Contents:

WARNING! * The following requires a system shut down / service interruption *

• "Double-Click" Installation Method
• Command Line Installation Method
• Troubleshooting

"Double-Click" Installation Method (no longer supported)

1. Download the software to your Venice System.
2. Double-Click on the software package (ending in .rpm)
1. The installer might ask you if you want to uninstall the current version, say yes
3. Repeat the same steps for the Spycer software.

If firmware update is required:

WARNING! * The following requires a system shut down / service interruption *

NOTE: Take special care not to interrupt the firmware upgrade process, interruption will result in damage to the card(s).

1. Download the firmware to your Venice System:
   • Use atomixhdmiup for Atomix HDMI cards, atomixup for Atomix cards, and lucyup for Centaurs cards.
2. Double-Click the software package (ex: "atomixhdmiup_7.5.0.8_7.0.11" with no extension)
3. When prompted, choose "Run in Terminal"
   1. Run the firmware: ./<firmware> (using the above ex: ./atomixup_4.3.0.22_4.0.20)
   2. You may be prompted several times as this moves along, this will take a few minutes for each DVS card.
   3. When completed you will be returned to the Linux prompt.
4. A power cycle (power off then on) is required to register the new firmware.  Please shutdown (do not just reboot) completely before turning Venice back on (from terminal: poweroff).

Command Line Installation Method

Download and unzip files into the Venice’s /usr/local/src/venice/<version>/ folder (where <version> is the version number)

Firmware update the DVS card(s) (if needed):

1. Use atomixhdmiup for Atomix HDMI cards, atomixup for Atomix cards, and lucyup for Centarus cards.
2. Change the permissions of the firmware update file: chmod 777 <firmware> (Atomix card ex: chmod 777 atomixup_4.3.0.22_4.0.20)
3. Run the firmware upgrade, see session log example below.
4. A power cycle (power off then on) is required to register the new firmware.  Please "poweroff" (do not just reboot) the Venice.

 A session log is shown here as an example.  Updating from 7.6.2.15 to 7.6.3.1 on two Atomix cards:

# ./atomixhdmiup_7.6.3.1_7.1.5_x86_64_RHEL6
dvsbootstrap (c) 2015 Rohde & Schwarz DVS GmbH

'Atomix HDMI' (43120196) Current Firmware: 7.6.2.15

Are you sure that you want to continue?
Press 'y' (one card) or 'a' (all cards) and 'Enter' to continue,
or any other key and 'Enter' to abort:a

Upgrading card s/n 43120196 to firmware 7.6.3.1. This may take several minutes.
Please make sure the computer is NOT powered down during the upgrade procedure.

3 7.6.3.1 4923810 'virtex 20151022 7.6.3.1'
4 7.1.5.0 403026 'spartan 20150922 7.1.5'
5 0.0.0.0 196608 'firmware'

Firmware upgrade succeeded.
Please completely power down and then restart your system.

'Atomix HDMI' (43140199) Current Firmware: 7.6.2.15

Upgrading card s/n 43140199 to firmware 7.6.3.1. This may take several minutes.
Please make sure the computer is NOT powered down during the upgrade procedure.

3 7.6.3.1 4923810 'virtex 20151022 7.6.3.1'
4 7.1.5.0 403026 'spartan 20150922 7.1.5'
5 0.0.0.0 196608 'firmware'

Firmware upgrade succeeded.
Please completely power down and then restart your system.

# poweroff

Software Full Uninstall:

It is recommended to uninstall Venice and Spycer before updating.

Note: Older version of Venice prior to 3.2 used lowercase Venice for the install packages. Version 3.2 and above use uppercase VENICE. 

1. Collect the currently installed package info: rpm -qa Venice or rpm -qa VENICE and rpm -qa Venice Spycer 
• Multiple packages can be listed with one rpm command. (ex: rpm -qa Venice/VENICE Spycer)
2. Uninstall the package: rpm -e Venice or VENICE (depending on the version of software)
• Multiple packages can be uninstalled with one rpm command. (ex: rpm -e Venice/VENICE Spycer)
3. If upgrading from any version older than Venice-2.9.1.22 then you must restart before continuing.
4. Continue with Install steps as follows...

Software Install steps:

1. Repeat the following for both Venice and Spycer...
2. Navigate into the extracted directory: cd /usr/local/src/venice/<version>/ 
3. Run the RPM:

# cd /usr/local/src/venice/2.7.0.13/
# ex: rpm -ivh Venice.._version.rpm or VENICE..._version.rpm

 

Troubleshooting

(these settings should not be effected by an upgrade but verify them if problems occur)

Configure / Verify Spycer settings:

1. Spycer > Options > Config...
2. General > Select the IP to be used for the SpycerNet then hit the "Apply Network Settings" button
3. Permissions > choose "Select all" button
4. Watch Folders > choose a folder to share through Spycer.

 

Configure / Verify Venice settings:

1. Use eth0 for meta LAN *IF* Venice will be connected to an external SAN or external StorNext storage.  If not, delete /usr/cvfs/config/fsnameserver file, then eth0 can be re-purposed.
2. eth1 is set to DHCP, connect this to the house network (can change to static if required).
3. Use ifconfig to identify the IP address for eth1.
4. Set Spycer and Venice to the same IP: cd /etc/opt/DVS/Venice, edit the Service.conf file, change IP= to the IP address used by Spycer.
5. Restart the Venice services: service venice restart
6. Start Venice application.  
7. Both Spycer and Venice must be installed and configured to use the same IP address for remote Venice sessions.

Applying Venice license using the CLI

Applying Venice license using the GUI