Product specifications

Avid ISIS System Director Control Panel
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Starting and Stopping the System Director Service
The System Director software runs as a Windows service that starts automatically whenever the System Director is
online. However, various maintenance and administration functions require that you shut down the System Director
engine and then restart it.
Maintaining metadata integrity is very important to ensure you do not lose any data files. Avid recommends you use
the following procedure prior to System Director engine shutdown to avoid problems with metadata integrity.
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In a Dual System Director configuration, Avid recommends that you shut down the standby System Director
before shutting down the active System Director. Otherwise, the active System Director fails over to the
standby System Director as the active System Director shuts down.
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To prevent errors, make sure that clients unmount all Workspaces before you stop the System Director.
To stop the System Director service:
1. Do one of the following:
t In the ISIS Launch Pad, click Stop System Director.
t From the ISIS Control Panel, click Stop System Director.
A dialog box opens, prompting you to confirm that you really want to stop the System Director.
2. Click OK.
The System Director Shutdown dialog box opens stating that it is saving multiple copies of the metadata.
Wait for the process to finish and for the dialog box to close. When the System Director has shut down, the
System Director Status tab lists the System Director status as “Not running.”
Configure File System This panel is active only when the System Director is stopped.
Allows you to:
• Create a new active file system on the System Director
• Create a new active file system using information imported
from another System Director
• Create a Standby System Director in a Dual System Director
configuration
• Reconfigure the existing file system
• Delete the file system
Configure Dual System Director This panel allows you to configure a Dual System Director
configuration, specifying:
• Virtual and local addresses
• Local and remote machine routing parameters
Active Clients The Active Clients tab displays the identity of the Avid ISIS
clients known to the System Director, and all active Storage
managers.
• Click Refresh to refresh the display.
• Click Disconnect to disconnect the selected clients.
Panel Tab Function