S1MSMAN Posted September 24, 2010 Posted September 24, 2010 We have recently started the rollout of SIMS in classrooms. We do not map the a sims drive for the teachers, but edit the local connect.ini to point to the server. This has worked well so far, until we put out the latest upgrade. Only the admin machines with the mapped sims drive automatically upgraded. The classroom machines have an error of incompatability. How have other authorities dealt with this?
BatchFile Posted September 24, 2010 Posted September 24, 2010 it's the "SIMSSetupsDirectory=" entry in the %systemroot%\sims.ini file that determines where they're looking for upgrades - is that set correctly on the affected workstations? 1
Mcshammer_dj Posted September 24, 2010 Posted September 24, 2010 temrinal services. We allow sims into the calssromm via terminal services which stops problems with upgrades etc 1
BatchFile Posted September 24, 2010 Posted September 24, 2010 also, is the upgrade running but failing, or not running at all? if it's running but failing you may need to run simsperm.bat (in the \\server\simsshare\sims\setups folder) on each workstation to enable them to update correctly. If it's not running at all it's usually either sims.ini as I said above or shortcuts pointing straight at c:\program files\sims\pulsar.exe rather than Simsload.exe first. 1
PhilNeal Posted September 24, 2010 Posted September 24, 2010 Sounds like a permission issue. Our standard install deals with this so that admin rights are not required for upgrades. 1
vikpaw Posted September 25, 2010 Posted September 25, 2010 it's the "SIMSSetupsDirectory=" entry in the %systemroot%\sims.ini file that determines where they're looking for upgrades - is that set correctly on the affected workstations? On my system, that defaults to \\\\sims . . . But, the SIMS directory, where it thinks the apps are stored is S:\sims , if the update routine wants to go there, which i guess is where it is told to download the new apps from then it might get stuck. You could hard code that on the machine and try it, along with the other suggestions. If you need to change any of the defaults when you run SIMSInst to install you can click on settings on the first screen to make changes, i've never done it but i guess it's there for a reason! Not sure why you don't want to map the drive for the staff? If the permissions are correct it's not dangerous and would make your life easier. Hopefully, pretty soon, SOLUS³ will sort out any upgrading issues. 1
Banjo Posted September 27, 2010 Posted September 27, 2010 I hope you have migrated to SQL 2008, or that's a lot of local connect.ini files you'll have to go round and change. 1
78josh5 Posted June 24, 2012 Posted June 24, 2012 How do I download SIMS. net on this site? I do not know how to.
vikpaw Posted June 25, 2012 Posted June 25, 2012 How do I download SIMS. net on this site? I do not know how to. If only it were that easy! You can't just download SIMS. It's restricted access. You need to find a school that uses SIMS, then get a job that pays peanuts in the IT department. Work your way up the ranks to SIMS Manager and then request permission from the local authority or support company to download the software. It's just to stop students trying to gain unlawful access.
vikpaw Posted June 25, 2012 Posted June 25, 2012 ...or throw Capita a few thousand pounds... Yeh, but i hope they still make sure you're over 18. Let me see, well, actually, no, probably not that bothered!
matt40k Posted June 25, 2012 Posted June 25, 2012 If a 16 year old has £6k to waste trying to hack into his schools MIS system...
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