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MA Series Media Archive Servers User Guide MANL-1 161-04.
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MA Series Media Arc hive Server s i Notices: Legal, Regulatory , and Safety LEGAL THIS DOCUMENT CONT AI NS CONFIDENTIAL AND PROPRIET ARY I NFORMA TION OF FOCUS ENHANCEMENTS AND ITS RECEIP T OR POSSESS.
MA Series Media Ar chive Serve rs ii Cont acting FOCUS E NHANCEMENTS Serial Number The s erial numb e r for th is equ ipmen t is loc ated on the back of the un it. P lease write this se ri al number on t he enclose d warranty card and ke ep it in a secure a rea.
MA Se ries Media Ar chive Serv ers iii Regulations Envir onment al Precaut ion For more i nformation about regulat ory complia nce and oth er detai ls, pleas e refer to the S afety and W arr anty Guide inc l uded with the se rver hardware.
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M A S e r i e s M e d i a A r c h i v e S e r v e r s v T able of Content s Introductio n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
MA Series Media Arc hive Server s vi Archive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 MA-10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 MA-50 .
M A S e r i e s M e d i a A r c h i v e S e r v e r s vii My bins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Display Layou t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
MA Series Media Arc hive Server s viii S tat i stics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 System Informat ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Burn Sett ings .
M A S e r i e s M e d i a A r c h i v e S e r v e r s ix RAID Dat a Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 RAID 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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MA Ser ies M edia Archive Servers 1 Introduction Overv iew Thank you f or purchasing a Fo cus Enhancements, Pr oxSys MA Series Medi a Archive Se rver . MA Series Medi a Archive Servers provi de the ability to efficie ntly inge st video c lips with their metada ta fr om tape less r ecord ing media i nto th e MA se rve r ’ s medi a arc hive.
Features MA Series Media Arc hive Server s 2 RAID Dat a Security RAID 1 In North America, the M A ser vers use t hree high -capacit y hard dri ves, one 500 GB buff e r drive a nd two 1 TB data drives, a long with RAID 1 t o protect data from dri ve failure.
MA Ser ies M edia Archive Servers 3 USB Hardwar e Key (Dongle) USB Hardware Key (Dongle) Before t he MA Seri es Media Arch ive Server can opera te, a USB hardware key (dongle) must be insert ed in to on e of the s erver ’ s USB ports. The dongle authorizes th e MA server applica tions.
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MA Ser ies M edia Archive Servers 5 ProxSys MA Media Archiving Server Operations This chapter pr ovi des step-by-st ep instructi ons fo r the ingesting and archiving of video clip s usi ng the ProxSys MA Series Media Archive Server .
Overvi ew of MA Serv er Wor kflow MA Series Media Arc hive Server s 6 Overview of MA Server Workfl ow The MA Ser ies Media Ar chive Serve r is a desktop wor kstatio n/server that: • Upload s high re.
MA Ser ies M edia Archive Servers 7 Overview o f MA Server Wo rkflow The uploa d utilit y provides three met hods for i ngesting video f iles: • Manual • Folder watch (Auto W atch function) • Device watch (Auto W atch function) As each hi gh resolution vi deo file is uploa ded, the MA s erver cr eates a prev iew Flash clip fo r that f ile.
Overvi ew of MA Serv er Wor kflow MA Series Media Arc hive Server s 8 Device watch This is similar to the F older watch ex cept that a device is identified as the tar get of the watch. The m ost common devices are remova ble hard dr ives and c ard reade rs attached to the MA serv er .
MA Ser ies M edia Archive Servers 9 Overview o f MA Server Wo rkflow Archive The M A ser vers are equipp ed w ith b urner s tha t can creat e BD and DV D di scs. B oth MA se rvers create ISO files that the y use for b urning discs . MA-10 The MA-10 is equipped with an inte rnal, manual DVD and Blu-r ay burner .
Overvi ew of MA Serv er Wor kflow MA Series Media Arc hive Server s 10 Search a n d Re trieve Content The MA ser ver provi des the ab ility t o create a Storage M edia File , or Shortlist , that allows the User to s earch the archive discs for high-res olution c ontent.
MA Ser ies M edia Archive Servers 11 ProxSys M edia Uploa d Utilit y ProxSys Media Uplo ad Ut ility Use the Pr oxSys Media Upl oad Utili ty to conf igure and initia te the MA s erver ’ s Ingest proces s. This uti l ity may be inst alled in computers n etworked to th e MA server and used t o load ing est video fr om those compu ters.
ProxSys Media U pload Util ity MA Series Media Arc hive Server s 12 Connecting to t he MA Server Whe n a User starts the M e dia Up load Utili ty the Connect to your ProxSys Serv er window appe ars. The f irst tim e a Use r star ts the u ploa d utility it is n ecess ary to en ter: Proxsy s Address Enter onl y the ser ver ’ s numeric al addres s.
MA Ser ies M edia Archive Servers 13 ProxSys M edia Uploa d Utilit y Manual Upload Use this window to manually se lect th e video cl ips to upl oad and the ir desti nation bi n on the MA server . In addition , MANUAL UPLOAD provides the ab ility to add, change, or delete video clip m etad ata.
ProxSys Media U pload Util ity MA Series Media Arc hive Server s 14 3. Edit t he vid e o clip metada ta, if neces s ary . It is p ossible t o edit a single cl ip or multiple c lips in a batch. a. If batc h editin g, place a check m ark by the filenam e of the files i n the batc h.
MA Ser ies M edia Archive Servers 15 ProxSys M edia Uploa d Utilit y 5. Select to Archive options. It is p ossible to s elect, one , both or ne ither of th ese options. Copy to local fo lder Use this to create a copy of the uploaded c lip(s) in a local folder: for more i nformation, see Configuration on page 19.
ProxSys Media U pload Util ity MA Series Media Arc hive Server s 16 Auto W atch AUTO W A TCH provide s the abi lity to aut omatically uploa d video clips to the MA server f rom local Folder s or Devi ces , such as CF car d readers.
MA Ser ies M edia Archive Servers 17 ProxSys M edia Uploa d Utilit y On the MA s erver , locate an d track t he upload of content from the watchfold er . In the Quick select menu, click on the vi a watchfolde r button to display a list of bins that are inge sting or have inge sted cont ent via a watch.
ProxSys Media U pload Util ity MA Series Media Arc hive Server s 18 3. Select the type of file be ing uploaded fro m the dropdown me nu. 4. Click Add W atchfolder to save the wa tch.
MA Ser ies M edia Archive Servers 19 ProxSys M edia Uploa d Utilit y Configuration The CONFIGURA TION window pr ovides ad ditional p aramete rs i n thr ee ar eas: W atc h Settings , Loading external met a dat a , Miscellaneous Settings .
ProxSys Media U pload Util ity MA Series Media Arc hive Server s 20 Load External Met adata Use th is wor kspac e to in gest t he ex te rnal v ideo c lip met adata (nati ve me ta data ). The ProxSy sMA Me t adat a column list s the MA metadata tags use d by the MA ser ver to pe rf orm content search an d retrieve oper ations.
MA Ser ies M edia Archive Servers 21 ProxSys M edia Uploa d Utilit y Reset All Assignment s Click on t his butt on to res et all met adata ass ignments to empt y default. Miscellaneous Sett ings S tore Connect Dat a Chec k this b ox to s ave se rv er co nnec tion dat a for fu ture use.
MA Ser ies Operatio ns MA Series Media Arc hive Server s 22 MA Series Operations Use a W indows or Mac support ed browser to access the MA serve r ’ s featu res: • Search c ontent meta data to l o.
MA Ser ies M edia Archive Servers 23 MA Se ries Opera tions Home W orksp ace The Home works pace has t he followi ng areas a nd functi ons: • Home butto n - use to return to de fault Home wor kspace fr om other pag es.
MA Ser ies Operatio ns MA Series Media Arc hive Server s 24 Bins Bin Name Click on t he Bin Name or the thumbna il image a bove it to display c ontents o f that bin. The name is fro m the bi n’ s met adata . Descriptio n Descript ion ente red in the bin’ s metadata.
MA Ser ies M edia Archive Servers 25 MA Se ries Opera tions Sear ch The Search menu bar provi des five categori es of sea r ch criteria. In gener al, the se arch procedure i nvolves: 1. Selecti ng a sear ch category: Ge nera l Se arch , Date , Discs , Ta g s , or Bins .
MA Ser ies Operatio ns MA Series Media Arc hive Server s 26 Search r esults a ppear in t he Search Results pane t o the ri ght of the Sear ch function. General Search Use a word o r character st ring to p erform a se arch of t he propert ies of al l conten ts for matches.
MA Ser ies M edia Archive Servers 27 MA Se ries Opera tions My bins Click on a bin to di splay it s content s. Display Layout How the cont ent disp lays depend s on the layout s elected.
MA Ser ies Operatio ns MA Series Media Arc hive Server s 28 E d it M e ta d a ta It is po ssib le to ad d or ov erwri te meta data t o the e xistin g con t ent m etada ta . 1. Click on t he Edit Metada ta icon. The metada ta editi ng workspace appears, there are five editable metadata fields a nd two ed iting but tons: Over write and Add.
MA Ser ies M edia Archive Servers 29 MA Se ries Opera tions TO ARCHIVE Indicat es that the high resolut ion conte nt is st ored on the PX M A tempo rary stor age hard drive, b ut is being process ed and burne d to archi ve disc by the ProxSys MA Burn Service , see ProxSysMA Services B urn T ool on p age 32.
MA Ser ies Operatio ns MA Series Media Arc hive Server s 30 Prev iew Pla yer The Previ ew Player pr ovides th e ability t o run the previe w Flash fil es of the hi gh resolution content file. The preview fi le was automat i cally created whe n the content fi le was upl oaded to the MA se rver , see Ingest on page 29.
MA Ser ies M edia Archive Servers 31 Workfl ow: Burning Blu-ra y (BD) and D VD Discs Workflow: Burning Blu-ray (BD) an d DVD Discs All MA ser ies servers offer the ability to burn single- an d dual-la yer BD and DV D discs for arc hivi ng . The m odel o f MA se rver d et ermi nes how the d iscs are creat ed, manuall y or automat ically .
Work flow: Burnin g Blu-ray (BD) and DVD Discs MA Series Media Arc hive Server s 32 Burns St art After All Flash Files Are Created If the User atte m pts to burn a d isc befor e all of the previ ew Flash fi les for a job’ s content have been crea ted, the MA serve r aler ts the Use r and ignores the burn request .
MA Ser ies M edia Archive Servers 33 Workfl ow: Burning Blu-ra y (BD) and D VD Discs In add ition , it is po ssib le to d is play a rchiv e pro ce ss det ails. 1. Click on t he Prox SysMA Se rvices icon in the desktop T ool T ray . The Prox Sys MA Se rvices S tat us window appe ars.
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MA Ser ies M edia Archive Servers 35 Administration T ools These funct ions require Administrator ’ s rights. The MA server Administrat or has all the cap abi lities of t he User plus a set of f our.
User Admin MA Series Media Arc hive Server s 36 User Admin The User Admin tool suppl ies the ability to a dd and remove MA server Users and s et their privi leges . User Pr ivile ges The privi leges as signed det ermine whic h bin Acti ons are ava ilable.
MA Ser ies M edia Archive Servers 37 User Admin Removing a User 1. Insert a check mar k in front of the Use r(s) to b e removed. 2. Click on t he Tr a s h C a n icon. A dialogu e window appea r s asking confi rmation for r emoval. 3. Click on Ye s . 4.
Meta data Man agement MA Series Media Arc hive Server s 38 Met adata Management Use the Met ada t a Management list to cr eat e, na me, or ganize, and act iv at e the MA se rve r’ s set of 25 metadat a tags. The User/Admini strator ca n name these tags to mat ch any metad ata standar d or job requ ired.
MA Ser ies M edia Archive Servers 39 Meta data Mana gement The metada ta tags t hat are a vailable for a spe cific project ar e set by t he User/Admi n with the Field in use cont rol, see page 39. In addi tion, th e Med ia Uplo ad Ut il ity mu s t be co nfigu r ed for eac h project workfl ow .
Performance MA Series Media Arc hive Server s 40 Perfor mance The Per formance provi des contr ols for up dating the syst em and regenerati ng the MA serv er ’ s search i ndex and di splays of current MA server st atisti cs and syst em informat ion.
MA Ser ies M edia Archive Servers 41 Burn Settings Burn Settings Burn Settings control s the config uration and oper ation of t he MA server’ s Blu-ray burner . The User can burn a disc , on demand, using the Create media but ton i n thei r bin bu t, the confi gurat ion for the disc is predef ined by the Administr ator .
Burn Settin gs MA Series Media Arc hive Server s 42 One bin per media There ar e two modes: One Bin and Mixe d. One Bin Mode When enable d, the BD burner , burns th e content from one bi n on each medi a. This can be used to s eparate content f rom dif ferent User s or projects to d ifferent media.
MA Ser ies M edia Archive Servers 43 Burn Settings Automatic Burning Schedule The MA server provides three ti mers for s chedulin g batch bur ns during a 24 hour per iod. At each sch eduled time, all queued jobs are pr ocessed. The MA-50 uses templates to cr eate media labels, see Label Settings on page 4 4.
Burn Settin gs MA Series Media Arc hive Server s 44 Primera Sett ing s The Prim era burne r is pre- installed and its setti ngs are au tomatically fi lled. Client ID: pxma Primera Hot Folder: C:P TBurnJobs Primera L abel: C:ProxsysMAServi ceProxsysMAP TT emplate.
MA Ser ies M edia Archive Servers 45 Burn Settings ProxSys Settings Thes e setti ngs a llow t h e ProxSysM A Services to c onnect wit h the MA serve r and the Blu- ray burner . 1. Set Host to localhos t . 2. Set User name an d Pass word . Windows Admin Privilege s Required T o Change the P roxSys IP Address es.
Unarch iv ed Conte nt MA Series Media Arc hive Server s 46 Unarchived Content The Unarchi ved Content menu provides a list of the cont ent tha t is curre ntly on t he MA serv er .
MA Ser ies M edia Archive Servers 47 Unar chiv ed Con tent Preview File S ta tus The User may determine the st atus of pr eview fl ash file creatio n for files tha t have bee n uploaded to the MA server but not yet a rchived. There ar e four re ndering st atus messa ges: • RENDERING This messa ge appears with a status ba r indica ting prog ress.
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MA Ser ies M edia Archive Servers 49 T echnical Information This chapter pr ovi des technical i nformation about t he ProxSys MA Serie s Media Archi ve Server ’s operat i on.
Media F ormats MA Series Media Arc hive Server s 50 Media Format s St andard Res. Frame Rate Camera/ DTE Recorder P2 NTSC DV 480 24 P DV 480 24 P A, P2 DVCPRO 480 24 P2 DVCPRO 480 24 P A, P2 DVCPRO50 .
MA Ser ies M edia Archive Servers 51 Media Format s Calculated Storage Requirement s Standa rd Res. Frame Rate M2T NTS C GY -HD2XX M2T 720 30 P GY -HD2XX M2T 720 60 P CANNON XL H1 M2T 1080 24 F CANNON.
MA Series Media Arc hive Server s 52 Maximum File Si ze Supported MA servers support fil e sizes as l arge as 50GB, includi ng XDCAM. BD and DVD Disc Cap acities Disc T ype Single Lay er Dual La yer DVD 4.
MA Ser ies M edia Archive Servers 53 Hardware Hardware MA Dongle MA servers require t hat a USB hardwar e key (dong le) be in stalled in a serve r USB port be fore the se rver w i ll ope rate. In sert t he don gle b ef ore po wer up of the serve r . The dongle must remain in the USB port f or the ap plications to function.
Hardware MA Series Media Arc hive Server s 54 To o l s This fol der is us ed by the va rious MA a pplications and has various s ub folder s. The two 1 TB data drive s form a RAID 1 s ystem. This is repre sented by t he virtu al drive: • V : (PX- VM-S torage) This drive is for PX MA serv e r and V M ware s torag e.
MA Ser ies M edia Archive Servers 55 Hardware Europe, Middl e East, Af rica and Asia These MA s ervers have t hree 1 TB drives, each with two par titions, c reating 6 virtual drives. • C: (Windows ) W indows XP PRO operati ng system. Do Not Modify: Thi s Is Not A User Driv e.
RAID Data Protection MA Series Media Arc hive Server s 56 RAID Dat a Protection RAID 1 In North Amer ica, t he MA server s prot ect dat a usin g a RAID 1 impl ementat ion. The MA serve r has thr ee drives , a 500GB drive used as a b uff er and two 1 TB drives f or data st orage.
MA Ser ies M edia Archive Servers 57 Instal ling Third -party Sof tware Inst all ing Third-party Sof tware W ith the follo wing ex cept ions, F ocus Enhan ceme n ts reco mmen ds th at thir d-pa rty softw are should no t be installed on the MA servers .
Operati ons MA Series Media Arc hive Server s 58 Operations This secti on provi des i nformation and inst ructions f or si tuations that requi re intervent io n on the part of the Administrator .
MA Ser ies M edia Archive Servers 59 Opera tions Restarting the MA Server Occasion ally , it may be nec essary to reboot the MA se rver system, i.e. a fter insta lling a W indows securit y upgrade. T o do this , it is neces sary to: 1. Power d own the MA se rver on th e virtua l machine.
Operati ons MA Series Media Arc hive Server s 60 If MA Server Login Fails If, when l ogging on t o the MA serve r through a W eb browser , the login fa ils, dete rmine if the ProxSys Dong le is in the right USB-Port . If the d ongle is in t he correc t port, t hen the dong le activa tion by th e VMware host may be missing.
MA Ser ies M edia Archive Servers 61 Opera tions b. Select the VM butto n in the menu bar . c. Select Removab le Devices . d. Select USB De vices . e. Select the MA server dong le from th e list: in the il lustra tion, Aladdin Knowledge System USB device (Port1) .
Operati ons MA Series Media Arc hive Server s 62 Configure Host (Windows) Net work Settings 1. Disp lay th e Windows Network Connections window . 2. Sele ct t he s ystem ’ s Local Area Connection and display i t s TCP /IP Properties . 3. Click on t he Use the following IP address button.
MA Ser ies M edia Archive Servers 63 Opera tions 5. Return t o the networ k connect ions window an d select the VMnet1 con nection. VMnet1 provi des PC to VM conn ections. Ignore VMnet 8, it is an i nternal VM to PC c onnection. 6. Disp lay th e V Mnet 1’ s TCP /IP Properties .
Operati ons MA Series Media Arc hive Server s 64 Configure MA Server VM Network Settings 1. Open the VMware Server Consol e. This shou ld be runni ng in the background. It is not necess ary to shut i t down. 2. Click on the c ontro l line scree n to ent er the c onsole ’ s wo rk area.
MA Ser ies M edia Archive Servers 65 Opera tions 10. Select Net work Port eth1 . The Network Card Settings scre en appe ars. 11 . En ter the et h1 IP addres s. This IP mus t be in th e range of the VMNet1 IP Add ress of the W i ndows Host system which is 10.
P2 Inform ation MA Series Media Arc hive Server s 66 P2 Information File Handling During I ngesting and Archiving The most i mportant issue whe n the MA se rver upl oads and in gests con tent fro m a P2 car d is that the maximum s ize of a sing le video clip can no t exceed 50GB in siz e.
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