
Avid
®
Unity™MediaNetwork5SystemMaintenance
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Table of Contents
Introduction .................................................................................................................................................. 2
DailyMaintenanceProcedures ..................................................................................................................... 3
ChecktheMonitorToolforErrorIndications........................................................................................... 3
ChecktheWindowsEventLog.................................................................................................................. 4
The“DEAN”light....................................................................................................................................... 5
CheckforProperMetadataVerificationandSaves.................................................................................. 6
CheckinternalRAIDintegrity.................................................................................................................... 7
WeeklyMaintenanceProcedures ................................................................................................................. 8
CheckingWorkspaceUsage ...................................................................................................................... 8
RebootingtheMediaEngine ................................................................................................................... 10
Appendices.................................................................................................................................................. 12
Appendix1‐IdentifyingBadDrives........................................................................................................ 12
Appendix2‐ReplacingaFailedDrive..................................................................................................... 14
Appendix3‐RecreatingDriveLabels ..................................................................................................... 18
Appendix4‐ThePortServerConsole ..................................................................................................... 19
Appendix5‐MakingaMetadataback‐up.............................................................................................. 20
Introduction
ThisdocumentcoversbasicmaintenanceproceduresforAvid®Unity™MediaNetwork5sharedstorage
systems.
Thesection“DailyMaintenance Procedures”detailsactionsthatshouldbetakenseveraltimesaweekto
ensurecontinuedoperationofyourAvid®Unity™system.TheMonitortoolshouldbecheckeddaily,if
possibletomonitorsystemhealth.
Thesection“WeeklyMaintenanceProcedures”describesactionwhich,whilenolessimportantthanthedaily
procedures,requirelessfrequentattention.Theworkspaceusageshouldbecheckedwith theAdministration
toolatleastonceaweek.
RemedialproceduresforissuesfoundarecoveredintheAppendices.
Pleasenotethattheuse
ofAnti‐VirussolutionsontheMediaEngineitselfarenotsupported.Typical
symptomscausedbyAVsolutionsincludeattemptstoOptimizeaworkspacefailingandtherandom
disconnectionofEthernetAttachedClients.
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