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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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Restoring Archived Log Files
In Interplay version 1.6 and later, the Interplay Engine compresses and archives log files older
than 7 days. The log compression process runs during project backup. (This process runs at most
once per day, even if multiple backups are scheduled on the same day.) Archive files (with the
extensions .bar and .bin) are stored in the same directory as the log files for 30 days and then are
automatically deleted. You can extract the compressed log files from an archive by using the
BackupArchive tool described in
“Using the BackupArchive Tool to Restore Files” on page 50.
Performing a Partial Restore of an Interplay Production Database
Interplay Administrator v3.0 introduces a new option to the InterplayRestore tool that lets you
select an incremental backup to use for the restore process, without restoring the complete
database. Restoring from one or more incremental backups is referred to as a partial restore.
Prior to this release, the InterplayRestore tool always restored the complete database, even if you
selected to restore from an incremental backup. Performing a partial restore can save a
significant amount of time, depending on the size of the database.
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See the Interplay Engine and Interplay Archive Engine Administration Guide for complete
information about backing up and restoring.
When to Perform a Partial Restore
One example of an effective use of a partial restore is if a facility is replacing its Interplay Engine
with a new server. This is often a gradual process that takes several days. For example, you might
create a database on a new server by performing a complete restore of the existing database on
Monday. You test the system on Tuesday. If all goes well, you perform a partial restore on
Wednesday to add changes that took place in the database since the last complete backup, and
then bring the new server on line.
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Make sure you have performed a full restore of the last complete backup before you
perform a partial restore. A partial restore only restores incremental changes since the last
complete backup.
Selecting from the Backup Chain
When you run the InterplayRestore tool in interactive mode (without command line options), and
select a backup to restore, a backup chain of files is displayed. The backup chain is determined
by the backup you selected to restore. In the following example, you select incremental backup
entry 3. The backup chain lists the last full backup and any subsequent incremental backups.
[1] 04 February 2013 16:00:00 full
[2] 05 February 2013 16:00:00 incremental
[3] 06 February 2013 16:00:00 incremental