Apple Final Cut Server 1.5 - Manual (Page 31)

It is strongly recommended that you back up the Proxies and Versions devices, along
with the Final Cut Server catalog backup file, shortly after you back up the Final Cut Server
catalog. These devices use the Contentbase file system format and rely on Final Cut Server
having an accurate catalog of their contents. Being able to restore the devices and catalog
from files created at the same time results in the Final Cut Server catalog accurately
matching up to these devices.
Note: It is also suggested that you back up the assets and projects on your other devices.
Restoring Your Final Cut Server Catalog
Although restoring your Final Cut Server catalog is easy to do, there are a number of
things to be aware of.
About Restoring Your Catalog
Restoring the catalog can actually be a destructive process.
• If you are restoring the catalog on a new Final Cut Server installation: There is no practical
existing catalog, and you can restore with no danger.
• If you are restoring over an existing catalog: The existing catalog is completely deleted
before the restore begins. If the restore files turn out to not contain what you had
hoped or do not work correctly, you can end up in worse shape than when you started.
For that reason, you are strongly encouraged to back up your existing Final Cut Server
catalog prior to restoring a previous backup file.
Before You Restore Your Catalog
Restoring your catalog may not be all you need to do to get your system working again.
If you are using restore to recover from a hard disk failure, you will need to configure a
few other areas for Final Cut Server to work correctly.
Users and Groups
You need to configure your computer’s users and groups. If your users and groups are
configured on a different computer, all you need to do is ensure this computer can access
that information. The restore function will attempt to assign the permission sets to the
same groups as when the backup file was created.
If your users and groups are configured locally on this computer, you need to reconfigure
them as they were when the backup file was created. Any groups that are not available
during the restore process will not be available to use Final Cut Server until you manually
add them in Final Cut Server System Preferences.
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