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1. IP2Archive User Manual IP2Archive Version 1 3 maan VU i Table of Contents Table of Contents TABLE OF CONTENTS ua III WHAT S NEW aooaa kaaa V 1 INTRODUCTION 02200020 202000 BAE La nA ALA LUB LO ISSN al DiaaNG IG HALO LAALAST 1 1 1 About IP2Archive eee 1 1 2 Requirements aaa 2 1 2 1 Hardware Requirements c aaa 2 1 2 2 Software Requirements aaa 2 1 2 3 Workflow Requirements ne 2 1 3 Hardware Setup ll e 3 1 3 1 Overview Hardware Components aaa 3 1 3 2 Description and Technical Specifications llci 2000 e ee eee 3 1 4 Software Components 2 2 2 2 22 2 a 7 1 4 1 Overview Software Components 2 22 22 aaa 7 1 4 2 Deep Archive Manager eee 7 1 4 3 Deep Archive Sync 000000000000000 aaao aaao aoaaa 8 1 4 4 Configurator a eee 9 1 4 5 IP2Archive Communicator eee 10 1 4 6 Deep Archive Controller aaa 10 1 4 7 Tape Storage Controller DIVA FlashNet ADA 11 1 4 8 File Transfer Daemon XenData 2 220000 e eee cece eeeee eee 12 1 4 9 IP2Archive Software Interaction 000 00000 e cece cece eee e eee ee eeee 13 2 ARCHIVING RESTORING AND PURGING CLIPS 16 2 1 Archive and Restore Bin Hierarchy 2 ee 16 2 2 Archiving Clips eee 17 2 2 1 Before Archiving eee 17 2 2 2 Archiving Master Clips2. e 17 2 2 3 Archiving Subclips c ee 18 2 24 Offline Files 18 2 3 Removing Hires 222 ccc cece cece cece cece ccc cece cece cece eeeeeteeeeeees 19 2 4 Restoring Clips nsa noes lok NUN GAAN dof ma kna si dees Jana ad 20 2 4 1 Before Restoring aa 20 2 4 2 Fully Restoring Clips eee 20 2 4 3 Partially Restoring Clips c ccc eece cee ecccccecececcccceeeeeeeceeees 22 2 5 Purging Clips 2 2 2 2 eee 23 2 6 Tracking the Archive Hires Removal Restore and Purge Process 24 2 6 1 Archive Metadata 24 EVS Broadcast Equipment S A July 2013 Issue 1 3 D 2 06 25 Archive Status 202 SA KA tan LABA Nan a Paba SS O he aano PG kana AG 24 2 6 3 Moving Clips From Bin to Bin e 26 IV Table of Contents IP2Archive User Manual IP2Archive Version 1 3 What s New VS What s New In the IP2Archive user manual the icon LET has been added on the left margin to highlight information on new and updated features The changes linked to new features in version 1 3 are listed below IP2Archive now also supports SGL s FlashNet e See section Overview Hardware Components on page 3 A new configuration tool is created to configure the IP2Archive tools Configurator e See section Configurator on page 9 EVS Broadcast Equipment S A July 2013 VI Issue 1 3 D What s New VS IP2Archive User Manual IP2Archive Version 1 3 1
3. 22 Partially Restoring Clips Introduction Partially restoring clips is only possible e in IPDirector not in the Deep Archive Manager e if IP2Archive interfaces with Front Porch Digital s DIVArchive and SGL s FlashNet e ff the low resolution video file of the source clip is available Workflow The partial restore workflow proceeds as follows 1 Inthe IPDirector Database Explorer the user searches for the low resolution video file of a clip that has been archived The user sets a new In and Out point within the boundaries of the archived clip He creates a subclip by clicking New Clip IPDirector will give this subclip a new VarlD The user drags and drops the clip in the Request Restore bin IP2Archive Communicator which continuously polls the Request Restore bin detects the clip and enters the restore requests in the IP2Archive database It moves the clip to the Restore in Progress bin In the Deep Archive Manager the clip appears in the Restore Queue tab The VarlD of the archived high resolution file is retrieved from IPDirector using the full file path of the low resolution video file the subclip was created from It is compared with the VarlD of the subclip Ifthe VarlD of this subclip already exists in DIVA or SGL this request is handled as a Full Restore o If the VarlD does not exist the request is handled as a Partial Restore The TC Inand TC Out of the subclip are compared with the timecodes of t
4. Copy Files Communicator D H p pa aa Deep Archive P2Archive Deep Archive HSM DB Sync DB Controller File Transfer Daemon Archive Restore Remove Hi Res Purge Job E ma Spectralogic Deep Archive Tape Robot Manager 14 1 Introduction IP2Archive User Manual IP2Archive Version 1 3 V l Interfacing with SGL s FlashNet and Atempo s Digital Archive The following diagram shows the interactions between IP Director and the various IP2Archive software components and between the various IP2Archive components and SGL s FlashNet or Atempo s Digital Archive IP Director Metadata Archive Sync Restore l Job Nearline Remove Hi Res Job Communicator Deep Archive P2Archive Deep Archive Tape Storage Sync DB Controller Controller Archive Restore Remove Hi Res Purge Job Spectralogic Deep Archive Tape Robot Manager 1 Introduction 15 EVS Broadcast Equipment S A July 2013 Issue 1 3 D 2 2 1 Archiving Restoring and Purging Clips Archive and Restore Bin Hierarchy When IP2Archive is installed an Archive and Restore bin hierarchy is created in the Database Explorer of IPDirector This bin hierarchy allows users to easily archive and partially restore clips by a simple drag and drop operation It also allows them to easily keep track of the clip archive or restore status Each bin represents namely a stage in the archive or restore process The location o
5. nearline storage by archiving and restoring clips to and from the deep archive It displays the clips that have been requested in IPDirector to be archived or restored In the first case the clips are displayed as archive candidates A user can manually make a selection and accept or reject clips The accepted clips will be archived to LTO tape the refused clips will remain on the nearline storage The archive process of each clip can be monitored Once the process has been completed the user gets an overview of all the clips that have been archived In the second case the user can monitor the restore process of each clip Deep Archive Manager also allows the user to delete the high resolution video file of archived clips from the nearline storage to purge archived clips from LTO tape or to restore archived clips to the nearline storage Again the status and progress of each of these processes can be monitored Deep Archive Manager can also be configured to automatically archive refuse and purge particular types of clips and to remove their high resolution video file from the nearline storage EVS Broadcast Equipment S A July 2013 Issue 1 3 D 1 4 3 This application is installed on the workstation of the system administrator librarian or documentalist See the Deep Archive Manager user manual for more information Deep Archive Sync IP2Archive Deep Archive Sync is an application which allows an administrator to compa
6. Data Cache where it will be picked up by the XenData archiving workflow For restores it will check when the restoring from LTO to the Cache is finished and then transport the file back to the Nearline This application is installed on the application server See the File Transfer Daemon configuration manual for more information 1 Introduction VS IP2Archive User Manual IP2Archive Version 1 3 1 4 9 IP2Archive Software Interaction Interfacing with Front Porch Digital s DIVArchive The following diagram shows the interactions between IPDirector and the various IP2Archive software components and between the various IP2Archive components and FrontPorch Digital s DIVArchive XStore SAN Restore Job Nearline Remove Hi Res Job Sync Metadata Archive Communicator Q E W LE O Deep Archive P2Archive Deep Archive Tape Storage DIVA DB Sync DB Controller Controller Archive Restore Remove Hi Res Purge Job Spectralogic Deep Archive Tape Robot Manager Metadata Sync 1 Introduction 13 EVS Broadcast Equipment S A July 2013 Issue 1 3 D Interfacing with XenData s Digital Archive The following diagram shows the interactions between IP Director and the various IP2Archive software components and between the various IP2Archive components and XenData s Digital Archive XStore SAN U DB Metadata Archive E a Sync Restore Job Nearline Remove 7 Hi Res Job
7. Introduction 1 1 About IP2Archive General Description 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 IP2Archive Environment The diagram below displays the interaction between IP2Archive IPDirector and the HSM system and LTO tape library IP Director arc Application Server HSM RR lt gt system Management Server Oracle Database Nearline IP2Archive LTO Tape Library fo 1 Introduction EVS Broadcast Equipment S A July 2013 Issue 1 3 D 1 2 1 2 1 1 2 2 1 2 3 Requirements Hardware Requirements The following hardware requirements should be met e Anearline storage should be present AnXTAccess server containing XTAccess should be present Software Requirements The following software requirements should be met e Atleast IPDirector 5 99 30 and 6 07 90 API version should be installed e InIPDirector XTAccess must be configured for the creation of low resolution files Remote access to the IP2Archive setup for EVS support and maintenance should be provided Workflow Requirements The following workflow requirements should be met e The
8. USER MANUAL P2 Archive Version 1 3 July 2013 IPB Archive VS VS IP2Archive User Manual IP2Archive Version 1 3 Copyright EVS Broadcast Equipment S A Copyright 2003 2013 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 Improvement Requests Your comments will help us improve the quality of the user documentation Do not hesitate to send improvement requests or report any error or inaccuracy on this user manual by e mail to doc evs com Regional Contacts The address and phone number of the EVS headquarters are usually mentioned in the Help gt About menu in the user interface You will find the full list of addresses and phone numbers of local offices either at the end of this user manual for manuals on hardware products or at the following page on the EVS website http www evs com contacts User Manuals on EVS Website The latest version of the user manual if any and other user manuals on EVS products can be found on the EVS download center on the following webpage http www evs com downloadcenter EVS Broadcast Equipment S A July 2013 Issue 1 3 D
9. VArchive or File Transfer Daemon XenData to request the HSM to start the purge process In the Deep Archive Manager the clips are moved to the Purge Queue tab During the purge process IP2Archive Communicator provides feedback to IPDirector by updating the clip archive metadata 4 Once the clips have been purged from LTO tape the clips are moved to the Purged tab 2 Archiving Restoring and Purging Clips 23 EVS Broadcast Equipment S A July 2013 Issue 1 3 D 2 6 2 6 1 2 6 2 24 Tracking the Archive Hires Removal Restore and Purge Process Archive Metadata Archive metadata is added to the clips by means of specific IPDirector user fields They will allow you to monitor their archive status The following user fields have been defined in IPDirector when installing IP2Archive e Archive Status e Archive Progress e Archive Progress Message Archive LTO Tape Archive Group e Archive Date e Archive Status Message 4 ips Online Near Line tatus Archives Refused EDIT 002 During the archive restore purge and hi res removal process IP2Archive Communicator will update these user fields with archive metadata Archive Status A clip can have the following archive statuses Status Description Unknown The archive status of the clip is unknown Request archive A request to archive the clip has been performed in Deep Archive Manager or in IPDirector A deep archive system has not yet b
10. d during the restore process The clip has been automatically requested to be purged and has been added to the Purge Candidates tab A request to remove the clip from LTO tape has been performed in Deep Archive Manager The request was issued from the Archived tab The high resolution file of the clip is being removed from LTO tape The high resolution file of the clip has been removed from LTO tape An error occurred during the purge process The clip has been partially restored from LTO tape The clip has been added to the Archived tab and its high resolution video file is a potential candidate to be removed from LTO tape A request to remove the high resolution file of the clip from the nearline storage has been performed in Deep Archive Manager The high resolution file of the clip is being removed from the nearline storage 25 EVS Broadcast Equipment S A July 2013 Issue 1 3 D 2 6 3 26 Status Description Cleanup requested A request has been performed to remove the high resolution file of the clip from LTO tape and from the nearline storage The request was issued from the Purge Candidates tab Cleaning up The high resolution file of the clip is being removed from LTO tape and from the nearline storage The archive status is displayed in the Archive Status user field in IPDirector It is automatically updated by the IP2Archive Communicator Moving Clips From Bin to Bin IP2Archive Communicator also
11. e user searches for the clips he wants to archive 2 He drags and drops the clips in the Request Archive bin If the Request Archive bin has been defined as the user default bin the user can also right click on the clip and choose Send to gt Default Bin See the IPDirector user manual for more information about setting a particular bin as default bin 3 IP2Archive Communicator which continuously polls the Request Archive bin detects the clips and enters the archive requests in the IP2Archive database It moves the clips to the Archive in Progress bin 4 Depending on how Deep Archive Manager is configured the clips to be archived will either appear in the Archive Candidates tab or in the Archive Queue tab of the Deep Archive Manager In the first case a librarian has to manually decide if the clips can be archived or not If the librarian accepts the clips the corresponding high resolution video file and its metadata XML will be archived to LTO 2 Archiving Restoring and Purging Clips 17 EVS Broadcast Equipment S A July 2013 Issue 1 3 D 2 2 3 2 2 4 In the second case the clip has been automatically accepted by Deep Archive Manager and will immediately appear in the Archive Queue tab 5 Deep Archive Controller picks up the archive requests in the IP2Archive database It checks ifa HSM is available and if this is the case assigns the archive requests to it It then commands Tape Storage Controller DIVArchive F
12. een assigned Archive storage assigned A deep archive system has been found ready to perform the archive request 2 Archiving Restoring and Purging Clips IP2Archive User Manual IP2Archive Version 1 3 Status Archive candidate Refused Archive requested Archiving Archived Archive error Request restore Restore storage assigned Restore candidate Restore requested Restoring Restore Error Purge candidate Purge requested Purging Purged Purge error Partially restored Remove hires candidate Request remove hires Removing hires 2 Archiving Restoring and Purging Clips V5 Description The clip has been added to the Archive Candidates tab of the Deep Archive Manager The clip has been refused in the Archive Candidates tab of the Deep Archive Manager The request to archive the clip has been submitted to the deep archive system The clip is being archived by the deep archive system The clip has been archived An error occurred during the archive process A request to restore the clip has been performed in Deep Archive Manager or in IPDirector A deep archive system has not yet been assigned A deep archive system has been found ready to perform the restore request The clip has been added to the Hires Removed tab in the Deep Archive Manager The request to restore the clip has been submitted to the deep archive system The clip is being restored An error occurre
13. f a clip in a particular bin betrays its status When the status of a clip changes it is moved to the bin that corresponds to its status In the example below 6 bins have been created for the archive process and 5 for the restore process An additional bin has been created for generating subclips see below Deep Archive Process Archiving O Request Archive default 1 Archive In Process 2 Archived 3 Arch Rejected 4 Archive Failed 5 Subclip generation Restoring O Request Restore 1 Restore In Process 2 Restored 3 Restore Failed 4 Restore rejected The IP2Archive Communicator will monitor these bins pick up the archive and restore requests and insert them in the IP2Archive database Depending on their archive status it will move the clips to the corresponding bin 2 Archiving Restoring and Purging Clips IP2Archive User Manual IP2Archive Version 1 3 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 VS Archiving Clips Before Archiving Before archiving always verify if the clips have a high and low resolution video file that is online available on the nearline storage have not already been archived If a clip has no high and low resolution video file request IPDirector to send the clip to the nearline storage first XTAccess will then generate a high and low resolution video file Archiving Master Clips The archive workflow of master clips proceeds as follows 1 Inthe Database Explorer of IPDirector th
14. h resolution master video files and one or more of these files are offline B 1P2Archive will ignore the files that are offline These offline files will not appear in the Archive Candidates tab of the Deep Archive Manager If you try to archive a clip that has only high resolution video files that are offline the clip will immediately be moved to the Archive Rejected bin If you try to archive a subclip and the master high resolution video file is offline the subclip will immediately be moved to the Archive Rejected bin 2 Archiving Restoring and Purging Clips IP2Archive User Manual IP2Archive Version 1 3 2 3 VS Removing Hires Introduction From within the Deep Archive Manager interface it is possible to remove the high resolution video file of archived clips from the IPDirector nearline storage in order to free up space This can also be done through the IPDirector interface but it is strongly advised to perform the removal through the Deep Archive Manager interface in order to minimize possible mistakes i e accidentally removing the low resolution video file as well It is also possible to automate this process Workflow The removal of the high resolution video file of archived clips from the IPDirector nearline storage proceeds as follows 1 Inthe Deep Archive Manager the user opens the Archived tab 2 Heselects the clips whose high resolution video file he wants to delete from the IPDirector near
15. he archived high resolution file o fthe timecodes match this request is handled as a Full Restore o f the timecodes fall within the timecode boundaries of the archived file the request is handled as a Partial Restore A new clip will be restored using the VarlD of the subclip as the name for the restored high resolution file VARID xxx together with the metadata file VarlD evs xml 6 Once the subclip has been successfully restored to the nearline storage it will be moved to the Restored bin In Deep Archive Manager the clip appears in the Restored tab IPDirector will pick up the restored file in its database and link it to the low resolution subclip previously made 2 Archiving Restoring and Purging Clips IP2Archive User Manual IP2Archive Version 1 3 VS 2 5 Purging Clips Introduction If an archived clip becomes obsolete and needs to be purged from LTO it is possible to do this from the Deep Archive Manager interface You can purge clips in the Archived or in the Hires removed tab Workflow The purging of clips from LTO tape from within the Deep Archive Manager proceeds as follows 1 Inthe Deep Archive Manager the user opens the Archived or Hires Removed tab 2 He selects the clips he wants to purge and adds them to the selection list 3 Heclicks the Purge button Deep Archive Controller picks up the purge request in the IP2Archive database It commands Tape Storage Controller ADA FlashNet DI
16. high 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 e The VarlD must be unique for a media asset e The VarlD of the low and high resolution video file must be the same 1 Introduction VS IP2Archive User Manual IP2Archive Version 1 3 1 3 Hardware Setup 1 3 1 Overview Hardware Components By default the IP2Archive system consists of the following hardware components e Oracle database server e Application server Managment server Third party network switch Cisco SM gt Third party Hierarchical Storage Management system HSM DIVArchive DIVA from Front Porch Digital XenData from XenData FlashNet from SGL and Atempo Digital Archive from Atempo e Third party LTO tape library Spectralogic We support any hardware here because this should be supported by the HSM system The following hardware components can be added for failover and performance e Oracle failover database server e Additional application servers 1 3 2 Description and Technical Specifications Oracle Database Server The Oracle database server has redundant power supplies and redundant memory The system drives containing the operating system Linux 5 4 x64 and Oracle software are configured in RAID 1 mirror The data drives are configu
17. information 1 Introduction 9 EVS Broadcast Equipment S A July 2013 Issue 1 3 D 1 4 5 1 4 6 IP2Archive Communicator IP2Archive Communicator is an automated application or robot that is used to interact with IPDirector using the IPDirector SOAP API It will monitor the archive and restore process bins in IPDirector It will enter archive and restore requests in the IP2Archive database It will also update the clip archive metadata in IPDirector for example the archive status and progress Depending on their archive status it will move the clips to the corresponding archive or restore process bin in IPDirector This will allow the IPDirector users to monitor the archive or restore process of each clip This application is installed on the application server See the Communicator configuration manual for more information Deep Archive Controller Deep Archive Controller is an automated application or robot that picks up archive and restore requests It will assign these requests to an available hierarchical storage management system and request to initiate the archive restore and purge process It will check the progress and status of the archive restore and purge processes and also synchronize the status of the hi res video files in the IPDirector database with the status in the IP2Archive database Finally when a user in Deep Archive Manager requests to remove a high resolution video file from the nearline storage Deep A
18. lashNet ADA or File Transfer Daemon XenData to initiate the archive process 6 File Transfer Daemon will copy the high resolution files and their metadata XML from the nearline storage to the XenData Cache Tape Storage Controller and File Transfer Daemon will request the HSM to start the archive process 7 The high resolution video files and their metadata XML are copied to LTO During the archive process IP2Archive Communicator provides feedback to IPDirector by updating the clip archive metadata If anything goes wrong the clip will be placed in the Archive Failed bin 8 Once the files are successfully archived the clips are moved to the Archived bin in IPDirector In Deep Archive Manager the clips appear in the Archived tab Archiving Subclips If you create a subclip of an existing clip in PDirector and drag and drop this subclip in the Request Archive bin this subclip will still refer to the high 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 An XML job is sent to XTAccess to create a high and low resolution file of this subclip on the nearline storage Once the high and low resolution file are created this will be picked up by the IP2Archive Communicator and the clip will be requested for archiving Offline Files If you try to archive a clip that has two or more hig
19. line storage and adds them to the selection list 3 Heclicks the Remove Hires button The Deep Archive Controller picks up the removal request in the IP2Archive database It commands IPDirector through the IPDirector SOAP API to remove the high resolution video file from the IPDirector nearline storage 4 Inthe Deep Archive Manager the clips are moved to the Remove Hires Queue tab Once the high resolution video file has been removed the clips are moved to the Hires Removed tab in Deep Archive Manager IP2Archive Communicator will provide feedback to IPDirector by updating the clip archive metadata 2 Archiving Restoring and Purging Clips 19 EVS Broadcast Equipment S A July 2013 Issue 1 3 D 2 4 2 4 1 2 4 2 20 Restoring Clips Before Restoring Before restoring a clip verify if the clip has been tagged as archived and only contains a low resolution video file on the nearline storage If you try to restore a clip the high resolution video file of which is still online the clip will be moved to the Restore Rejected bin Fully Restoring Clips Introduction Clips can be fully restored by dragging them into the Request Restore bin in IPDirector or by selecting the clips in the Hires Removed tab of the Deep Archive Manager and by clicking the Restore button Workflow 1 Restoring Clips in IPDirector The restore workflow in IP Director proceeds as follows 1 Inthe Database Explorer of IPDirector the use
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21. p archive metadata If anything goes wrong the clips will be placed in the Restore Failed bin 2 Archiving Restoring and Purging Clips IP2Archive User Manual IP2Archive Version 1 3 VU i 8 Once the high resolution file of the clips are successfully restored the clips are moved to the Restored bin in IPDirector In Deep Archive Manager the clips appear in the Archived tab and also in the Restored tab IP Director d h Metadata Sync Restore Job 4 Communicator t amp a B amp O IP2Archive DB Deep Archive Controller Tape Storage Controller HSM DB Deep Archive Manager Tape Robot Workflow 2 Restoring Clips in Deep Archive Manager The restore workflow in Deep Archive Manager proceeds as follows 1 Inthe Hires Removed tab of the Deep Archive Manager the librarian selects the clips to be restored and clicks the Restore button 2 Deep Archive Controller picks up the restore requests in the IP2Archive database and initiates the restore process as described above The clips are moved to the Restore Queue 4 Once the high resolution file of the clips are successfully restored the clips appear in the Archived and Restored tab oe OG 0 IP2Archive DB Deep Archive Controller Tape Storage Controller HSM DB Restore Job Deep Archive Manager Tape Robot 2 Archiving Restoring and Purging Clips 21 EVS Broadcast Equipment S A July 2013 Issue 1 3 D 2 4 3
22. provides archive and restore feedback to IPDirector by placing the clips in the Archive In Progress or the Restore in Progress bin When the archive or restore job is finished the clips will be moved to the final bin Archived or Restored If anything goes wrong during archiving or restoring the clips will be placed in the Archive Failed or Restore Failed bin A clip will be moved to the Archive Rejected bin if e it has no online high resolution video file Deep Archive Manager has been configured to automatically refuse clips of this type e aclip with the same VarlD has already been archived A sub clip will be moved to the Restore Rejected bin if e itdoes not exist in IP2Archive it has been purged from LTO e the source master clip has not been archived yet e If you try to archive a clip that has already been archived the clip will be moved to the Archive Rejected bin If you try to restore a clip that has been purged from LTO the clip will be moved to the Restore Rejected bin 2 Archiving Restoring and Purging Clips gt V To learn more about EVS go to www evs com EVS Headquarters Li ge Science Park 16 rue Bois St Jean B 4102 Seraing Belgium Corporate 32 4 361 7000 North amp Latin America 1 973 575 7811 Asia amp Pacific 852 2914 2501 Other regional offices www evs com contact EVS Broadcast Equipment is continuously adapting and improving its products in accordance with the ever cha
23. r The management server runs Windows 7 It is the server on which the applications are running used to manage and monitor the IP2Archive system This server must allow remote access for EVS support and maintenance purposes Weight Power BTU POwer Hardware CPU RAM Hard Disk sockets 11kg 320 1093 2 XT Access Intell7 4GB 2x 250GB Watts BTU h I7 HP 950 RAID1 Cisco Catalyst Ethernet Switch Connects the various network devices Series 3750 E or 3750 X Weight Power BTU power sockets 10 kg 212Watts 1023BTU h 2 4 1 Introduction IP2Archive User Manual IP2Archive Version 1 3 1 Introduction VS Third Party HSM System IP2Archive can be used in combination with the following HSM systems Front Porch Digital DIVArchive e XenData Digital Archive e SGL FlashNet e Atempo Digital Archive See the websites of the manufacturers for the functional and technical specifications Third Party LTO Tape Library If EVS may supply the LTO tape library then it will be a tape library by Spectralogic If the LTO tape library is not supplied by EVS then only the HSM software is supported The following Spectralogic LTO tape libraries are supported T50e e T120 e T200 T50e e Technical specifications see www spectralogic com e Capacity and throughput Media Max Drives Max Slots Tapes Max Capacity Max Throughput LTO 6 4 50 400 TB 7 5 TB h LTO 5 4 50 150 TB 4 0 TB h T120 e Technical specifications see w
24. r searches for the clips whose high resolution video file has to be restored to the nearline storage 2 The user drags and drops the clips in the Request Restore bin If the Request Restore bin has been defined as the user default bin the user can also right click the clips and choose Send to gt Default Bin See the PDirector user manual for more information about setting a particular bin as default bin 3 IP2Archive Communicator which continuously polls the Request Restore bin detects the clips and enters the restore requests in the IP2Archive database It moves the clips to the Restore in Progress bin 4 Inthe Deep Archive Manager the clip appears in the Restore Queue tab Deep Archive Controller picks up the restore requests in the IP2Archive database It checks ifa HSM is available and if this is the case assigns the restore requests to it It then commands Tape Storage Controller DIVArchive FlashNet ADA or File Transfer Daemon XenData to initiate the restore process 6 Tape Storage Controller and File Transfer Daemon request the HSM to start the restore process 7 Thehigh resolution video files are restored from LTO tape DIVArchive FlashNet and ADA will restore the files directly to the nearline XenData will restore the files to its cache File Transfer Daemon will then transfer the files to the nearline storage During the restore process IP2Archive Communicator provides feedback to IPDirector by updating the cli
25. rchive Controller will pick up this request and command IPDirector through the IPDirector SOAP API to perform this action 1 Introduction IP2Archive User Manual IP2Archive Version 1 3 VU oll Tasks Name criptor Active aasar active store fassion a storage for the archive requests a Logging 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 DIVA FlashNet ADA Tape Storage Controller is an automated application or robot that interacts with the hierarchical storage management system to drive all the archive partial restore and purge requests originating from the Deep Archive Controller Tape Storage Controller interfaces with the following HSM systems Atempo s Digital Archive SGL s FlashNet Front Porch Digital s DIVArchive Tasks S onise tapes and groups betweend diva and database LE wi Logging Connected to DatabaseName as Login One or more instances of this application are installed on the application server See the Tape Storage Controller configuration manual for more information 1 Introduction 11 EVS Broadcast Equipment S A July 2013 Issue 1 3 D 1 4 8 File Transfer Daemon XenData File Transfer Daemon is an automated application that transfers the files to be archived video files metadata XMLs etc from the nearline storage to the Xen
26. re the archive metadata of clips in the IP2Archive database with the clip archive metadata in the IPDirector or DIVArchive database It will highlight the differences if any and allow the administrator to synchronize the databases In case the IPDirector database contains clips with archive metadata that are not known in the IP2Archive database it will allow the user to remove this archive metadata from the IPDirector database It sometimes happens that a new clip is created starting from another clip for example when creating a subclip In this case the metadata fields of the new clip will be copied from the original clip Since the Archive Process fields are also metadata fields they may contain incorrect data now In particular it happens a lot that clips are marked as archived while in fact they are not 1 Introduction IP2Archive User Manual IP2Archive Version 1 3 V l This application is installed on the workstation of the system administrator librarian or documentalist See the Deep Archive Sync user manual for more information 1 4 4 Configurator Configurator is an application which allows a system administrator to configure the IP2Archive applications It also allows to create users and assign them user rights EF Connections Settings User Rights 4 This application is installed on the workstation of the system administrator librarian or documentalist See the Configurator user manual for more
27. red in RAID 5 Weight Power BTU POW rdware CPU RAM Hard Disk sockets 16kg 675 2260 2 IBM 2x Intel 24GB 2x 73GB Watts BTU h System Xeon SAS X3650M3 E5620 RAID1 6x 300GB SAS RAIDS 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 1 Introduction 3 EVS Broadcast Equipment S A July 2013 Issue 1 3 D database server It has redundant power supplies and redundant memory The system drives containing the operating system Linux 5 4 x64 and Oracle software are configured in RAID 1 mirror The data drives are configured in RAID 5 Weight Power BTU POWEr rdware CPU RAM Hard Disk sockets 16kg 675 2260 2 IBM 2xIntel 24GB 2x 73GB Watts BTU h System Xeon SAS X3650M3 E5620 RAID1 6x 300GB SAS RAID5 Application Server The application server is the central server containing all the applications necessary to run the solution It runs Windows 2008 R2x64 The application server runs all background applications needed for archiving and restoring It has redundant power supply and two drives in RAID 1 mirror Multiple application servers can be used for performance reasons Weight Power BTU POW Hardware CPU ram Hard sockets Disk 11 kg 320 1093 2 XT 2x Intel 4GB 2x 250GB Watts BTU h Access I7 Xeon RAID1 HP E5620 Management Serve
28. ww spectralogic com e Capacity and throughput 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 EVS Broadcast Equipment S A July 2013 T200 e Technical specifications see www spectralogic com e Capacity and throughput Media Max Drives Max Slots Tapes Max Capacity Issue 1 3 D Max Throughput 15 1 TB h 8 1 TB h 1 Introduction IP2Archive User Manual IP2Archive Version 1 3 1 4 1 4 1 1 4 2 1 Introduction VS Software Components Overview Software Components IP2Archive is a modular system It consists of several software components each with a specific function running on the application or management server connected to the IP2Archive database The following software components can be distinguished e Deep Archive Manager Deep Archive Sync e Configurator e 1P2Archive Communicator e Deep Archive Controller e Tape Storage Controller DIVA ADA FlashNet e File Transfer Daemon XenData The Tape Storage Controller is only used when IP2Archive interfaces with the hierarchical storage management system DIVArchive by Front Porch Digital FlashNet by SGL and Atempo Digital Archive The File Transfer Daemon is only used when IP2Archive interfaces with Digital Archive by XenData Deep Archive Manager The Deep Archive Manager can be considered the portal to the deep archive system It allows librarians to manage the
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