Summary of upgrade from version 4.5 to version 4.8

Several upgrade tasks are new or require special consideration with the upgrade from version 4.5 to version 4.8. 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.
  • .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 Old 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.
  • Internal system account: If the internal system account for your GV STRATUS system is on a fully qualified domain or is not the default GVAdmin account, configure settings at GV STRATUS Control Panel Core | STRATUS Core Services | Primary Site as appropriate for your system.
• Systems with EDIUS and GV Render Engine server:
  • Requires the installation of Windows High Priority updates. For more details, refer to Install Important Windows updates for EDIUS.
• Systems with K2 Central Shared Storage:
  • Before upgrading the K2 Central system, the previously installed software must be uninstalled manually.
  • Any K2 config files must be deleted, and services restarted on the GV STRATUS core server, if originally K2 Central devices had been manually added to these files before configuring K2 Central systems in the GV STRATUS Control Panel.
  • 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.