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 Window
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2. Select the server you want to work with by doing one of the following:
t Accept the server that is displayed.
t Type the name of the server that you want to log in to. You can also use an IP address.
t Click the arrow for the Server list and select the server name from the list.
The first part of the list shows recent servers, the second part of the list shows servers
that were added manually (not on a local area network), and the third part shows servers
available on your local area network.
t Click the arrow for the server list and select Add Server. Type a new server name.
3. Type a user name and password for an account with administration rights.
On the first start after installing the Interplay Engine, only the user Administrator exists.
Type “Administrator” in the dialog box. The password is empty by default. Change the
password of the Administrator as soon as possible (see “Viewing and Setting Attributes” on
page 127
).
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The Interplay Administrator account is different from the Server Execution User account. The
Interplay Administrator account is used to manage users and the database. The Server Execution
User account is used to run the Interplay Engine processes.
4. Click Connect.
The Interplay Administrator window opens.
If you have any problems logging in, see
“Troubleshooting Login Problems” on page 226.
Using the Interplay | Administrator Window
The Interplay Administrator window is divided into six groups: Database, Server, User
Management, Site Settings, Application Settings, and Interplay Services. The name of the
Interplay Engine server you are connected to is displayed in the upper right of the window.