Setup and Administration Guide
Table Of Contents
- Final Cut Server Setup and Administration Guide
- Contents
- Welcome to FinalCutServer Administration
- PartI: Installation andConfiguration
- Overview of FinalCutServer
- Using the Installer
- Configuring System Preferences
- Adding Users and Groups
- Using Device Setup Assistant
- Using Automation Setup Assistant
- Backing Up FinalCutServer
- Installing FinalCutServer Clients
- PartII: General Administration
- General Settings and Preferences
- Groups and Permissions
- Managing Metadata
- Managing Devices
- Managing Transcode Settings
- Managing Automations
- About Jobs and Logs
- Glossary
- Index
198 Part II General Administration
Response Actions
What you choose from the Response Action pop-up menu defines the response’s basic
purpose. Some response actions have additional settings that can be configured in a
second pane that gets added to the column on the left.
Response action Triggered by Description
Check the disk space
of the database volume
Schedule Defines the minimum disk space before a warning
is issued that the database is about to run out of
room.
Clean Jobs Schedule Defines periods at which jobs are archived and
deleted.
Clean Logs Schedule Defines periods at which logs are archived and
deleted.
Copy Poll watcher or asset
subscription
Copies media to any connected Final Cut Server
device with or without transcoding. Optionally,
creates a new asset in Final Cut Server and allows
you to set that asset’s metadata.
Delete Poll watcher or asset
subscription
Deletes the item. You can choose to have this
response run even if other responses in the list
fail.
Email Poll watcher or asset,
production, or job
subscription
Sends an email. You configure the email settings
(to, sender, subject, and message).
Log Asset, production, or
job subscription
No additional options. Adds an entry to the log.
Measure database size Schedule No additional options. You can use this to find the
disk space used by the catalog’s database (the
results are shown in the Log pane). This action
measures only the database—it does not include
the actual assets the catalog refers to.
Monitor Scan Poll watcher Scans for specific metadata settings.
Move to Archive Asset subscription No additional options. Moves the media to the
selected archive device.
Purge Subscriptions Schedule Deletes subscriptions that have not been active
for a specified number of days.
Read XML Poll watcher No additional options. Reads XML data from an
external system. It is used in
conjunction with the
Write XML response action.










