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6 <refentrytitle>vfs_media_harmony</refentrytitle>
7 <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
8 <refmiscinfo class="source">Samba</refmiscinfo>
9 <refmiscinfo class="manual">System Administration tools</refmiscinfo>
10 <refmiscinfo class="version">&doc.version;</refmiscinfo>
15 <refname>vfs_media_harmony</refname>
16 <refpurpose>Allow multiple Avid clients to share a network drive.</refpurpose>
21 <command>vfs objects = media_harmony</command>
26 <title>DESCRIPTION</title>
28 <para>This VFS module is part of the
29 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>samba</refentrytitle>
30 <manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry> suite.</para>
32 <para>The <command>vfs_media_harmony</command> VFS module allows
33 Avid editorial workstations to share a network drive. It does
35 <orderedlist continuation="restarts" inheritnum="ignore" numeration="arabic">
36 <listitem><para>Giving each client their own copy of the Avid
37 msmMMOB.mdb and msmFMID.pmr files and Creating directories.</para></listitem>
38 <listitem><para>Allowing each client to explicitly control the
39 write time the Avid application sees on Avid media directories.</para></listitem>
42 <para>This module is stackable.</para>
47 <title>CONFIGURATION</title>
49 <para><command>vfs_media_harmony</command> automatically redirects
50 requests from clients for Avid database files or an Avid Creating
51 directory to a client-specific version of the file. No
52 configuration beyond enabling the module is needed to get this
53 portion of its functionality working.</para>
55 <para>If Mac and Windows Avid clients will be accessing the same
56 folder, they should be given separate share definitions, with
57 hidden Mac files vetoed on the Windows share. See EXAMPLES.</para>
59 <para>To allow each client to control when the Avid application
60 refreshes their Avid databases, create files for each client
61 and each Avid media directory with the name
62 [avid_dir_name]_[client_ip_address]_[client_username].
63 To trigger Avid database refreshes, update the write time on
64 those files. See EXAMPLES.</para>
66 <para>It is also necessary for the <command>cache locked write times = no</command>
67 option to be set for clients to be able to control their Avid
68 media folder write times.</para>
73 <title>EXAMPLES</title>
75 <para>Enable media_harmony for Mac and Windows clients:</para>
77 <smbconfsection name="[avid_mac]"/>
78 <smbconfoption name="path">/avid</smbconfoption>
79 <smbconfoption name="vfs objects">media_harmony</smbconfoption>
80 <smbconfoption name="cache locked write times">no</smbconfoption>
81 <smbconfsection name="[avid_win]"/>
82 <smbconfoption name="path">/avid</smbconfoption>
83 <smbconfoption name="vfs objects">media_harmony</smbconfoption>
84 <smbconfoption name="cache locked write times">no</smbconfoption>
85 <smbconfoption name="veto files">/.DS_Store/._@/.Trash@/.Spotlight@/.hidden/.hotfiles@/.vol/</smbconfoption>
86 <smbconfoption name="delete veto files">yes</smbconfoption>
89 <para>Create the files that will allow users david and susan
90 to control their own Avid database refreshes:</para>
92 touch '/avid/OMFI MediaFiles_192.168.1.10_david' \
93 '/avid/OMFI MediaFiles_192.168.1.11_susan' \
94 '/avid/Avid MediaFiles/MXF/1_192.168.1.10_david' \
95 '/avid/Avid MediaFiles/MXF/1_192.168.1.11_susan'
97 <para>Trigger an Avid database refresh for user david:</para>
99 touch '/avid/OMFI MediaFiles_192.168.1.10_david' \
100 '/avid/Avid MediaFiles/MXF/1_192.168.1.10_david'
103 <para>If you have a large number of Avid media folders to manage,
104 you can give each editor a suitably modified version of
105 examples/scripts/vfs/media_harmony/trigger_avid_update.py to
106 create and update these files.</para>
111 <title>CAVEATS</title>
113 <para><command>vfs_media_harmony</command> is designed to work with
114 Avid editing applications that look in the Avid MediaFiles or
115 OMFI MediaFiles directories for media. It is not designed to work
116 as expected in all circumstances for general use. For example: It
117 is possible to open a client-specific file such as
118 msmMMOB.mdb_192.168.1.10_userx even though it doesn't show up
119 in a directory listing.</para>
126 <title>VERSION</title>
128 <para>This man page is part of version &doc.version; of the Samba suite.
133 <title>AUTHOR</title>
135 <para>The original Samba software and related utilities
136 were created by Andrew Tridgell. Samba is now developed
137 by the Samba Team as an Open Source project similar
138 to the way the Linux kernel is developed.</para>