Grass Valley K2 Summit Client v.9.2 - Manual (Page 32)

Upgrading a Control Point PC
Software needed:
• K2 software version 9.x.
• SiteConfig software
Refer to "K2 Release Notes" to determine your compatible versions.
This section provides instructions for the following field kit:
Description Upgrade Nomenclature
K2 Server 9.x Upgrade Field Kit. Includes 9.x system software
license, 32GB USB Thumb drive with Windows Server 2008 64bit,
Windows Server 2003 HyperV, McAfee Embedded Server,
NetCentral 5.2.2; CD with Acronis True Image Server. CP-XDPCP-V9-FK
These instructions apply to the upgrade of a Grass Valley supplied, Dell platform, Control Point
PC. As part of the upgrade you re-image the Control Point PC. On the Windows Server 2008 R2
64-bit image there is a Virtual Machine that has a Windows Server 2003 32-bit operating system.
This is required to support NetCentral.
Re-image Control Point PC
1. Make a record of your current NetCentral licenses, as you must request new licenses later in this
process.
2. Backup the current Grass Valley Control Point image to an external USB drive.
3. Reimage the Grass Valley Control Point Dell R610 to the image on the USB thumb drive you
received with the upgrade kit. At the time of this writing, it is a version C9.0.3 base image.
4. Install K2 Control Point, SiteConfig, and other software as required for your use of the Control
Point PC.
Set BIOS prerequisites
1. In the BIOS set EXECUTE DISABLE to ENABLED.
2. In the BIOS set VIRTUALIZATION TECHNOLOGY to ENABLED .
Configure Virtual Machine
Before doing this task, verify that the base image is version C9.0.3.
1. Check the current base image version to verify prerequisites stated earlier in this topic.
• On a 64-bit machine, use registry key
Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Grass Valley Group\Base
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