Summary of upgrade from version 2.8 to version 3.1

Several upgrade tasks are new or require special consideration with the upgrade from version 2.8 to version 3.1. Apply upgrade tasks as appropriate for your system design, as follows:

• All systems:
  • Windows update: KB2859537 and KB2872339 not supported on Grass Valley devices.
  • .NET upgrade: All GV STRATUS servers (including EDIUS XRE) and all client PCs hosting a GV STRATUS application and/or an EDIUS application must upgrade to .NET 4.5, if that version of .NET is not already installed.
  • Services: In SiteConfig, for your GV STRATUS Express server or GV STRATUS Core server add roles to install GV STRATUS Data Mover Engine.
  • GV Event Viewer: In SiteConfig, for all STRATUS servers, add a role to install GV Event Viewer.
  • HTTP server: After the upgrade, in GV STRATUS Control Panel, configure settings for HTTP server and SMB server.
  • Trim Rights: After the upgrade, in GV STRATUS Control Panel, assign the "Trim Rights" role to users and groups.
  • Rules: After the upgrade you can additionally configure archive rules and transfer rules. If you license your GV STRATUS system to work with your transcoding application, you can also configure an export rule with transcode functionality.
  • Licenses: The following optional licenses are available with this release.
    • STRATUS-XCODECONTROLVANTAGE (Optional): If you license your GV STRATUS system and install the Telestream Vantage™ application, you can configure an export rule with Vantage transcode functionality.
    • STRATUS-MULTISITE (Optional): If you have multiple sites with GV STRATUS systems, you can license one or more systems and configure them to access assets on remote sites.
  • Search index: After the upgrade, the GV STRATUS database is automatically indexed to support enhanced search features. This can take several hours, depending on the size of your GV STRATUS database. During this time Search features and Rules features are not fully functional. In GV STRATUS Control Panel, click Core | Search Index Config to view indexing progress.
• Systems using Segmentation features:
  • Services: In SiteConfig, for your GV STRATUS Express server or GV STRATUS Core server add roles to install GV STRATUS Traffic Gateway.
• Systems with high-resolution client PCs, such as those using the RMI tool or a high-resolution editor:
  • After the upgrade, in GV STRATUS Control Panel Proxy Access settings, add GV STRATUS client PCs and set them to high resolution.
• Systems with EDIUS:
  • Upgrade sequence: On GV STRATUS/EDIUS client PCs and EDIUS XRE Server you must uninstall/install in the following order:
    1. Uninstall EDIUS/XRE and GVG_Mlib.
    2. Restart.
    3. Uninstall the GV STRATUS Application.
    4. Install the GV STRATUS Application.
    5. Restart.
    6. Install EDIUS/XRE.
    7. Restart.
    The GVG_Mlib uninstall is required because it is no longer installed separately for EDIUS XS version 7 and EDIUS XRE Server version 7.
  • XRE Server settings: After upgrade, verify and, if necessary, reconfigure XRE Server settings.
  • License: You must re-license to support EDIUS 7.
• Systems using Adobe Premiere:
  • After the upgrade, you can install the GV STRATUS plug-in for Adobe Premiere if desired. To do so, follow installation instructions in this Topic Library.