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Aurora Ingest Version 7.1 Release Notes 
and Upgrade Instructions

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Summary of Contents for AURORA INGEST - S AND UPGRADE INSTRUCTIONS V7.1

Page 1: ...use only is subject to change without notice and should not be construed as a commitment by Grass Valley Inc Grass Valley Inc assumes no responsibility or liability for any errors or inaccuracies that may appear in this publication Grass Valley K2 Aurora Summit Solo Dyno Turbo Profile Profile XP NetCentral NewsBrowse NewsEdit NewsQ NewsShare NewsQ Pro and Media Manager are either registered tradem...

Page 2: ...indows updates recommended 21 Manually upgrade systems 21 Check all currently installed software on Aurora Ingest devices 22 Add software package to deployment group for Aurora Ingest devices 23 Setting deployment options 24 Upgrade software on Aurora Ingest devices 28 Upgrade NAS systems 31 Upgrade Browse and MediaFrame systems 31 Licensing Grass Valley products 33 About software licensing 33 Req...

Page 3: ...eduling events with ENPS 49 Drag and drop scheduled items 53 Additional notes 55 Installing Ingest software manually 55 Configuring ScheduALL properties 57 Configuring ScheduALL application 62 Known Issues 64 18 October 2010 Aurora Ingest 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: ... 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 80...

Page 6: ...7 1 software 071 8550 11 Topics added modified with the following changes 071 8550 12 SNFS and Generic iSCSI cab files are no longer bundled together Check the Compatible Grass Valley products on page 15 to determine the version compatible with your system 6 Aurora Ingest Version 7 1 0 Release Notes and Upgrade Instructions 18 October 2010 Release note revisions for this release ...

Page 7: ... 8268 10 or you can also search for the document at http www grassvalley com docs Fixed in 7 1 0 Description Reference number Ingest installation run via SiteConfig stalls if SQL Server service is not running PR25036 After inserting a P2 card and selecting the import destination the destination reverts back to the default location PR25138 Modifying recurrence end date does not take effect PR25199 ...

Page 8: ...ed Web Proxy Settings You can set MediaFrame to use proxy settings configured in your web browser to communicate with MediaFrame services For example the proxy configured in Internet Explorer under Tools Options Connections LAN Settings Proxy Server Refer to Use configured web proxy settings on page 43 for more information in these release notes Multi Tiered Bins in K2 Summit Aurora Ingest support...

Page 9: ...immed clips in groups on page 48 for more information in these release notes Multi Select Rename in RMI Multiple clips can now be selected and renamed at the same time This can be found in the right click menu of RMI When a group of clips are renamed they will each increment from the base clip name e g clip name n 1 XDCAM EX Support XDCAM EX is now part of the supported XDCAM series from Sony JVC ...

Page 10: ...b of the Aurora Ingest Server tool there is a new Recurring Date Format combo box with several options The date format e g MM_DD_YYYY will be determined through the regional settings of the Windows OS So if the system is configured to see DD_MM_YYYY then the combo box options will reflect this setting Maximize Channel View of VTR Ingest As VTR Ingest allows for 8 simultaneous channels to be record...

Page 11: ...led What s New Aurora Ingest 6 5 Aurora Ingest Server MediaFrame Integration New search and metadata tools have been embedded in numerous areas within the application MediaFrame server can be configured within Tools Options of Aurora Ingest Server NOTE For MediaFrame connectivity to function between the Scheduler RMI and the VTR Ingest applications that are on a different domain than the MediaFram...

Page 12: ...rently importing feeds are editable byAurora Edit before they are complete DV100 Support Support for DV100 media via removable media import from P2 NOTE Transfers of DV100 media to the Summit are supported while transfers to K2 server are not AVC Intra Support Support for AVC Intra media import XDCAM HD 1080i Support Support for XDCAM 4 2 2 1080i Long GOP 50mbit media import NOTE XDCAM HD 720p imp...

Page 13: ...re 2 33 GHz Intel Core 2 Quad Core 2 33 GHz OR Processor s Two Intel Xeon 5160 Dual Core 3 0 GHz 4 GB 4 GB Memory Discrete graphics with 384 MB of dedicated memory Discrete graphics with 256 MB of dedicated memory Graphics and support for Direct3D 9 10 and Shader Model 4 0 and support for Direct3D 9 and Shader Model 3 0 80 GB 7200 RPM SATA 80 GB 7200 RPM SATA System Drive 2 x 250 GB 7200 RPM SATA ...

Page 14: ...rive 2 x 250 GB 7200 RPM SATA striped Media Drives CD DVD Optical Drive Gigabit Ethernet 2 Network As needed Firewire 1394 Windows XP Pro 32 SP3 or Windows 7 OS A Gigabit Ethernet card and a Firewire 1394 card shall NOT be installed on the same PCI bus segment eg adjacent PCI slots since this can cause very poor performance Notes Aurora Ingest Server RECOMMENDED Spec MINIMUM Spec Dell PowerEdge 61...

Page 15: ...rt for memory and support for Direct3D 9 and Shader Model 3 0 Direct3D 9 and Shader Model 3 0 80 GB 7200 RPM SATA 80 GB 7200 RPM SATA System Drive CD DVD CD DVD Optical Drive Gigabit Ethernet Gigabit Ethernet Network Windows XP Pro 32 SP3 or Windows 7 Windows XP Pro 32 SP3 or Windows 7 OS It is the customer s responsibility to ensure that the system has sufficient number and type of expansion slot...

Page 16: ...ent K2 system software Required for RMI when importing to a K2 SAN Compatible with K2 version 3 3 2 1401 and K2 3 5 2 1b15620 StorNext File System SNFS Summit version 7 2 7 1397 2 0 13 567 M Series system software Required for RMI Installation 7 1 0 273 RMI Core 1 4 0 451 SiteConfig application The prerequisite file must be installed on the SiteConfig control point PC 1 0 0 Grass Valley prerequisi...

Page 17: ...Microsoft Windows For Ingest Server Component only Windows Server 2003 Microsoft Windows Server Contact Panasonic for driver 2 03 0002 Panasonic P2 Driver Contact Sony for driver 2 04 Sony XDCAM FAM Driver 18 October 2010 Aurora Ingest Version 7 1 0 Release Notes and Upgrade Instructions 17 Version compatibility ...

Page 18: ...ase 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 SiteConfig managed device This includes installing SiteConfig support on the device manually uninstalling any and allAurora components and qualifying the device for communication with SiteConfig These instructions are in the SiteC...

Page 19: ... for Aurora Ingest RMI devices AuroraSuite software installation cab file GenericISCI software installation cab files GenericiSCSI_x86 versionnumber cab for the 32 bit and GenericiSCSI_x64 versionnumber cab for the 64 bit SNFS software installation cab file SNFS_nonK2_x86 versionnumber cab for the 32 bit and SNFS_nonK2_x64 versionnumber cab for the 64 bit PCmonitoring software installation cab fil...

Page 20: ...Program Files Grass Valley Prerequisite Files Upgrade K2 systems Prerequisites for this task are as follows If upgrading a K2 SAN all SAN clients 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 a...

Page 21: ...NAS in a deployment group named for the SAN system place the following devices The Nearline SAN s K2 Media Servers Install High Priority Windows updates recommended Windows High Priority updates are recommended but not required While you have devices in an offline state to upgrade software you should check to see if there are any new updates that you need to install Use standard Windows procedures...

Page 22: ...tivity is present SiteConfig is able to 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 Aurora product software at a version lower than 6 5 2 is currently installed it must be manually uninstalled For more in...

Page 23: ...ces GVG_MLib_3 3 2 1401 cab or GVG_MLib_7 2 7 1397 cab GVG MLib software For Aurora Ingest Server and RMI AuroraSuite_7 1 0 xxx cab Aurora Suite For Aurora Ingest RMI device only PCMonitoring_x x x xx cab Grass Valley Windows Monitoring SNMP agent NOTE You need to reinstall RMI if you upgrade GVG MLib software in future For Aurora Ingest RMI device you must also add the following software package ...

Page 24: ...r 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 The Add Package s dialog box opens 3 Do one of the following to select the software package Select from the list of packages then click OK Click Browse browse to and select the package then click Open 4 If one or more EULAs are displayed accept them to...

Page 25: ...eployment button is disabled and the message is displayed next to the button 3 Do one of the following to set deployment options Double click the task Select the task and click the Options button A wizard opens 4 Work through wizards and set deployment options as follows Deployment options Software Aurora Ingest Select the SQL Server configuration that will be used byAurora Ingest Server If you ch...

Page 26: ...of the Aurora Ingest Server Enter the name s of the K2 Media Server s with role of file system server FSMs GVG_MLib 5 If your system has Aurora Ingest RMI devices also configure deployment options as follows Deployment options Software Select the RMI operating mode either Standalone RMI or RMI Client Aurora Ingest 26 Aurora Ingest Version 7 1 0 Release Notes and Upgrade Instructions 18 October 201...

Page 27: ...K2 Media Server s with role of file system server FSMs GVG_MLib Aurora Suite Enter Database server DSM Shared AV Files Shared AV Drives 18 October 2010 Aurora Ingest Version 7 1 0 Release Notes and Upgrade Instructions 27 Upgrading Aurora Ingest systems ...

Page 28: ...age to the deployment group Prerequisite files are installed on the control 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 SiteCon...

Page 29: ...the following tasks Action Managed Package Deploy Uninstall AuroraIngest xxxx xxxx Install AuroraIngest 7 1 0 xxxx Uninstall IngestServerPrerequisites xxxx xxxx Install IngestServerPrerequisites 7 1 0 xxxx Uninstall GVGMLib xxxx xxxx Install GVGMLib xxxx xxxx version must be compatible with K2 SAN Install PCmonitoring x x x xx For Aurora Ingest RMI devices also deploy the following tasks Action Ma...

Page 30: ...ext to the Start Deployment button for a message If a message instructs you to upgrade the Discovery Agent on the control point PC go to the directory to which SiteConfig is installed find the DiscoveryAgent_x x x x cab file add it to the deployment group and deploy the Discovery Agent software as well 5 Click the Start Deployment button Deployment tasks run and software is uninstalled Progress is...

Page 31: ...systems Prerequisites for this task are as follows K2 systems are upgraded to the compatible version of K2 system software Aurora Edit Ingest and Playout systems are upgraded to the compatible versions of software Upgrade the MediaFrame Proxy NAS K2 Nearline SAN to the compatible version of K2 software Use SiteConfig and deploy software using steps similar to those for other systems a Check softwa...

Page 32: ...ediaFrame systems to the compatible versions of software Refer to Aurora Browse Release Notes for procedures 32 Aurora Ingest Version 7 1 0 Release Notes and Upgrade Instructions 18 October 2010 Upgrading Aurora Ingest systems ...

Page 33: ...her machine You should back up the license text files to a separate drive or as part of a recovery image Licenses are based on your system s unique identifier which is partially derived from your system s Media Access Control MAC address If you change your system s MAC address by performing operations such as changing the System Processor card you must obtain a new license based on the new MAC add...

Page 34: ...f the write filter is currently enabled be aware that files on the desktop are lost on restart Therefore do one of the following Save the License Request text file s to a different location Keep the 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 Yo...

Page 35: ...pens 2 Do one of the following Choose File Import License and navigate to the file location to open the text file Drag and drop the text file onto the License Manager You will now see the 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 ...

Page 36: ...rt License to open the Save As dialog box 3 Assign a meaningful name to the file and save it to the desired location Grass Valley recommends saving the license file to a USB drive or other external location Aurora Ingest licenses The Grass Valley licenses available at the time of this writing that can be installed on Aurora Ingest are as follows Contact your Grass Valley representative for more in...

Page 37: ...ackmagic Design DeckLinkVideo Capture Card along with their drivers included on the installation CD The time of day format within the Scheduler is directly related to the current time of day format for the individual client machine To change this go to Start Control Panel Regional and Language Options and launch the Customize tool Once in the customize tool enter the Time tab and set your time for...

Page 38: ...ared storage RMI andAurora Edit should be installed on separate machines if possible However if it s necessary to install them on the same machine follow the steps below 1 Uninstall any previous version of Aurora Edit and Aurora Ingest RMI 2 Run the Aurora Suite installer choosing to install the Aurora Edit and RMI Core components 3 Run the Aurora Ingest installer choosing to install the RMI compo...

Page 39: ... operating the VTRs however the multiple clients may interfere with each other It is important to allocateVTRs properly so collisions of this nature do not occur Records have a frame accuracy recording window of 3 frames for the VTR Ingest with K2 When controlling a VTR that is in 720p mode transport commands such as single frame and ten frame advances may not be frame accurate 18 October 2010 Aur...

Page 40: ... release 7 0 password requirements are as follows The Aurora Ingest Server requires an SQL SA password of triton The DSM does not require an SQL SA password Therefore the password is left blank When installing the Aurora Ingest Server on the DSM IEP configuration these different password requirements cause the database installation of the Aurora Ingest Server to fail To fix the problem before inst...

Page 41: ...ick Start Programs Microsoft SQL Server SQL Server Management Studio to start SQL Server Management Studio SSMS 5 In the Object Explorer pane on the left of SSMS do the following a Navigate to Security Logins b Right click on the sa login and select Properties c Select the General page in the left pane of the dialog 18 October 2010 Aurora Ingest Version 7 1 0 Release Notes and Upgrade Instructions...

Page 42: ...d fields change the sa user s password to the following triton e Click OK 6 In the Properties dialog do the following a Select the Status page 42 Aurora Ingest Version 7 1 0 Release Notes and Upgrade Instructions 18 October 2010 New topics ...

Page 43: ...ded to each application within theAurora Suite This checkbox pertains to environments that have MediaFrame enabled For Aurora Ingest the checkbox is found in Tools Options System of the Ingest Server and will become active only with MediaFrame turned on When checked the application will continue to go through the configured Web Proxy settings in order to communicate with MediaFrame services 18 Oct...

Page 44: ... lead to a new selection interface From this tool you may select the proper server which will present an explorer interface Expanding the symbol will expose additional directories which may then be selected for new record locations Set Timecode per channel In past versions the entire Ingest application had a certain timecode source for feed capture With 7 0 however each channel within the system c...

Page 45: ...ectivity of the system Standalone RMI will require a local database which get installed as part of theAurora Core This is so that RMI can recognize previously imported clips and disks The following screenshot shows the configuration for both the client current and standalone methods of running RMI You ll see that selecting standalone enables configuration for both the MediaFrame server and the Aur...

Page 46: ...mf files This is configured via Tools Options in RMI where the operator can choose to have a database type that is either News or K2 Once K2 is selected the operator will be able to direct the import to a specific K2 Summit much like configuring a SmartBin This is made available by the inclusion of the Mlib software on the RMI system 46 Aurora Ingest Version 7 1 0 Release Notes and Upgrade Instruc...

Page 47: ...ip once in the system You can also remove clips from the group by selecting Remove from Group in the right click menu The Highlight Group option will go ahead and select all clips that have the same group name Previewing clips When multiple clips are selected within the RMI import list the operator now has the option to Preview Clips This allows users to easily select deselect and decide what to i...

Page 48: ...e to import merged clips as a single asset and then allow operators to log the material after importing The pre generated keywords tend to get in the way of this workflow To account for this Tools Options Settings now has a checkbox that allows customers to disable the creation of keywords on import This is set to off by default Support for trimmed clips in groups In 6 5 trimmed clips could only b...

Page 49: ... to air as the end result may be different than the original trimmed marks However keywords for Long GOP merge imports will reflect the expected in and out marks created within RMI Scheduling events with ENPS You can schedule events on the Scheduler via ENPS by creating a newsgathering grid Prior to creating a newsgathering in ENPS take note of the MOS ID of your XMOS Server by clicking Tools Opti...

Page 50: ... b Click on MOS Story Send and select your MOS ID from the list You can also select ETA Assignments template if you want to assign an ETA event The ETA event is a channel reservation through ENPS interface for an event that has tentative start time As the ETA event reserves a specific channel on the Scheduler you cannot assign another event on it You can crash record the ETA event after the schedu...

Page 51: ... source from the drop down list If a router is configured within Aurora Ingest Server router sources are available within the drop down Channel Select the name of the channel for the recording Available channels depend on channel group and user logon setup within Aurora Ingest Server A channel will be auto assigned if no channel is entered for this setting NOTE If there aren t any channels availab...

Page 52: ...click within the script window to edit details of the scheduling 9 Open your Scheduler main window to see events scheduled via ENPS Those events are distinguished from other events by green borders 52 Aurora Ingest Version 7 1 0 Release Notes and Upgrade Instructions 18 October 2010 New topics ...

Page 53: ...the ENPS event displays in yellow as the event is cueing 11 The MOS Status change is updated on the assignment grid of ENPS in this sequence Standby Cueing Cued Recording Done 12 To delete an event you need to delete it from the assignment grid in ENPS You cannot delete an ENPS event in Aurora Ingest Scheduler Drag and drop scheduled items In Scheduler you can drag and drop scheduled items around ...

Page 54: ...e of dropping the feed NOTE The same rule for dragging and dropping across channel groups still applies to this method of changing time and channels 54 Aurora Ingest Version 7 1 0 Release Notes and Upgrade Instructions 18 October 2010 New topics ...

Page 55: ...nstalling and Configuring Aurora Ingest section of the Aurora Ingest System Guide for more detailed information about configuring media servers and channels Installing Ingest software manually The software for Aurora Ingest components can be installed on any PC which meets the system requirements for that component If you don t have SiteConfig within your operation you can install or upgrade Auror...

Page 56: ...r a smooth scheduling integration extra steps need to be adhered to during the installation process If technical assistance is needed you can contact ScheduALL product support at 1 954 334 5409 option 1 These applications are the pre requisites and must be installed on your machine before proceeding to install ScheduALL Microsoft SQL Server 2005 For ScheduALL Microsoft SQL Express 2005 For Ingest ...

Page 57: ...tAPI setup exe which is the Ingest integration web service You can now launch ScheduALL and continue with below steps 1 At the login screen enter SUPERVISOR and a blank password 2 Deselect the Use Sample Data option 3 When prompted to update the database select Yes 4 Keep selecting Yes and OK for permission enquiries After completing above steps ScheduALL should now be operational with Aurora Inge...

Page 58: ... the Configure button beside the ScheduALL Server setting The ScheduALL Properties dialog box is displayed 58 Aurora Ingest Version 7 1 0 Release Notes and Upgrade Instructions 18 October 2010 Additional notes ...

Page 59: ...fig URL are automatically populated once you set the ScheduALL Server within the System tab Click the Launch button to launch the SchedIngest API configuration page 18 October 2010 Aurora Ingest Version 7 1 0 Release Notes and Upgrade Instructions 59 Additional notes ...

Page 60: ...nel name and host name of the Ingest Server if you have multiple Ingest Servers connected to your system You can Channel Assignment assign specific channels from multiple Ingest Servers that will be used with ScheduALL You can also edit or delete channel from this section if needed Add the channel name and host name of the Ingest Server other than the default Ingest Server if you have multiple Ing...

Page 61: ...sources on Ingest Server to existing channels and router sources on ScheduALL 6 Select your particular channel or router source for Ingest Server double click on the ScheduALL resource item and select an item that you want to map with in the dropdown list Channel names and router sources should match respectively for both applications If you have multiple Aurora Ingest Servers within your operatio...

Page 62: ...Web Service for the scheduling integration to be successful 1 Launch the ScheduALL application 2 Select File Supervisor Options System Preferences General 3 Click on the System Options tab and scroll down to the Request Room Options 4 Select the Aurora Ingest Room 5 Then scroll down to Ingest options 62 Aurora Ingest Version 7 1 0 Release Notes and Upgrade Instructions 18 October 2010 Additional n...

Page 63: ...edIngestAPI SchedIngestAPI asmx If the web service had been installed on another machine edit the URL to include the hostname or IP address of that machine 7 Click OK to save the setting 18 October 2010 Aurora Ingest Version 7 1 0 Release Notes and Upgrade Instructions 63 Additional notes ...

Page 64: ...top the interactive services detection service sends a notification about the pending dialog If the notification has been missed go into Windows Services and stop and restart the Interactive Services Detection Service This causes the service to send an immediate notification about the pending dialog Aurora Ingest Scheduler Crash record of gang roll events could fail if the default clip name consis...

Page 65: ...ing a keyword button for X Keys opt to add a name for the keyword Workaround ScheduALL status light is red while functionality is OK Description CR104168 None Workaround Non recurring events get a Creation Date time stamp on the day they re scheduled not the day they re recorded Description CR104930 Use MediaFrame s Metadata Mapping feature to create a custom metadata field Workaround 1 In MediaFr...

Page 66: ... 2 Give group Users full permission to VibrintRMIFiles folder RMI that imports directly into K2 Summit can only import to either shared K2 Summit storage or a single standalone K2 Summit Description CR110044 RMI cannot be setup to import to a combination of shared and standalone K2 Summits or a combination of multiple standalone K2 Summits Workaround RMI needs MetadataProxy dll MetadataSrvAdmin dl...

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