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Upgrading K2 systems
K2 Media Server licenses
License
K2 SAN bandwidth
About K2 system software licensing
K2 system software version 7.3.8 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 7.3.8
must have a valid license in place. No software version license is required on the control point PC.
The K2 Media Server can be licensed for K2 SAN bandwidth, but no K2 system software version
license is required on the K2 Media Server.
K2 clients shipping new from the factory have version 7.3.8 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 7.3.8, 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 les that you can manage just like any other le 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 les to a separate drive or as part of a recovery image.
Licenses are based on your system s unique identi er, 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:
The K2 system software temporary license will expire. You will not be able to start AppCenter
once the license has expired. If running, AppCenter will not stop working, and any remote control
protocols will continue to function. However, you will not be able to make any changes in
AppCenter, such as altering the con guration.
The AppCenter Pro temporary license will expire and the AppCenter Pro features will stop
functioning.
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 system to Grass Valley, which is then used to create
your unique license.
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K2 Version 7.3.8 Release Notes & Upgrade Instructions
License type
SabreTooth
23 November 2010
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