Make recovery images
After you have upgraded software as instructed in these procedures and verified
that your system is working properly, you should always make a recovery image
of each of your upgraded computers. Use a sequence of tasks similar to those you
followed for upgrading software so that as you take systems offline you manage
redundancy, servers, and clients, as appropriate for your system.
Licensing K2 products
The following sections contain instructions for managing K2 product licenses.
About K2 software licensing
K2 system software version 7.2.7 requires a license from Grass Valley. Licensing is
enforced at the K2 Summit Production Client or K2 Solo Media Server, so every K2
client running version 7.2.7 must have a valid license in place. No license is required
on the K2 Media Server or on the control point PC.
K2 clients shipping new from the factory have version 7.2.7 pre-installed with a
permanent license in place, so no licensing tasks are required unless you want to add
optional features such as AppCenter Pro/Elite. When upgrading from a 7.0.x version
to version 7.2.7, you do not need to obtain a new HD license or AppCenter Pro/Elite
license. If these licenses were permanent and valid before the upgrade, the licenses
are still valid after the upgrade.
Licenses are requested through the License Wizard and managed through the
SabreTooth License Manager, which is installed on the Grass Valley product with the
Grass Valley software. The License Wizard and SabreTooth License Manager must
be located on the Grass Valley product.
License information is stored in text files that you can manage just like any other file
on your system. Licenses are unique to the system for which they are requested and
cannot be used on any other 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 address.
After temporary licenses expire
After the temporary license expires, if you have not yet obtained a permanent license,
the following occurs:
12 May 2010 K2 Version 7.2.7 Release Notes & Upgrade Instructions 89
Upgrading K2 systems
To Next Page
Loading...
