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IP2Archive - User Manual - IP2Archive Version 1.2 Copyright EVS Broadcast Equipment S.A.– Copyright © 2003-2012. All rights reserved. Disclaimer The information in this manual is furnished for informational use only and subject to change without notice. While every effort has been made to ensure that the information contained in this user manual is accurate, up-to-date and reliable, EVS Broadcast Equipment cannot be held responsible for inaccuracies or errors that may appear in this publication.
EVS Broadcast Equipment S.A. - October 2012 Issue 1.2.D Table of Contents 1. INTRODUCTION 1 1.1. About IP2Archive 1 1.2. Requirements 1 1.2.1. Hardware Requirements 1 1.2.2. Software Requirements 1 1.2.3. Workflow Requirements 2 1.3. Hardware Setup 1.3.1. Overview Hardware Components 2 1.3.2. Description and Technical Specifications 2 1.4. Software Components 5 1.4.2. Deep Archive Manager 5 1.4.3. Deep Archive Sync 6 1.4.4. MAD Config 7 1.4.5. Communicator 8 1.4.6.
IP2Archive - User Manual - IP2Archive Version 1.2 3.1. Configuring the IPDirector API Connection 22 3.2. Creating an Archive and Restore Bin Hierarchy 23 3.3. Creating User Fields 23 3.4.
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IP2Archive - User Manual - IP2Archive Version 1.2 1. Introduction 1.1. About IP2Archive IP2Archive is an add-on for IPDirector that facilitates the connectivity between IPDirector and a third party hierarchical storage management system (HSM) and LTO tape library. It allows easy archiving and (partial) restoring of video clips and makes it possible to keep track of the archive and restore progress and status (in cache, online, offline, on tape) of each video clip. 1.2. Requirements 1.2.1.
EVS Broadcast Equipment S.A. - October 2012 1.2.3. Issue 1.2.D Workflow Requirements • The high-resolution and low-resolution video files should be stored on a nearline storage. • The low-resolution video files and their metadata XML file must be available. However, if deleted by accident, they can be restored using the Deep Archive Sync application. • The VarID must be unique for a media asset. • The VarID of the low-resolution and high-resolution video file must be the same. 1.3.
IP2Archive - User Manual - IP2Archive Version 1.2 Weight Power BTU 16 kg 675 Watts # power sockets 2260 2 BTU/h Hardware CPU IBM System 2x Intel X3650 M3 Xeon E5620 RAM Hard Disk 24GB 2x 73GB SAS (RAID1) + 6x 300GB SAS (RAID5) Oracle Failover Database Server The failover database server runs Oracle Data Guard. Oracle Data Guard ensures high availability, data protection and disaster recovery and synchronizes with the main Oracle database server.
EVS Broadcast Equipment S.A. - October 2012 Issue 1.2.D Weight Power BTU # power sockets 11 kg 2 320 Watts 1093 BTU/h Hardware CPU RAM Hard Disk XT Access I7 HP Intel I7 950 4GB 2x 250GB (RAID1) Cisco Catalyst Ethernet Switch Connects the various network devices. Series: 3750-E or 3750-X.
IP2Archive - User Manual - IP2Archive Version 1.2 Media Max Drives Max Slots/Tapes Max Capacity Max Throughput LTO-6 10 120 960 TB 19 TB/h LTO-5 10 120 360 TB 10.1 TB/h T200 • Technical specifications: see www.spectralogic.com • Capacity and throughput Media Max Drives Max Slots/Tapes Max Capacity Max Throughput LTO-6 8 200 1.6 PB 15.1 TB/h LTO-5 8 200 600 TB 8.1 TB/h 1.4. Software Components 1.4.1. Overview Software Components IP2Archive is a modular system.
EVS Broadcast Equipment S.A. - October 2012 Issue 1.2.D high-resolution video file from the nearline storage and also the removal of archived clips from LTO. The progress of the archive, restore, purge and high-resolution removal process can be monitored and the status of each clip can be seen. This application is installed on the management server. See the Deep Archive Manager user manual for more information. 1.4.3.
IP2Archive - User Manual - IP2Archive Version 1.2 This application is installed on the management server. See the Deep Archive Sync user manual for more information. 1.4.4. MAD Config MAD Config is an application that is used by the system administrator to create users for Deep Archive Manager and Deep Archive Sync, and to assign rights to these users. These user rights will allow the users to start the applications and to perform certain tasks in them. 1.
EVS Broadcast Equipment S.A. - October 2012 Issue 1.2.D MAD Config is installed on the management server. See the MAD Config user manual for more information. 1.4.5. Communicator The Communicator is an automated application or robot that is used to interact with IPDirector using the SOAP protocol. It exchanges archive and restore information between the IP2Archive database and IPDirector. 8 1.
IP2Archive - User Manual - IP2Archive Version 1.2 This application is installed on the application server. See the Communicator configuration manual for more information. 1.4.6. Deep Archive Controller IP2Archive Deep Archive Controller is an automated application or robot that picks up the archive, restore and purge requests originating from Deep Archive Manager.
EVS Broadcast Equipment S.A. - October 2012 Issue 1.2.D One or more instances of this application are installed on the application server. See the Deep Archive Controller configuration manual for more information. 1.4.7. Tape Storage Controller IP2Archive Tape Storage Controller is an automated application or robot that can interact with hierarchical storage management systems to drive all the archive, restore and purge requests.
IP2Archive - User Manual - IP2Archive Version 1.2 1.4.8. File Transfer Daemon File Transfer Daemon is an automated application that copies files (video files, metadata XMLs) from one location to another. The transfer of each file can be monitored. This application is installed on the application server. See the File Transfer Daemon configuration manual for more information. 1.
EVS Broadcast Equipment S.A. - October 2012 1.4.9. Issue 1.2.D IP2Archive Software Interaction Interfacing with Front Porch Digital DIVArchive The following diagram shows the interactions between IPDirector and the various IP2Archive software components, and between the various IP2Archive components and the FrontPorch Digital DIVArchive.
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IP2Archive - User Manual - IP2Archive Version 1.2 2. Archiving and Restoring Clips 2.1. Archive and Restore Bin Hierarchy When installing IP2Archive, an Archive and Restore bin hierarchy has to be created in the Database Explorer of IPDirector. See See section "Creating an Archive and Restore Bin Hierarchy" on page 23 for more information. This bin hierarchy allows you to easily archive clips to LTO, (partially) restore clips to the nearline storage and to search for archived clips.
EVS Broadcast Equipment S.A. - October 2012 2.2.2. Issue 1.2.D Archiving Source Clips IPDirector Side To archive a particular clip, search for it using the IPDirector Database Explorer and simply drag-and-drop the clip in the Request Archive bin. If the Request Archive bin has been defined as the user default bin, you can also rightclick on the clip you want to archive and choose Send to > Default Bin.
IP2Archive - User Manual - IP2Archive Version 1.2 2.2.3. Archiving Subclips If you create a subclip of an existing clip in IPDirector and drag-and-drop this subclip in the Request Archive bin, this subclip will still refer to the high-resolution and low-resolution video file of the source clip. To avoid that the original high-resolution video file gets archived, IP2Archive Communicator will copy this subclip first to the Subclip Generation bin.
EVS Broadcast Equipment S.A. - October 2012 Issue 1.2.D When the restore is finished, the clip will be moved to the final bin: Restored. If anything goes wrong, the clip will be placed in the error bin: Restore Failed. File Transfer Daemon is used instead of Tape Storage Controller when interfacing with XenData. Workflow 2: Restoring Clips Using Deep Archive Manager The clips that are archived appear in the Archived tab of the IP2Archive Deep Archive Manager.
IP2Archive - User Manual - IP2Archive Version 1.2 2.3.3. Partially Restoring Clips Note This action is only possible if IP2Archive interfaces with the Front Porch Digital DIVArchive and if the low-resolution video file of the source clip is available. To partially restore a clip, search in IPDirector for the low-resolution video file of this clip using the Database Explorer and create a subclip of this clip. Drag-and-drop the subclip in the Request Restore bin.
EVS Broadcast Equipment S.A. - October 2012 Issue 1.2.D During the archive process, the IP2Archive Communicator will update these user fields with archive metadata. When installing IP2Archive these user fields have to be created and assigned to a metadata profile. See section "Creating User Fields" on page 23. 2.4.2.
IP2Archive - User Manual - IP2Archive Version 1.2 Status Description Restore Requested The request to restore the clip has been submitted to the deep archive system. Restoring The clip is being restored. Purge Requested A request to remove the clip from LTO tape has been performed in Deep Archive Manager. Purging The clip is being removed from LTO tape. Purged The clip has been removed from LTO tape. Partially Restored The clip has been partially restored from LTO tape.
EVS Broadcast Equipment S.A. - October 2012 3. Configuring IP2Archive 3.1. Configuring the IPDirector API Connection Issue 1.2.D Before installing IP2Archive, the IPDirector API has to be activated and configured. For more information, see the technical reference manual of IPDirector.
IP2Archive - User Manual - IP2Archive Version 1.2 3.2. Creating an Archive and Restore Bin Hierarchy When installing IP2Archive, an Archive and Restore bin hierarchy has to be manually created in the Database Explorer of IPDirector. The bin names and the bin order can be freely determined, but the language has to be English. Not all bins displayed in the example below are mandatory. At least one bin is necessary to request the archiving of clips and at least one bin is necessary to request the restoring.
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