[sims] ADMISSIONS - SIMS - CTFOUT - STAR folder

[Koldov]

A while ago I migrated our SIMS server to a VM and so far so good....

 

Just recently though I looked through the folders on the old server and noticed some files/folders had modified dates that have changed since the move.

 

One of these is the STAR folder (used for CTF files) and I have realised that this folder wasn't created on the new server and as I didn't want to copy the whole SIMS folder over to the new server it doesn't exist on the new server.

 

When the admission CTFs are being created and saved they are going to the old server (even though the SIMS instance they are using is the new one)!

 

I have asked our admissions SIMS user to show me the process, but can't see at any point where the creation of the CTF is being directed to any particular folder, so presume it is in the settings somewhere? But, there should be nothing in the new SIMS server that can be pointing to the old SIMS server is there?

 

However, possibly on a related note this user has the S:\ drive mapped to the old server (my fault as it completely slipped my mind and I can change that to point to the new server), but am I right in thinking that these days they are probably the only person that needs an S:\ drive mapped?

[pete]

Off the top of my head, the following functions still require a mapped drive for certain processes (there may be others that I've forgotten/don't have to touch):

 

• Exams Organiser (expects an EXAMIN and an EXAMOUT folder etc)
  
• Census - requires a mapped drive for saving census and reports
  
• Nova T6 (Timetabling) - loading .spl files
  
• A2C Exam entry upload / result download (unless you're using a centralised config adjusted to use UNC paths)
  

[Koldov]

Thanks, we don't do any of those apart from the census obviously... which is an interesting point... another of our admin staff does that and hasn't one been done recently...?

 

I haven't heard of any issues although they probably have an S:\ drive mapped to the old server too!

 

Still none the wiser on how a SIMS instance on the new server is writing files to the folder on the old server though... some sort of setting in SIMS or going through the old mapped drive?

[Koldov]

For anyone else who needs it, or just for me so I can search for it when I forget...

 

OK, so it just goes on whatever you put in here on SIMS:

 

Tools > Setups > CTF to open 'Configure CTF Defaults'...

 

Which for us is currently:

 

 

So for the admin staff I will just copy the folder across and amend their mapped S:\ drive to point to the new server.

 

Speaking to the admin staff member that does the census and they also mentioned the 'STAR' folder... I wonder if it might be worth just mapping the S:\ drive to the 'STAR' folder instead of the usual share the 'SIMS/SIMSROOT' folder option.