Copy of Update guide - DAM for Sitecore v8.0.2

This guide describes how to update the DAM for Sitecore module.

Before beginning it is important that the reader has knowledge of how itemIds are calculated in DAM for Sitecore. This knowledge is important because it is the base line of understanding this guide. An explanation of this may be found here.

The updating process is as follows:

1. Backup Sitecore
2. Serialize the Asset silo item
   1. Go into content editor
   2. Right-click top bar and select developer tab (make Developer tab visible)
      
      
      
      
   3. Select the asset silo of the DAM for Sitecore installation
   4. click the "serialize item" button in the Developer tab
   5. By default the item is stored in <sitecore root>\data\serialization
3. Update the package
   1. Install the package as a normal Sitecore package

   2. Overwrite everything

      Note

      This will break ALL the links on the Sitecore webpage. It mends it self once the full re-synchronization has been run. This is due to the fact of how Sitecore ItemIds are created

4. Revert the item
   1. Go into content editor
   2. select the Digizuite item in Media library
   3. Go to the developer tab
   4. press "Revert tree"
   5. This should make the Asset silo that was previously serialized appear again
5. Do a full re-synchronization of the asset silo

All the links will mend themselves at this point. The reason for this is that the Sitecore itemIds off all the assets and configuration should have the same itemIds as before because the ItemIds are calculated based on the asset silo ItemId. Seeing as the silo is the same, then all the assets and configuration will also have the same itemIds again.