Pinnacle Systems Unity ISIS - 1.4 Administrator’s Guide

Avid Unity ISIS™

Administration Guide

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Avid Unity ISIS Administration Guide • 0130-07874-01 • September 2007

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

Who Should Use This Guide. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Symbols and Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

If You Need Help. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Accessing the Online Documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

How to Order Documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

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

Chapter 1 Installing Your Avid Unity ISIS Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Installing the Avid Unity ISIS System Director Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Initializing the Avid Unity ISIS System Director. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Configuring the Avid Unity ISIS Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Chapter 2 Configuring Your Avid Unity ISIS Software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Management Tasks and General Considerations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

System Capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Using the Administration Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Before Performing Administrative Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Opening the Administration Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Logging Out of the Administration Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Accessing the Help System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Understanding the Administration Tool Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Command Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Storage Elements Option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Chassis Option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Storage Groups Option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Workspaces Option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Users Option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

User Groups Option. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Devices Option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Bandwidth Option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Connection Status Option. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Preferences Option. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Orphaned Elements Option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

System Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Organizing Display Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Moving and Rearranging Columns. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Showing and Hiding Columns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Sorting Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Filtering the Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Chapter 3 Managing the Storage Hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Accessing the Storage Elements Dialog Box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Storage Element List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Viewing Storage Elements Descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Storage Element Details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Storage Element Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Adding Storage to the Media Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Adding Storage Elements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Rectifying Files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Removing Storage Elements from the File System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Removing Storage Elements from the Media Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Identifying Storage Elements Prior to Removal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Removing Storage Elements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Removing Orphaned Storage Elements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Accessing the Orphaned Elements Dialog Box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Orphaned Elements List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Removing Orphaned Storage Elements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Upgrading Storage Elements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Managing the Avid Unity ISIS Chassis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Accessing the Chassis Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Chassis List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Viewing Chassis Descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Chassis Details. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Upgrading Chassis Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Upgrading Individual Chassis Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Removing Chassis from the Chassis List. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Adding and Removing Storage Elements in the Chassis List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Chapter 4 Configuring and Managing Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Accessing the Storage Groups Dialog Box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Storage Group List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Viewing Storage Group Details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Storage Group Details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Managing Storage Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Storage Group Usage Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Creating Storage Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Adding Storage Elements to Storage Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Removing Storage Elements from Storage Groups. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Adding Storage Elements from Another Storage Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Adding Storage Elements Previously Used with Another Network . . . . . . . . . . 79

Deleting Storage Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Chapter 5 Managing Workspaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Allocating Workspaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Accessing the Workspaces Dialog Box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

The Workspaces List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Using the Graphical Display. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Viewing Workspace Details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Workspaces Descriptions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Creating New Workspaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Duplicating Workspaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

Adjusting Workspace Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Renaming Workspaces. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

Protecting Workspaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

Workspace Protection Recommendations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

Setting Workspace Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

Redistributing Data. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Redistribution Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Performing a Full Redistribution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

Using Advanced Redistribution Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Moving Workspaces. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

Managing Workspace Access Privileges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

Setting Workspace Access Privileges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

Deleting Workspaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

Chapter 6 Managing Client Accounts and Access Privileges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Creating Client Accounts for Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

Accessing the Users Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

User Descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

Creating User Accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

Duplicating Client Accounts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

Creating Client Accounts for Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115

Accessing the Groups Dialog Box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115

Viewing Group Descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

User Group Descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

Creating User Group Accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

Creating Client Accounts for Devices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

Accessing the Device Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

Device List. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

Device Descriptions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

Creating Device Accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

Modifying Client Accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

Deleting Client Accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

Removing Clients from the Avid Unity ISIS Media Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

Changing Access Privileges. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

Setting System Preferences. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

Chapter 7 Monitoring Bandwidth Usage and System Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

Monitoring Client Bandwidth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

Accessing the Bandwidth Monitor Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

Bandwidth List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

Scaling the Bandwidth List Graph Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133

Removing Components. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133

Monitoring System Connection Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134

Accessing the Connection Status Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135

Connection Status Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135

Disconnecting Components from the System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136

Chapter 8 Configuring Failover Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139

Adding a System Director to an Existing File System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139

IP Addresses for Existing and New System Directors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140

Setting Up the Failover Connection on the Existing System Director . . . . . . . 141

Setting Up the Failover Connection on the New System Director . . . . . . . . . . 144

Validating the Connections Between Existing and New System Directors . . . 146

Configuring the Virtual Addresses for Existing and New System Directors . . . 148

Creating a New Standby File System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149

Starting the Existing and New System Directors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149

Creating Failover with Two New Systems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150

IP Addresses for First and Second System Directors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150

Setting Up the Failover Connection on the First System Director . . . . . . . . . . 151

Setting Up the Failover Connection on the Second System Director. . . . . . . . 153

Validating the Connections Between First and Second System Directors. . . . 155

Configuring the Virtual Addresses for First and Second System Directors . . . 157

Creating a New File System on the System Directors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158

Starting the First and Second System Directors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158

Stopping and Starting System Directors During Failover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159

Appendix A Avid Unity ISIS System Director Control Panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161

Starting the System Director Control Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161

System Director Status Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163

Performance Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163

Status Indicators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164

Starting and Stopping the System Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164

Resetting the Event Log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165

Configuration Tab. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165

Starting and Stopping the System Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166

Configuring General Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167

Working with File System Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168

Opening the System Director Viewer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169

Active Clients Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169

MetaData Status Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171

Advanced Settings Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172

Appendix B Advanced Support Tools. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175

System Administration Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175

Changing the Administration Password. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176

Setting up Error Notification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177

Configuring the E-mail Error Notification Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177

Setting Up E-mail Error Notification Contacts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179

Configuring the Error Notification Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181

Starting and Stopping the ISIS Interplay Health Monitoring Service . . . . . . . . 181

Viewing the Administration Tool Log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183

The Avid Unity ISIS Snapshot Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184

Creating, Viewing, and Deleting Snapshots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185

Working with Snapshot Archives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187

Using the Profile Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188

System Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191

System Logging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192

Using System Logging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193

Accessing the Logging Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194

Viewing Event Logs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194

Clearing Event Logs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195

Avid Unity ISIS Log Aggregator Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196

Using the Avid Unity ISIS Log Aggregator Tool. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196

Creating Aggregate Logs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198

Viewing Aggregate Logs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200

Avid Unity ISIS Disk Tester Tool. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200

Opening the Disk Tester Tool. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201

Using the Disk Tester Tool. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202

Avid Unity ISB Connection Analyzer Tool. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204

Avid Unity ISIS Switch Manager Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206

General Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208

Installers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208

Avid Unity ISIS Agents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208

Understanding the Agent Interface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210

System Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213

System Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214

Stopping and Starting Storage Elements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216

Viewing System Information for Individual Chassis Switches . . . . . . . . . . 217

Setting Chassis Time. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217

Statistics Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218

Using the Statistics Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219

Statistics Tab Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219

Tools Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221

Agent Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222

Using the Log Viewer Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222

Logging Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223

Using Agent Logging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224

Viewing Agent Event Logs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225

Clearing Agent Event Logs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225

Disabling Logging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226

Saving Logs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226

Viewing and Deleting Saved Logs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227

Advanced Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227

Switch Infrastructure Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228

Switch Diagnostics Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229

Running Switch Infrastructure Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230

Resetting an Avid ISIS Engine to Factory Defaults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232

Appendix C Avid Unity ISIS System Monitor Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235

Using the Avid Unity ISIS System Monitor Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235

Accessing the Avid Unity ISIS System Monitor Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236

Configuring the System Monitor Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237

Viewing Information in the System Monitor Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239

Displaying Rack Configurations in Separate Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241

Understanding the System Monitor Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241

Using General View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242

Using Status Details View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243

Status Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244

Using the Status Details Legend . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245

Using Chassis Identification View. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245

Using Blade Identification View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245

Using IP Addresses View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245

Using Temperatures View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246

Using Upgrades View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246

Modifying the System Monitor Configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247

Appendix D Avid Unity ISIS E-mail Notification List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251

Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259

Using This Guide

The Avid Unity ISIS™ (Infinitely Scalable Intelligent Storage) media network provides a high-performance distributed file system that contains high-capacity shared media storage for workgroups of connected Avid

This document describes the features for all Avid Unity ISIS media networks. Therefore,

your system might not contain certain features that are covered in the documentation.

Who Should Use This Guide

This administration guide is intended for system administrators responsible for the setup and day-to-day management of an Avid to access workspaces on the network. You should have a basic understanding of how to use and manage the Windows familiar with basic workgroup and network concepts.

operating system and Mac OS® X systems, and you should be

Symbols and Conventions

Avid documentation uses the following symbols and conventions:

editing workstations.

Unity ISIS media network, as well as for users who need

Symbol or Convention Meaning or Action

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

A note provides important related information, reminders, recommendations, and strong suggestions.

A caution means that a specific action you take could cause harm to your computer or cause you to lose data.

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

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

Symbol or Convention Meaning or Action

t This symbol indicates a single-step procedure. Multiple arrows in a list

indicate that you perform one of the actions listed.

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

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

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

Courier Bold font

Ctrl+key or mouse action Press and hold the first key while you press the last key or perform the

If You Need Help

If you are having trouble using your Avid product:

1. Retry the action, carefully following the instructions given for that task in this guide. It is especially important to check each step of your workflow.

2. Check the latest information that might have become available after the documentation was published:

- If the latest information for your Avid product is provided as printed release notes,

they ship with your application and are also available online.

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

items and keyboard sequences.

Courier Bold font identifies text that you type.

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

- If the latest information for your Avid product is provided as a ReadMe file, it is

supplied on your Avid installation CD or DVD as a PDF document (README_product.pdf) and is also available online.

You should always check online for the most up-to-date release notes or ReadMe because the online version is updated whenever new information becomes available. To view these online versions, select ReadMe from the Help menu, or visit

the Knowledge Base at

www.avid.com/readme.

3. Check the documentation that came with your Avid application or your hardware for maintenance or hardware-related issues.

4. Visit the online Knowledge Base at www.avid.com/onlinesupport. Online services are available 24 hours per day, 7 days per week. Search this online Knowledge Base to find answers, to view error messages, to access troubleshooting tips, to download updates, and to read or join online message-board discussions.

Accessing the Online Documentation

The Avid Unity ISIS online documentation contains all the product documentation in PDF format. You can access the documentation in the top-level AvidUnityISISDocumentation folder on the Avid

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.

To access the online documentation from the installer DVD-ROM:

1. Insert the Avid Unity ISIS installer DVD-ROM into the drive.

2. Navigate to the [DVD drive]:\.AvidUnityISISDocumentation folder, and double-click the PDF file for the document you want to view.

Unity ISIS installer DVD.

How to Order Documentation

To order additional copies of this documentation from within the United States, call Avid Sales at 800-949-AVID (800-949-2843). If you are placing an order from outside the United States, contact your local Avid representative.

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

http://learn.avid.com.

visit

For information on courses/schedules, training centers, certifications, courseware, and books, please visit (800-949-2843).

www.avid.com/training or call Avid Sales at 800-949-AVID

1 Installing Your Avid Unity ISIS Software

This section describes what you need to do to install and initialize the Avid Unity ISIS software for the System Director file system, the software that sets up and manages the storage groups and workspaces on your Avid supplied on a DVD-ROM in the Avid

For more information, see the following topics:

• Installing the Avid Unity ISIS System Director Software

• Initializing the Avid Unity ISIS System Director

• Configuring the Avid Unity ISIS Software

Unity ISIS installation kit.

Installing the Avid Unity ISIS System Director Software

You must install Avid Unity ISIS software on the System Director that manages your media storage system. You can also install the client software on any client attached to the

Unity ISIS media network.

Avid

The Avid Unity ISIS installation software is included on the Avid Unity ISIS DVD-ROM. For specific instructions on installing the software, see the Avid any updates in the information about installation, see the Avid comes with your system.

Unity ISIS media network. This software is

Unity ISIS Setup Guide. For

Unity ISIS ReadMe that

Initializing the Avid Unity ISIS System Director

Before you log on to the Avid Unity ISIS System Administrator, you need to initialize your system by creating an active partition on the System Director’s main drive. This step is necessary in order to build an Avid attached storage elements and system metadata.

Unity ISIS file system that maintains the data on

1 Installing Your Avid Unity ISIS Software

To create an active partition:

1. Select Start > Programs > Avid Unity ISIS System Director > System Director Control Panel.

The Avid Unity ISIS System Director Control Panel opens.

2. Click the Configuration tab.

3. In the Server Control Operations area, click Stop Server. A confirmation message box opens.

4. Click OK. The System Director stops.

5. In the Major File System Operations area, click Create New Active. A confirmation message box opens.

6. Click OK. An active partition is created, and the System Director starts.

7. In the Configuration area, click General Configuration. The General Configuration Options dialog box opens.

Configuring the Avid Unity ISIS Software

8. (Optional) Type a name for the Virtual System Director. In a failover configuration, this name should be different from the network node name for the System Director.

9. Click OK.

10. Click Close.

Configuring the Avid Unity ISIS Software

You need to configure the Avid Unity ISIS software to establish a functioning media network. This configuration requires that you do the following:

• Add the storage elements to the media network (see “Managing the Storage Hardware”

on page 35).

• Create a storage group (see “Configuring and Managing Storage” on page 67).

• Create a workspace (see “Managing Workspaces” on page 81).

• Create user accounts (see “Managing Client Accounts and Access Privileges” on page

107).

For more information about the Avid Unity ISIS software and the Avid Unity ISIS System Administration tool, see

“Configuring Your Avid Unity ISIS Software” on page 21.

1 Installing Your Avid Unity ISIS Software

2 Configuring Your Avid Unity ISIS

Software

Avid Unity ISIS allows you to manage very large amounts of storage that multiple clients can access to share video, audio, and effects media in an intuitive, collaborative environment.

This section provides an overview of the configuration factors you need to consider, the tasks you need to perform, and the tool you use to manage storage groups, clients, and workspaces.

For more information, see the following topics:

• Management Tasks and General Considerations

• System Capacity

• Using the Administration Tool

• Understanding the Administration Tool Interface

Management Tasks and General Considerations

The responsibilities of an administrator include the following:

• Initial setup and configuration of the workgroup: You must configure the storage elements, as well as one or more storage groups, workspaces, and user accounts.

• Day-to-day administration: You probably need to reconfigure your network to accommodate new users and evolving projects.

Avid Unity ISIS also provides monitoring functionality that allows you to check total system activity as well as that of each connected client.

• Troubleshooting: When problems occur with the storage hardware, the System Director, or a client, you need to diagnose the problem and, if possible, fix it. Avid provides easy-to-understand error, warning, and informational messages that inform you of problems, as well as tools that help you diagnose and fix problems.

Unity ISIS

2 Configuring Your Avid Unity ISIS Software

How you answer the following strategic questions determines your priorities when making configuration decisions and trade-offs (possibly affecting several aspects of your configuration).

• What is your site type? Broadcast and post-production editing suites, for instance, require very different

administration requirements, particularly in terms of workspace-access restrictions and how often you need to reconfigure workspaces and users. For more information on managing workspaces, see

• Does your workgroup include uncompressed clients, multiple-stream clients, or high definition clients?

If so, you will need to set up special hardware and storage group configurations. For more information on managing storage groups, see

Storage” on page 67.

• Will your client users be working on individual projects with their own media or will they be collaborating on team projects that use the same source media?

These factors affect how you should allocate workspaces and user accounts. For more information on managing users and user groups, see

Access Privileges” on page 107.

• Which is more important at your site: the integrity and speed at which your media can be recovered in the event of hardware failure or maximizing available storage space?

“Managing Workspaces” on page 81.

“Configuring and Managing

“Managing Client Accounts and

Avid recommends that you always use protection to avoid data loss. However, these factors determine whether you will want to protect your workspaces.

• Is security more important than ease of access at your site? Individual password user accounts combined with tightly controlled workspace access

privileges provide the most security at the cost of restricting user flexibility. For more information on managing user accounts and access privileges, see

Accounts and Access Privileges” on page 107.

System Capacity

An Avid Unity ISIS media network provides up to 192 terabytes (TB) of storage, or 96 TB of mirrored storage, distributed across storage elements blades (ISB). The Avid Integrated Switch (ISS), the ISIS Integrated Expansion switch (IXS), power supplies, and an internal midplane

— can use either 250 GB drives or 500 GB drives.

“Managing Client

— such as Avid Unity ISIS storage

Unity ISIS Engine — the chassis holding the ISBs, the ISIS

The System Director handles file management for the system, which supports a configuration including the following:

• 2,500,000 to 3,000,000 files; however, the maximum number of files depends on the number of directories, the number of files in directories, the number of System Directors, and the length of file names

• Up to 10,000 files in a directory and 10,000 directories, although individual client accounts might require restrictions on files and directories based on performance issues

• Up to 1000 user accounts

• Up to 550 Windows and Macintosh clients with mounted workspaces; the total amount of clients is controlled by your Avid key

Unity ISIS license and System Director application

Using the Administration Tool

You use the Avid Unity ISIS System Administration tool for the configuration and day-to-day administration of workspaces, clients, and storage groups. The tool also allows you to monitor your system’s activity.

To use the Administration tool, you need to have Macromedia® Flash® Player installed on

your system

Using the Administration Tool

You open the Administration tool from the Avid Unity ISIS Home page, which also allows you to access the following support tools:

• System Monitor tool (see “Avid Unity ISIS System Monitor Tool” on page 235)

• Log Aggregator tool (see “Avid Unity ISIS Log Aggregator Tool” on page 196)

• Switch Manager tool (see “Avid Unity ISIS Switch Manager Tool” on page 206)

• Disk Tester tool (see “Avid Unity ISIS Disk Tester Tool” on page 200)

• ISB Connection Analyzer tool (see “Avi d Unity ISB Connection Analyzer Tool” on

page 204)

This section provides an overview of the Administration tool. For more information, see the following topics:

• Before Performing Administrative Functions

• Opening the Administration Tool

• Logging Out of the Administration Tool

• Accessing the Help System

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Before Performing Administrative Functions

It is critical that clients unmount workspaces when you do the following:

• Stopping and restarting the System Director (unmount all workspaces)

• Rebooting the System Director (unmount all workspaces)

• Changing users’ or user groups’ access (unmount only the affected workspaces)

If a client is using a workspace when it is taken offline, the connection to the workspace is broken and data might be lost.

Opening the Administration Tool

The Administration tool runs as a Web service on the System Director. This allows you to open the Administration tool from any system that has an Ethernet connection to the System Director, as well as from the System Director itself.

Performing administrative functions on more than one Administration tool at the same time can cause unexpected results. For example, if two administrators are deleting the same user account at the same time, a second user account might also be accidentally deleted.

When you start the Administration tool, the Login dialog box opens. If you have specified an administration password (see Administration tool prompts you to supply that password to log in. If you type the wrong password, an error message appears and the Login dialog box reappears.

When you first install the Avid Unity ISIS software, the login password is blank by default.

To set a password for the administrator, follow the procedure described in

Administration Password” on page 176.

Regular users cannot log in to the Administration tool. However, they can view certain information about the network through the Client Manager. For more information about the Client Manager, see the Avid

Start Card. The Avid

Unity ISIS Online Library as a separate document.

Avid

Unity ISIS Client Manager User’s Guide is also included in the

“Modifying Client Accounts” on page 124), the

Unity ISIS Client Manager Help or the Avid Unity ISIS Quick

“Changing the

To open the Administration tool:

1. Open your Web browser.

2. In the address bar of your browser, do one of the following:

Using the Administration Tool

t Type

https://[

https://172.20.22.122:5015

https://[

https://AvidSysDir01:5015.

System Director IP address

System Director network pathname

]:5015

— for example,

]:5015

— for example,

If any Web site certification warnings open, click Yes to accept the certificate. If you are not sure about the security requirements of your media network, see your administrator.

The Login dialog box for the Administration tool opens.

3. Type your password. For information on changing the administrative password, see “Changing the

Administration Password” on page 176.

4. Click the Login button. The Avid Unity ISIS Home page opens.

5. Do one of the following:

t Click Administration. You can also click the Administration icon. t Click the Quick Launch menu and select Administration.

The Administration tool opens.

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Logging Out of the Administration Tool

You can log out of the Administration tool at any time by using the Logout button in the Tabs area.

To log out of the Administration tool:

t Click the Logout [user] button.

Accessing the Help System

You can get comprehensive task-oriented, background, and reference information through the Administration tool Help.

To open the Help:

t Click the Help button.

The Help displays in a separate browser window.

Understanding the Administration Tool Interface

The Administration tool, which you can run on the System Director or on any Ethernet-attached client, has a user interface where controls are grouped by function and are displayed by clicking the appropriate buttons.

Command menu

System Details area

Main display area

Details area

Toolbar

Understanding the Administration Tool Interface

The Administration tool is divided into the following areas:

• The Command menu, which contains the options used for basic management functions. You can access different Command functions by clicking the tabs at the top of the Administration tool.

• The System Details area, which summarizes information about the status of your

Unity ISIS media network.

Avid

• The Main display area, which displays information about your network and allows you to configure its components

• The Details area, which displays information about the system and allows you to modify its components

You can hide the Details area by clicking the Close button.

Buttons accessible from the toolbar change depending on the active dialog box. For more information on the Administration tool interface, see the following topics:

• “Command Menu” on page 27

• “System Options” on page 32

• “Sorting Information” on page 33

Command Menu

The Command menu opens dialog boxes in the Main display area that allow you to configure your network and to perform a full range of administrative tasks from the Administration tool, including the following:

• Creating workspaces and storage groups

• Adding, deleting, and modifying client accounts

• Setting access privileges

• Setting and monitoring bandwidth usage

• Displaying information about clients and system usage

• Performing other administrative tasks, such as logging or monitoring

In addition, some Command menu selections display action markers that flash to indicate issues that require administrative attention, such as a change in storage element performance.

Action marker

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The following table summarizes the color coding used by the action markers:

Marker Color Description

White Indicates that no storage element has been bound to the Avid Unity ISIS file

system, or that there are no storage groups or workspaces created yet

Blue Indicates that an installation or software upgrade is in progress

Orange Indicates a failed software installation or upgrade, or a hardware error

Yellow Indicates a potential problem with an Avid Unity ISIS component. It also

indicates a redistribution is in progress. For more information, see the sections on the appropriate Administration tool functions

At the top of the Command menu are tabs for the support functions. These tabs list menu options that allow you to access additional information about your system and to perform certain administrative tasks, such as monitoring and logging. For more information on the Support tabs, see

“Avid Unity ISIS System Director Control Panel” on page 161 and

“Advanced Support Tools” on page 175.

The Command menu selections are described in the following sections.

Storage Elements Option

Selecting the Storage Elements option opens the Storage Elements dialog box. This allows you to manage the storage elements connected to your media network. You use the Storage Elements dialog box to perform the following functions:

• Add storage elements to the media network

• Remove storage elements from the media network

For more information on the Storage Elements dialog box, see “Managing the Storage

Hardware” on page 35.

Chassis Option

Selecting the Chassis option opens the Chassis dialog box, which allows you to view basic information about your storage element and switch blade hardware and to perform the following functions:

• Display a list of all chassis connected to the media network

• Display information on the storage elements and switch blades in the chassis

• Upgrade all storage elements and switch blades in the chassis

• Upgrade individual storage elements and switch blades in the chassis

• Remove inactive chassis from the Chassis list

For more information on the Chassis dialog box, see “Managing the Storage Hardware” on

page 35.

Storage Groups Option

Selecting the Storage Groups option opens the Storage Groups dialog box. This allows you to set up and administer storage groups. You use the Storage Groups dialog box to perform the following functions:

• Display a list of storage groups

• Create, rename, and delete storage groups

• Add storage elements to storage groups

• Remove storage elements from storage groups

For more information on the Storage Groups dialog box, see “Configuring and Managing

Storage” on page 67.

Workspaces Option

Understanding the Administration Tool Interface

Selecting the Workspaces option opens the Workspaces dialog box, which allows you to view information about each workspace and to perform the following functions:

• Create a workspace

• Delete a workspace

• Rename a workspace

• Set the protection state for a workspace

• Set user access for a workspace

• Move a workspace to another storage group

• Resize a workspace

For more information on the Workspaces dialog box, see “Managing Workspaces” on page

81.

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Users Option

Selecting the Users option opens the Users dialog box, which allows you to view information about all user accounts and to administer use of the network. User management tasks include the following:

• Display a list of users

• Create new user accounts and user passwords

• Assign user privileges and access

• Assign user bandwidth limits

• Delete user accounts

• Modify user accounts

For more information on the Users dialog box, see “Managing Client Accounts and Access

Privileges” on page 107.

User Groups Option

Selecting the User Groups option opens the User Groups dialog box, which allows you to view information about all user group accounts and to administer use of the network. User group management tasks include the following:

• Display a list of user groups

• Add and delete user groups

• Modify user group accounts

For more information on the User Groups dialog box, see “Managing Client Accounts and

Access Privileges” on page 107.

Devices Option

Selecting the Devices option opens the Devices dialog box, which allows you to view information about all device accounts and to administer use of the network. Device management tasks include the following:

• Display a list of devices

• Add and delete device accounts

• Modify device accounts

• Assign device bandwidth limits

For more information on the Devices dialog box, see “Managing Client Accounts and

Access Privileges” on page 107.

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Pinnacle Systems Unity ISIS - 1.4 Administrator’s Guide

Contents

Using This Guide

Who Should Use This Guide

Symbols and Conventions

If You Need Help

Accessing the Online Documentation

How to Order Documentation

Avid Training Services

1 Installing Your Avid Unity ISIS Software

Installing the Avid Unity ISIS System Director Software

Initializing the Avid Unity ISIS System Director

Configuring the Avid Unity ISIS Software

Management Tasks and General Considerations

System Capacity

Using the Administration Tool

Before Performing Administrative Functions

Opening the Administration Tool

Logging Out of the Administration Tool

Accessing the Help System

Understanding the Administration Tool Interface

Command Menu

Storage Elements Option

Chassis Option

Storage Groups Option

Workspaces Option

Users Option

User Groups Option

Devices Option