to the following installer page:

Servers > Avid Interplay Media Services

2. Choose the appropriate installer as follows:

- For Interplay Delivery, select the 64-bit Framework.

- For Interplay Delivery Receiver, select either the 32-bit or 64-bit Framework.

Installing Software on an Avid Interplay Media Indexer Server

Different Types of Media Indexers

Avid recommends that you use one or two 64-Bit Media Indexers to monitor shared storage. You can add a second 64-bit Media Indexer for redundancy. For additional information and for a procedure for replacing existing 32-bit Media Indexers with a 64-bit Media Indexer, see the Avid Interplay Best Practices guide.

There are three basic ways to configure a Media Indexer:

• The leader of a High Availability Group. The leader can index shared storage and it can also monitor other Media Indexers. On a small configuration, the Media Indexer software might be installed on the Avid Interplay Engine. In this case, configure a High Availability Group with one member configured on the Interplay Engine.

You always need a High Availability Group to monitor shared storage, even if it is a group of

one.

• Additional members of a High Availability Group. Members that you add to a High Availability group (HAG) provide redundancy and load balancing for the leader.

• The Media Indexer on each Avid editing application system. These local Media Indexers connect to the High Availability Group.

Avid Interplay Assist and Avid Instinct do not require a local Media Indexer. They automatically

connect to the High Availability Group in the Interplay environment. You use the Server Hostname Settings view in the Interplay Administrator tool to identify the Workgroup name. The system automatically connects to the High Availability Group for the workgroup. The workgroup name is case sensitive and must match the workgroup name identified in the Workgroup Properties tool.

For information on the maximum number of files that a Media Indexer can monitor, see the Avid Interplay Best Practices guide and the Avid Interplay ReadMe.

Installing Software on an Avid Interplay Media Indexer Server

Before Installing Media Indexer Software

The following are important for a successful Media Indexer configuration:

• Before you configure Media Indexer, install the Service Framework software and verify that it’s running. For additional information, see “Verifying that the Service Framework Services

Are Running” on page 103.

• Before you configure Media Indexer to monitor your Avid shared storage workspaces, the workspaces must have an Avid MediaFiles folder. To create the folder, you can either use an Avid editing application to capture or import media to the workspace or you can manually create an Avid MediaFiles folder.

• Do not use spaces or special characters in your workspace names.

Using UNC Drive Mapping on Interplay ISIS

On Avid ISIS, you must select the “Use UNC (Letterless) Drive Mapping” option on the Media Indexers that monitor shared storage.

To set UNC Drive Mapping:

t In the ISIS Client Manager window, select Preferences and select the letterless option.

For more information, see “Mounting Workspaces as Drives: Lettered versus Letterless” on

page 116 and “Installation Check Lists” on page 19.

Installing the Media Indexer Software

To install the Media Indexer Server:

1. Select the following from the Interplay Installer Main Menu:

Servers > Avid Interplay Media Indexer

2. Select the 32-bit or 64-bit installer.

3. Install components from the following table:

Component Description

Avid Service Framework for Server

Avid Interplay Access Allows for easy access to the Interplay Engine. This also installs the

Avid Interplay Media Indexer

Perform the installation on primary and secondary shared storage Media Indexers.

Interplay Administrator.

Installs the Media Indexer software.

Installing Software on an Avid Interplay Media Indexer Server

If you use the installer to uninstall Media Indexer, the installer exits after the uninstall is

complete. Restart the installer to perform the installation.

Configuring a Media Indexer to Monitor Shared Storage

This procedure describes how to configure a Media Indexer be the leader of a High Availability Group and how to monitor shared storage. This is the basic configuration for a small system with only one Media Indexer. The basic procedure is as follows:

1. Identify the Media Indexer as the leader of a High Availability group.

2. Identify the shared storage locations for that Media Indexer to monitor.

For more information on using Media Indexer, see the Avid Service Framework User’s Guide and the Avid Interplay Best Practices guide.

Before you configure the Media Indexer, verify that the Service Framework services are running on the Media Indexer system. For more information, see “Before Installing Media Indexer

Software” on page 58.

To configure the Media Indexer to monitor shared storage:

1. Click the Start button, and then select All Programs > Avid > Service Framework > Avid Interplay Service Configuration.

2. If more than one workgroup appears in the list, click the triangular opener next to your Workgroup name to open the Workgroup list.

3. On the Hosts tab, select the system that contains the Media Indexer you want to use to monitor shared storage, and select Avid Media Indexer.

4. Click OK when the system prompts you for the Service Framework administrator password. By default, there is no password. For additional information, see “Service Framework

Administrator Password” on page 30.

A message box opens asking if you want to allow the service to run with unrestricted security.

5. Click Yes.

The system displays the Media Indexer information in the Avid Interplay Service Configuration dialog box.

Installing Software on an Avid Interplay Media Indexer Server

6. Click Join High Availability Group and type a name for the group.

Perform this step even if there is only one Media Indexer for shared storage. The Media Indexer that monitors shared storage must be part of a High Availability group even if there is only one Media Indexer in the group.

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7. Click the Apply button.

8. Click the Configure button.

The system opens the Configure Storage dialog box. The following illustration shows a Media Indexer that is already configured to monitor folders on two workspaces.

9. Click the Add button.

The Add Storage dialog box opens.

Installing Software on an Avid Interplay Media Indexer Server

10. Select the Media Files Location option and click OK.

The Media Files Location dialog box opens.

11. Type the UNC path to a folder within the workspace. For example, \\computer_name\workspace_name\folder_name.

The following illustration shows the UNC path for the Avid MediaFiles folder on workspace3. The system name in this example is avid-6c85183baf.

In general, don’t connect directly to the high level workspace name. Connect to the Avid

MediaFiles folder or another folder in the workspace that you know contains valid Avid media files. This way you will avoid attempting to index non-Avid files.

12. Click Apply and click OK.

The system displays the UNC path to the folder in the Configure Storages dialog box.

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Starting at Interplay v2.3, scanning status messages for the Media Indexer are no longer

displayed on the Configure Storage dialog box. They are now on the Health Monitor.

On shared storage, the Media Indexer does not recognize drive letters mapped by the user

because it runs as a background service.

13. (Option) Click Add and repeat the process to add any additional folders.

14. Click Apply and click OK to close the Configure Storages dialog box.

The first time that you configure a storage folder, the Media Indexer automatically indexes the media in the folder. This might take a while depending on the amount of media in the folder.

For information on configuring the Media Indexer on an Avid editing application system to communicate with this shared storage Media Indexer, see “Connecting the Media Indexer on an

Avid Editing System to the Media Indexer Monitoring Shared Storage” on page 77.

For more information, see “Different Types of Media Indexers” on page 57.

Tips for Adding a Shared Storage Workspace

If the Media Indexer Configure Storages dialog box shows Storage Not Found in the pathname you type, verify that you are using the UNC pathname to a folder containing Avid media files.

To check the name to use in the UNC path:

1. Open My Computer on the Media Indexer system.

2. Check the name of the computer and workspace in the display.

The following illustration shows the name for the computer and workspace names used in this example.

Installing Software on the CaptureManager Server

Workspace and computer name for workspace1

This example requires the following UNC path for the Avid MediaFiles folder on Workspace1:

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\\avid-6c85183baf\Workspace1\Avid MediaFiles

If this is the first time you are installing the CaptureManager software, you need to install Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Standard before you install the CaptureManager software. For installation procedures, see the Avid CaptureManager Installation and Configuration Guide and the Avid CaptureManager ReadMe.

To install software on the CaptureManager server:

1. Select the following from the Interplay Server Installer Main Menu:

Servers > CaptureManager Server.

2. Install CaptureManager software.

For information on installing and configuring CaptureManager, see the Avid CaptureManager Installation and Configuration Guide.

3. (Option) Install the Interplay Transfer client software.

Installing and Configuring Avid Interplay Low Res Encoder Software

The software for updating the Avid Low Res Encoder is on the Interplay Server Installer. See the Interplay ReadMe for the supported version for a release.

To access the files:

1. Open the folder where you installed the Interplay Servers Installer software kit.

2. Double-click the Avid_Low_Res_Encoder folder.

For information on updating the software on the Avid Low Res Encode system, see the Avid Interplay Low Res Encode Setup and Configuration Guide and the ReadMe file for the bootset.These files are on the Interplay Server Installer in the same folder as the bootset.

Installing the Stream Publish Service and Auto-Publish Support

In Interplay v2.4, the Interplay Streaming Server was re-engineered to directly play MPEG-4/H.263 and H.264 video media and MPEG1 Layer 2 audio media. There is no longer any need to use the Publishing service or Workflow Engine to create QuickTime reference movies for streaming play. This information is provided for reference.

Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express is installed automatically when the Interplay Workflow

Engine is installed. Therefore, do not install the Interplay Workflow Engine on a system that is currently using the SQL database, such as the Interplay Media Services Engine system.

To install the Stream Publish service:

1. Open the folder where you installed the Interplay Servers Installer software kit.

2. Double-click the Installers folder.

3. Double-click the StreamPublish folder.

4. Double-click setup.exe and follow the instructions.

For more information, see the Avid Interplay Media Services Setup and User’s Guide.

To install the Workflow Engine and Auto Publish software:

1. Make sure the application key (dongle) is attached to the streaming server.

2. Make sure the Microsoft Automatic Update is turned off on the server that will have the Workflow Engine installed. You can manually install Window updates on this server.

Installing the Stream Publish Service and Auto-Publish Support

Microsoft Automatic Update interferes with the reconnection of the SQL database, if the Workflow Engine becomes disconnected.

3. OPen the folder containing the Interplay Servers Installer.

4. Double-click the Installers folder.

5. Double-click the AutoPublish folder.

6. Double-click setup.exe and follow the instructions.

The Workflow Engine and Auto Publish flow charts are installed. You need to configure these flow charts. For information about configuration and using auto-publish, see the Avid Interplay Media Services Setup and User’s Guide.

3 Installing Software on Interplay Clients

The following topics describe the Interplay software installation on Interplay clients:

• Starting the Interplay Client Installer

• Installing Software on Interplay Assist or Avid Instinct Systems

• Installing Software on an Interplay Access System

• Installing Software on Avid Editing Systems (Windows)

• Installing Software on Avid Editing Systems (Macintosh)

• Installing Software on a CaptureManager Client

• Installing Software on a Pro Tools Interplay Client

Starting the Interplay Client Installer

To start the Interplay Client Installer:

1. In the Interplay Client Installer folder, double-click autorun.exe.

The Main Menu window opens.

Starting the Interplay Client Installer

The Main Menu window allows you to select the installers required by a particular Interplay component. The list is divided into Interplay clients and individual optional installers.

Items with three dots open a new window. Items without three dots start an installer.

Installing Software on Interplay Assist or Avid Instinct Systems

This section describes how to install Interplay Assist or Instinct software.

To install Interplay Assist or Avid Instinct software:

1. Select one of the following from the Interplay Client Installer Main Menu:

Clients > Avid Interplay Assist

Clients > Avid Instinct

2. Install components from the following table:

Component Description

Avid Service Framework for Client

Avid Interplay Access Installs the Interplay Access and Interplay Administrator applications.

Avid Assist Installs the Assist application software. For more information, see the

Avid Instinct Installs the Avid Instinct application software. For more information,

Assist and Instinct are 64-bit applications starting at Interplay v2.5. The installer pages install

the 64-bit version of Avid Service Framework.

Interplay Assist and Avid Instinct must have ISIS or MediaNetwork client software installed on the same system. To use Assist or Instinct, you need to establish shared-storage credentials. This login happens automatically if your Windows login credentials (username and password) match those of a shared-storage account. If the accounts do not match, you need to connect through the Avid MediaNetwork Connection Manager or Avid ISIS Client Manager. You do not need to mount workspaces unless you are sending Long GOP sequences to playback. For more information, see the Interplay Assist ReadMe or the Interplay ReadMe.

The installer automatically installs the components required for the application. When the system asks for a workgroup name, type the name of the workgroup you set up on the Interplay Engine. The name is case-sensitive.

Avid Interplay Assist User’s Guide.

see the Avid Instinct User’s Guide.

Installing Software on an Interplay Access System

Running Interplay Assist and Editing Applications on Same System

The following limitations apply to running Assist and an editing application (such as NewsCutter, Media Composer

• If Assist is installed on the same system as Media Composer v6.0, Symphony 6.0, NewsCutter v10.0, or Instinct v4.0, you must install the 64-bit version of Assist.

• Because the two applications share the same libraries, the Assist release and the editor release must be from the same “bundle”. This means that for a given editor release you must install the corresponding R release of Assist (see “Avid Editing Application Compatibility with Interplay Releases” in the Interplay ReadMe.

• Do not run Interplay Assist and an Avid editing application on the same computer at the same time. Performance and functionality are not guaranteed in this combination because the applications are not designed to share the computer resources.

• If you uninstall one of the applications you will uninstall some shared .dlls. In that case you must reinstall the application that you want to use.

, or Avid Instinct™) on the same computer:

Installing Software on an Interplay Access System

You can install Interplay Access on any system that you want to use to work with the Avid Interplay Engine. Besides installing Avid Interplay Access, this installation also installs the Avid Interplay Administrator.

To play streaming media, the computer on which you are installing Interplay Access must have an audio device, such as an audio card or other audio hardware.

To install Interplay Access software (Windows):

1. Select the following from the Interplay Client Installer Main Menu:

Clients > Avid Interplay Access

2. Install components from the following table:

Component Description

Avid Service Framework for Client

Avid Interplay Access Installs the Interplay Access and Interplay Administrator applications.

The Service Framework is optional for an Interplay Access system.

(Option) The installer automatically installs the components required for the application. When the system asks for a workgroup name, type the name of the workgroup you set up on the Interplay Engine. The name is case-sensitive.

For information on using Avid Interplay Access and the Avid Interplay Administrator, see the following manuals:

• Avid Interplay Access User’s Guide

• Avid Interplay Engine and Avid Archive Engine Administration Guide

Macintosh Installer for Interplay Access

Interplay Access is supported on Macintosh® systems running Mac OS X. For more information about using Access with Mac OS X, see the Avid Interplay Access User’s Guide and the Avid Interplay ReadMe.

The Interplay Access installer also installs the Interplay Administrator. For more information about using the Interplay Administrator, see the Avid Interplay Engine and Avid Archive Engine Administration Guide.

For information about installing Interplay components on a Macintosh system, see “Installing

Software on Avid Editing Systems (Macintosh)” on page 87.

To install Interplay Access on a Mac OS X system:

1. Open the Avid Interplay Clients Installer folder as follows:

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- If the Interplay Clients Installer folder is located on a shared server or on a USB flash

drive, open it from that location.

- Or copy the Interplay Clients Installers zip file to your Mac OS system and expand the

zip file to create the Interplay Clients Installers folder. Then open the folder.

2. Open the Installers folder.

3. Copy the Mac_Installers folder to your desktop.

4. Open the Mac_Installers folder.

Three folders are displayed: Access, MediaIndexer, and TransferClient.

5. Open the Access folder and double-click the file “InterplayAccessInstallerMac.zip.”

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A program named “install.app” is expanded and displayed in the Access folder.

6. Double-click “install.app.”

The first screen of the installer program is displayed.

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7. Click Next and continue the installation.

By default, Interplay Access is installed in the following folder:

Applications/Avid/Avid Interplay Access

If necessary, the installation program uninstalls the previous version of Interplay Access before it installs the current version.

To uninstall Interplay Access:

1. Delete the entire Interplay Access folder from the following location:

Applications/Avid/Avid Interplay Access

2. Delete the Access shortcut from the Dock.

For information about installing all Interplay components on a Macintosh system or removing these components, see the following:

• “Installing Software on Avid Editing Systems (Macintosh)” on page 87

• “Removing Interplay Components from a MacOS X System” on page 95

Installing Software on Avid Editing Systems (Windows)

Use the Avid Editor window to install Interplay components on the following systems:

• Avid NewsCutter Adrenaline and Avid NewsCutter XP

• Avid Media Composer

• Avid Symphony Nitris

Each of these Avid editing applications has its own installer for the Avid editing application software. This section describes how to install the components that are required by the Interplay environment.

To install Interplay components on an Avid editing system (Windows):

1. Select the following from the Interplay Client Installer Main Menu:

Clients > Avid Editor Support 64-Bit

2. Install components from the following table:

Component Description

Avid Service Framework for Client

Avid Interplay Access Installs the Interplay Access and Interplay Administrator applications.

Avid Interplay Media Indexer

Avid Interplay Transfer Client

Avid Interplay ProEncode Client

Installs the 64-bit Service Framework. The installer automatically installs the components required for the application. When the system asks for a workgroup name, type the name of the workgroup you set up on the Interplay Engine. The name is case-sensitive.

Installs the 64-bit Media Indexer. You configure this Media Indexer to communicate with the Media Indexer monitoring shared storage. For more information, see “Connecting the Media Indexer on an Avid

Editing System to the Media Indexer Monitoring Shared Storage” on page 77. You can also configure the Media Indexer to index your local

drives. For more information, see “Configuring the Local Media

Indexer to Index Local Drives” on page 82.

(Option) Installs the 64-bit Interplay Transfer Client. Install this software to take advantage of Interplay Transfer features such as Send to Playback and workgroup to workgroup transfers. For information on configuring the Interplay Transfer client, see the Help for your Avid editing application or the Avid Interplay Transfer Setup and User’s Guide.

(Option) Install this software if you are using ProEncode services with your Interplay Media Services server.

Installing Software on Avid Editing Systems (Windows)

If the editing system is on a different subnet from the system running the Service Framework Lookup service, you must use Unicast Discovery to allow the editor to locate the Lookup Server on that subnet. For more information, see “Connecting Systems Directly to the Lookup Service”

on page 122.

The Avid editing applications must have either an Avid Unity MediaNetwork Connection

Manager or Avid ISIS Client Manager installed and configured to connect to shared storage.

Moving Editors Between Interplay Systems

Each editor has a matching Interplay release. The release contains the qualified Interplay components for that editor. You can connect an editor to different Interplay environments but you must always install the qualified set of Interplay components on the editor. For additional information, see “Avid Editing Application Compatibility with Interplay Releases” in the Avid Interplay ReadMe.

Installing the Avid Service Framework Workstation Service

You have a choice of installing the regular Avid Service Framework services or installing the Workstation Service. The Workstation Service combines the following three services into one service:

• Avid Service Starter

• Avid Time Synchronization

• Avid Machine Monitor

This Service should only be installed on Avid editing application systems. If the three Framework services are already present, the installer replaces them with the Workstation Service. The installer is on the Avid Interplay Client Installer in the following location:

Installers\wgframework\Avid_Framework_Workstation

For additional information, see the Avid Service Framework User’s Guide.

Configuring an Avid Editing System in the Service Framework

After you complete the installation on each Avid editing system, verify that the Service Framework services are running on that system.

To verify that the Service Framework services are running:

1. Click the Start button, and then select All Programs > Avid > Avid Service Framework > Avid Workgroup Properties.

The Avid Workgroup Properties window opens.

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Check mark

2. If your Workgroup name doesn’t appear in the Workgroup field, click the Edit button and type the name of the Workgroup.

The Workgroup name can be different than the name of the computer that the Workgroup

database is running on. This depends on how your Workgroup was originally configured. In this example, the Workgroup name is the same as the machine name.

If there is a green check mark next to the “Status” field, all services are running.

3. If the check mark is not green, click the Advanced button.

The Avid Interplay Services dialog box opens.

Installing Software on Avid Editing Systems (Windows)

This dialog box allows you to view all services that are monitored by the Avid Service Framework.

4. If necessary, select a service and click Start.

To verify that your system is listed in the Service Framework:

1. On any system that has the Avid Interplay Service Configuration tool installed, click the Start button, and then select All Programs > Avid > Avid Service Framework > Avid Service Configuration.

The Avid Service Configuration window opens.

2. See if the system you want to verify is listed.

3. If the system is in the list, then it is part of the Service Framework. You can optionally click the triangular opener next to the name and check which services are running on the system.

4. If the system you want to verify is not listed, it might be on a different subnet than the system running the Service Framework Lookup service. In that case, you need to use Unicast Discovery to allow the editor to locate the Lookup Server on the other subnet. See

“Connecting Systems Directly to the Lookup Service” on page 122.

Connecting the Media Indexer on an Avid Editing System to the Media Indexer Monitoring Shared Storage

An administrator can configure the Media Indexers for the Avid editing applications on any system running the Interplay Service Configuration component of the Service Framework software.

An administrator can also use the Interplay Administrator to run the Interplay Service Configuration component.

Installing Software on Avid Editing Systems (Windows)

To configure the Media Indexer for an Avid editing application:

1. Do one of the following:

t Click the Start button, and then select All Programs > Avid > Avid Service Framework >

Avid Service Configuration.

t Click the Start button, and then select All Programs > Avid > Avid Interplay Access

Utilities > Avid Interplay Administrator. Log in to the server that is running the Avid Interplay Engine. In the Avid Services section, click the Service Configuration icon.

2. If more than one workgroup appears in the list, click the triangular opener next to your Workgroup name to open the Workgroup list.

3. Locate the Avid editing system in the list and select the Avid Interplay Media Indexer service.

The following illustration shows an Avid editing system named techpub8200n.

The system prompts you for the Service Framework administrator password. By default, there is no password. For additional information, see “Service Framework Administrator

Password” on page 30.

4. Click Yes, when the system displays a message asking if you want to allow the service to run with unrestricted security.

5. Click Configure.

The Configure Storages dialog box opens.

Installing Software on Avid Editing Systems (Windows)

6. Click Add.

The Add Storage dialog box opens.

7. Select Avid Interplay Media Indexer and click OK.

Installing Software on Avid Editing Systems (Windows)

The Avid Interplay Media Indexer dialog box opens.

8. Do the following:

a. Select Connect to a High Availability Media Indexer Group.

b. Select your group from the Group Name menu.

Ask the Interplay system administrator for the name of the High Availability Group.

c. Select Load Balanced from the Mode menu.

d. Click Apply, and then click OK.

The system displays the high availability group in the Configure Storages dialog box.

Installing Software on Avid Editing Systems (Windows)

If you click the triangular opener, the system displays the storage locations associated with the

Media Indexer on shared storage.

9. Click Apply, and then click OK to close the Configure Storages dialog box.

Using the Processes Tab to Configure Media Indexers

Rather than selecting systems individually on the Hosts tab, you can also select the Processes tab on the Interplay Service Configuration window and configure the Media Indexers for all the systems on the Interplay environment from that tab.

To use the Processes to configure the Media Indexers:

1. Click the Start button, and then select All Programs > Avid > Avid Service Framework > Avid Service Configuration.

2. Click the Processes tab and select the Avid Interplay Media Indexer service.

3. Select the Avid editing system.

4. Click Configure and connect the system to the High Availability Group as described in

“Connecting the Media Indexer on an Avid Editing System to the Media Indexer Monitoring Shared Storage” on page 77.

Installing Software on Avid Editing Systems (Windows)

The following illustration shows the Processes tab with the Media Indexer for shared storage selected.

For more information on the Media Indexer, see Avid Service Framework User’s Guide and the Avid Interplay Best Practices guide.

Configuring the Local Media Indexer to Index Local Drives

To configure the local Media Indexer to index your local drives:

1. Do one of the following:

t Click the Start button, and then select All Programs > Avid > Avid Service Framework >

Avid Service Configuration.

t Click the Start button, and then select All Programs > Avid > Avid Interplay Access

Utilities > Avid Interplay Administrator. Log in to the server that is running the Avid Interplay Engine. In the Avid Services section, click the Service Configuration icon.

Installing Software on Avid Editing Systems (Windows)

2. If more than one workgroup appears in the list, click the triangular opener next to your Workgroup name to open the Workgroup list.

3. Locate the Avid editing system in the list and select the Avid Interplay Media Indexer service.

The following illustration shows an Avid editing system named techpub8200n.

4. Click OK when the system prompts you for the Service Framework administrator password. By default, there is no password.

5. Click Yes, in the a message box asking if you want to allow the service to run with unrestricted security.

6. Click Configure.

The Configure Storages dialog box opens. In the following illustration you can see that this Media Indexer is already connected to the shared storage Media Indexer.

Installing Software on Avid Editing Systems (Windows)

Browse button.

7. Select the Media Table icon and click Add.

The Add Storage dialog box opens.

8. Select Media Files Location and click OK.

The Media Files Location dialog box opens

Installing Software on Avid Editing Systems (Windows)

9. Click the Browse button.

You can use the Browse button when you configure local storage but you must type a UNC path

when you configure shared storage drives.

The Open dialog box opens.

10. Navigate to the location of your Avid MediaFiles folder.

The following illustration shows the Avid MediaFiles folder on a MediaDock storage device.

11. Click Open.

The Media Files Location dialog box opens and displays the new location.

12. Click Apply and then click OK.

The Configure Storages dialog box opens and displays the new location.

Installing Software on Avid Editing Systems (Windows)

Local storage

13. (Option) Click the Add button to add any additional storages.

14. Click Apply and then click OK to close the Configure Storages dialog box.

15. Click Apply in the Avid Service Configuration window, and then close the window.

To instruct Media Indexer to automatically recognize local drives:

1. Start the Avid editing application.

2. Select Tools > Media Creation.

The Media Creation window opens.

Installing Software on Avid Editing Systems (Macintosh)

3. On the Drive Filtering and Indexing tab, click the “Auto-index local drives as they come online” button.

The local Media Indexer automatically configures Avid media files on your local drives.

If you don’t want the Media indexer to automatically scan your local drives, deselect the

Auto-index option.

4. (Option) Click Manual Storage Scan to start a scan.

5. (Option) Select one of the warning options. The warning occurs if the Media indexer has problems scanning files on the local drive.

Installing Software on Avid Editing Systems (Macintosh)

You can install Interplay components on Macintosh OS X systems running the following Avid editing products:

• Avid Media Composer

• Avid Symphony Nitris

Each of these Avid editing applications has its own installer for the Avid editing application software. This section describes how to install the following components that are required by the Interplay environment:

Installing Software on Avid Editing Systems (Macintosh)

Component Description

Avid Interplay Access Installs the Interplay Access and Interplay Administrator applications.

Avid Interplay Media Indexer

Avid Transfer Client (Option) Install this software to take advantage of Interplay Transfer

The Avid editing applications must have either an Avid Unity MediaNetwork Connection

Manager or Avid ISIS Client Manager installed and configured to connect to shared storage.

You configure this Media Indexer to communicate with the Media Indexer monitoring shared storage. For more information, see “Connecting the

Media Indexer on an Avid Editing System to the Media Indexer Monitoring Shared Storage” on page 77. You can also configure the Media Indexer to

index your local drives. For more information, see “Configuring the Local

Media Indexer to Index Local Drives” on page 82

features such as Send to Playback and workgroup to workgroup transfers. For information on configuring the Interplay Transfer client, see the Help for your Avid editing application or the Avid Interplay Transfer Setup and User’s Guide.

Note the following:

• You cannot install the Avid Service Framework on the Macintosh client. You can access the Workgroup Properties and Service Configuration applications in two ways:

- Through the Interplay Administrator, using either the application that is installed on the

Macintosh client or one that is installed on another system in the workgroup. Double-click the Workgroup Properties icon or the Service Configuration icon in the main window of the Interplay Administrator.

- Through Interplay Access installed on the Macintosh client. Select View > Avid

Workgroup Properties or View > Avid Service Configuration.

• If you open Workgroup Properties on a Macintosh system, the Services tab does not include options to view the status of the Avid services running on the local computer, or to start, stop, restart, enable, or disable local services. For more information, see the Avid Interplay ReadMe.

• Avid editing applications running on Mac OS X systems require drive mapping for any workspaces that you use for reading or writing. For more information, see “Mounting

Workspaces as Drives: Lettered versus Letterless” on page 116.

• You cannot use Interplay Media Services from an Avid editing application running on a Mac OS X system. Most Interplay Media Services are available from Interplay Access on a Mac OS X system.

Installing Software on Avid Editing Systems (Macintosh)

To install Interplay Access on a Mac OS X system:

1. Open the Avid Interplay Clients Installer folder as follows:

- If the Interplay Clients Installer folder is located on a shared server or on a USB flash

drive, open it from that location.

- Or copy the Interplay Clients Installers zip file to your Mac OS system and expand the

zip file to create the Interplay Clients Installers folder. Then open the folder.

2. Open the Installers folder.

3. Copy the Mac_Installers folder to your desktop.

4. Open the Mac_Installers folder.

Three folders are displayed: Access, MediaIndexer, and TransferClient.

5. Open the Access folder and double-click the file “InterplayAccessInstallerMac.zip.”

A program named “install.app” is expanded and displayed in the Access folder.

Installing Software on Avid Editing Systems (Macintosh)

6. Double-click “install.app.”

The first screen of the installer program is displayed.

7. Click Next and continue the installation.

By default, Interplay Access is installed in the following folder:

Applications/Avid/Avid Interplay Access

If necessary, the installation program uninstalls the previous version of Interplay Access before it installs the current version.

Installing Software on Avid Editing Systems (Macintosh)

To install Media Indexer on a Mac OS X system:

1. In the Mac Installers folder, open the MediaIndexer folder and double-click the file “Avid Media Indexer.pkg.tar.gz.”

The file “Avid Media Indexer.pkg” is unarchived and displayed in the MediaIndexer folder.

2. Double-click “Avid Media Indexer.pkg.”

A message asks if you want to continue the installation.

3. Click Continue.

The first screen of the installer program is displayed.

Installing Software on Avid Editing Systems (Macintosh)

4. Click Continue.

5. When prompted, enter the workgroup name and the computer name of the system running the Interplay Lookup service.

The workgroup name is case-sensitive.

Installing Software on Avid Editing Systems (Macintosh)

6. Continue with the installation. When prompted, enter a user name and password for an account that is allowed to install software.

7. When prompted, restart the system.

8. After Media Indexer is installed, configure it to communicate with the Media Indexer running monitoring shared storage. See “Connecting the Media Indexer on an Avid Editing

System to the Media Indexer Monitoring Shared Storage” on page 77.

You can also configure the Media Indexer to index your local drives. For more information, see “Configuring the Local Media Indexer to Index Local Drives” on page 82.

To uninstall Media Indexer, see “Uninstalling Media Indexer on a MacOS X System” on

page 94.

To install the Interplay Transfer client on a Mac OS X system:

1. In the Mac Installers folder, open the Transfer Client folder and double-click the file “InterplayTransferClient.pkg.zip.”

A program named “InterplayTransferClient.pkg” is unzipped and displayed in the TransferClient folder.

Installing Software on Avid Editing Systems (Macintosh)

2. Double-click “InterplayTransferClient.pkg.”

The first screen of the installer program is displayed.

3. Click Next and continue the installation. When prompted, enter a user name and password for an account that is allowed to install software.

The following file is installed:

/Library/Application Support/Avid/xfermgraphi.bundle

There is no uninstaller for the Transfer Client, so if you need to uninstall the Transfer Client, delete the installed file.

Uninstalling Media Indexer on a MacOS X System

To uninstall Media Indexer:

1. (Option) Stop Media Indexer (see “Stopping and Starting Media Indexer on a MacOS X

System” on page 95).

2. Navigate to Applications > Avid Uninstallers > Avid Media Indexer and double-click AvidMediaIndexerUninstaller.

A terminal window opens and asks for a password.

3. Enter a password for an administrator account and press Return.

Media Indexer is uninstalled.

If you close the terminal window without uninstalling the program, you can no longer use the

terminal window. Workaround: Restart the Macintosh system.

Installing Software on Avid Editing Systems (Macintosh)

Stopping and Starting Media Indexer on a MacOS X System

To stop Media Indexer:

1. Open a Terminal window (select Applications > Utilities > Terminal).

2. At the prompt, type the following and press Return:

cd /Applications/Avid\ Media\ Indexer/bin

3. Type the following and press Return:

sudo ./mi.sh remove

Media Indexer is stopped. To restart it, type the following and press Return:

sudo ./mi.sh install

Removing Interplay Components from a MacOS X System

To remove all Interplay components from a MacOS X system, complete the following procedures.

To uninstall Interplay Access:

1. Delete the entire Interplay Access folder from the following location:

Applications/Avid/Avid Interplay Access

2. Delete the Access shortcut from the Dock.

To uninstall Media Indexer:

1. (Option) Stop Media Indexer (see “Stopping and Starting Media Indexer on a MacOS X

System” on page 95).

2. Navigate to Applications > Avid Uninstallers > Avid Media Indexer and double-click AvidMediaIndexerUninstaller.

A terminal window opens and asks for a password.

3. Enter a password for an administrator account and press Return.

Media Indexer is uninstalled.

If you close the terminal window without uninstalling the program, you can no longer use the

terminal window. Workaround: Restart the Macintosh system.

To delete the workgroup client file:

t Delete the following file:

/Library/Preferences/avid.workgroups.avid technology incorporated.plist

Installing Software on a CaptureManager Client

To uninstall Transfer Manager:

t Delete the following file:

/Library/Application Support/Avid/xfermgraphi.bundle

Installing Software on a CaptureManager Client

To install CaptureManager client software on a CaptureManager client:

1. Select the following from the Interplay Client Installer Main Menu:

Clients > Install CaptureManager Client

The system begins the installation.

For information on installing CaptureManager and using the CaptureManager client, see the Avid CaptureManager User’s Guide and “Configuring Avid AirSpeed” on page 124.

Installing Software on a Pro Tools Interplay Client

The Pro Tools Interplay Client installer allows you to install Interplay Access and the Pro Tools Interplay Option on a Pro Tools system. The Pro Tools Interplay Option allows you to use Interplay to pass audio files back and forth between Avid video editing systems and Pro Tools editing systems. The Pro Tools Interplay Option is supported on the Windows and Macintosh OS X systems that are supported by the Avid editing applications.

See the Interplay Readme, the Interplay Best Practices Guide, and the Pro Tools Avid Interplay Guide for details on using the Pro Tools option. The Pro Tools Avid Interplay Guide is available on the Avid Knowledge Base.

To install Pro Tools Interplay Client software:

1. Select the following from the Interplay Client Installer Main Menu:

Clients > Pro Tools Interplay Client

2. Install components from the following table:

Component Description

Avid Interplay Access Installs the Interplay Access and Interplay Administrator applications.

Pro Tools Interplay Option

This installs the following components into the Interplay Administrator application: “Editor Export Settings for Pro Tools” and “Pro Tools Import Settings.”

Installing Software on a Pro Tools Interplay Client

3. Before you use the Pro Tools Interplay Option, you must start Interplay Access one time to establish a connection to the Interplay database. See “Establishing the First Connection

Between Pro Tools and Interplay” on page 98.

The next time you launch Pro Tools, the following menu options are available:

• File > Import > Sequence from Avid Interplay

• File > Export > Selected Tracks to Sequence in Avid Interplay

For information on using the Pro Tools Interplay Option, see the Avid Interplay Best Practices guide.

You can also install this option on another system in order to make it more convenient for the

Interplay administrator to configure the Import and Export settings.

Using the Pro Tools Send to Playback Plugin

The Pro Tools Client page also contains an installer for the Pro Tools Send to Playback plugin. The Pro Tools Send to Playback plugin allows you to export an AAF file directly to a third-party playback server for immediate live playback. This feature requires the following supporting software:

• Avid Service Framework 1.3 or later

• Interplay Transfer 2.4 or later

• Interplay Web Services 2.2 or later

• Pro Tools Send to Playback Plugin (available on the Pro Tools Interplay Client page of the Interplay Client installer)

The Pro Tools Send to Playback Plugin requires a Web Services license and installation. See your Avid representative for additional information. For additional information about Web Services, see the following Avid web page:

http://www.avid.com/us/partners/AvidInterplayAPIs

Video Satellite Support

Interplay supports the Pro Tools Video Satellite option. Video Satellite allows you to synchronize playback and capture between Pro Tools and either Avid Media Composer or Symphony.

For additional information, see the Video Satellite Guide and the Pro Tools Avid Interplay Guide.

Installing Software on a Pro Tools Interplay Client

Establishing the First Connection Between Pro Tools and Interplay

After you use the Interplay Clients Installer to install the Pro Tools Interplay Option and Interplay Access on your Pro Tools system, you must use Interplay Access to establish a connection to the Interplay database that you will be using. This is a one-time requirement that establishes the connection between your Pro Tools system and Interplay. Simply logging on to the Interplay Engine database from Access will establish the connection. Then you can exit Access and start using Pro Tools with Interplay.

In order to create this initial connection between Access and Interplay, there must be an

available license on the Interplay Engine. For example, if you have 10 Access licenses and all 10 are being used, one person must log out of Access while you establish this initial connection.

For information on licenses and for information on using Pro Tools in an Interplay environment, see the Pro Tools Avid Interplay Guide and the Avid Interplay Best Practices guide.

4 Installing Optional Software

You can run individual optional installers as described in the following sections:

• Performing a Custom Install of the Service Framework Software

• Installing Avid Interplay Access or Avid Interplay Media Services and Transfer Status

• Installing Interplay Media Services Client Updater for Interplay Access

• Installing Avid Interplay Adapter

• Configuring an Interplay Adapter

Performing a Custom Install of the Service Framework Software

The Service Framework is used to monitor and configure the Media Indexer and the optional Interplay Auto Archive service. It also lets you monitor the health of other components that have the Service Framework installed and to view logs on the systems. For more information see the Avid Service Framework User’s Guide..

You install different components of the Service Framework software on different systems in the Avid Interplay environment. The individual installation windows automatically install all the components needed for the clients and servers. This installer lets you select and install specific components.

To install the 64-bit version of Service Framework software:

1. Select the following from the Interplay Server Installer Main Menu or the Interplay Client Installer Main Menu:

Individual Optional Installers

The Optional Installers window opens.

Performing a Custom Install of the Service Framework Software

2. Click Avid Service Framework Custom 64 Bit.

The Introduction window opens.

3. Click Next.

The Choose Install Folder window opens.

4. Accept the default values and click Next.

The Join a Workgroup window opens.

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Specifications and Main Features

Frequently Asked Questions

User Manual

Contents

1 Installation Overview

Using the Interplay Installers

Copying the Interplay Installers to a Server

Creating a Recovery Image for the AS3000

Upgrading Your System

Updating Intel Drivers on Cluster Systems

Installation Check Lists

Overall Interplay Installation Check List

Media Indexer Installation Check List

Set Up and Configure an Avid Shared Storage System

Workspace Names

Network Considerations

Time Synchronization

User Names and Passwords Required For Avid Shared Storage and Product Servers

Creating the Server Execution User Account

Accounts for Copy Provider and Interplay Streaming Server

Accounts for Accessing Workspaces

Accounts for Using Deletion

Accounts for Using AirSpeed Server

Accounts for Using Interplay Transfer

Service Framework Administrator Password

Required Application Keys

Accounts for Avid Editing Applications, Assist, and Instinct

2 Installing Software on Interplay Servers

Selecting the 32-Bit or 64-Bit Version of Avid Service Framework

Starting the Interplay Server Installer

Installing Software on the Interplay Engine Server

Avid Unity MediaNetwork Compatibility with the Interplay Engine

Installing the Avid Interplay Engine Software

Installing Avid Interplay Access

Installing Software on the Interplay Transfer Server

Installing Software on the Media Services and Media Services Provider Servers

Installing the Media Services Engine

Configuring Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express (Optional)

Installing the Local Workflow Components

Installing Avid Service Framework for Local Workflow Components

Installing the WAN Workflow Components

Installing Avid Service Framework for WAN Workflow Components

Installing Software on an Avid Interplay Media Indexer Server

Different Types of Media Indexers

Before Installing Media Indexer Software

Using UNC Drive Mapping on Interplay ISIS

Installing the Media Indexer Software

Configuring a Media Indexer to Monitor Shared Storage

Tips for Adding a Shared Storage Workspace

Installing Software on the CaptureManager Server

Installing and Configuring Avid Interplay Low Res Encoder Software

Installing the Stream Publish Service and Auto-Publish Support

3 Installing Software on Interplay Clients

Starting the Interplay Client Installer

Installing Software on Interplay Assist or Avid Instinct Systems

Installing Software on an Interplay Access System

Running Interplay Assist and Editing Applications on Same System

Macintosh Installer for Interplay Access

Installing Software on Avid Editing Systems (Windows)

Moving Editors Between Interplay Systems

Installing the Avid Service Framework Workstation Service

Configuring an Avid Editing System in the Service Framework

Connecting the Media Indexer on an Avid Editing System to the Media Indexer Monitoring Shared Storage

Using the Processes Tab to Configure Media Indexers

Configuring the Local Media Indexer to Index Local Drives

Installing Software on Avid Editing Systems (Macintosh)

Uninstalling Media Indexer on a MacOS X System

Stopping and Starting Media Indexer on a MacOS X System

Removing Interplay Components from a MacOS X System

Installing Software on a CaptureManager Client

Installing Software on a Pro Tools Interplay Client

Using the Pro Tools Send to Playback Plugin

Video Satellite Support

Establishing the First Connection Between Pro Tools and Interplay

4 Installing Optional Software

Performing a Custom Install of the Service Framework Software