Product specifications

Installing the Interplay | Engine on the First Node
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Specifying the Configuration Server
In this dialog box, indicate whether this server is to act as a Central Configuration Server.
A Central Configuration Server (CCS) is an Avid Interplay Engine with a special module that is
used to store server and database-spanning information. For more information, see the
Interplay | Engine and Interplay | Archive Engine Administration Guide.
To specify the server to act as the CCS server:
1. Select either the server you are installing or a previously installed server to act as the Central
Configuration Server.
Typically you are working with only one server, so the appropriate choice is “This Avid
Interplay Engine,” which is the default.
If you need to specify a different server as the CCS (for example, if an Interplay Archive
Engine is being used as the CCS), select “Another Avid Interplay Engine.” You need to type
the name of the other server to be used as the CCS in the next dialog box.
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Only use a CCS that is at least as high availability as this cluster installation, typically
another clustered installation.
If you specify the wrong CCS, you can change the setting later on the server machine in the
Windows Registry. See
“Automatic Server Failover Tips and Rules” on page 114.
Set for both nodes.
Use this option for
Interplay Archive
Engine