Pinnacle Systems Interplay Archive Engine - 1.1.5 Administrator’s Guide

Avid® Interplay™ Engine and

Avid Interplay Archive Engine

Administration Guide

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Avid Interplay Engine and Avid Interplay Archive Engine Administration Guide • 0130-07640-02 Rev B • September 18, 2007

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

> 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

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

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

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.

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.

1 Getting Started with the Avid Interplay Administrator

Interplay online database

Interplay Archive Engine database

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

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

1 Getting Started with the Avid Interplay Administrator

• 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.

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.

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.

1 Getting Started with the Avid Interplay Administrator

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

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.”

1 Getting Started with the Avid Interplay Administrator

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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