Install/Upgrade FAQ

Upgrading to Zoom Server 8.x

Zoom Server Upgrade from 8.0 to 8.1 The following instructions describe how to upgrade the Zoom and its related services from 8.0 to 8.1 Downtime Expect server downtime. The server will not be available during upgrade. Zoom server checkpointing may take a longer duration. Perform check pointing as a planned event. Prerequisite Ensure that you

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Tech Alert: MacOS Catalina Issues

June 15th, 2020. Since Apple released MacOS Catalina in Oct’2019, customer have reported numerous issues with third party software installed on Catalina. As of this writing, Catalina 10.15.5 has been released, normally after .2 update MacOS stabilizes and issues are resolved. But unfortunately that has not been the case with MacOS Catalina. We are recommending

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Installing Zoom Client 7.6.1 on macOS Catalina

Apple has introduced security changes in Catalina that impact application installation significantly. Follow these steps to install Zoom Client 7.6.1 on macOS Catalina (10.15+). Prerequisites macOS Catalina 10.15 Installer for Zoom Client from Evolphin team Administrator permission on the Mac Before Installation Permission for Zoom Client installer You need to grant permission to install Zoom

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Applying 7.3.1-Release 135 Patch

If you have installed Zoom version 7.3.1-RELEASE.127-5bf6163d8 then you would need this patch. Follow these steps to apply the patch: On Zoom Server / Preview Server / Transcoder / Ingest Server / Curator: Download the patch files on Zoom Server (as shared by Support). Stop all Zoom services. Backup the existing jars and Product-info.xml in %ZOOM_INSTALL_DIR%/lib/zoom/ to

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Applying 7.3.0-Release 139 Patch

If you have installed Zoom version 7.3.0-RELEASE.139-3719488bc then you would need this patch. Follow these steps to apply the patch: On Zoom Client: Download the patch setup zip file on the Zoom Client machine. Stop Client Proxy. Extract the setup zip file. Locate and run setup.exe. Follow the instructions in the installer. Restart the machine when prompted.

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Applying 7.2.2-Release 59 Patch

If you have Zoom version 7.2.2-RELEASE.58-600ce5053 then you would need this patch to fix issues with check-in for Zoom Clients. Follow these steps to apply the patch: On Zoom Client: Download the patch files on the Zoom Client machine. Stop Client Proxy. Backup jar files and product-info.xml at /Application/Evolphin/zoom/Resources/lib/zoom on the Mac machine. Copy the

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Applying 7.3.0-Release 154 Patch

If you have installed Zoom version 7.3.0-RELEASE.154-3ef95d41d then you would need this patch. Follow these steps to apply the patch: On Zoom Server: Download the patch jars on Zoom Server (as shared by Support). Stop all Zoom services. If Client Proxy is running on the machine then stop Client Proxy as well. Backup these files to a separate backup

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Applying Search Fix Patch

If you have installed Zoom Server version 7.2.2-RELEASE.58-600ce5053 and use Find Web API for searching, then you would need this patch to fix search for assets with empty metadata fields. Follow these steps to apply the patch: On Zoom Server: Download the patch files on Zoom Server (as shared by Support). Stop all Zoom services. Backup

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Applying 7.2.2-Release 91 Patch

If you have installed Zoom Server version 7.2.2-RELEASE.90 and use VideoFX, then you would need this patch to ingest high-res files using skip metadata path option during ingest. Follow these steps to apply the patch: On Zoom Client: Download the patch files on the Zoom Client machine. Stop Client Proxy. Backup ZmDialog.swf file at the following locations for

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Applying Skip Metadata Changes Fix Patch

If you have installed Zoom Server version 7.2.2-RELEASE.58-600ce5053 and use VideoFX, then you would need this patch to see the option to skip metadata path during ingest. Follow these steps to apply the patch: On Zoom Server: Download the patch files on Zoom Server (as shared by Support). Stop all Zoom services. Backup the existing jars in %ZOOM_INSTALL_DIR%/lib/zoom/

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Applying Collections Fix Patch

If you have installed Zoom Server version 7.2.2-RELEASE.58-600ce5053 then you would need this patch to fix the Collections issue. Follow these steps to apply the patch: On Zoom Server: Download the patch jars on Zoom Server (as shared by Support). Stop all Zoom services. If Client Proxy is running on the machine then stop Client Proxy as well.

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Applying HADR Fix Patch

If you have installed Zoom Server version 7.2.1-RELEASE.58-2ec101478 and use Zoom NonStop, then you would need this patch to fix the HADR Server issue. Follow these steps to apply the patch: Download the patch jars on all Zoom NonStop (HADR) servers (as shared by Support). Stop the Zoom-server and HADR-File-server services on all HADR servers. Backup the

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Upgrade from 5.0 to 5.2 and above, why is default Zoom Server URL not saved?

In certain Zoom client installations, we have seen that on upgrade the configuration settings on the client side like the default Zoom server URL etc. are not remembered. If this happens, try the following: Open {user’s home folder}/.zm/zoom.properties in some text editor like notepad. Comment all the entries related to server URL by adding double slash at the

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