MAM215 MediaCentral | Asset Management System Administration

Length

5 days

Overview

The MediaCentral | Asset Management System Administration (MAM215) course is intended to give attendees a detailed overview of the core administrative and monitoring tools available in MediaCentral | Asset Management. It is also a prerequisite for those continuing onto the MAM470 Avid ACSR MediaCentral | Asset Management System Support course. It provides an overview of MediaCentral | Asset Management’s web-based user clients and focuses on the administration and configuration tools.

Audience

This course is designed for System Administrators.

Prerequisites

• Attendance of MAM101 or extensive equivalent experiences
• Working knowledge of handling the Windows GUI
• Basic knowledge of TCP/IP network technology
• Basic knowledge of MS Windows Server administration tools (RDP, MMC, IIS)

Note: Attendees are required to bring their own notebook/laptop to the course and have administrative privileges on the notebooks/laptops, allowing them to change network adapter settings, host files and install additional software components.

Objectives

At the end of this course you will:

• Understand the general structure, technology, and interactions within a MediaCentral | Asset Management system
• Use the right terminology for MediaCentral | Asset Management subjects
• Be able to check the MediaCentral | Asset Management systems current state to check if things are ok or need further investigation
• Be able to perform basic maintenance operations (e.g. start/stop the service groups)
• Be able to investigate errors shown in MediaCentral | UX, i.e. check the corresponding backbone processes using the administrative tools
• Be able to investigate log files
• Be able to gather the information required by Avid Customer Care to do error investigation
• Be able to check and modify the system's configuration including the configuration of processes and workflows
• Know the structure of MediaCentral | Asset Management's data model
• Be able to extend and adapt the data model to your needs
• Be able to create new users and assign required permissions
• Understand the link between user management for MediaCentral | UX and MediaCentral | Asset Management
• Work with the Production Kit and Production Archive Kit (MPI)
• List the pre-requisites needed to be able to archive a sequence to MediaCentral | Asset Management
• Explain the dataflow and software architecture of MPI
• Adapt the configuration of MPI
• Perform the recommended maintenance procedures
• Do some basic troubleshooting for MPI
• Be able to create new export targets and import watch folders