Pinnacle Systems MediaCentral Platform Services - 2.9 Installation Manual

Avid MediaCentral Platform Services

Installation and Configuration Guide

Version 2.9

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Avid MediaCentral Platform Services Installation and Configuration Guide • Created March 14, 2017 • This document is distributed by Avid in online (electronic) form only, and is not available for purchase in printed form.

Using This Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Important Terms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Technology Previews . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Symbols and Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

If You Need Help. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Avid Training Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Chapter 1 Installation Prerequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Chapter Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Before You Begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Network Interface Cards and Network Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Zone Recommendations:. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Remote Client Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Planning for the Mongo Arbiter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Accessing the MCS Server(s). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Obtaining the Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

RHEL Security Updates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

MCS Installation Packages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

GlusterFS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Storage Controller Driver for the HP ProLiant Gen9 Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Copying Software to the MCS Server. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Updating MediaCentral UX Licenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Interplay Production Licensing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

iNEWS Licensing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Interplay MAM Licensing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Creating User Accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Interplay Production User. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Avid Shared Storage User . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Avid iNEWS User . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Interplay MAM User . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Media Composer Cloud User. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Adjusting Interplay Production Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Verifying Interplay Production Media Indexer Configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Adding the MediaCentral UX Version to Avid iNEWS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Installing the MediaCentral Distribution Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Creating the MCS Installation USB Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Preparing the Installation Drive for the HP ProLiant Gen9. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Preparing the Installation Drive for HP Gen8 and Dell Servers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Chapter 2 BIOS and RAID Configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Chapter Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Changing BIOS Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Configuring the BIOS on the HP ProLiant DL360 Gen9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Configuring the BIOS on the HP ProLiant DL360p Gen8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Configuring the BIOS on the Dell PowerEdge R620 / R630 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Configuring the Onboard RAID. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

HP ProLiant DL360 Gen9 RAID Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

HP ProLiant DL360p Gen8 RAID Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Dell PowerEdge R620 / R630 RAID Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Chapter 3 Software Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Chapter Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Special Instructions for Dell Servers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

MCS Software Deployment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Booting RHEL for the First Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Verifying the Keyboard configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Changing the root Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Network Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Verify DNS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Identifying NIC Interfaces and Connecting the Network Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

(HP Only) Verifying the NIC Interface Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

(HP Only) Swapping NIC Interface Names . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

(HP Only) Removing the MAC Address Hardware References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Configuring the Hostname and Static Network Route . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Verifying the hosts File Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Verifying the Contents of resolv.conf and nsswitch.conf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Ensuring the NIC Interface Comes Up at System Startup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Verifying Hostname, Network and DNS Connectivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Configuring Access for External Systems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Configuring Date and Time Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Setting the Time Zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Synchronizing the System Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Creating the File Cache on the RAID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Partitioning the RAID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Creating the Logical Volume, Filesystem and Mounting the Cache. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

Enabling / Disabling 3G and Edge Streams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Upgrading the Avid Shared Storage Client Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Copying Software to the MCS Server. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Installing Security Updates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Installing Software Patches. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Chapter 4 Configuring MediaCentral . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Chapter Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Updating the MediaCentral UX Configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Signing into MediaCentral UX. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

Changing the Administrator Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

Creating a Second Administrator User . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Configuring System Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

General Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

iNEWS Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

Interplay Production Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

Messages & Sharing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Playback Service Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

Player Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

Enabling Asset Watermarking. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

Configuring Asset Watermarking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

Updating the Watermark Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

Disabling Asset Watermarking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

Verifying the System Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

Verifying the iNEWS Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

Verifying the Interplay Production and Avid Shared Storage Connections . . . . . . . . . . 106

Configuring Send To Playback Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Importing Domain Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

Creating Local Users and Assigning Roles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

Continuing the Installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

Configuring MCS for Interplay MAM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

Mounting MAM Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

Configuring the ACS Gateway Access Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

Configuring the MediaCentral User Interface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

Configuring a Custom Audio-only Graphic (optional). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

Creating the MAM System User. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

Configuring the MCS Player. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

Enabling Remote Playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115

Continuing the Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

Chapter 5 Clustering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

Chapter Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

Cluster Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

Configuring the Player System Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

Configuring DRBD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

Clearing the SDA2 Partition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

Running the drbd_setup Script. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

Starting the Cluster Services on the Master Node . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

Adding Nodes to the Cluster. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

Replicating the File Caches using GlusterFS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

Configuring GlusterFS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

Testing the File Replication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

Chapter 6 Sharded MongoDB. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

Chapter Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

Sharded MongoDB Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130

Configuring Sharded Mongo for a Single Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

Configuring Sharded Mongo with an MCS Load-Balancing Node . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

Configuring Sharded Mongo with a (non-MCS) Linux Arbiter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135

Configuring Sharded Mongo with a Windows Arbiter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140

Configuring Sharded Mongo in a Multi-Zone Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146

Adding a Zone to a Sharded Mongo Multi-Zone Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150

Chapter 7 Verifying the Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154

Chapter Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154

Testing the Basics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155

Testing the Cluster Email Service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155

Testing Cluster Fail-over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156

Verifying ACS Bus Functionality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159

Verifying the Status of RabbitMQ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160

Validating the FQDN for External Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161

Backing up and Restoring the MCS System Settings and Database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162

Chapter 8 Closed Captioning Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166

Chapter Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166

Preparing the Software Package . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167

Installing the Closed Captioning Service on a Single Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167

Installing the Closed Captioning Service in a Cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168

Verifying Prerequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168

Identifying the Master, Slave and Load-Balancing Nodes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168

Taking the Cluster Offline. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169

Installing the Closed Captioning Service Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169

Bringing the Cluster Online . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170

Checking on the Cluster Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171

Uninstalling the Closed Captioning Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171

Chapter 9 Customizable Logger. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173

Chapter Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173

Preparing the Software Package . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174

Installing the Customizable Logger on a Single Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174

Installing the Customizable Logger in a Cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175

Verifying Prerequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175

Installing the Customizable Logger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175

Checking on the Cluster Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176

Configuring the Customizable Logger. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177

Verifying the Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178

Upgrading the Customizable Logger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180

Uninstalling the Customizable Logger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180

Uninstalling the Customizable Logger on a Single Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180

Uninstalling the Customizable Logger on a Cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180

Removing the Logging Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181

Resetting the MongoDB Database. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182

Working with the Customizable Logger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182

Understanding the System Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182

Backing Up and Restoring the Customizable Logger Database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182

Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183

Chapter 10 Maestro UX Plug-In . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184

Chapter Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184

Before You Begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185

Installing Software on the Maestro Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185

Preparing the Software Package . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186

Installing the Maestro Render Server. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186

Installing the Render Server Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187

Installing the Maestro Bus Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188

Enabling the Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190

Verifying the Installation Through the ACS Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191

Accessing the Avid ACS Monitor Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191

Configuring the Maestro Render Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192

Installing the Plug-Ins on the MCS Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195

Preparing the Software Package . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195

Installing the Plug-Ins on the MCS Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196

Configure users. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197

Configuring the MediaCentral UX System Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198

Upgrading Maestro UX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199

Upgrading from MediaCentral Platform Services v2.7.x . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199

Upgrading from MediaCentral Platform Services v2.8.0 or later . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200

Uninstalling Maestro UX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202

Uninstalling Maestro UX from MediaCentral Platform Services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202

Uninstalling Maestro UX on the Maestro Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202

Additional Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203

Altering the Configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203

Chapter 11 Assignments Pane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204

Chapter Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204

Preparing the Software Package . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205

Installing the Assignments Pane on a Single Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205

Installing the Assignments Pane in a Cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206

Verifying Prerequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206

Installing the Assignments Pane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206

Checking on the Cluster Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207

Configuring the Assignments Pane. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208

Uninstalling the Assignments Pane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209

Uninstalling the Assignments Pane on a Single Server. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209

Uninstalling the Assignments Pane on a Cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209

Backing Up and Restoring the Assignments Database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210

Chapter 12 MAM Connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211

Chapter Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211

Preparing the Software Package . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212

Installing the MAM Connector on a Single Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212

Installing the MAM Connector in a Cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213

Verifying Prerequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213

Identifying the Master, Slave, and Load-Balancing Nodes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213

Taking the Cluster Offline. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214

Installing the MAM Connector Software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214

Bringing the Cluster Back Online . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214

Checking on the Cluster Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215

Configuring the MAM Connector. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215

Upgrading the MAM Connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217

Upgrading from MAM Connector v2.6 or Higher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217

Upgrading from MAM Connector v2.5 or Earlier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217

Uninstalling the MAM Connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219

Uninstalling the MAM Connector on a Single Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219

Uninstalling the MAM Connector on a Cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220

Chapter 13 Multi-Zone. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221

Chapter Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221

Multi-Zone Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223

Enabling RabbitMQ Data Encryption Across Zones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224

Verifying the RSA Key Folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224

Creating and Installing the RSA Keys. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225

Verifying Access to the Slave Zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227

Creating the Master Zone and Initiating Multi-Zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227

Adding Slave Zone(s) to the Multi-Zone Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229

Validating Multi-Zone Functionality. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231

Dismantling a Multi-Zone Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232

Making Changes to a Multi-Zone Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234

Troubleshooting the Multi-Zone Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235

Appendix A Additional Topics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237

Chapter Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237

Copying Software to the MCS Server. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238

Copying Software Using an SFTP Client . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238

Copying Software Using a USB Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239

Installing MCS on Non-HP / Dell Hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241

Non-HP / Dell Installation Process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242

Working with the Dell RAID Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243

Creating the RAIDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243

Deleting the RAIDs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244

Card Placement in MCS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245

Dell PowerEdge R620 and R630 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245

HP ProLiant DL360 Gen9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245

HP ProLiant DL360p Gen8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245

Port Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246

Enabling Trusted Certificates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246

Contents of the MCS Installation Package . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247

Determining the Installed MCS Version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247

Using the MediaCentral Health Check Script . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248

Enabling the Player Demonstration Web Page. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250

Verifying Cache Directory Permissions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251

Modifying application.properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252

Editing the File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252

Configuration Changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252

Specifying the RabbitMQ Network Adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256

Configuring RabbitMQ for a New Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256

Configuring RabbitMQ for an Existing Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257

Working with the MediaCentral UX Configurator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259

Backing up and Restoring the MCS Database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260

Working with the Avid Shared Storage Client . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262

Verifying the Avid Shared Storage Mount . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262

Reconfiguring the Avid Shared Storage Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263

Downgrading the Avid Shared Storage Client . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263

Additional information on Clustering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265

Unicast Support in Clustering. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265

Reconfiguring MediaCentral Settings in a Cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268

Taking a Cluster Node Off-Line Temporarily . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268

Identifying the Master, Slave and Load-Balancing Nodes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268

Appendix B Port Bonding for Interplay MAM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269

Chapter Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269

Verifying the Ethernet Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269

Configuring the Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270

Appendix C Avid iNEWS Integration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273

Chapter Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273

Verifying MediaCentral Licenses on iNEWS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274

Editing SYSTEM.CLIENT.VERSIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274

Editing SYSTEM.CLIENT.WINDOWS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275

Appendix D Working with Sharded Mongo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277

Chapter Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277

Obtaining the Status of Sharded Mongo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278

Checking for Stale Nodes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281

Using the mongo-create-configuration Script . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281

Uninstalling the Sharded Mongo Arbiter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284

Using the “remove arbiter” Script . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284

Uninstalling the Sharded Mongo Arbiter for Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286

Uninstalling the Sharded Mongo Arbiter for Linux . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287

Troubleshooting Sharded Mongo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289

Recreating the Sharded Mongo Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294

Appendix E Avid MediaCentral | UX Mobile Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296

Chapter Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296

Before You Begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297

iNEWS Configuration for Mobile Integration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297

Editing SYSTEM.CLIENT.VERSIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297

Editing the iNEWS Configuration File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298

Installing the Mobile App on an iOS Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300

Installing the Mobile App on an Android Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300

Upgrading the Mobile App . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300

Appendix F Avid MediaCentral | UX Desktop. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302

Chapter Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302

System Requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303

Installing Adobe Flash Player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303

Installing MediaCentral UX Desktop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304

Single Client Installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304

Domain Group Deployment for Windows. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306

Command Line Deployment for Mac . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308

Enabling MediaCentral MOS Plug-ins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308

Installing Plug-Ins. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309

Enabling MOS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309

Launching and Working with MediaCentral UX Desktop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310

Launching the Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310

Working with the Menu System on Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311

Working with the Menu System on Mac. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311

Accessing Additional MCS Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312

Selecting a Deep Link . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312

Upgrading MediaCentral UX Desktop. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313

Uninstalling MediaCentral UX Desktop. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313

Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314

Appendix G MOS Active-X Plug-Ins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315

Chapter Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315

Enabling MOS Plug-Ins in Google Chrome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316

Enabling MOS Plug-Ins in Internet Explorer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317

Sample ActiveX Object in the Preferences File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319

Using This Guide

This document provides instructions for installing and configuring a new MediaCentral Platform Services (MCS) server or cluster of servers. Avid recommends that you read all the information in the Avid MediaCentral Platform Services ReadMe and thoroughly before installing or using the corresponding software release.

If you are completing an installation in a virtual environment, begin the process by referencing the Avid MediaCentral Platform Services Virtual Environment with VMware® Best Practices Guide. The virtualization guide directs you back to this guide at the appropriate time in the install process.

To complete an upgrade from a previous version of MediaCentral Platform Services, see the

MediaCentral Platform Services Upgrade Guide or the Avid MediaCentral Platform Services ReadMe.

The following documents are referenced in this guide:

• Avid MediaCentral Platform Services ReadMe – Read prior to completing any MCS installation or upgrade

• MediaCentral Platform Services Concepts and Clustering Guide – A reference guide that contains more detailed information on systems and topics included in this guide.

• Avid MediaCentral Platform Services Upgrade Guide – Reference if you are upgrading to MCS v2.9 from an earlier release

• Avid Media | Index Configuration Guide – Reference if configuring Media Index

• Media |Distribute Installation and Configuration Guide – Reference if installing Media Distribute

• Avid MediaCentral | UX Administration Guide – Contains administrative information for MediaCentral UX.

• Avid MediaCentral Platform Services Hardware Guide - Provides detailed information on HP and Dell servers.

• Avid MediaCentral Platform Services Virtual Environment with VMware® Best Practices Guide

- Provides detailed information on configuring a virtual MCS environment.

Important: See the following link on the Avid Knowledge Base for the latest updates to this guide and all related documentation:

http://avid.force.com/pkb/articles/en_US/readme/Avid-MediaCentral-Version-2-9-x-Documentation

For a list products qualified for use with MCS v2.9, and the supported RHEL operating system, see

the Software Compatibility Matrix on the Avid Knowledge Base.

Revision History

Date Revised Changes Made

March 14, 2017 • Section in Appendix A for “Modifying Configuration Files” has been relocated to

the Avid MediaCentral Platform Services Upgrade Guide.

• Added note to the “Software Installation” chapter regarding a BIOS setting change for HP Gen9 servers that could result in a black display on first boot.

• Player demo page should be accessed using a secure “https” address. For more information, see “Enabling the Player Demonstration Web Page” on page 250.

February 16, 2017 • Updated “Installing Security Updates” on page 88 with example output from the

avid-security-check script.

• Added manual steps to create the cluster resource for the Closed Captioning Service. For details, see “Installing the Closed Captioning Service in a Cluster” on

page 168.

February 1, 2017 • Updated Maestro UX install, upgrade and uninstall processes.

• Updates to the sharded Mongo configuration process, including:

- Windows arbiter running PowerShell v3.0 requires a Windows hotfix

- Added processes to disable SELinux and firewall service on a Linux arbiter

• Additional step for configuring the permissions of the ntpd file used for time synchronization.

For more information, see “Synchronizing the System Clock” on page 80.

• Clarification regarding the

cluster setup-cluster

command to specify the

use of hostnames with the drbd_exclude option.

For more information, see “Starting the Cluster Services on the Master Node” on

page 124.

December 22, 2016 Initial v2.9.0 release

• Added new chapter, “Assignments Pane” on page 204.

• Altered the process for adding a single IP address when Configuring Access for

External Systems.

• A new script has been created to verify the installation of RHEL security updates. For more information, see “Installing Security Updates” on page 88.

• Changes to the sharded Mongo configuration process, including:

- Configuration of sharded Mongo for the avid-asset service

- Changes to the configuration of the ansible hosts file

- Updated output of the

mongo-checker

For more information see, “Sharded MongoDB” on page 129 and “Working with

Sharded Mongo” on page 277. Additional information can be found in the

MediaCentral Platform Services Concepts and Clustering Guide.

• Support for Maestro UX Plug-In with Corosync cluster configurations. For more information, see “Maestro UX Plug-In” on page 184.

mongo-create-configuration

script,

script, and other related sharded Mongo scripts

Important Terms

Throughout this document, “Avid MediaCentral Platform Services” is referred to as “MCS”. “Red Hat Enterprise Linux” is referred to as “RHEL”.

The RHEL deployment used in an MCS environment is a command-line based operating system. The installation process will require the editing of various system files. Although multiple text editors exist, the tool used throughout this document is “vi”. If needed, a short introduction to vi is included in the MediaCentral Platform Services Concepts and Clustering Guide.

Important Terms

If copying / pasting commands from this document into a command line interface such as Putty, be sure to verify the command after pasting. It is possible that some characters might be replaced during the paste process which can lead to a failed or problematic installation.

When working in Linux, this guide assumes the user is logged in as the “root” user. Perform all commands and server configuration as the “root” user.

Technology Previews

This release of MediaCentral Platform Services might contain features that are included as a “Technology Preview”. Features that fall under this category are clearly identified using the Technology Preview terminology. All other features discussed in this document are fully implemented and are not considered as a preview.

What is a Technology Preview?

Avid Technology defines a “Technology Preview” as a feature that is offered to customers for experimentation with the understanding that Avid expects to fully implement the feature in a future release. Technology Preview features are officially unsupported and potentially incomplete or unsuitable for production systems. It is possible that due to unforeseen circumstances, the feature will be altered or altogether removed from the shipping product. In the future, Technology Preview features might be licensed and sold by Avid and use of the feature does not constitute receipt of a permanent license.

Customer feedback regarding the technology preview is welcome. Customers may contact Avid Customer Care to create support cases regarding the feature. However, cases specifically related to the Technology Preview will not be escalated to critical status and might not be resolved.

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computer or cause you to lose data.

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

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http://avid.force.com/pkb/articles/en_US/user_guide/Avid-MediaCentral-Documentation.

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and keyboard sequences.

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

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1 Installation Prerequisites

Chapter Overview

The purpose of this chapter is to guide the preparation of all materials needed for the MCS installation and to preconfigure all connected systems for integration with MCS.

The following table describes the topics covered in this chapter:

Step Task Time Est

1 Before You Begin varies

A quick check to make sure you have everything in place for an efficient and successful installation.

2 Network Interface Cards and Network Connections 15 min

Network connection information for various deployment options.

3 Planning for the Mongo Arbiter 5 min

In two-node cluster configurations, a 3rd system is required to serve as a Mongo tiebreaker.

4 Accessing the MCS Server(s) 1 min

Understanding how to connect to the MCS server(s).

5 Obtaining the Software varies

Where to find all the software necessary for the installation.

6 Copying Software to the MCS Server varies

This section provides links to processes to copy software to the server.

7 Updating MediaCentral UX Licenses 15 min

Licensing requirements for Interplay Production and iNEWS.

8 Creating User Accounts 10 min

Covers the creation of user accounts required by MCS.

9 Adjusting Interplay Production Settings 5 min

Information on adjusting settings required by MCS.

10 Verifying Interplay Production Media Indexer Configuration 5 min

To avoid issues when testing the system, verify that the Media Indexer is configured.

11 Adding the MediaCentral UX Version to Avid iNEWS 5 min

Enables MediaCentral UX user to connect to iNEWS.

Step Task Time Est

12 Installing the MediaCentral Distribution Service 10 min

Required for certain Interplay Production workflows.

13 Creating the MCS Installation USB Drive 45 min

In this procedure, you create the USB drive you will use to install the MCS software.

Before You Begin

A successful MCS installation begins with careful planning. Ensuring that you have identified all prerequisites to the installation is very important. Examples:

• Networking: Define all IP addresses, host names, domain name, DNS, NTP, SNMP, etc.

Hostnames should comply with “RFC 952” and “RFC-1123” standards. Avid recommends keeping

host names under 15 characters to maintain backwards compatibility with older systems. The only “special character” allowed in a hostname is a dash “ - ”. Underscores are not allowed.

For more information on RFC specifications, see https://ietf.org/rfc.html. For additional information on host name restrictions in Microsoft Windows domains, see https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/

library/cc959336.aspx.

Before You Begin

• Security and Port usage: Verify that all ports required for your installation are open between switches and across firewalls.

For more information, see the Avid Networking Port Usage Guide on the Avid Knowledge Base.

• Cluster-specific information: Define additional IP addresses, virtual host name and e-mail addresses to be used with the cluster. When defining a virtual host name, make sure to adhere to the “RFC 952” and “RFC-1123” standards.

For more information see “Clustering” on page 118.

• Users: Identify users, user groups, and passwords (both local and domain users)

• Host Solutions: Identify what systems will connect to MCS. Once identified, it is also important to verify that these systems are available and operating normally. Examples:

- Avid shared storage (Avid NEXIS, Avid | ISIS)

- Avid | iNEWS

- Interplay | Production

- Interplay | MAM

- Media Composer | Cloud

For Interplay | Production deployments, the following systems could also be required:

- Interplay | Production Services Automation and Interplay | Consolidate (Required for certain

Interplay | Delivery workflows. Media | Index is required for this functionality.)

- Interplay | Transcode (Required for Send To Playback workflows)

- Interplay | STP Encode (Required for Send To Playback of Long GOP media formats)

- Interplay | Transfer (Required for Send To Playback to 3rd party playback solutions)

Network Interface Cards and Network Connections

To assist in ensuring you have all the information you need prior to beginning the installation, Avid provides a “Pre-Flight Checklist” available on the Documentation pages of the Avid Knowledge Base. Avid recommends completing the Pre-Flight information to avoid delays during the installation process.

While the installation procedures for MediaCentral UX, Media Composer Cloud and Interplay MAM are very similar, the configuration steps are different. Any configuration differences between MediaCentral UX and Media Composer Cloud will be identified in this document. For differences in the Interplay MAM configuration process, refer to the Interplay | MAM Installation Manual.

MCS is available in single server and cluster configurations. A cluster is a group of MCS servers that provide redundancy, load balancing, and scale. Each server in a cluster is called a “node”. During the cluster configuration, one server is identified as the Master node. If you have multiple MCS servers in a rack, the Master node is usually the top-most server in the rack.

If you are configuring a cluster, complete the BIOS and RAID Configuration, Software Installation, and Configuring MediaCentral chapters concurrently on all cluster nodes. The Clustering chapter of this guide must be completed on the Master node only, until otherwise instructed.

Network Interface Cards and Network Connections

Avid supports the on-board 1 Gb NIC for each of the HP DL360 Gen8 / Gen9 and Dell R620/R630 servers. However, certain workflows require the increased bandwidth of an add-in 10 Gb card. For example, a 10 Gb connection is required for any MCS deployment that will use 100+ Mbps video formats (e.g., AVC-I 100, DVCPro 100, DNxHD 145). 10 Gb connections may be desired for additional bandwidth / playback streams

For more information on slot locations, see “Card Placement in MCS Servers” on page 245.

For more information on determining 1 Gb or 10 Gb connections as well as information on supported network adapters, see the MediaCentral Platform Services Hardware Guide.

If you plan to configure more than one network adapter on the MCS server, you must manually assign an adapter to RabbitMQ messaging service. For more information, see “Specifying the

RabbitMQ Network Adapter” on page 256.

The Zone in which the network connection is made must also be considered.

• Zone 1: Connected through a 1 Gb or 10 Gb port (direct connect). On an ISIS 7500, this is a direct connection to an ISS switch. On an ISIS 5500, this is a direct connection to the back of the ISIS 5500 chassis.

• Zone 2: Connected through a 1 Gb or 10 Gb port on an Avid qualified layer-2 switch (nonrouted).

• Zone 3: Connected to an Avid qualified layer-3 switch (routed) with known Quality of Service (QoS); traffic routed to Avid shared storage (one hop) and (if applicable) load-balanced across ISIS VLANs (approximately a 60/40 ratio).

All MediaCentral Platform Services servers in a cluster must be in the same subnet.

Zone Recommendations:

MediaCentral UX and Media Composer Cloud

In this workflow MCS decodes the source media format on Avid shared storage and streams images and sound to the clients. This workflow requires MCS to connect to an Avid share storage system.

Zone 1, Zone 2, or Zone 3 (recommended) connections are supported.

Interplay MAM

In this workflow MCS provides playback of video assets registered as browse proxies by Interplay MAM. The connection required depends on where the browse proxies are stored.

For non-Avid storage, the network connection is at the user’s discretion as long as it is a 1 Gb connection or better.

For Avid shared storage, Zone 1, Zone 2, or Zone 3 (recommended) connections are supported.

Avid iNEWS

iNEWS-only deployments do not require a connection to a storage system as there is no video playback component. The network connection is at the user’s discretion as long as it is a 1 Gb connection or better.

Planning for the Mongo Arbiter

Remote Client Connections

MediaCentral UX web or mobile clients that connect through the public Internet require VPN access into the server network. All connections pass through the VPN router/firewall through identified ports. Once the data has passed into the “house network”, it is secured using the customer’s existing network security infrastructure.

For more information on networking in an Avid environment, see “Network Requirements for ISIS and Interplay PAM and MAM” located on the Avid Knowledge Base at: http://avid.force.com/pkb/

articles/en_US/compatibility/en244197

For information on port usage and network firewall information, see the Avid Networking Port Usage Guide at: http://avid.force.com/pkb/articles/en_US/readme/Avid-Networking-Port-Usage-Guide

Planning for the Mongo Arbiter

MediaCentral v2.6 introduced a new Mongo database in a “sharded” configuration. In MCS cluster and multi-zone configurations, multiple servers host a copy or “shard” of the Mongo database. If you are running a local (non-multi-zone) Corosync cluster that consists of only two nodes, a 3rd instance of Mongo must be configured to provide a tiebreaker vote in the event of a fail-over. This 3rd instance or “arbiter” must be installed on another Linux server or a Windows-based system. If you have a 2-node cluster, plan which system will host the Mongo arbiter.

For more information, see the Sharded MongoDB chapter as well as the “MongoDB” section of the

MediaCentral Platform Services Concepts and Clustering Guide.

If you are running a single-server, non-multi-zone system, no additional configuration steps for

sharded Mongo are required.

Accessing the MCS Server(s)

The initial configuration of the MCS server(s) must be completed using a directly connected monitor and keyboard to the server, or through a KVM (keyboard, video and mouse) device.

Some KVMs present virtual USB devices to the operating system. These devices might be assigned a

device name (sda, sdb) by RHEL during the installation, which results in a failed installation. Disable this option on your KVM if applicable

Once the initial configuration is complete, Avid recommends connecting to MCS indirectly through SSH (Secure Shell). SSH is preferable for the following reasons:

• Allows for an expandable view of the RHEL interface (adjustable window size)

• Allows for multiple sessions to the host server or to multiple servers

• Allows for simplified copy/paste of commands between SSH windows

• Allows for logging of all session output

On Windows, PuTTY.exe is an example of a SSH client: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/

~sgtatham/putty/download.html

At the appropriate point in the installation procedure, you will be given the option to switch from a direct connection to an indirect connection.

Accessing the MCS Server(s)

Obtaining the Software

Multiple software packages are required to properly install and configure MCS. These include:

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)

• RHEL Security Updates

• MCS Installation Packages

- MediaCentral Platform Services

- (if applicable) MediaCentral Platform Services Updates

- (if applicable) MediaCentral UX Closed Captioning Service

- (if applicable) MediaCentral Customizable Logger

- (if applicable) MediaCentral Distribution Service (MCDS)

- (if applicable) Interplay MAM Connector

- (if applicable) Media Composer Cloud Plug-In

- (if applicable) Media Distribute

- (if applicable) Maestro UX Plug-In

• GlusterFS

• (if applicable) Storage Controller Driver for the HP ProLiant Gen9 Server

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)

Due to licensing restrictions, Avid is unable to redistribute the RHEL installation media. The RHEL installation image (.iso) file can be located at: http://www.redhat.com/en

At the time of this document’s publication, the RHEL 6.5 ISOs were available by choosing Red Hat

Enterprise Linux Server from the Red Hat Product Downloads page. Specify Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (product variant), 6.5 (version) and x86_64 (architecture). Download the Binary DVD (rhel-server-6.5-x86_64-dvd.iso).

Obtaining the Software

MCS requires RHEL 6.5. Do not install any OS updates or patches unless specifically directed to do so by Avid.

RHEL Security Updates

Red Hat has issued various security advisories for RHEL 6.5. Avid has tested and supports the installation of specific patches for RHEL. For instructions and software download links, see the “Security Updates” section in the Avid MediaCentral Platform Services ReadMe.

MCS Installation Packages

The MCS software packages are available from the Avid Download Center.

If you have not already created an Avid.com user account, you will need to do so now. This Master

Account enables you to sync your Avid Video Download and Avid Video Community accounts as well as gain access to the Avid Support Center.

After you have logged into the Download Center, download the following:

• Avid MediaCentral Platform Services

This is the primary MCS installer package. All MCS installations will require this software.

• (if applicable) Avid MediaCentral Platform Services Updates

Avid will often release updates to MCS providing fixes and new features. Consult the ReadMe for your version of software for patch availability and specific installation instructions.

• (if applicable) Avid MediaCentral UX Closed Captioning Service

Introduced with MCS v2.3, this service adds functionality to MediaCentral UX that enables new closed captioning workflows.

• (if applicable) Avid MediaCentral Customizable Logger

Introduced with MCS v2.7, these services add functionality to MediaCentral UX that enable enhanced logging workflows.

• (if applicable) MediaCentral Distribution Service (MCDS)

MCDS is a service that resides on a Windows system that coordinates jobs with Avid Production Services for send-to-playback operations. If your installation will include a STP workflow, download this software.

• (if applicable) Interplay MAM Connector

The MAM Connector enables Interplay MAM workflows within MediaCentral UX. If your installation includes MAM integration, download this software.

• (If applicable) Media Composer Cloud Plug-In

• (If applicable) Media Distribute

• (If applicable) Maestro UX Plug-In

If any of these packages are not available through the Download Center, contact your Avid

representative to obtain the necessary software.

GlusterFS

GlusterFS is an open source software package that MCS uses to automate replication of the dedicated media cache volumes (e.g. RAID 5) across all MCS servers in the cluster. Doing so increases the speed at which clients can access the media on multiple cluster nodes.

Obtaining the Software

The Media Composer Cloud software is a plug-in for the Media Composer editor that enables remote editing capabilities. If your installation includes a Cloud workflow, download this software.

Media Distribute links production with distribution to web, mobile, and social media outlets by orchestrating workflow and automating file preparation and transcoding. Media Distribute is not publicly available on the Avid Download Center at this time. If your installation includes a Distribute workflow, contact your Avid representative for this software.

The Maestro UX plug-in enables a connection to the Maestro Asset database for integration with Avid iNEWS and Interplay MAM workflows.

MediaCentral Platform Services v2.4.0 and later automatically installs the GlusterFS software as part of the install (or upgrade) process. If you are deploying a clustered system, a separate download and installation of the Gluster software is no longer required. If you are deploying a single server configuration, the Gluster software is still installed on the server, but it is not activated or configured.

Storage Controller Driver for the HP ProLiant Gen9 Server

By default the HP ProLiant Gen9 server storage controller does not support RHEL 6.5. Manually download the following RHEL driver update disk (.iso) to enable RHEL 6.5 support:

dd-hpsa-18216-x86_64.iso

The driver update disk is available directly from Red Hat, but driver details and a link to the correct page can be found at the “HP Servers Support & Certification Matrices” technical exceptions page:

http://h17007.www1.hp.com/us/en/enterprise/servers/supportmatrix/exceptions/ rhel_exceptions.aspx

This procedure applies to the HP ProLiant Gen9 server only.

To download the driver disk:

1. Open a web browser and navigate to the “HP Servers Support & Certification Matrices technical exceptions page.

2. Locate the link to Red Hat by searching for the words “DL360 Gen9” using the browser’s “find on this page” feature.

3. Click on the RHEL6.5 x86_64 link.

You are redirected to the Red Hat web site.

4. Log in to your Red Hat Network account.

5. On the “Download Red Hat Enterprise Linux” page, locate the driver update disk (.iso):

dd-hpsa-18216-x86_64.iso

6. Click the “Download Now” button and save the ISO file to your computer.

You will use this driver update disk ISO file later when you create the MCS Installation USB drive.

Copying Software to the MCS Server

At various times during the upgrade, you will need to copy software to the MCS server. This task can be performed using one of two methods:

• Using an SFTP application on an external system

• Connecting a USB drive directly to the server

While the SFTP method may be preferred for ease of access, the USB method may be required for some operations such as backing up MCS files during a system upgrade.

For details on each of these methods, see “Copying Software to the MCS Server” on page 238.

Copying Software to the MCS Server

Updating MediaCentral UX Licenses

Depending upon your deployment, one or more connected systems may need licenses installed or updated to allow for integration with MCS.

• If connecting to Interplay Production, MediaCentral UX users will consume Interplay Client licenses.

• If connecting to iNEWS, MediaCentral UX users will consume iNEWS Client licenses.

• If connecting to Interplay Production and iNEWS, MediaCentral UX users will consume both Interplay and iNEWS Client licenses.

Interplay Production Licensing

When integrating with an Interplay Production system, MediaCentral UX validates client licenses against the Interplay Engine. New MediaCentral systems are often bundled with additional client licenses which must be added to the Interplay Engine database.

Interplay Production v3.3 introduced a software licensing option (no dongle). The following process

is correct for the original dongle licensing process. For software licensing procedures, see the Interplay | Production Software Installation and Configuration Guide.

To add licenses to the Interplay Production Engine:

1. Launch the Interplay Administrator on the Interplay Engine. This can be found at: Start > Avid > Avid Interplay Access Utilities > Avid Interplay Administrator.

2. Sign in using Interplay Production’s Administrator credentials.

Updating MediaCentral UX Licenses

3. From the main menu, select Server > Licenses.

4. Click the Import License button.

5. Navigate to the location of the license file (often provided on a USB drive).

6. Select the license file and click Open.

You should receive a message indicating that the license was successfully activated.

7. Log out of the Interplay Administrator and close the application.

For additional information on the Interplay Administrator, see the Interplay | Engine and Interplay | Archive Engine Administration Guide.

iNEWS Licensing

When integrating with an Avid iNEWS system, MediaCentral UX validates client licenses against the iNEWS server(s). New MediaCentral systems are often bundled with additional client licenses which must be added to the Avid iNEWS database. For more information on adding licenses to the iNEWS database, see “Avid iNEWS Integration” on page 273.

Interplay MAM Licensing

In Interplay Production and iNEWS workflows, users sign into MediaCentral UX and a license is verified with one or both of the back-end systems. In Interplay MAM workflows, MediaCentral UX users use a different licensing process. The system administrator assigns users to a MAM-only role (associated with a base license by default) through the MediaCentral UX User layout. This grants the user access to the Layouts associated with Interplay MAM.

Creating User Accounts

This section will cover the creation of user accounts for use with:

• Interplay Production User

• Avid Shared Storage User

• Avid iNEWS User

• Interplay MAM User

• Media Composer Cloud User

Create any user accounts applicable to your installation.

Interplay Production User

When integrating with Interplay Production, MediaCentral UX requires credentials to access the Interplay Production database. This user should have Read/Write privileges to the entire database (at minimum). For consistency purposes, this user and password should be the same as the user you create on the Avid shared system.

Decide upon the name and password for this user now. Suggested user name: MCSAdmin

Creating User Accounts

To create the Interplay Production user:

1. Launch the Interplay Administrator on the Interplay Engine. This can be found at: Start > Avid > Avid Interplay Access Utilities > Avid Interplay Administrator.

2. Sign in using Interplay Production’s Administrator credentials.

3. From the main menu, select User Management > User Management.

4. If multiple User Groups are created, highlight the User Group on the left under which you want to create your new user. Example: Administrators

5. Click the Create User button at the top of the window.

6. Enter a name and password.

7. Verify that the MediaCentral UX Admin user has at least Read/Write access to the entire database. Administrator-level access is not required, but recommended.

8. Click Apply.

9. Log out of the Interplay Administrator and close the application.

For additional information on users creation in Interplay Production, see the Interplay | Engine and Interplay | Archive Engine Administration Guide.

Avid Shared Storage User

When integrating with Interplay Production, MediaCentral UX requires credentials to access the media on the Avid shared storage system to enable playback and allow for the creation of voice-over media. For consistency purposes, this user and password should be the same as the user you create on the Interplay Production system.

Decide upon the name and password for this user now. Suggested user name: MCSAdmin

Creating User Accounts

To create the Avid shared storage user:

1. Launch the Management Console page by opening a web browser and navigating to one of the following:

t Avid NEXIS: http://<System Director hostname>

t ISIS 2500 or ISIS 5500: http://<System Director hostname>

t ISIS 7500: https://<System Director hostname>:5015

In a fail-over configuration, use the virtual System Director hostname. Alternatively, the IP address

of the System Director (or virtual System Director) can also be used.

2. Sign in using the Administrator credentials.

3. From the main menu, select System > Users.

4. Click the New button to create a new user.

5. Give the user a Name and Password.

The above image taken from the Management Console of an Avid ISIS system. Avid NEXIS does not include the option to Modify Protection.

6. Under Workspace Access, assign privileges to all indexed workspaces. At minimum, the user needs Read access to all workspaces indexed by the Interplay Media Indexer and Read/Write access to the workspace where voice-overs will be recorded (workspace defined in the Interplay Administrator> Application Database Settings).

7. Click Apply to create the user account.

8. Close the Management Console.

If you are connecting to multiple Avid shared storage systems, ensure the same user/password is

created on each system.

For additional information on users creation in Interplay Production, see the Avid NEXIS Administration Guide or Avid | ISIS Administration Guide.

Avid iNEWS User

When integrating with iNEWS, the MCS Administrator requires access to the iNEWS database. This can be accomplished by creating a custom user account (superuser rights not required) or by associating the Administrator with an existing iNEWS account.

Decide upon the name and password for this user now. Suggested user name: MCSAdmin

For instructions on creating a custom iNEWS user account for MediaCentral UX, see the Avid iNEWS Setup and Configuration Guide.

Interplay MAM User

If you are integrating with MCS as a player for an Interplay MAM system, a specialized user must be created within the MCS user database.

Decide upon the name of this custom user now. Suggested user name: MAMuser

For details on creating this user, see “Configuring MCS for Interplay MAM” on page 112.

When installing Interplay MAM, a special user account is created for the MAM Control Center. The user must be a member of the “MAM Administrators” group for MAM Control Center. This means you must have a Windows account on Interplay MAM side that is in your Windows “MAM Administrators” group which can be used by MediaCentral for the MAM connection. If you plan to install the MAM Connector software for MediaCentral UX, the MAM Control Center credentials are used in the System Settings.

For details on the MAM Connector System Settings, see “MAM Connector” on page 211.

For more information on this user and setting, see the Avid MediaCentral | UX Administration Guide.

Media Composer Cloud User

Creating User Accounts

When integrating with Media Composer Cloud, you must create a custom user account in the Interplay Administrator (“MediaCentral Platform Services Settings” or “Application Database Settings” in v3.5 and earlier) and in the MediaCentral UX System Settings (MCPS > Player tab). The user name and password must match in both locations.

When added to the MediaCentral UX System Settings, this account is automatically added as an MCS user and assigned a special “Playback-Only Client” user role. This will appear in the Users Layout under Users > Unassigned > Playback-Only.

Rules regarding the specialized user account:

• This must be a unique user created solely for this purpose. Do not use the same user you created to sign into Interplay Production or Avid shared storage.

• Do not use an account that already exists as a Central User. It must be a new user.

• This user should not be created as an Interplay Production or an shared storage user.

• Remember that MCS runs on Linux. Both passwords and user accounts are case sensitive.

Decide upon the name of this custom user now. Suggested user name: cloud

For more information, see the Media Composer | Cloud Installation and Configuration Guide.

Adjusting Interplay Production Settings

When integrating with Interplay Production, MCS checks with the Interplay Production Engine for various settings. This section is particularly important for sites requiring STP workflows or integrations with Media Composer Cloud.

Avid supports configuring one Avid MediaCentral Platform Services system (single-server or cluster) with one Avid Interplay Production database. Configuring multiple MediaCentral systems to connect to a single Interplay Production database is not supported. To connect multiple instances of MediaCentral and Interplay Production together, configure the MediaCentral system for a multi-zone environment. For more information on configuring multi-zone, see the chapter for “Multi-Zone” on

page 221.

To configure the Interplay Production settings:

1. Launch the Interplay Administrator on the Interplay Engine. This can be found at: Start > Avid > Avid Interplay Access Utilities > Avid Interplay Administrator

2. Sign in using Interplay Production’s Administrator credentials.

3. From the main menu, select Application Settings > Application Database Settings and adjust the following:

a. Format – Video Format: This setting determines the default video format for sequences

created in MediaCentral UX. You must select a specific video format from the menu or leave the default selection of “Any”. If “Any” is selected, MediaCentral UX determines the video format of the sequence by using the format of the first clip that the user adds to the timeline.

b. Audio – General Settings: Ensure that a Media Creation Workspace has been assigned. If

this value is empty, voice-over recording in MediaCentral UX will fail.

4. Click Apply.

5. From the main menu, select Site Settings > MediaCentral Platform Services Settings.

In versions of Interplay Production v3.5 and earlier, these settings are located under the Application

Database Settings category.

Configure the following settings as they apply to your installation:

a. ACS Bus Service: This feature is used in conjunction with Media Index configurations. For

more information, see the Avid Media | Index Configuration Guide.

Adjusting Interplay Production Settings

b. MediaCentral Playback Service (Cloud workflow only):

- Hostname: Enter the host name of the MCS server. In the case of a cluster, enter the virtual host name assigned to the cluster.

- Username / Password: Specify a custom user name and password that will be used to connect Cloud users to the MediaCentral UX player. This same user / password must be entered in the MediaCentral UX System Settings under the MCPS > Player tab. This must be a unique user created solely for this purpose.

c. MediaCentral | UX Messaging: This setting enables a messaging workflow between

MediaCentral UX and Media Composer. Enter the host name of the MCS server in the form of a URL. In the case of a cluster, enter the virtual host name assigned to the cluster.

6. Click the Apply Changes button for any settings that were adjusted.

7. If you are integrating with Media Composer Cloud, you should also configure the Application Settings > Media Composer | Cloud Settings. See the Media Composer | Cloud Installation and Configuration Guide for additional details.

8. From the main menu, select Site Settings > Interplay Transfer Settings. MediaCentral polls this setting for available Transfer Engines and AirSpeed servers when creating STP profiles.

9. Click Apply.

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