3.2
Table Of Contents
- Title Page
- Contents
- Using This Guide
- Getting Started with the Interplay | Administrator
- Database Settings
- Creating an Interplay Database
- Interplay Databases, Folders, and Files
- Creating and Restoring Database Backups
- Types of Interplay Administrator Backups
- Recommendations for Backup Configuration
- Setting the Number of Database Backups to Keep
- Scheduling Automatic Database Backups
- Starting a Backup Manually
- Using an Archiving Tool for Backup
- Restoring an Earlier Version of a Database
- Performing a Partial Restore of an Interplay Production Database
- Creating a Metadata-Only Backup for Customer Support
- 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
- Running Database Maintenance Tools
- Identifying the Root Folder of the Interplay Server 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
- Enabling Interplay Synced Projects
- Setting Options for Deletion
- Viewing and Setting the Metadata Override Status
- Production Engine Bus Connector
- Application Settings
- Application Database Settings View
- Setting Options in the Editing Settings Tab
- Setting Audio Mixing Defaults for Access, Assist, and MediaCentral | UX
- Sending a Source to Playback in Interplay Assist
- Setting the Shotlist Start Timecode for Interplay Access and Interplay Assist
- Setting an Automatic Timeout for Interplay Assist and Avid Instinct
- Configuring the Frame Locators Display
- Configuring the Restrictions Display
- Media Composer | Cloud Settings
- Setting Instinct/Assist User Options
- Pro Tools Plug-Ins Settings
- Application Database Settings View
- Interplay Services
- Troubleshooting
- Reuniting a Split Database
- Installed Components and Services
- Interplay Engine Configuration Files
- Valid and Invalid Characters in Interplay
- System Metadata Properties
- Server Error Codes
- Consistency Check Codes
- Index
Using the Interplay Administrator
20
Server Execution User
The Server Execution User is a Windows operating system user that runs the Interplay Engine
processes. You specify the user name and password for the Server Execution User when you
install the Interplay Engine on the server. The Server Execution User needs local administrator
rights on the operating system for the Interplay Engine server and read/write access to the Avid
shared-storage file system.
For more information, see
“Troubleshooting the Server Execution User Account” on page 229.
Interplay as a Client-Server Application
Interplay is designed as a client-server application. The Interplay Engine is configured to run on
a central machine that is accessible to all users through a network. An Interplay application that
runs on a client machine is a client of the Interplay Engine server. Interplay client applications,
such as Interplay Access, Interplay Assist, Avid Instinct
®
, and Avid editing applications that use
the Interplay Window can access and browse multiple databases. The Interplay Administrator is
also a client application.
Interplay uses TCP/IP and related protocols for its network communication. Therefore, TCP/IP
must be installed on all machines. Since TCP/IP is used to access the Internet, most users already
have this component installed. See
“Required TCP/IP Ports” on page 255 for more information.
Using the Interplay Administrator
The Interplay Administrator is a client application that you use to manage either the Interplay
Engine or the Interplay Archive Engine. The Interplay Administrator is installed at the same time
that you install Interplay Access. You can install the Interplay Administrator as a client on any
computer in your network and then use it to manage any Interplay Engine or Interplay Archive
Engine that is available on the network. For information on installing Interplay Access and the
Interplay Administrator, see the Interplay Software Installation and Configuration Guide.
The Interplay Administrator provides you with the tools you need for the following major tasks:
• Setting up a new database. See
“Creating an Interplay Database” on page 26.
• Backing up the database. Backing up the database regularly protects your data, allowing you
to restore the database to a saved state in the event of failure. See
“Creating and Restoring
Database Backups” on page 29
.
• Maintenance tasks, such as locking, unlocking, and restarting the server. See
“Server
Settings” on page 86
.
• Creating, editing, and deleting user accounts and managing user authorization. See
“User
Management” on page 104
.