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Avid® Interplay™ Engine

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

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

If You Need Help. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Accessing the Online Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

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

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

Chapter 1 Automatic Server Failover Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Summary of the Way it Works. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Installing the Failover Hardware Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

SR2400 Slot Locations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Installing a Failover Cluster in an Avid Unity ISIS Environment. . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Failover Cluster Connections in an Unity ISIS Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Installing a Failover Cluster in an Avid Unity MediaNetwork Environment. . . . . 19

Failover Cluster Connections in an Unity MediaNetwork Environment . . . . 20

Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Chapter 2 Automatic Server Failover Installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Server Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Space Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Antivirus Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Need To Know . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Before You Start: Preparation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

List of IP Addresses and Network Names . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Renaming Local Area Network Interface on Each Node . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Configuring the Binding Order Networks on Each Node . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Configuring Private Network Adapter on Each Node . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Configuring Public Network Adapter on Each Node. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Join Both Servers to the Active Directory Domain. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Setting Up a Cluster User Account . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Configuring the Cluster Shared RAID Disks on Each Node . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Configuring the Cluster Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Configuring the Cluster Service on the First Node . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Validating the Cluster Service on the First Node. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Configuring the Cluster Service on the Second Node. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Configuring Rules For The Cluster Networks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Prioritizing the Heartbeat Adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

After Setting Up the Cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Verifying the Quorum Disk. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Setting the Startup Times on Each Node . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Testing the Cluster Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Installing the Distributed Transaction Coordinator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Creating a Resource Group for the Distributed Transaction Coordinator . . . . . 52

Assigning an IP Address to the MSDTC Group. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Assigning a Network Name to the MSDTC Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Creating a Physical Resource for the MSDTC Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Assigning Distributed Transaction Coordinator Resource

to the MSDTC Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Disabling Any Web Servers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Installing the Interplay Engine on the First Node . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Preparation and Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Starting the Installation and Accepting the License Agreement . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Preparing the Server for the Interplay Engine Installation

Using Custom Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Specify Cluster Mode During a Custom Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Specifying the Cluster Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Specifying the Cluster Details. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Destination Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Specifying the Default Database Folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Specifying the Share Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Specifying the Configuration Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Specifying the Server User. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Specifying the Server Cache. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Enabling Email Notifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Preparing the Server for the Interplay Engine Installation

Using Typical Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Specify Cluster Mode During a Typical Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Specifying the Cluster Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Specifying the Server User . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Beginning the Installation of Interplay Engine on the First Node . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Bringing the Disk Resource Online . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Installing Interplay Engine on the Second Node . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Bring the MSDTC Services Online . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Testing the Complete Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Updating a Clustered Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Uninstalling the Interplay Engine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Chapter 3 Automatic Server Failover Tips and Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Don't Access the Machines Directly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Make Sure to Connect to the Interplay Engine Resource Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Do Not Rename Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Do Not Install the Server on a Shared Disk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Do Not Change the Interplay Engine Execution User. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Do Not Edit the Registry While the Server is Offline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Do Not Remove the Dependencies of the Affiliated Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Consider Disabling Failover When Experimenting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Using This Guide

Revision History

Date Revised Changes Made

September 28, 2006 Created 1.0.1 version. Added step for deselecting “Affect the Group” in

“Bringing the Disk Resource Online” on page 76.

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This guide is intended for all Avid Interplay administrators who are responsible for installing, configuring and maintaining an Avid Interplay Engine with the Automatic Server Failover module integrated.

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.

Using This Guide

Symbols and Conventions

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Chapter 1

Automatic Server Failover Introduction

This chapter covers the following topics:

• Introduction

• Summary of the Way it Works

• Installing the Failover Hardware Components

• Terminology

Introduction

The automatic server failover mechanism in Avid Interplay allows client access to the Interplay Engine in the event of failures or during maintenance, with minimal impact on the availability. A failover server is activated in the event of application, operating system, or hardware failures. The server can be configured to notify the administrator about such failures using email.

Additional monitoring of the hardware and software components of a high availability solution is always required. Avid delivers Interplay preconfigured, but additional attention on the customer side is required to prevent outage (for example, when a private network fails, RAID disk fails, or a power supply loses power). In a mission critical environment, monitoring tools and tasks are needed to be sure there are no silent outages. If another (unmonitored) component fails, only an event is generated, and while this does not interrupt availability, it might go unnoticed and lead to problems. Additional software reporting such issues to the IT administration lowers downtime risk.

The failover cluster is a system made up of two server nodes and a shared storage device connected over Fibre Channel. These are to be deployed in the same location given the shared access to the storage device. The cluster uses the concept of virtual servers to specify groups of resources that failover together.

Chapter 1 Automatic Server Failover Introduction

The following diagram illustrates the failover cluster architecture.

Two-Node Cluster in Unity MediaNetwork environment

Interplay clients

Intranet

Cluster shared RAID array

Network Switch

Private network for heartbeat

Interplay Engine - Cluster Node

Fibre Switch

If you are already using clusters, the Avid Interplay Engine won't interfere with your current setup.

Summary of the Way it Works

When the Microsoft® Windows® cluster service is running on the machines and the server is deployed in cluster mode, the Interplay Engine and its accompanying services are exposed to users as a virtual server. To clients, however, connecting to the clustered virtual Interplay Engine appears to be the same process as connecting to a single, physical machine. The user or client application does not know which node is actually hosting the virtual server.

When the server is online, the resource monitor regularly checks its availability and automatically restarts the server or initiates a failover to the other node if a failure is detected. The exact behavior can be configured using the Windows Cluster Administrator console. Given that clients connect to the virtual network name and IP address, which are also taken over by the failover node, this minimizes the impact on the availability of the server. The following diagram illustrates the cluster group.

Summary of the Way it Works

Avid Unity MediaNetwork environment

Failover Cluster

11.22.33.200

Node #1 Intranet: 11.22.33.44 Private: 10.10.10.10

Disk #1 Quorum 4GB

Cluster Group

Intranet

Interplay Server (virtual)

11.22.33.201

Private Network

FibreChannel

Disk #2 MSDTC 5GB

MSDTC

11.22.33.202

Intranet

Node #2 Intranet: 11.22.33.45 Private: 10.10.10.11

Disk #3 Database 925GB +

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Installing the Failover Hardware Components

A failover cluster system includes the following components:

• Two Interplay Engine nodes or two Interplay Archive nodes (SR2400 servers)

• Cluster shared storage - RAID array

SR2400 Slot Locations

The SR2400 is supported as a server for the Interplay applications. This section describes the slot locations that are specific to the Interplay components in a cluster configuration.

Use the following figure and table as guides to how your SR2400 is configured in an Interplay cluster environment.

SR2400 Back Panel

All boards must be installed starting in the top slot, and the second board must be in the middle slots, it cannot be in the bottom slot with the middle slot left open.

SR2400 Back Panel Configuration for Avid Unity Environment

Slot

3 Intel Pro 1000MT ATTO

2 QLogic Card QLogic Card

1 Empty Intel Pro 1000MT

PCI slots not used

Unity ISIS Interplay Engine Node and Archive Engine Node

a. Unity MediaNetwork environment; the Pro 1000MT card is shipped in slot 3 (top). You must move the

card to slot 1 (bottom) and install the ATTO card in slot 3 (top). The Pro 1000MT is not used in an Unity MediaNetwork environment.

PCI SlotsSmall form factor

Slot 3 Slot 2 Slot 1

Unity MediaNetwork Interplay Engine Node and Archive Engine Node

Installing the Failover Hardware Components

Installing a Failover Cluster in an Avid Unity ISIS Environment

The following illustration shows the required cable connections when adding a failover cluster in an Unity ISIS environment. For a description of the connections, see “Failover

Cluster Connections in an Unity ISIS Environment” on page 18.

PCI adapter network interface left connector

Interplay Engine Cluster Node

To Unity ISIS left subnet

To Unity ISIS right subnet

Cluster Shared Storage RAID array

Right - on board network interface

Left - on board network interface

QLogic card

Private network for heartbeat

Interplay Engine Cluster Node

To Unity ISIS left subnet

To Unity ISIS right subnet

PCI adapter network interface left connector

QLogic card

Right - on board network interface

Left - on board network interface

LEGEND

Fibre connection

1GB Ethernet connection

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Failover Cluster Connections in an Unity ISIS Environment

Make the following cable connections to add a failover cluster to an Unity ISIS environment:

• First cluster node and second cluster node:

- Left - on board network interface connector to Unity ISIS Left subnet

- Right - on board network interface connector to Unity ISIS Right subnet

- QLogic card connector to cluster shared storage RAID array

• Left connector on PCI adapter network interface in the first cluster node to left connector on PCI adapter network interface in second cluster node (private network for heartbeat)

Installing the Failover Hardware Components

Installing a Failover Cluster in an Avid Unity MediaNetwork Environment

The following illustration shows the required cable connections when adding a failover cluster in an Unity MediaNetwork environment. For a description of the connections, see

“Failover Cluster Connections in an Unity MediaNetwork Environment” on page 20.

Interplay Engine Cluster Node

To Ethernet Public Network

Interplay Engine Cluster Node

To Ethernet Public Network

Private network for heartbeat

ATTO ca r d

Right - on board network interface

Left - on board network interface

ATTO ca r d

Right - on board network interface

Slot 3 Slot 2 Slot 1

To Unity MediaNetwork FC switch

QLogic card

Cluster Shared Storage RAID array

To Unity MediaNetwork FC switch

QLogic card

LEGEND

Fibre connection

1GB Ethernet connection

Left - on board network interface

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Failover Cluster Connections in an Unity MediaNetwork Environment

The Interplay Engine Cluster nodes ship with an Intel Pro 1000 MT card in slot 3 (top). You need to move this card to slot 1 (bottom). Then add an ATTO host bus adapter in slot 3 (top).

Make the following cable connections to add a failover cluster to an Unity MediaNetwork environment:

• First cluster node and second cluster node:

- Left - on board network interface connector to Ethernet

public network

- QLogic card connector to cluster shared storage RAID array

- ATTO card connector to Unity MediaNetwork FC switch

• Right on board network interface connector on the first cluster node to right on board network interface connector on the second cluster node (private network for heartbeat)

Terminology

Clustering is not always straightforward, so it is important that you get familiar with the terminology of server clusters before you start. A good source of information is the Microsoft Technology Center for Clustering Services under:

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/technologies/clustering/default.mspx

Detailed architecture documentation can be found here:

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/techinfo/overview/servercluster.mspx

Here is a brief summary of the major concepts and terms:

• Nodes - refers to individual computers.

• Cluster service - refers to the group of components on each node that perform a cluster-specific activity.

• Resource - refers to cluster components (hardware and software) that are managed by the cluster service. Physical hardware devices such as disk drives, and logical items such as IP addresses and applications are referred to as resources.

• Online - refers to a resource that is available and is providing its service.

• Quorum resource - is a special common cluster resource. This resource plays a critical role in cluster operations.

Terminology

• Resource group - refers to a collection of resources that are managed by the cluster service as a single, logical unit.

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Chapter 2

Automatic Server Failover Installation

This chapter describes the processes for configuring the automatic server failover. It is crucial that you follow the instructions given in this chapter completely, otherwise the automatic server failover will not work.

You can install the cluster service during any step of the overall Avid Interplay installation process. For the Cluster Group, create a partition on the cluster shared RAID array. This partition is used as the quorum disk (4GB). You also need to create two more partitions: a partition for the MSDTC (see “Installing the Distributed Transaction

Coordinator” on page 51) and a large partition for the server databases. The latter is to store

both the database and the non Avid files. Activate the volumes on both nodes and assign identical drive letters as described in “Configuring the Cluster Shared RAID Disks on Each

Node” on page 35.

For more details about server clusters, see the Microsoft document "Guide to Creating and Configuring a Server Cluster under Windows Server 2003":

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/windowsserver2003/technologies/cluste ring/confclus.mspx

Chapter 2 Automatic Server Failover Installation

This chapter covers the following topics:

• Requirements

• Before You Start: Preparation

• Configuring the Cluster Service

• Configuring Rules For The Cluster Networks

• After Setting Up the Cluster

• Installing the Distributed Transaction Coordinator

• Disabling Any Web Servers

• Installing the Interplay Engine on the First Node

• Installing Interplay Engine on the Second Node

• Bring the MSDTC Services Online

• Testing the Complete Installation

• Updating a Clustered Installation

• Uninstalling the Interplay Engine

Requirements

Hardware

A dual server failover cluster capable system with a cluster shared RAID disk set is needed. The automatic server failover system was developed on and tested with Intel Server Chassis SR2400 Packaged Cluster, which is the recommended hardware:

http://www.intel.com/design/servers/chassis/sr2400/

The servers in a cluster are connected using one or more cluster shared storage buses and one or more physically independent networks acting as a heartbeat.

Server Software

Two licenses of Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition or Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition are needed.

Space Requirements

The default disk configuration for the cluster shared RAID array is as follows:

• Quorum disk - 4GB

•MSDTC disk - 5GB

• Database disk - 925GB or larger

Antivirus Software

You can run antivirus software on a cluster, if the antivirus software is cluster-aware. For information about cluster-aware versions of your antivirus software, contact the antivirus vendor. If you are running antivirus software on a cluster, make sure you exclude these locations from the virus scanning: Q:\ (Quorum disk), C:\Windows\Cluster, and S:\Workgroup_Databases (database).

Need To Know

Before you setup a cluster in an Avid Interplay environment, you should be familiar with the following functions:

• Microsoft Windows Active Directory Domains & Domain Users

Requirements

• Microsoft Windows Clustering (current version, as there are changes from prior version)

• Disk configuration (format, partition, naming)

• Network configuration

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Before You Start: Preparation

Before you begin the installation process you need to obtain some IP addresses, IP host names, domain user accounts, and establish server addresses on your network.

• Establish the subnet mask, the gateway, DNS and WINS server addresses on your network.

• Install and setup Avid Unity client on the Interplay Engine servers. See the Avid Unity MediaNetwork File Manager Setup Guide or the Avid Unity ISIS System Setup Guide.

• An Avid Unity user account with read and write privileges. This account is not needed for the installation of Interplay Engine, but is required for the operation of Interplay Engine.

• You need two domain user accounts when configuring a cluster:

- Cluster Service Account—Decide on the cluster user name. The procedures in this

document use sqauser as an example for the Cluster Service Account. This user account must have a unique name and be a domain user. This user is assigned administrative rights on both servers. The Interplay Engine also runs under this account; you should be aware of this during the set up. The server needs to access the media files and this might be a consideration when these are to be located on a non-default location, that is, when the Avid Unity mounting feature is going to be used.

For information on creating a cluster user account, see the Microsoft document "Guide to Creating and Configuring a Server Cluster under Windows Server 2003":

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/windowsserver2003/technologies/cl ustering/confclus.mspx

- Cluster Installation Account—Identify the user account to use during the

installation process. This user account is a domain user account with privileges to add servers to the domain. This user account is only required during the installation of the cluster.

• An existing Active Directory Domain is required before installing or configuring the cluster.

• You need several static IP addresses for all network interfaces and host names. See “List

of IP Addresses and Network Names” on page 27.

List of IP Addresses and Network Names

You need to reserve IP host names and static IP addresses before you begin the installation process. A Unity ISIS environment needs 8 IP addresses and a Unity MediaNetwork needs 5 IP addresses. The following table provides a list of example names that you can use when configuring the cluster. The procedures in the chapter use these example names.

Before You Start: Preparation

Make sure that these IP addresses are outside of the range that is available to DHCP so they cannot automatically be assigned to other machines.

Required IP Addresses and Node Names

Node or Service Item Required Example Name Where Used

First Cluster Node • 1 Host Name

• 2 ISIS IP addresses - public (one for left and one for right)

• 1 IP address - private (Heartbeat)

SECLUSTER1 See “Configuring the

Cluster Service on the

First Node” on page 37

and “Creating a Resource

Group for the Distributed Transaction Coordinator” on page 52.

Second Cluster Node • 1 Host Name

• 2 ISIS IP addresses - public (one for left and one for right)

• 1 IP address - private (Heartbeat)

SECLUSTER2 See “Configuring the

Cluster Service on the

Second Node” on page 42

and “Creating a Resource

Group for the Distributed Transaction Coordinator” on page 52.

Cluster service • 1 Network Name

name)

• 1 ISIS IP address

MSDTC service — Distributed Transaction Coordinator

Interplay Engine service

• 1 Network Name name)

• 1 IP address

• 1 Network Name name)

• 2 ISIS IP addresses - public (one for left and one for right)

(virtual host

SECLUSTER See “Configuring the

Cluster Service on the First Node” on page 37.

CLUSTERMSDTC See “Assigning a Network

Name to the MSDTC Group” on page 54.

SEENGINE See “Specifying the

Cluster Information” on page 60 and “Specifying

the Cluster Details” on page 62.

a. All names must be a valid and unique network host name. b. In an Avid Unity MediaNetwork environment you only need one public IP address.

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Contents

Symbols and Conventions

If You Need Help

Accessing the Online Library

How to Order Documentation

Avid Training Services

Automatic Server Failover Introduction

Introduction

Summary of the Way it Works

Installing the Failover Hardware Components

SR2400 Slot Locations

Installing a Failover Cluster in an Avid Unity ISIS Environment

Failover Cluster Connections in an Unity ISIS Environment

Installing a Failover Cluster in an Avid Unity MediaNetwork Environment

Failover Cluster Connections in an Unity MediaNetwork Environment

Terminology

Automatic Server Failover Installation

Requirements

Hardware

Server Software

Space Requirements

Antivirus Software

Need To Know

Before You Start: Preparation

List of IP Addresses and Network Names