Upgrade readiness checklist

Use the following checklist to help you understand and prepare for an upgrade from Dynamic Media Classic to Dynamic Media.

Task
Description
Phase 1: Licensing
Run contract
Based on traffic and storage, the Adobe account team works with you to transition from the Dynamic Media Classic license to renew on the Dynamic Media license.
Phase 2: Preparation
Validate feature usage
Confirm the features being used in Dynamic Media Classic are available in Dynamic Media. See the Feature Comparison page. Key capabilities not yet available in Dynamic Media include the following:
• Visual Configurator (Image Author, Image Render).
• Image Templates (1:1 Templating).
• eCatalogs.
If the above features are being used, the upgrade can still occur with the assumption that those features would be accessible by way of Dynamic Media Classic.
Identify assets
Find and ready assets and presets to be used for upgrade.
Phase 3: Environment
Upgrade Adobe Experience Manager
All instances of Adobe Experience Manager must be updated to the latest version.
Setup Dynamic Media
Adobe Consulting or Partner configures Dynamic Media with your credentials.
Phase 4: Upgrade
Replicate assets
During the upgrade process, designated Dynamic Media Classic assets are replicated over to Dynamic Media.
Phase 5: Administrative Setup
Setup users and permissions
Create users and grant appropriate permissions.
Setup video encoding profiles
Create video encoding profiles.
Setup viewer presets
Create viewer presets.
Set image presets
Setup image presets.
Phase 6: Validation
Validation
Verify use cases, assets, links, and APIs.
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