VFS_MEDIA_HARMONY(8) System Administration tools VFS_MEDIA_HARMONY(8)NAMEvfs_media_harmony - Allow multiple Avid clients to share a network
drive.
SYNOPSIS
vfs objects = media_harmony
DESCRIPTION
This VFS module is part of the samba(7) suite.
The vfs_media_harmony VFS module allows Avid editorial workstations to
share a network drive. It does this by:
1. Giving each client their own copy of the Avid msmMMOB.mdb
and msmFMID.pmr files and Creating directories.
2. Allowing each client to explicitly control the write time
the Avid application sees on Avid media directories.
This module is stackable.
CONFIGURATIONvfs_media_harmony automatically redirects requests from clients for
Avid database files or an Avid Creating directory to a client-specific
version of the file. No configuration beyond enabling the module is
needed to get this portion of its functionality working.
If Mac and Windows Avid clients will be accessing the same folder, they
should be given separate share definitions, with hidden Mac files
vetoed on the Windows share. See EXAMPLES.
To allow each client to control when the Avid application refreshes
their Avid databases, create files for each client and each Avid media
directory with the name
[avid_dir_name]_[client_ip_address]_[client_username]. To trigger Avid
database refreshes, update the write time on those files. See EXAMPLES.
It is also necessary for the cache locked write times = no option to be
set for clients to be able to control their Avid media folder write
times.
EXAMPLES
Enable media_harmony for Mac and Windows clients:
[avid_mac]
path = /avid
vfs objects = media_harmony
cache locked write times = no
[avid_win]
path = /avid
vfs objects = media_harmony
cache locked write times = no
veto files = /.DS_Store/._@/.Trash@/.Spotlight@/.hidden/.hotfiles@/.vol/
delete veto files = yes
Create the files that will allow users david and susan to control their
own Avid database refreshes:
touch '/avid/OMFI MediaFiles_192.168.1.10_david' \
'/avid/OMFI MediaFiles_192.168.1.11_susan' \
'/avid/Avid MediaFiles/MXF/1_192.168.1.10_david' \
'/avid/Avid MediaFiles/MXF/1_192.168.1.11_susan'
Trigger an Avid database refresh for user david:
touch '/avid/OMFI MediaFiles_192.168.1.10_david' \
'/avid/Avid MediaFiles/MXF/1_192.168.1.10_david'
If you have a large number of Avid media folders to manage, you can
give each editor a suitably modified version of
examples/scripts/vfs/media_harmony/trigger_avid_update.py to create and
update these files.
CAVEATSvfs_media_harmony is designed to work with Avid editing applications
that look in the Avid MediaFiles or OMFI MediaFiles directories for
media. It is not designed to work as expected in all circumstances for
general use. For example: It is possible to open a client-specific file
such as msmMMOB.mdb_192.168.1.10_userx even though it doesn't show up
in a directory listing.
VERSION
This man page is correct for version 3.2.7 of the Samba suite.
AUTHOR
The original Samba software and related utilities were created by
Andrew Tridgell. Samba is now developed by the Samba Team as an Open
Source project similar to the way the Linux kernel is developed.
Samba 4.7 11/23/2017 VFS_MEDIA_HARMONY(8)
