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The Check Software dialog box appears. SiteCon

g searches for software on

the selected device or devices and gathers information. Progress is reported.

2. When the check is complete for the selected device or devices, close the Check

Software dialog box.

An updated list of all currently installed software is displayed in the

Software

Deployment | Devices | Installed Software

list view. If software is a SiteCon

g managed

software package, information is displayed in the Managed Package and Deployment
Group columns.

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About installing SiteCon

Add software package to deployment group for Aurora Browse devices

Prerequisites for this task are as follows:

•

You can access the software package

le from the SiteCon

g control point PC.

•

The devices to which you are deploying software are in a deployment group.

To review which Browse/MediaFrame software roles to install on which machine, see the
Aurora Browse Installation and Con

guration Manual.

Use the following procedure to add one or more software package installation

les to

the deployment group that contains the devices in the following list. Depending on
your system design, you might not have all of the device-types listed:

•

MediaFrame server

•

MDI server

•

Aurora Proxy Encoder

•

K2 Basecamp Express

•

AuroraSuite

For this release of software, identify and add software package installation

les as

follows:

File name

Software

MediaFrameServer_7.1.0.xxxx.cab

MediaFrame Server

AuroraProxyEncoder_7.1.0.xxxx.cab

Aurora Proxy Encoder

AuroraSuite_

7.1.0.xxx

.cab

Aurora Suite

PCMonitoring_x.x.x.xx.cab

Grass Valley Windows Monitoring SNMP
agent

Depending on the K2 software version of your K2 SAN, also add software package
installation

les as follows:

NOTE: Add

les for either 3.x OR 7.x. Do not add

les for both 3.x AND 7.x.

•

If your devices access storage on a K2 software version 3.x K2 SAN, add software
package installation

les as follows:

Aurora Browse Version 7.1.0 Release Notes and Upgrade Instructions

18October 2010

Upgrading Aurora Browse and MediaFrame systems

Summary of Contents for Aurora Browse

Page 1: ...red trademarks or trademarks of Grass Valley Inc in the United States and or other countries Grass Valley Inc products are covered by U S and foreign patents issued and pending Additional information regarding Grass Valley Inc trademarks and other proprietary rights may be found at www grassvalley com Other trademarks and logos used in this document are either registered trademarks or trademarks o...

Page 2: ...ployment groups 15 Upgrade Aurora Edit Ingest and Playout systems 16 Upgrade NAS systems 16 Install High Priority Windows updates recommended 17 Check all currently installed software 17 Add software package to deployment group for Aurora Browse devices 18 Setting deployment options 20 Upgrade software on Aurora Browse devices 22 Install Browse client PC application 25 Logging in to the Aurora Bro...

Page 3: ...rame Server and MDIs 36 Operating considerations K2 BaseCamp Express 37 Operating Considerations Aurora and K2 systems 37 Operating Considerations 3rd party archive considerations 37 Known Issues 39 18October 2010 Aurora Browse Version 7 1 0 Release Notes and Upgrade Instructions 3 ...

Page 4: ...are available 24 hours a day 7 days a week In country Toll free Support Center 33 1 48 25 20 20 800 80 80 20 20 France 1 530 478 4148 1 800 547 8949 United States Authorized Local Support Representative A local support representative may be available in your country To locate a support center during normal local business hours refer to the following list This list is regularly updated on the websi...

Page 5: ...l Europe 31 0 35 62 38 421 Benelux Netherlands 32 0 2 334 90 30 Benelux Belgium 800 80 80 20 20 33 1 48 25 20 20 France 49 6150 104 444 Germany Austria Eastern Europe 7 495 258 09 20 Belarus Russia Tadzhikistan Ukraine Uzbekistan 45 404 72 237 Northern Europe 39 06 87 20 35 28 Southern Europe Italy 34 91 512 03 50 Southern Europe Spain 971 4 299 64 40 Middle East Middle East Near East Africa 800 8...

Page 6: ...urora Browse MediaFrame system is still referred to as K2 BaseCamp Express AVC Intra Proxy encoders support both AVC Intra 50 and AVC Intra 100 For a list of supported partial file restore PFR formats refer to Operating Considerations 3rd party archive considerations on page 37 K2 Summit MDI A new K2 Summit MDI allows for detection of multiple tiered bin structure Extended naming capabilities Long...

Page 7: ...t capability NetCentral can now track the lifetime of an asset Updated SDK The SDK is fully supported Refer to About the MediaFrame BaseCamp SDK on page 31 New zoom capability You now have the ability to zoom in on long files similar to Aurora Edit Refer to About the zoom knob on page 31 Version 6 5 2 SiteConfig support Network configuration and software deployment across allAurora products is sup...

Page 8: ...d requests for the media manager all without actually moving or duplicating assets TransferTool now integrated In the Aurora Browse Client you can drag and drop files and monitor transfer progress between devices Pinnable Windows the MediaFrame panels are now pinnable and relocatable so you can customize and resize MediaFrame tools within the application Extended Custom Metadata types Custom Metad...

Page 9: ... 32 SP2 OS Recommended spec K2 BaseCamp Express component Dell PowerEdge R710 Model Two Intel Xeon E5520 2 26 GHz Processor s 4 GB Memory Four 250 GB 7 2K SATA System Drive Gigabit Ethernet Network Windows Server 2003 R2 32 SP2 OS Recommended spec MDI Server component Dell PowerEdge R610 Model Intel Xeon E5520 2 26 GHz Processor s 4 GB Memory 146 GB 15K RPM SAS System Drive Gigabit Ethernet Networ...

Page 10: ...net Information Services IIS 3 0 Web Services Enhancements Aurora Browse components The following components make up the Aurora Browse system and are compatible with this release of software as listed in the following table Comments Version Component Bundled in the MediaFrame Server install 7 1 0 8 Aurora Browse client Supported on Windows XP SP3 and Windows 7 7 1 0 18 MediaFrame server Formerly r...

Page 11: ...ig DiscoveryAgent Compatible with K2 version 3 3 2 1401 and K2 Summit version 7 2 7 1397 3 5 2 1b15620 StorNext File System SNFS The prerequisite files must be installed on the SiteConfig control point PC 1 0 0 Grass Valley prerequisite files 7 1 0 11 Aurora Browse Switcher 7 1 0 7 Aurora Browse database upgrade utility Compatible third party products Products by manufacturers other than Grass Val...

Page 12: ...e SGL FlashNet software that the fnapi dll in the C Program Files Grass Valley ManagedDevices FlashNET directory is the same version as the FlashNet Client software that is in C flashnet6 bin If not copy the file in C flashnet6 bin to C Program Files Grass Valley ManagedDevices FlashNET Avalon software is now End of Service The last supported version was 3 2 See comments Avalon software 12 Aurora ...

Page 13: ...e upgrades NOTE Do not use the upgrade instructions in this document if upgrading with SiteConfig for the first time If SiteConfig was not used for your previous software upgrade do not use the upgrade instructions in these release notes Instead use the SiteConfig Migration Instructions Before you upgrade software using SiteConfig each of your Aurora product devices must be migrated to become a Si...

Page 14: ...deployment Do the following to prepare SiteConfig for the software upgrade 1 Make the following files accessible to the SiteConfig control point PC MediaFrameServer software installation cab file AuroraProxyEncoder software installation cab file GenericISCI software installation cab file GenericiSCSI_x86 versionnumber cab for the 32 bit and GenericiSCSI_x64 versionnumber cab for the 64 bit SNFS so...

Page 15: ...ts must be offline all media access stopped or shut down Depending on your system design this could include devices such as K2 clients K2 appliances Aurora Proxy Advanced Encoders MDI server Aurora Edit clients Aurora Ingest clients Aurora Playout clients and generic clients Upgrade your K2 systems to the compatible version of K2 system software This includes K2 SAN systems and stand alone K2 Medi...

Page 16: ...2 Media Servers Upgrade Aurora Edit Ingest and Playout systems Prerequisites for this task are as follows K2 systems are upgraded to the compatible version of K2 system software AllAurora Browse and MediaFrame devices are offline all media access stopped or shut down Upgrade your Aurora Edit Ingest and Playout systems to the compatible versions of software Refer to each Aurora product s release no...

Page 17: ... log in to the device using the username password credentials assigned to the device The SiteConfig control point PC does not have a network drive mapped to an administrative share such as C on a device on which you are checking software If the SiteConfig Network Configuration Kit and or Discovery Agent at version lower than 1 1 0 185 is currently installed it must be manually uninstalled and upda...

Page 18: ...Installation and Configuration Manual Use the following procedure to add one or more software package installation files to the deployment group that contains the devices in the following list Depending on your system design you might not have all of the device types listed MediaFrame server MDI server Aurora Proxy Encoder K2 Basecamp Express AuroraSuite For this release of software identify and a...

Page 19: ... bit systems You can add files for both 32 bit and 64 bit systems because when SiteConfig deploys software it automatically deploys the 32 bit or 64 bit software appropriate for the target device You must install SNFS as a separate cab file SNFS is not bundled with the Generic iSCSI cab file 1 In the Software Deployment Deployment Groups tree view select a deployment group 2 Click the Add button T...

Page 20: ...at needs to have its deployment options set the Start Deployment button is disabled and the message is displayed next to the button 3 Proceed with next steps to set deployment options for the following GVG_MLib MediaFrame Server Proxy Encoder Aurora Suite 4 Do one of the following to set deployment options Double click the task Select the task and click the Options button A wizard opens 5 Work thr...

Page 21: ... a local account Entering the local account in this way allows you to use the Use options from feature for all other devices of the same type Once you enter the local account in this way on the first device it becomes the template from which options for other devices are copied Enter the Database server DSM shared AV files and shared AV drives Aurora Suite 18October 2010 Aurora Browse Version 7 1 ...

Page 22: ...ol point PC You have recently done the SiteConfig Check Software operation on the devices you are upgrading If you are upgrading multiple software components for which there is a required sequence you must check and uncheck tasks and run multiple deployment sessions to control the sequence For some software components SiteConfig aids you by enforcing dependencies For each individual software compo...

Page 23: ...stall MediaFrameServer 7 1 0 xxxx Uninstall AuroraProxyEncoder xxxx xxxx Install AuroraProxyEncoder 7 1 0 xxxx Uninstall GenericISCI x86 xxxx xxxx Install GenericISCI x86 xxxx xxxx version must be compatible with K2 SAN Uninstall GenericISCI x64 xxxx xxxx Install GenericISCI x64 xxxx xxxx version must be compatible with K2 SAN Uninstall GVGMLib xxxx xxxx Install GVGMLib xxxx xxxx version must be c...

Page 24: ...s well 5 Click the Start Deployment button Deployment tasks run and software is uninstalled Progress is reported and next steps are indicated in both the Status and Details columns If an error appears regarding prerequisite software install the prerequisite files on the control point PC and then repeat this step 6 When the Status or Details columns indicate next steps identify the software in the ...

Page 25: ...client application If the Aurora Browse user has administrator privileges you can use setup exe to install the Aurora Browse application on the client PC The executable file installs the prerequisites and the Aurora Browse application If the Aurora Browse user does not have administrator privileges an administrator needs to install all the prerequisites for the user The user then can install the A...

Page 26: ...need to change this name later select File Connect to server For information on using theAurora Browse client application see the Aurora Browse User Guide or the Help menu of the Aurora Browse client application 26 Aurora Browse Version 7 1 0 Release Notes and Upgrade Instructions 18October 2010 Upgrading Aurora Browse and MediaFrame systems ...

Page 27: ...m s MAC address by performing operations such as changing the System Processor card you must obtain a new license based on the new MAC address Requesting a license This topic applies to Grass Valley Sabretooth licenses Software licenses are unique to the system for which they are purchased They cannot be used on any other system This requires that you provide a generated unique ID for the desired ...

Page 28: ... K2 system running do not restart until after you have requested the license s 8 Do one of the following Attach the License Request text file to an email Paste the text directly into an email message You might want to keep a copy of the message for your records 9 Send the email as instructed by the License Request Wizard An email will be sent from GrassValley to the return email address you specif...

Page 29: ...permanent license in SabreTooth as well as any other licenses permanent or temporary that have been installed on this machine Once you have added the permanent license you can delete the temporary license If the temporary license is still in SabreTooth you will continue to get temporary license notifications even with the permanent license installed unless you delete the temporary license You shou...

Page 30: ...associated with this release of software Aurora and Windows 7 Aurora Browse Edit Ingest and Playout clients now support Windows 7 both 32 bit and 64 bit versions 30 Aurora Browse Version 7 1 0 Release Notes and Upgrade Instructions 18October 2010 New topics ...

Page 31: ...cess that the MediaFrameAppPool uses For released systems this is typically set to 2 Contact your Grass Valley representative for more information About the zoom knob The zoom knob lets you browse a specified length of the asset The zoom knob focuses the seekbar on a section of the timeline You can specify increments of time such as one second or one minute or you can rotate the knob up to full wh...

Page 32: ...tabase is indexed using a full text index rather than searching for a specific string of characters This index is used when you search using the Word or Phrase in the Asset Metadata text field It is not used in the All or Part of the Asset Name text field In a full text index before the data can be indexed the word boundaries must be determined The index uses a word breaker to determine where the ...

Page 33: ...and 7 0 0 108 or higher Encoders and unicode If your system is encoding assets that use unicode languages the Aurora FTP communication format needs to be set to UTF8 For more information see Configuring the encoder for unicode languages on page 35 Modifying the MediaFrame database for non English searches To enable the MediaFrame database to allow searches in non English languages such as Chinese ...

Page 34: ...e system path of media mybin1 mybin2 MyVideo cmf MyVideo xml Asset name bin name and path up to 259 1 characters including separators such as Asset name and extension Asset media directory and extension Bin name The rest of the path name i e everything apart from the bin Sections of an asset path name and asset names The extension is not visible in This part of the path name is The bin name can be...

Page 35: ...aracters Configuring the encoder for unicode languages If your system is encoding assets that use unicode languages the Aurora FTP communication format needs to be set to UTF 8 To configure the encoder for unicode follow these steps 1 From the Start menu on the encoder select Programs Grass Valley Aurora FTP 2 In the AuroraFTP configuration dialog box click the Communication format drop down list ...

Page 36: ...re offline in the archive It does not search assets that are both online and offline Operating Considerations MediaFrame Server and MDIs Simple mode database The database needs to be configured in simple mode If the database has previously been set to the full recovery model update it to the simple model For more information see the Aurora Browse Installation Configuration Guide MDI Name Do not ch...

Page 37: ...n nested bins are supported Operating Considerations 3rd party archive considerations Partial File Restore PFR support in 7 1 0 is described in the following table Full archive and restore is supported in all of the listed formats Diva SGL Flashnet Supported No No Ancillary data No Yes AVC I Yes Yes Audio 16 24 PCM Yes Yes DV25 Yes Yes DV50 No Yes DV100 Yes Yes IMX D10 Yes Yes MPEG I Frame Yes Yes...

Page 38: ... disk archives To explore disk based or tape based archives the Diva MDI configuration must specify the name of the archive s in the Disk Array Names field of the MediaFrame Configuration tool For more information on configuring the Diva MDI see the Aurora Browse Installation and Configuration Guide FlashNet clip deletion There can be a problem where the FlashNet archive does not reclaim space aft...

Page 39: ...restored Description CR50770 This occurs even if duplicate name handling is enabled The specific condition that causes the failure is when the name of the clip to be restored is clipname and the destination folder has a clip named clipname and a clip named clipname_0 Users must restore to a different destination folder or delete rename the clips in the destination folder that have the same basenam...

Page 40: ... move the clip to the scavenge folder Workaround If one Aurora Browse user attempts to delete an asset at the same time another Aurora Browse user is viewing the clip Description CR57788 the High resolution material will be deleted however the proxy will remain After the other user is no longer viewing the clip retry deletion of the asset Workaround On certain systems occasional delayed write popu...

Page 41: ...106032 associate the bin s assets with the original name When an asset in this bin is modified the asset is removed from the current view Do not change the case of a bin s name Workaround In the MediaFrame Event Log the News MDI can report an event for a non existent object in the assetEventList Description CR105665 When convenient restart the GV News Share MDI service Workaround When configuring ...

Page 42: ...ound When installing Aurora on Windows 7 clients a pending SiteConfig dialog can be missed Description PR20458 When a dialog is pending a blinking icon displays on the Windows 7 task bar Clicking on this indicator brings up the Workaround dialog that takes you to the isolated session If you are logged in via remote desktop the interactive services detection service sends a notification about the p...

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