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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
Creating and Restoring Database Backups
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The backup is created in the location you specified. If you navigate to the location, and the
backup is still being created, the folder name includes the words “backup in progress.”
Using an Archiving Tool for Backup
In some circumstances, such as performing a system upgrade, you might want to use an archive
tool to create a backup copy of the complete database folder (AvidWG or AvidAM) and the user
database folder (_InternalData). For information on the location and contents of the databases,
see
“Interplay Databases, Folders, and Files” on page 27.
If you create a backup archive, keep in mind that a complete backup can take several hours,
during which the Interplay database is locked and deactivated. Also, you need to use a backup
tool that can handle long path names (longer than 256 characters). For example, use Robocopy
(contained in rktools.exe, available on Microsoft.com) or 7-Zip (an open source utility) to create
the archive. You can save backup time by removing old backups from the _Backup folder.
To make a backup copy of the database on a non-cluster system:
1. Open the Interplay Administration tool.
2. Use the following steps to lock the database:
a. Click Lock/Unlock Databases.
b. Select the database in the Unlocked Databases list.
c. Click Lock Database.
3. Click Menu and click Manage Databases.
4. Select the AvidWG database and click Deactivate. Select AvidAM for an Archive Engine.
5. Click Menu and click the Restart Server view.
6. Click Restart Server and close the Interplay Administration tool.
7. Use a backup tool to make a copy of the following folders and record their location. The
following table shows the default locations.
Interplay Engine or Interplay Archive Engine
Folder Name Default Location
AvidWG (Interplay Engine database)
AvidAM (Archive Engine database)
D:\Workgroup_Databases\AvidWG
D:\Workgroup_Databases\AvidAM
_InternalData (user database if engine is a
Central Configuration Server)
D:\Workgroup_Databases\_InternalData