User manual GRASS VALLEY AURORA 7 ARCHIVE AND RESTORE WORKFLOW APPLICATION NOTE

[. . . ] application note Aurora Edit 7 Archive & Restore Workflow Michael DeJadon november 2010 Using Aurora Edit 7, you now have the ability to manage, edit, and synchronize--on an asneeded basis--low-resolution proxies to their high-resolution files when those files are located offline in an archive. www. grassvalley. com AurorA Edit 7 ArchivE & rEstorE WorkfloW Introduction prior to auroraTM edit 7. 0, it was not possible to edit with assets that were listed as offline. this could be a real handicap in a system that presents proxy capabilities. as of version 7. 0, Grass ValleyTM has created a new workflow that allows the user to manage, edit, and synchronize their low-resolution assets for use in a high-resolution world. Software Prerequisites aurora edit 7. 0 Basecamp 7. 0 Working with Offline Assets What constitutes an offline asset: how to determine whether an asset is offline: an offline asset is defined as any media item that has a reference to a low-resolution asset, but its corresponding high-resolution asset exists only in a storage pool that cannot be directly accessed via the client. [. . . ] this will account for partial file restores of each asset plus any restore handle values that you have set. all restores are consolidated so you don't have to worry about duplicate restores. Restore Location ­ this is the bin that the assets will be restored to. You can use the "Browse" button to change the currently selected bin. Simply clicking the "Restore" button will submit a restore job for each of the offline assets. You will be presented with a dialog box that will confirm how many restore jobs have been submitted to the system. it just means that the request has been added to the "transfer Manager. " www. grassvalley. com 3 AurorA Edit 7 ArchivE & rEstorE WorkfloW How to Restore Offline Assets (cont. ) restoring Without a restore user role: if you are not licensed with the "Restore" role, your process will follow a different path. When clicking the "Restore" button in the toolbar, a dialog will display asking you to select a collection. the idea here is that you will have at least one system in your facility that will be licensed with the "Restore" role. By placing your restore request in a collection, your request will become visible and be managed by the licensed system. it is now the responsibility of the user at the licensed system to perform the restore request that is explained in the above section "Restoring with a Restore user role. " how to synchronize to restored Assets: So far we have located offline assets, used them in a sequence, and requested restore jobs. if you look at the offline assets in the timeline, you will see that they still display the orange line. that is because we still need to synchronize the restored high-resolution assets with the low-resolution placeholders that are in the timeline. First we need to confirm that the restore requests have been performed and were successfully transferred. this view can be accessed via the "transfer Manager" button in the main application toolbar. 4 www. grassvalley. com AurorA Edit 7 ArchivE & rEstorE WorkfloW How to Restore Offline Assets (cont. ) When this view is displayed, you will see the status of all the restore requests that have been submitted. after validating that your restore requests have been successfully completed, we still need to perform the synchronization step. in the main application toolbar, we want to click the "Synchronize Restored assets" button. this will associate each of the offline assets that are in your timeline with the correctly matching high-resolution restored asset. after this has been completed, all of the assets should be considered online. [. . . ] the ability to manage, edit, and synchronize on an as needed basis helps to improve the management of our high-resolution storage pools. this can result in a significant cost savings over time. sAlEs Local and regional sales contacts can be found by visiting www. grassvalley. com/sales suPPort Local and regional support contacts can be found by visiting www. grassvalley. com/support © Copyright 2010 Technicolor USA, Inc. All other tradenames referenced are service marks, trademarks, or registered trademarks of their respective companies. [. . . ]