Pinnacle Systems Unity MediaManager Administrator’s Guide
Avid® Unity™ MediaManager
Administration Guide
Release 1.0
for the Windows NT® Operating System
a
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Avid Unity MediaManager Administration Guide • Part 0130-04411-01 Rev. A •
December 1999
Contents
Using This Guide
Who Should Use This Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii
About This Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii
Symbols and Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . viii
If You Need Help. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . viii
Related Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix
If You Have Documentation Comments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x
How to Order Documentation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x
Chapter 1 Getting Started
Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2
Database Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2
Data. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2
Accessing and Logging in to MediaManager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3
Starting Internet Explorer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3
Configuring Internet Explorer to Work with
MediaManager (First Time Only). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3
Opening MediaManager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6
Logging In as Administrator. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6
User Interface Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-8
Administration Tasks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-9
Logging Out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-9
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Chapter 2 Managing User Accounts
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2
MediaManager Privilege Levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2
The User Browser. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2
Creating User Accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3
Editing User Accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4
Deleting User Accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6
Chapter 3 MediaManager Maintenance Tasks
MediaManager Maintenance Tasks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2
Database Maintenance Tasks and Schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2
Performing Database Maintenance Tasks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3
Managing Database Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3
Checking Available Drive Space . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4
Purging Media Objects from MediaManager. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4
Consistency Checking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5
MediaManager Data Backup and Restore. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-6
Specifying the Location for MediaManager Backup Files. . . . . 3-6
Backing Up the MediaManager Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7
Restoring the MediaManager Data. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-9
Restarting the MediaManager. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-10
Using This Guide
Congratulations on your purchase of Avid Unity™ MediaManager
Release 1.0, a powerful tool for managing media in an Avid Unity
MediaNet shared storage environment.
Who Should Use This Guide
This guide is intended for MediaManager administrators responsible
for the setup and day-to-day operation of MediaManager in an Avid
Unity MediaNet environment.
About This Guide
The Contents lists all topics included in the book. They are presented
with the following overall structure:
•The Getting Started chapter helps you get oriented with beginning
concepts and general work flow, and provides valuable pointers
as you proceed.
• The main body of the guide follows the natural flow of your work,
with clear and comprehensive step-by-step procedures.
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Symbols and Conventions
The Avid Unity MediaManager documentation uses the following
special symbols and conventions:
1. Numbered lists, when the order of the items is important.
a. Alphabetical lists, when the order of secondary items is
important.
• Bulleted lists, when the order of the items is unimportant.
- Indented dashed lists, when the order of secondary items is
unimportant.
Look here in the margin
for tips.
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In the margin, you will find tips that help you perform tasks more
easily and efficiently.
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.
If You Need Help
If you are having trouble using Avid Unity MediaManager, you
should:
1. Retry the action, carefully following the instructions given for that
task in this guide.
2. Check the documentation that came with your hardware for
maintenance or hardware-related issues.
3. Check the Customer Service and News + Publications sections of
the Avid Web site at www.avid.com for the latest FAQs, Tips &
Techniques, Film + Television Update, and other Avid online
offerings.
Using This Guide
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4. Check the Avid Bulletin Board, “Avid Online,” for information on
product and user conferences. If you do not find the solution to
your problem, you can exchange information with other Avid
customers and Avid Customer Support representatives.
5. Contact your local Avid Reseller; in North America, you may
contact Avid Customer Support at 800-800-AVID (2843).
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For general information, call your local Avid Reseller; in North America, call
the Avid Customer Relations Desk at 800-894-5654.
Related Information
The following documents provide more information about Avid Unity
MediaManager:
• Avid Unity MediaManager User’s Guide
• Avid Unity MediaManager Release 1.0 Release Notes
• Avid Products Collaboration Guide, which provides step-by-step
instructions for transferring project files, audio files, and graphics
and effects files between various Avid products
The most recent update of the Avid Products Collaboration Guide is
available in the Documentation section of the Avid Customer Service
Knowledge Center. To access the Avid Customer Service Knowledge
Center, click the Avid Customer Service link at www.avid.com and
select Knowledge Center.
Related Information
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Using This Guide
CHAPTER 1
Getting Started
Avid Unity MediaManager is a media management tool that allows
MediaNet clients to search the large number of media objects (master
clips, sequences, effects, and any other type of object that references
digital media) in the Avid Unity MediaNet shared storage environment.
The MediaManager database resides on a dedicated Windows NT
system, apart from the MediaNet Server so that database load can
never impact critical file system operations.
This chapter discusses the following topics:
• Overview
• Accessing and Logging in to MediaManager
• User Interface Overview
• Administration Tasks
• Logging Out
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