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Table Of Contents
- Title
- Contents
- Chapter 1 Getting Started with the Avid Interplay Administrator 19
- Chapter 2 Database Settings 31
- Chapter 3 Server Settings 81
- Chapter 4 User Management 91
- Chapter 5 Site Settings 127
- Chapter 6 Application Settings 163
- Chapter 7 Avid Interplay Services 189
- Chapter 8 Troubleshooting 191
- Chapter 9 Configuring Interplay for a Split Database 199
- Appendix A Installed Components and Services 223
- Appendix B Interplay Engine Configuration Files 241
- Appendix C Valid and Invalid Characters in Avid Interplay 255
- Appendix D System Metadata Properties 257
- Appendix E Server Error Codes 269
- Appendix F Consistency Check Codes 285
- Using This Guide
- Getting Started with the Avid Interplay Administrator
- Database Settings
- Creating an Interplay Database
- Avid Interplay Databases, Folders, and Files
- Limits on the Number of Assets and Objects in the Interplay Database
- Creating and Restoring Database Backups
- Performing a Consistency Check
- Viewing Database Information
- Locking and Unlocking Databases
- Managing Databases: Deactivating, Activating, and Migrating
- Moving a Database to Another Server (Non-Clustered Systems)
- Moving a Database and Users to Another Server (Non-Clustered Systems)
- Moving a Database to Another Server (Clustered Systems)
- Moving a Database and Users to Another Server (Clustered Systems)
- Moving a Database Under Low Disk Space Conditions
- Renaming a Database
- Server Settings
- User Management
- Understanding the Central Configuration Server
- Adding Users to a Central Configuration Server
- Setting User Authentication Providers and Importing Users
- Managing Users, User Groups, and User Rights
- Understanding Default User Groups, Users, and Roles
- Adding User Groups
- Adding Users Manually
- Viewing and Setting Attributes
- Understanding Standard Roles and Default Rights
- Viewing and Changing Roles
- Viewing and Setting Authentication Providers for Individual Users
- Deleting Users and User Groups
- Removing Users from User Groups
- Managing Database Roles
- Guidelines for User Management
- Site Settings
- Defining Property Layouts
- Setting the Resolutions Available for Display
- Creating Custom Properties
- Configuring Remote Workgroups
- Configuring Categories
- Setting Server Hostnames and the Workgroup Name
- Interplay Media Services View
- Interplay Transfer Status View
- Interplay Transfer Settings View
- Workgroup Transfer Presets View
- Specifying Remote Servers for Asset Tracking
- Specifying Archive Settings
- Setting the Ownership for New Database Folders
- Setting Options for Deletion
- Viewing and Setting the Metadata Override Status
- Application Settings
- Avid Interplay Services
- Troubleshooting
- Configuring Interplay for a Split Database
- Installed Components and Services
- Interplay Engine Configuration Files
- Valid and Invalid Characters in Avid Interplay
- System Metadata Properties
- Server Error Codes
- Consistency Check Codes
- Index
3 Server Settings
The Server settings enable you to configure and change server settings and shutdown and
restart the server. The following topics describe how to use these settings:
• Changing the Database and Data Locations
• Viewing Server Information
• Locking and Unlocking the Server
• Restarting the Server
• Managing Licenses
Changing the Database and Data Locations
The Server Settings view lets you change the default locations for a new database.
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Do not change the location for the metadata database. The metadata database must be
stored directly on the local Interplay Engine server because permanent access to these
files is required. This is the only supported setup. You have the option of storing the
source files for file assets on an Avid shared-storage workspace. This configuration is
known as a split database.
Changing the root folder for file assets is part of the process of creating a split database. For
more information and instructions, see “Configuring Interplay for a Split Database” on
page 199.
The root folder for a new database is set during the installation of the Interplay Engine
software. By default, the installation program creates a shared folder that functions as the
root folder for both the metadata database and the source files for file assets (the file
repository). The default location is the D:\Workgroup_Databases folder, which is
represented by the administrative share name WG_Database$. The $ indicates a hidden
share.
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To identify the actual folder, open a Command Prompt window and type
net share
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If you need to create a new database, changing these settings does not affect any existing
databases.