Newsshare system users and groups, Configuring the domain controller, Guidelines – Grass Valley Aurora Edit LD v.6.5 Installation User Manual

Page 73

November 25, 2008

Aurora Edit Installation Guide

NewsShare system users and groups

NewsShare system users and groups

At a minimum, you need to create two user-group sets for use by certain components of

the NewsShare system:

Configuring the Domain Controller

A Domain Controller is a separate machine running Windows 2003

Server software and

configured with Active Directory. If purchased from Thomson Grass Valley, a Conform

Server is used. If the sole responsibility of the machine is to act as a domain controller,

SMG- or customer-furnished equipment may be used, provided that it meets the

specifications necessary to host Windows 2003 Server.

Guidelines

In general, you need to follow these guidelines for the Domain Controller:
• The Domain Controller cannot be an FSM.
• A separate Domain Controller and related domain node should be allocated to the

technical LAN subnet. This Domain Controller should also have sufficient access to

all related LANs to establish trusts and provide authentication services.

• A Conform Server can be used to host another Aurora Edit product, SmartBins.
• The domain controller may be remote to the SAN, but needs high availability and

direct configurability by your newsroom engineering department.

• Consistent with the Windows domain model, the domain controller may also use a

backup within the SAN subnet.

• You can either create a Domain Controller as a new domain tree or as a child domain

to an existing Domain Controller on your network.

• For normal newsroom operation, if the domain controller is a member of a forest or

tree, the Domain Controller can be subordinate: trusting but not trusted.

Viewers

Monday-Sunday

Read only

Feeds

Read only

HFR

Read only