Grass Valley Profile InSync v.2.0 - Manual (Page 10)

10 InSync User Guide 13 April, 2001
Changing the backup Profile unit to be main
If you must remove the main Profile unit (call it Unit A) from service and place the backup
Profile unit (call it Unit B) on line, and you want to maintain redundancy, you must reassign
Profile Unit B to be main and assign a different Profile unit (call it Unit C) as backup. To
change the designation of Profile Unit B from backup to main:
1. Install InSync on Profile Unit B (if it is not already installed). Follow the installation
instructions given earlier.
2. Start InSync on Profile Unit B. When prompted for a backup name, enter the name of
Profile Unit C. By starting InSync on Profile Unit B and designating Profile Unit C as
backup, you have designated Profile Unit B to be main.
3. Make sure that PortServer is running on Profile Unit C.
Now you are ready to return to operation with the former backup unit operating as the main
unit, and with InSync mirroring the operation to meet the redundancy requirement.
Configuring InSync
Once InSync is running, you use InSync Configuration to start a manual backup operation or
to configure how InSync performs the backup function. If you are using bi-directional
mirroring, you cannot use InSync Configuration to make changes to the configuration, but you
can use it to view the current settings.
Starting InSync Configuration
Before you can use InSync Configuration you must be logged on as Administrator. For
information about logging on as Administrator, see the Profile User Manual for the PDR
family or the Profile XP System Guide.
As a practical matter, do not start InSync Configuration during the initial backup. InSync
Configuration cannot begin to operate until the backup is complete. In installations where low-
speed Ethernet is being used for data transfer, this could become very lengthy.
To begin configuration of InSync, double-click the InSync Configuration icon on the desktop.
When you open InSync Configuration, you are prompted to connect to the main Profile unit
with this dialog box:
Enter the name or IP address of the local Profile unit to which you want to connect and click
OK to open the InSync Configuration dialog box.