You can usefully group Prinergy system administration tasks into the following lists of subtasks that you can perform at different stages of system implementation, or when a special need arises.

• Help complete the onsite setup of the Prinergy system
• Perform additional installation setup
• Perform ongoing system configuration
• Perform general maintenance
• Troubleshoot problems
• Perform software updates

Help complete the onsite setup of the Prinergy system

You work on these tasks with the Kodak start-up assistance (SUA) representative.

1. Integrate servers with the onsite system.
2. Add servers to the workgroup or domain.
3. Add file servers and data storage servers.
4. Add client Workshop computers (Mac and Windows), as required.
5. Distribute JTPs and configure JTP pools.
6. Configure Remote Access and PCAnywhere (for remote troubleshooting).
7. Create User Accounts.
8. Set up and test InSite, if purchased.
9. Check operating systems and install Prinergy Workshop software on Macintosh and Windows client computers, as required.
10. Configure each proofing device and set up process templates.
11. Configure each plating/output device and set up process templates.
12. Perform a Prinergy Backup (for the Oracle database) using Oracle Backup Manager.

Perform additional installation setup

After your Prinergy system is first installed, you must configure several aspects of the system, such as servers, user rights, and so on.

1. Ensure that the system contains the licenses required to run the features and JTPs that you want.
2. If your system has secondary servers, distribute JTPs across the servers. JTPs (job ticket processors), are software that perform specific processing steps to help process a job ticket.
3. In the Microsoft Windows operating system, create user accounts (in the Windows operating system, an account provides a user with a unique profile with which to log on to the Prinergy system and access resources) and user groups. For a domain, on the domain controller, use Active Directory Users and Computers. In a workgroup, on the Prinergy primary server, use Computer Management (see the documentation for the operating system).
4. Set up user rights for advanced operations, such as creating process templates, changing custom fields, or deleting history entries.
5. Manage the Araxi service user account, which is typically set up during installation. For example, you may want to change the password for the user account.
6. Configure secondary and tertiary servers.
7. Configure input volumes. An input volume is a shared folder from where you can add input files and imposition plans to a job. An input volume can reside on any computer in your network as long as it is registered as an input volume in Administrator.
8. Set up the job folders. A job folder contains several subfolders that are automatically created when you create a new job. These subfolders store pages, imposition plans, and other job-specific content. You can also set up your own folders inside the UserDefinedFolders folder for storing files related to the job, such as images or input files. When you archive the job, the contents of any user-defined folders are archived along with the job.
9. Configure job volumes. These are the server shares for storing Prinergy jobs. When you create a job, you are required to select a job server on which your job will be stored.
10. Configure proofing devices and output devices.
11. Configure hot folder behavior and other preferences. A hot folder is a folder that is monitored for incoming files and is used to automate the process of adding input files to a job and importing imposition plans. (Includes choosing which RIP to use.)
12. Set up user rights and e-mail for Rules-Based Automation, if purchased.
13. Configure email for Kodak InSite web-based job submission, if purchased.
14. Set up Prinergy Archiver, if purchased.
15. Set up Prinergy Online Backup to tape, if purchased.

Perform ongoing system configuration

As the need arises, you may have to adjust your Prinergy system configuration.

1. Add another file server or backup server (tertiary servers).
2. Add another client computer.
3. Set customer approval requirements when setting preferences.
4. Revise user rights for new staff or newly-added features.
5. Add new proofers or output devices.

Perform general maintenance

To preserve your data and keep your system operating, you can perform backup, archiving, and regular maintenance tasks.

1. Work with the database, for example, compress the Oracle database, monitor backup, add/remove a server to the backup server list.
2. Employ the Prinergy Archiver software, if purchased.
3. Employ the Prinergy Backup software, if purchased.
4. Perform regular system maintenance.

Troubleshoot problems

You can set up several methods of checking or monitoring your Prinergy system, and can find out more about troubleshooting, as needed.

1. Check the status of the Prinergy system.
2. Control the error messages that are displayed and set preferences for history logs.
3. Monitor processes (view processes, identify processes, sort information).
4. Use the Araxi Service account and software to start or restart the daemons and processes used in Prinergy.
5. Review other support tools and views.
6. Access published troubleshooting information on the Partner Place portal.
7. Follow the escalation path for getting troubleshooting help.

Perform software updates

After the first installation, Prinergy primary server and client software is designed so that you can update it yourself.

1. Update Prinergy primary server software.
2. Update Prinergy client software.
3. Review updated reference materials.