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Avid Interplay Engine and Avid Interplay Archive Engine Administration Guide • 0130-07640-02 Rev B •
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Contents
Using This Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Symbols and Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
If You Need Help. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Viewing Documentation on the Avid Interplay Portal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Avid Interplay Documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Accessing the Online Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
How to Order Documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Avid Training Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Chapter 1 Getting Started with the Avid Interplay Administrator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Understanding the Interplay Engine and Interplay Workgroups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Using the Avid Interplay Administrator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Starting the Avid Interplay Administrator. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Using the Avid Interplay Administrator Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Opening an Interplay Administrator View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Opening Interplay Administrator Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Exiting the Avid Interplay Administrator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Chapter 2 Database Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Creating an Interplay Database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Avid Interplay Database Directories and Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Scheduling and Restoring Database Backups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Scheduling Database Backups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Recommendations for Automatic Backup Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Restoring an Earlier Version of a Database. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Using the InterplayRestore Tool on a Local Machine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Database Restore Session Example. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Using the InterplayRestore Tool to Restore Backups Remotely . . . . . . . . . 39
Backing Up and Restoring the Interplay Users Database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Performing a Consistency Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Viewing Database Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
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Locking and Unlocking Databases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Managing Databases: Deactivating, Activating, and Migrating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Deactivating a Database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Activating a Deactivated Database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Migrating a Database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Moving a Database to Another Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Moving a Database and Users to Another Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Moving a Database Under Low Disk Space Conditions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Renaming a Database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Chapter 3 Server Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Changing the Database and Data Locations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Viewing Server Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Locking and Unlocking the Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Restarting the Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Managing Licenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
License Key Info Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Getting a Permanent License . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
License Types and Usage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Exporting a License. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Troubleshooting Licensing Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Chapter 4 User Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Understanding the Central Configuration Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Moving the CCS to Another Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Viewing and Changing the CCS for a Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Adding Users to a Central Configuration Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Setting User Authentication Providers and Importing Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Setting Avid Unity Authentication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Setting Windows Domain Authentication and Importing Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Setting LDAP Authentication and Importing Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
LDAP Server Configuration Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Managing Users, User Groups, and User Rights. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Understanding Default User Groups, Users, and Roles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Adding Users and User Groups Manually . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
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Viewing and Setting Attributes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Understanding Standard Roles and Default Rights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Viewing and Changing Roles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Viewing and Setting Authentication Providers for Individual Users . . . . . . . . . . 83
Deleting Users and User Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Removing Users from User Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Managing Database Roles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Viewing General Role Assignments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Setting or Changing a General Role Assignment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Blocking Access by a Group or User . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Managing Special Access Folders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Guidelines for User Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Chapter 5 Site Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Defining Property Layouts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Creating Custom Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Configuring Remote Workgroups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Configuring Categories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Adding Categories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Removing Categories. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Setting the Server Hostname and Workgroup Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Interplay Media Services View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Interplay Transfer Status View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Interplay Transfer Settings View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Workgroup Transfer Presets View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Specifying Archive Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Archiving Duplicate Versions of Media. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Specifying the Archive Server and Segment Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Chapter 6 Editor Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Setting Editor Database Options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Editor Database Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Setting Instinct/Assist User Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Instinct/Assist User Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
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Pro Tools Plug-Ins Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Installing the Pro Tools Plug-Ins for Interplay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Configuring the Pro Tools Import Plug-In . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Configuring the Pro Tools Export Plug-In . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Configuring the Pro Tools User Settings Plug-In. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Chapter 7 Avid Interplay Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Chapter 8 Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Troubleshooting Log-In Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Troubleshooting Client Connection Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Optimizing Avid Interplay Performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Troubleshooting Firewalls and Avid Interplay. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Troubleshooting the Server Execution User Account. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Understanding the Server Execution User Account . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Recreating the Server Execution User . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Shutting Down or Locking the Server Process. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Chapter 9 Recommendation for Database Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Understanding a Split Database. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Supported Configurations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Preparing for a Split Database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Splitting a Database for New Interplay Installations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Splitting a Database for Existing Interplay Installations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Configuring the workgroup.xml File. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Identifying the Root Folder of the Interplay Server Database . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Restoring a Split Database. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Appendix A Installed Components and Services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Avid Interplay Engine Directory: Folders and Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Apache Folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Activating Creation of the access.log File. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Data Folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Logs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Preview Server Folder. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Server Folder. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Required TCP/IP Ports. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
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Avid Interplay Engine Servers and Services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Avid Interplay Engine Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Avid Workgroup HTTP Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Avid Workgroup Server Browser Service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Avid Workgroup Preview Server Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Avid Workgroup TCP/COM Bridge Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Appendix B Interplay Engine Configuration Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Configuring the Server Event Manager. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Config.xml File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Supported Actions in Config.xml . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Supported Events in Config.xml. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Server Event Configuration Example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
LogWatch.xml. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Sending Email Notifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Configuring Client Access. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Setting the Filetransfer Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Appendix C Valid and Invalid Characters in Avid Interplay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Appendix D System Metadata Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Appendix E Server Error Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Appendix F Consistency Check Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Consistency Check Critical Errors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Consistency Check Errors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Consistency Check Warnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
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Using This Guide
Congratulations on your purchase of Avid® Interplay™, a powerful system for managing
media in a shared storage environment.
This guide is intended for all Avid Interplay administrators who are resp
installing, configuring and maintaining an Avid Interplay Engine or Avid Interplay Archive
Engine (datab
workgroup. This guide includes a detailed description of each of the Avid Interplay
Administrator task groups and how you can use them to administer your server and
databases. Some of the settings that you are able to change affect the server itself, while
others only affect the database stored on the server.
The documentation describes the features and hardware of all models. Therefore, your
n
system might not contain certain features and hardware that are covered in the
documentation.
ase, server, and all related client connections and user rights) in an Interplay
Symbols and Conventions
Avid documentation uses the following symbols and conventions:
Symbol or Convention Meaning or Action
n
c
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
onsible for
w
> This symbol indicates menu commands (and subcommands) in the
t This symbol indicates a single-step procedure. Multiple arrows in a list
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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.
indicate that you perform one of the actions listed.
Symbol or Convention Meaning or Action
(Windows), (Windows
only), (Macintosh), or
(Macintosh only)
Bold font Bold font is primarily used in task instructions to identify user interface
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 give
is especially important to check each step of your workflow.
2. Check the latest information that might hav
was published:
- If the latest information for your Avid produc
they ship with your application and are also available online.
This text indicates that the information applies only to the specified
operating system, either Windows XP or Macintosh OS X.
items and keyboard sequences.
Courier Bold font identifies text that you type.
mouse action. For example, Command+Option+C or Ctrl+drag.
n for that task in this guide. It
e become a
vailable after the documentation
t is prov
ided as printed release notes,
- If the latest information for your Avid product is provided as a ReadMe file, it is
supplied on your Avid installation CD or DVD as a PDF document and is also
available online.
You should always check online for the most up
-to-date release notes or
because the online version is updated whenever new information becomes
available. To view these online versions, select ReadMe from the Help menu, or visit
the Knowledge Base at www.avid.com/readme.
3. Check the documentation that came with
your Avid application or your hardware for
maintenance or hardware-related issues.
4. Visit the online Knowledge Base at www.avid.com/onlinesupport. Online services are
available 24 hours per day, 7 days per week. Search this onl
answers, to view error messages, to access troubleshooting tips, to download updates,
and to read or join online message-board discussions.
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ine Know
ReadMe
ledge Base to find
Viewing Documentation on the Avid Interplay Portal
Viewing Documentation on the Avid Interplay
Portal
You can quickly access PDF versions of the Avid Interplay user guides from any system in
the Avid Interplay environment.
To open the Avid Interplay Portal web page:
1. Type the following line in your web browser:
http://Interplay_Engine_name
For
Interplay_Engine_name
Interplay Engine software.
substitute the name of the computer running the
For example, the following line opens the
http://docwg
2. Click the “Avid Interplay User Documentation” link to access the User Information
Center page.
portal web pag
Avid Interplay Documentation
The following documents describe how to use Avid Interplay:
• Avid Interplay Best Practices — prov
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.
vid Interplay Software Installation and Configuration Guide — describes ho
• A
the Avid Interplay Installer DVD to install and configure software on the various
systems that make up a Interplay environment.
vid Interplay Engine Failo
• A
for the Avid Interplay Engine and the Avid Interplay Archive engine.
vid Interplay Engine and Avid Interplay Arch
• A
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
search, and work with assets in the Avid Interplay database.
ver Guide — describes how to set up a cluster configuration
ides an overview of the major Interplay
e on a system named
ive Engine Administration Guide —
docwg
w to use
browse,
:
• Avid Interplay Assist User’s Guide — descri
archiving, and sending to Playback material in an Interplay environment.
• Avid Interplay Framework User’s Guide — describes how to
monitoring, and management features of the Avid Interplay Framework applications.
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bes how to use Interplay Assist for logging,
use the logging,
• 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.
vid Low Res Encode Setup and Configuration — describes ho
• A
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 Transfer Setup and User’s Guide — describes how to u
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.
vid Interplay Media Services Setup and User’s Guide — Avid Interplay Media
• A
Services lets you control and automate Transcode, Archive, and ProEncode services.
vid iNEWS Instinct User’s Guide — describes ho
• A
application to write iNEWS stories and put together simple audio and video sequences.
Accessing the Online Library
The Avid Interplay Online Library DVD contains all the Avid Interplay product
documentation in PDF format.The Online Library includes a Master Glossary of all
specialized terminology used in the documentation for Avid products.
Most Avid online libraries also include multimedia
This multimedia content is an excellent first resource for learning how to use your
application or for helping you understand a particular feature or workflow.
w to set up and configure
se Interplay
w to use the Avid iNEWS Instinct
content suc
h as feature presentations.
You need Adobe® Reader® to view the documentation online. You can download the latest
n
version from the Adobe web site.
To access the online library from the Online Library DVD:
1. Insert the Online Library DVD into the drive.
2. Double-click the Mainmenu file.
How to Order Documentation
To order additional copies of this documentation from within the United States, call Avid
Sales at 800-949-AVID (800-949-2843). If you are placing an order from outside the United
States, contact your local Avid representative.
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LEX), visit http://learn.avid.com.
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1 Getting Started with the Avid Interplay
Administrator
The Avid Interplay Administrator provides database administrators and maintenance
engineers with the tools required to configure the Avid Interplay Engine and to manage the
database on th
e server.
The following topics provide basic information for using the Interplay Ad
• Understanding the Interplay Engine and Interplay
• Using the Avid Interplay Administrator
• Starting the Avid Interplay Admi
• Usin
• Opening an Interplay Administrator View
• Opening Interplay Administrator Help
• Exiting the Avid Interplay Administrator
For an overview of all Avid Interplay components, see the A
Guide.
g the Avid Interplay Administrator Window
nistrator
Workgroups
vid Interplay Be
ministrator:
st Practices
Understanding the Interplay Engine and Interplay Workgroups
The Avid Interplay Engine forms the backbone of the Interplay environment. The Interplay
Engine is a server that combines an asset database with workflow management software,
both of which are integrated with Avid shared storage and Avid archive solutions. This topic
provides basic information about the functions and components of the Interplay Engine.
One Interplay Engine, One Interplay Database, One Shared Storage Network
The Interplay Engine is one component of an Interplay workgroup. At a minimum, an
Interplay workgroup is composed of one Interplay Engine, one Interplay database, one Avid
Unity shared storage network (Avid Unity ISIS, Avid Unity MediaNetwork, or Avid Unity
LANshare), and associated softw
are and services.
1 Getting Started with the Avid Interplay Administrator
An Interplay database consists of two parts:
• A metadata database, which holds informatio
n about the assets, or metadata. The
metadata database is always stored on the Interplay Engine server.
• Source files for the assets, for example, graphics files or Av
id media files. The source
files for the assets are usually stored on an Avid Unity shared storage system.
The following illustration shows the metadata database store
d on the internal drive of the
Interplay Engine server and the sources for the assets stored on an Avid Unity shared storage
workspace.
Files for
Metadata
Database
Avid Interplay Engine
File Assets
Media for
Avid Assets
Avid Unity
Shared Storage
For information about all Interplay components and detailed sample configurations, see Avid
Interplay Best Practices.
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Avid Assets, File Assets, and Splitting the Database
Interplay manages two different kids of assets. Avid assets are assets that are created by Avid
applications through capture, ingest, import, or transfer. Avid assets include:
• Master clips
• Subclips
•Sequences
• Effects
• Motion effects
• Rendered effects
• Group clips
File assets ar
e any asse
ts that are not created by an Avid application. Any file you can create
on your workstation, through applications such as Adobe Photoshop or Microsoft Word, can
be added to the Interplay database and managed by Interplay as a file asset.
Understanding the Interplay Engine and Interplay Workgroups
Media files for Avid assets are always stored on an Avid Unity shared storage system.
Source files for file assets can be stored on the Interplay Engine or on an Avid Unity shared
storage wo
Avid Unity shared storage workspace. This locati
rkspace. Avid recommends that you store the source files for file assets on an
on is sometimes called the file repository.
When you first install Interplay Engine software, the installation program re
quires you to set
one root folder for the database on a local drive. By default, this root folder holds both the
metadata database and files for file assets. To avoid filling this local drive with files for file
assets, you can configure the Interplay Engine to store the metadata database on the local
drive and store the file repository on a shared-storage workspace. This is called splitting the
database. For more information, see “Recommendation for Database Storage” on page 133.
Multiple Workgroups
A large production facility can have more than one Interplay workgroup. Each workgroup
must have its own Interplay Engine, database, and shared storage network. Users on
Interplay Access can view and access assets from more than one workgroup and can transfer
them from one to another using a file copy procedure for file assets and Avid Interplay
Transfer for Avid assets.
Interplay Archive Engine
A facility might also include an Interplay Archive Engine. An Interplay Archive Engine is
configured similarly to an Interplay Engine. An Archive Engine is integrated with a
third-party archive system. An Interplay Archive database is always named AvidAM. An
Interplay database is always named AvidWG.
An Interplay Archive database and an Interplay database use different icons, as shown in the
owing illustration from Interplay Access. The archive database is represented by a safe,
foll
and archive folders are represented by boxes.
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Interplay online
database
Interplay
Archive Engine
database
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For more information about the Interplay Archive Engine, see Avid Interplay Best Practices.
In this guide, references to the Interplay Engine also refer to the Archive Engine, unless
n
otherwise noted.
Central Configuration Server
If a production facility includes more than one Interplay workgroup, you can specify one
Interplay Engine as the Central Configuration Server (CCS). The CCS is an Interplay
Engine module that stores information that is common to all other Interplay Engines. The
CCS provides a means to manage user accounts across multiple workgroups. For more
information, see “Understanding the Central Configuration Server” on page 65.
Server Execution User
The Server Execution User is a Windows operating system user that runs the Interplay
Engine processes. You specify the user name and password for the Server Execution User
when you install the Interplay Engine on the server. The Server Execution User needs local
administrator rights on the operating system for the Interplay Engine server and read/write
access to the Avid Unity shared storage file system.
Using the Avid Interplay Administrator
For more information, see “Troubleshooting the Server Execution User Account” on
page 130.
Avid Interplay as a Client-Server Application
Avid Interplay is designed as a client-server application. The Interplay Engine is configured
to run on a central machine that is accessible to all users through a network. An Avid
Interplay application that runs on a client machine is a client of the Avid Interplay Engine
server. Avid Interplay client applications, such as Interplay Access, Interplay Assist,
id iNEWS Instinc
Av
access and browse multiple databases. The Interplay Administrator is also a client
application.
t, and Avid editing applications that use the Interplay W
indow can
Avid Inte
TCP/IP must be installed on all machines. Since TCP/IP is used to access the Internet, most
users already have this component installed. See “Required TCP/IP Ports” on page 149 for
more information.
rplay uses TCP/IP and related protocol
s for its netw
ork communication. Therefore,
Using the Avid Interplay Administrator
The Avid Interplay Administrator is a client application that you use to manage either the
Interplay Engine or the Interplay Archive Engine. The Interplay Administrator is installed at
the same time that you install Interplay Access. You can install the Interplay Administrator
as a client on any computer in your network and then use it to manage any Interplay Engine
or Interplay Archive Engine that is available on the network. For information on installing
the Interplay Administrator, see the Avid Interplay Software Installation and Configuration
Guide.
The Interplay Administrato
tasks:
• Setting up a new database. See “Creating an Interplay Database” on page 27.
• Backing up the database. Backing up the database regularly protects your data, allowing
restore the database to a saved state in the event of failure. See “Scheduling and
you to
Restoring Database Backups” on page 31.
• Maintenance tasks, such as locking, unlocki
Settings” on page 55.
r provides yo
u with the tools you need for the following major
ng, and restarting the server. See “Server
• Creating, editing, and deleting user accounts
“User Management” on page 65.
• Configuring client applications and th
e workgroup. See “Site Settings” on page 97.
and managing user authorization. See
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• Configuring the Interplay Archive Engine. See “Specifying Archive Settings” on page
107. For more information on archivin
Interplay Media Services Setup and User’s Guide.
• Configuring Editor Settings and Avid Interplay Services. See “Editor Settings” on page
111 and “Avid Interplay Services” on page 125.
g, see Avid Interplay Best Practices and the Avid
Starting the Avid Interplay Administrator
To start the Avid Interplay Administrator:
1. Do one of the following:
t Click the Start button and then select All Programs > Avid >
Avid Inte
t From Interplay Access, select Tools > Open Interplay Administrator.
rplay Access Utilities > Avid Interplay Administrator.
The Avid Interplay Administrator Serv
The first time you open the Interplay Administrator, the Server text box is empty. If you
have already logged into a server, the text box shows the last server you logged in to.
2. Select the server you want to work with by doing one of the following:
er Login scre
en appears.
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t Accept the server that is displayed.
t Type the name of the server that you want to log in to. You can also use an IP
address.
Using the Avid Interplay Administrator Window
t Click the arrow for the Server list and select the server name from the list.
The first part of the list shows recent servers, the second part of
servers that were added manually (not on a local area network), and the third part
shows servers available on your local area network.
t Click the arrow for the se
3. Type a user name with administration rights.
On the first start after installing the Avid Interplay Engine, only the user Administrator
xists. Typ
e
Change the password of the Administrator as soon as possible (see “Viewing and
Setting Attributes” on page 79).
The Interplay Administrator account is different from the Server Execution User account.
n
The Interplay Administrator account is used to manage users and the database. The Server
Execution User account is used to run the Interplay Engine processes.
4. Click Connect.
The Interplay Administrator windo
If you have any problems logging in, see “Troubleshoo
127.
e “Administrator” in the dialog box. The password is empty by default.
rver list and select Add Server. Type a new server name.
w opens.
ting Log-In Problems” on page
the list shows
Using the Avid Interplay Administrator Window
The Avid Interplay Administrator window is divided into six groups: Database, Server, User
Management, Site Settings, Editor Settings, and Avid Interplay Services. The name of the
Interplay Engine server you are connected to is displayed in the upper right of the window.
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Each group contains views for managing components of the Avid Interplay Engine. Each
group is described in a separate section of this guide:
• “Database Settings” on page 27
• “Server Settings” on page 55
• “User Management” on page 65
• “Site Settings” on page 97
• “Editor Settings” on page 111
• “Avid Interplay Services” on page 125
Opening an Interplay Administrator View
Opening an Interplay Administrator View
To open an Interplay Administrator view:
t In the Interplay Administrator window, click an icon.
The view you select replaces the Interplay Administrator win
path that shows the relative location of that view. The following illustration shows part
of the Create Database view. In this example, the path shows that the Create Database
view is included in the Database section of the Interplay Administrator window
(referred to as the Interplay Server).
To return to the Interplay Administrator window:
t Click the Menu button in the upper left of the view.
Opening Interplay Administrator Help
The Interplay Administrator includes a hyperlinked Help system that provides all the
information that is included in the Avid Interplay Engine and Avid Interplay Archive Engine
Administration Guide (this document).
dow. Each view includes a
To open Help:
t Select Help > Interplay Administrator Help.
For information on using Help, click the Contents tab a
nd double-click “Using Help.”
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Exiting the Avid Interplay Administrator
When you are finished using the Avid Interplay Administrator, you should log out or close
the application.
To log out:
t Click the Log out button in the upper right of the Interplay Administrator window.
The window remains open.
To close the Interplay Administrator, do one of the following:
t Select File > Exit.
t Click the close button in the upper right of the window.
indow
The Interplay Administrator w
closes.
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2 Database Settings
The Database Settings allow you to create, configure, and manage the Interplay database.
The following topics describe how to use these settings:
• Creating an Interplay Database
• Avid Interplay Database Directories and Files
• Scheduling and Restoring Database Backups
• Performing a Consistency Check
• Viewing Database Information
• Locking and Unlocking Databases
• Managing Databases: Deactivating, Activating, and Migrating
• Moving a Database to Another Server
• Moving a Database and Users to Another Server
• Moving a Database Under Lo
• Renaming
a Database
w Disk Space Conditions
Creating an Interplay Database
The Create Database view lets you name and create a new Interplay database. You need to
create an Interplay database after you install the Interplay Engine and Interplay Access
software.
c
Avid supports only one database for each Interplay Engine. The database must be
named AvidWG, or for an Archive Engine database, AvidAM.
The root folder for a new database is set during the installation of the Interplay Engine
software. By def
database and the source files for file assets (the file repository). The default location is the
D:\Workgroup_Databases folder, which is represented by the administrative share name
WG_Database$. The $ indicates a hidden share.
To identify the actual folder, open a Command Prompt window and type
n
ault, the installation program creates one shared folder for both the metadata
net share
.
2 Database Settings
Avid recommends that you divide an Interplay database so that the metadata database
remains on the Interplay Engine server (the only supported setup) and the file repository
resides on an Avid Unity shared storage workspace. The most efficient approach is to
specify how to divide the database before you create it. You specify the locations in the
Server Settings view (see “Changing the Database and Data Locations” on page 55) and then
create the database in the Create Database view.
The following illustration shows the Create Database view
with two locations specified:
• The metadata database will be installed in \\DOCWG\WG_Dat
a folder on the Interplay Engine (by default, D:\Workgroup_Databases).
• The file repository will be installed in \\AAC-I
SIS\File_Assets\, which is a shared
storage workspace that was set in the Server Settings view.
abase$, which represents
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For complete information on configuring a split database, see “Recommendation for
Database Storage” on page 133.
To create an Interplay database:
1. In the Database section of the Interplay Administrator window, click the Create
Database icon.
The Create Database view opens.
Avid Interplay Database Directories and Files
2. In the New Database Information section, leave the default “AvidWG” in the Database
Name text box. For an archive database, leave the default “AvidAM.” These are the only
two supported database names.
3. Type a description for the database in t
Production Server.”
4. Select “Create default Avid Interplay structure.”
After the database is created, a set of default fo
Interplay Access and other Interplay clients. For more information about these folders,
see the Avid Interplay Access User’s Guide.
5. Keep the root folder for the Ne
The metadata database must reside on the Interplay Engine server.
Keep the root folder for the New Data Location
6.
If you are creating a split database, this entry should show
that you set in the Server Settings view (see “Changing the Database and Data
Locations” on page 55).
7. Click Create to create directories and files for the database.
The Interplay database is created.
w Database Location (Meta Data)
he Description text
lders wi
(Assets).
box, such as “Main
thin the database are visible in
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the Avid Unity workspace
Avid Interplay Database Directories and Files
When the Interplay Engine creates a database, it creates a set of directories and files in the
locations you specified in the Create Database view (see “Creating an Interplay Database”
on page 27). If you configured your system to create a split database, only the _Database
folder is created on the local Interplay Engine se
storage workspace.
rver. Other fol
ders are created on the shared
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The default location for the database is the administrative share that was set during the
Interplay Engine installation. By default, this administrative share is named WG_Database$
and it is associated with the folder D:\Workgroup_Databases. The “$” indicates a hidden
share. To identify the actual folder, open a Command Prompt window and type
During normal work, users or administrators do not need
directories and files listed in the following table. All access for normal work is through Avid
Interplay products. You need to work with these files when splitting a database or possibly
when troubleshooting a problem.
The _Database and _PropertyStore folders of each database should be excluded from
any kind of virus checking (virus checking tools might try to lock the database files).
to work directly with the
net share
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2 Database Settings
Database Directories and Files
Directory or File Directory or File Description
_Database The main database directory, which contains database files and the database
journal. These files contain the database structure and all metadata. All files
within this folder contain binary information and cannot be viewed or edited
with a text editor.
If you are working with a split database, this directory is located on the Interplay
Engine server and other directories are located on a shared storage workspace.
mor, .mos, .dor, .dos, .dps, .dep
(Located in _Database)
.jrn
(Located in _Database)
_Master The main data directory, which contains the source files for file assets that are
Handover Directories:
_Import, _CheckIn,
_PropertyHandover,
_Handover
The main database files. They contain the metadata for all versions of assets
managed by Avid Interplay. The overall size of these files can be expected to
grow linearly with the number of versions in your database. As a rough size
estimate, expect about 0.5 to 1 KB per asset (independent of its number of
versions) plus 0.5 to 1 KB per version. The exact numbers depend on the
amount of custom metadata attached to the assets.
Files that contain the journal data. Whenever a change to the database is
performed (ex: after check in, import, check out, rollback, or just setting a
property), the updated metadata is first written into the journal, which is then
periodically integrated into the main database files. Because journal files are
created automatically when necessary and deleted when no longer needed, they
are assigned random number that is part of the file name. These files are not
backed up.
managed by the database (the file repository). This directory contains source
files for all versions of the file assets.
Source files for Avid assets are always stored in Avid media folders on
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shared storage.If you are working with a split database, this directory is
located on a shared storage workspace.
Whenever a file is copied from the client to the server, the file is first copied
into one of these directories, depending on what operation (check in, import,
and so on) was performed. The server then moves the file from these handover
directories into the _Master directory.
_PropertyStore The database directory that contains files holding the contents of streamed
properties. Streamed properties include metadata about Avid assets, such as
head frames and AAF information.
_Backup The data folder that contains backup versions of the _Database folder.
AvidWG.pro, AvidAM.pro A cookie file representing the database. It contains no vital information, but can
be used to set databases active.
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