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Interplay Engine execution user has to stay fixed as well. For more information, see
“Troubleshooting the Server Execution User Account” in the Interplay | Engine and
Interplay | Archive Engine Administration Guide.
Do Not Edit the Registry While the Server is Offline
If you edit the registry while the server is offline, you will lose your changes. This is something
that most likely will happen to you since it is very easy to forget the implications of the registry
replication. Remember that the registry is restored by the resource monitor before the process is
put online, thereby wiping out any changes that you made while the resource (the server) was
offline. Only changes that take place while the resource is online are accepted.
Do Not Remove the Dependencies of the Affiliated Services
The TCP-COM Bridge, the Preview Server, and the Server Browser services must be in the same
resource group and assigned to depend on the server. Removing these dependencies might speed
up some operations but prohibit automatic failure recovery in some scenarios.
Consider Disabling Failover When Experimenting
If you are performing changes that could make the Avid Interplay Engine fail, consider disabling
failover. The default behavior is to restart the server twice (threshold = 3) and then initiate the
failover, with the entire procedure repeating several times before final failure. This can take quite
a while.
Changing the CCS
If you specify the wrong Central Configuration Server (CCS), you can change the setting later on
the server machine in the Windows Registry under:
(32-bit OS) HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Avid
Technology\Workgroup\DatabaseServer
(64-bit) HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Wow6432Node\Avid
Technology\Workgroup\DatabaseServer
The string value CMS specifies the server. Make sure to set the CMS to a valid entry while the
Interplay Engine is online, otherwise your changes to the registry won't be effective. After the
registry is updated, stop and restart the server using the Cluster Administrator (in the
Administration Tools folder in Windows).
Specifying an incorrect CCS can prevent login. See “Troubleshooting Login Problems” in the
Interplay | Engine and Interplay | Archive Engine Administration Guide.
For more information, see “Understanding the Central Configuration Server” in the
Interplay | Engine and Interplay | Archive Engine Administration Guide.