Grass Valley SiteConfig Migration Instructions - Manual (Page 9)

Comment Task
Make network interfaces on placeholder
devices match the network interfaces on
actual devices. Remove and add network interfaces on
placeholder devices as necessary.
Make software roles on placeholder
devices match the software on actual
devices. Remove and add software roles on
placeholder devices as necessary.
— Make any further modifications to the
system description as necessary to
represent your actual system.
If configuring for software deployment
only, device discovery is not used for
Aurora Edit LD workstations. Discover system devices.
— Assign each discovered device to its
placeholder device.
— For each discovered and assigned device,
evaluate managed network interfaces.
NOTE: Do not apply planned settings.
Remove planned settings, if present, from
network interfaces.
— Add a control point PC placeholder
device to the system description.
— Discover the control point PC and assign
it to the placeholder control point PC.
— Ping each device and the control point
PC to test network communication.
Do not update hosts files on devices, as
this overwrites your existing hosts files. View and verify host table information
for future use
— Configure deployment groups
If software was previously installed
manually (without using SiteConfig), you Uninstall software as necessary
might need to manually uninstall the
software before first using SiteConfig to
deploy software.
Type II migration checklist
Use the following sequence of tasks as a guideline to migrate an existing Type II
system to SiteConfig management.
Comment Task
— Procure SiteConfig software.
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Prepare for SiteConfig migration