Summary of upgrade from version 4.0 to version 4.8

Several upgrade tasks are new or require special consideration with this upgrade. Apply upgrade tasks as appropriate for your system design, as follows:

All systems:
- SiteConfig: Before upgrading GV STRATUS, upgrade your SiteConfig application to the latest version. For more info, refer to Grass Valley products compatible with GV STRATUS.
- Require the upgrade of SNFS (StoreNext File System) version 4.7.2 if you are upgrading to K2 Summit 9.6 system. For more details, refer to the "Upgrading K2 systems" section of the K2 Topic Library.
- .NET upgrade: All GV STRATUS servers, K2 Summit systems, and all client PCs hosting a GV STRATUS application and/or an EDIUS application must upgrade to .NET 4.6.1, if that version of .NET is not already installed. For more details, refer to Upgrade .NET.
- Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable for VS 2015 install: All GV STRATUS servers, K2 Summit systems, and all Windows 64-bit and 32-bit OS client PCs hosting GV STRATUS and EDIUS applications must install Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable for VS 2015 Update 2. For more details, refer to Upgrade Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable for VS 2015.
- Bin Creation Rights, and Change Thumbnail Rights: After the upgrade, existing users and groups do not have these new roles assigned, so you must assign the roles if appropriate. If you create new users and groups, some roles are assigned by default, so you must remove those roles if appropriate. For more details, refer to GV STRATUS roles matrix.
- Field Permissions for custom metadata: After the upgrade, existing users and groups do not have these new permissions assigned, so you must assign the permissions if appropriate. If you create new users and groups, some permissions are assigned by default, so you must remove those permissions if appropriate. For more details, refer to Permissions settings.
- Custom Metadata fields for markers and keywords: After the upgrade, existing users and groups do not have these new fields assigned, so a user with the Media Manager role must assign the fields if appropriate. For more details, refer to Entity Type in Custom Metadata settings.
- Access Permissions for markers and segments: After the upgrade, existing users and groups do not have these new permissions assigned, so a user with the Security Manager role must assign the permissions if appropriate. If you create new users and groups, some permissions are assigned by default, so you must remove those permissions if appropriate. For more details, refer to Setting security in Inspector.
- Common RESTful Archive: After the upgrade, you can add the Common RESTful Archive server to your GV STRATUS system. You can configure up to 2 Common RESTful Archive MDIs in the GV STRATUS Control Panel. For more details, refer to Common RESTful Archive MDI settings.
- GV STRATUS software installation automatically creates and installs a security certificate on the GV STRATUS Core server. No manual steps are required.
Systems with Proxy Encoders:
- Proxy generation functionality is included in the GV STRATUS Render Engine. Proxy Encoders must be converted to Render Engines. The required steps for the conversion of Proxy Encoder servers to Render Engine servers are integrated in the main upgrade process and in the section Install Render Engine server software and upgrade EDIUS client software.
- Require the removal of GV STRATUS Proxy Encoder role in order to use the proxy encoder functionality in GV STRATUS Render Engine. You must remove the GV STRATUS Proxy Encoder role on every existing Proxy Encoder in your operation.
Note: In case one Proxy Encoder role is still configured in a GV STRATUS system, the GV Render Engine will not perform any proxy encoding jobs. Instead all proxy encoding jobs will be executed by the existing Proxy Encoder.
Systems with GV Render Engine server:
- Require the removal of K2 FTP Server role. You must remove the K2 FTP Server role on every GV STRATUS Render Engine in your operation.
- Require the installation of Windows High Priority updates. For more details, refer to Install Important Windows updates for EDIUS.
Systems with DIVA archive:
- Require the configuration of all K2 Summit SAN FTP server as an individual entry in the Configuration Utility on the DIVA server. For more details, refer to Configuring DIVA.
- Require the same number of maximum concurrent archive and restore operations entered in the Configuration Utility on the DIVA server for all FTP servers belonging to the same K2 Summit SAN.
- Require the configuration of the correct number for supported archive and restore operations in the Diva MDI in GV STRATUS Control Panel to match the configuration on the DIVA server. For more details, refer to DIVA Archive MDI settings.
Systems with SGL Flashnet archive:
- Require the configuration of all K2 Summit SAN FTP server as an individual entry in the Configuration Utility on the SGL FlashNet server. For more details, refer to Configuring FlashNet.
Systems with K2 Central Shared Storage:
- Requires the configuration of K2 Summit MDI for the K2 Central system. For more details, refer to GV STRATUS Control Panel configuration for K2 Central.
Systems with Grass Valley SMB Storage:
- Requires the configuration of K2 Summit MDI for the Grass Valley SMB Storage. For more details, refer to GV STRATUS Control Panel configuration for SMB storage.