[SIMS] SIMs.net upgrade

[zag]

Cough... SOLUS3... Cough...

Does it even work yet?

[jinnantonnixx]

Cough... SOLUS3... Cough...

... and SOLUS3 gets coughed up like a furball.

[matt40k]

Haha, SOLUS3 works fine. It only has issues if your network has issues. Got over 50 schools that would argue with anyone that says SOLUS3 doesn't work - still could be a Suffolk thing.

[rad]

Just get Capita to release a product that doesn't require umpteen updates. Our sims support have put a fair few updates recently for me, NM is off and I haven't a clue!

[sted]

Just get Capita to release a product that doesn't require umpteen updates. Our sims support have put a fair few updates recently for me, NM is off and I haven't a clue!

i just dont get why for attendance it cant be an internally hosted webpage its just a few ticks in boxes

[glennda]

i just dont get why for attendance it cant be an internally hosted webpage its just a few ticks in boxes

I havn't used sims.net for a good 6 months but can you not right click on the register and add behaviour reports etc

[sted]

I havn't used sims.net for a good 6 months but can you not right click on the register and add behaviour reports etc

not a clue my knowledge is how to install and if school secretary is busy/useless generate a report for yeargroups to add to server

[superfletch]

Seriously though which are you using, SOLUS 2 or 3?

It makes a difference to the answer.

[glennda]

not a clue my knowledge is how to install and if school secretary is busy/useless generate a report for yeargroups to add to server

Yup - when using all the parts of sims there is a lot you can do from the register. But I'm fairly sure it would be possible to do from a browser and tie back into the SQL but Capita have said its not going web-based for a good few years*

*I'm fairly sure they have confirmed till like 2018 or something stupid when the rest of the world will be done

[zag]

i just dont get why for attendance it cant be an internally hosted webpage its just a few ticks in boxes

Exactly, its just a poor piece of design having attendance locked into the main products upgrade cycle.

Teachers aren't using any other feature here in classrooms other than the attendance module yet they still have to go through the pain of updating every 3 months. They are going about it the wrong way as well with the beast that is the solus 3 upgrade that no one even uses. Far better would be to use clever design to get around these update problems.

We do use Groupcall emerge these days and its much better. Sad fact that someone else had to write a product though.

EDIT: ooo that was a good rant for a Friday morning

[nwikie]

I dont think the LA have released SOLUS3 here yet. Any way I have tried all of the above recomendations and still nothing I have checked the SIMS.ini file to see if that is correct. I have even run the DPUpdate.exe on the clients to see if that sorts things out. Last attempt now is to contact the LA and wait a life time for a response

[zag]

I dont think the LA have released SOLUS3 here yet. Any way I have tried all of the above recomendations and still nothing I have checked the SIMS.ini file to see if that is correct. I have even run the DPUpdate.exe on the clients to see if that sorts things out. Last attempt now is to contact the LA and wait a life time for a response

Try adding them to the administrators local group. Power users should be enough though on windows 7.

[Feral]

Apply to an OU where your SIMS workstations are installed as a start up script:

Check folder versions as in script below - currently V7, and everytime you upgrade SIMS, change the check and then the created folder at the end of the script to a different version.

Pretty sure someone will pop along and tidy the script so it checks for SIMS presence and version so it can be domain wide script, but this will work.

Just restart PC and wait 5 mins after applying via group policy as a COMPUTER start up script - not USER

if exist "c:\Program Files\SIMS\sims .net\V7" goto :end ELSE
:inst
rd "c:\Program Files\SIMS" /s /q
net use s: \\server\simsfolder /P:No
s:
s:\sims\setups\SIMSInfrastructureSetup.exe -a {QuietMode}
s:\sims\setups\SIMSapplicationsetup.exe /s {QuietMode} {NoServerApps} [SIMSDirectory]="S:\SIMS" [SIMSDotNetDirectory]="C:\Program Files\SIMS\SIMS .net" [SIMSSetupsDirectory]=\\server\simsfolder\SIMS\Setups
s:\sims\setups\SIMSAMPARKSetup.exe /s {QuietMode} {NoServerApps} [SIMSDirectory]="S:\SIMS" [SIMSDotNetDirectory]="C:\Program Files\SIMS\SIMS .net"
rd "%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Start Menu\Programs\SIMS Applications" /s /q
xcopy s:\SIMS\setups\connect.ini "c:\program files\sims\SIms .net\" /h /y
rd "%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Start Menu\Programs\SIMS" /s /q
xcopy "s:\sims\Start Menu" "%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Start Menu\Programs\" /S /y
xcopy s:\SIMS\sims.ini "c:\windows" /h /y
c:
cd "%ProgramFiles%\SIMS\SIMS .Net"
md V7
net use /delete * /y
:end

[matt40k]

Last attempt now is to contact the LA and wait a life time for a response

I think you just made @Mcshammer_dj sad.

[matt40k]

if exist "c:\Program Files\SIMS\sims .net\V7" goto :end ELSE
:inst
rd "c:\Program Files\SIMS" /s /q
net use s: \\server\simsfolder /P:No
s:
s:\sims\setups\SIMSInfrastructureSetup.exe -a {QuietMode}
s:\sims\setups\SIMSapplicationsetup.exe /s {QuietMode} {NoServerApps} [SIMSDirectory]="S:\SIMS" [SIMSDotNetDirectory]="C:\Program Files\SIMS\SIMS .net" [SIMSSetupsDirectory]=\\server\simsfolder\SIMS\Setups
s:\sims\setups\SIMSAMPARKSetup.exe /s {QuietMode} {NoServerApps} [SIMSDirectory]="S:\SIMS" [SIMSDotNetDirectory]="C:\Program Files\SIMS\SIMS .net"
rd "%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Start Menu\Programs\SIMS Applications" /s /q
xcopy s:\SIMS\setups\connect.ini "c:\program files\sims\SIms .net\" /h /y
rd "%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Start Menu\Programs\SIMS" /s /q
xcopy "s:\sims\Start Menu" "%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Start Menu\Programs\" /S /y
xcopy s:\SIMS\sims.ini "c:\windows" /h /y
c:
cd "%ProgramFiles%\SIMS\SIMS .Net"
md V7
net use /delete * /y
:end

My god that horrid. I assume you have it only applied to SIMS machines, otherwise you've just killed FMS. Not sure why you do the startmenu - the installer does it.

Also I dread to think what your permissions are on the \\server\simsfolder. I hope it's an admin only network