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Going back to your original question, when you're adding a NCC block if you set the break type to Day it'll let you schedule a whole day off. If you use the built-in Blanking Code, this option is enabled by default

Thanks for getting back to me @Boredguy. I have tried that but am still getting the same error - the fault message refers to copying the file to My SIMS Documents and the message in the bottom left refers to uploading the same file to the DMS, which seems to be working OK. Any further ideas gratefully received!

Sorry to resurrect a 10-year-old post - did you ever manage to sort this @JonR? Thanks Harry

No problem: -Open AAA's timetable in T6 (Timetable | New | Teacher) -Right-click the Y10 class you want to move to another teacher, select Edit Staff -The easiest way might be to remove AAA from Y10 (just click the remove button) then add the other teacher later if it's a direct swap -Open the other teacher's timetable, Edit Staff, select AAA on the left, tick the lessons on the right, click Replace -Now to put the other teacher on the Y10 class, click the Block button, then click the magnifying glass to find the block the Y10 class is in -You should have a column of lessons with no teacher - right-click any one of these and Edit Staff -To put the PPA in, assuming the other teacher doesn't already have PPA 2Thu.5, click the NCC button, click the PPA code under Non-class Codes, click AAA under Arrange individual NCC sessions for staff, click the period you want on the TT to the right -Check both timetables to ensure they have a room, if not click the class code and press X on the keyboard to assign rooms -To send to SIMS, go Data | Export Curriculum and Timetable to SQL

I would get a SupportNet account - you can then download all the manuals / handbooks you need

there is also a Microsoft tool called CSVDE which will allow you to create users from a CSV file but it's a bit long-winded to use...

Looks good - however if you create a user in AD and give the profile and home folder values like \\SERVER\USERS\%USERNAME% and apply group memberships etc then when you need to create a new user, simply copy that user and it will do all the work for you

I agree with that - 2012 on the physical servers and 2008R2 on the VMs. That way you get to use all the new Hyper-V features and the clients still get a familiar UI (i.e. a start menu!!) if they're logging into a 2008R2 server. Wouldn't use a VDI pool as each remote user then has to have its own VM (as far as I can tell) and can't make use of any server resources that aren't being used.

Hi, Our pupil machines all run XP with Winsuite (outdated I know, but it does us for now!) Recently we have purchased 10 HP Thin Clients and a new server. I have: Installed Server 2008 R2 onto the server Installed the Hyper-V role onto the server Set up 10 VMs on the server (one for each thin client to connect to) Installed XP and Winsuite on one and copied its hard disk to each of the other VMs Given each VM a different Static IP Enabled each VM to be accessed remotely by all Domain Users. From the server console, I can log in to each VM no problem as a pupil and as administrator. However, when I RDP into the VMs from the thin clients, the Winsuite login screen appears and I can click on a user, but once I click OK the machine simply thinks for a few seconds then goes back to the login screen. Obviously a simpler solution would be for the VMs to log into a server directly, but you can only install the Winsuite client onto XP and the children are used to clicking on their name rather than typing in a username. If anyone has any ideas why the VMs run perfectly from the console but turn obstinate when accessed via RDP, I'd be grateful, as the teacher can't understand why her new "computers" don't work and it's a bit complex to explain to her why!! Thanks Harry

Thanks to Vik and everyone else who helped - I've managed to successfully upgrade my DOS SIMS system to the Spring 2011 release :D

YES MATT!! Top man, that's sorted it. Cheers mate.

Dunno if I've done it right (no sql experience) but I've gone into sql management studio - expanded the sims db - expanded programmability - expanded stored procedures and then executed db_p_install When I still got reason 0 and other above same messages i tried executing all db_p_* still no luck - I've got the right software version, upgraded to the right db version and run the migration - can't understand why I keep getting all these errors!!

Thanks jinnantonnixx - I'll give that a go. Didn't you get my PM vikpaw when you sent me those files - thanks alot mate much appreciated. It does seem like there's no application roles set up cos the table is empty in sql management studio - take it that aint how it should be? Harry

Thanks for the reply Matt. It knows that it's on version 3.61.387. When I ran the SQL 2005 migration, I could connect to the SQL 2000 server but it didn't list any databases - I had to load the database file manually. Surely if it had failed at any point during the dbupgrade process, it would have brought up an error message?

Hi I'm trying to upgrade an old SIMS db on a virtual machine. I've upgraded it to db version 3.61.387 and done the SQL2005 migration but now get the following errors: (I have the correct - I think - versions of SIMS for the timeframe we're talking about, 7.97 for the main app, 2.11 for dbupgrade) 1. cannot set application role 'sims' because it does not exist or the password is incorrect when trying to log into dbupgrade using sysman & default password I've tried detaching and re-attaching the database as advised in supportnet 2. can log into dbupgrade with sa user & password, but when trying to perform the next lot of upgrades i get: Setuser failed because of one of the following reasons: the database principal 'sims' does not exist, its corresponding server principal does not have server access, this type of database principal cannot be impersonated, or you do not have permission. The SQL Batch which caused the error was : ----------- End of file ------------------------------------------- --schema version and model if not exists(select 1 from sysusers where uid = user_id('sims') and isapprole = 1) begin SETUSER 'sims' end 3. When trying to log into sims using sysman login, I get reason 0. As it says in http://www.edugeek.net/forums/mis-systems/12680-sql-migration-login-failed-reason-0-a.html , SIMS can see the database because it brings up 'Invalid username/password' for an incorrect user/pw combination but reason 0 for a correct one. I've tried all the suggestions in the above thread. Any ideas, anyone? Thanks Harry

Thanks Vikpaw, that'd be great - I'll PM you to sort out the easiest way for you to get it to me. **Still looking for those other CDs though, people - give us a hand if you can........**

OK - thanks anyway mate.

I'm pretty sure we're on the list for Discover - saw on SupportNet today that it's available so I'm not sure if we'll be getting it soon or if I need to get back to them - I'll look into that tomorrow. If you've got any CDs that old at work, could you let me know? I don't mind paying postage from Jeddah...

lol - no there are a few links to iso downloads but they're all dead links now. Capita seem to be more cagey about providing access to redundant versions of SIMS than they are about the current ones! About being bored - yeah you're probably right but it's always quite satisfying when you achieve these things...

Hi, I expect some of you will have seen this video where some bloke upgrades a virtual machine thru every version of windows (except NT4 and ME), from DOS 5.0 to Windows 7 Basically, I was hoping to do the same with SIMS and I've managed to do get from DOS, through the DOS-SQL data conversion, to SIMS .net CP 4.04.10 (Summer 2004 CD), thanks to someone very helpful who supplied me with the CDs to get this far. However this person doesn't have the Spring 2005 or Spring 2006 CDs, does have December 2006 but doesn't have August 2007 so in order to get to the SQL 2005 migration stage I'd need these 3 CDs. SOLUS doesn't provide anything before the last 2 releases. Anyone have these CDs? I'd really appreciate the help. Thanks

No, TCP/IP is definitely enabled; I didn't need to enable it either, it had been done for me, presumably by the installer. Thanks to GREED for his response, which solved the problem and clarified things for me and thanks to all the rest of you too.

Thanks, I'll try all of that and let you guys know!!

Thanks for your replies - Edutech I definately haven't seen a link to a config page but have filled in all pages during installation. Matt, TCP/IP is already enabled and Vikpaw, yes I was talking about Windows Server. Any other ideas?

Hi, our school's just bought a new admin server and my plan was to run SIMSInst.exe to set it up as a new server, then copy the database across from the old server - (most posts in this forum support this). However, when setting up SIMS on the new server I get the following message after it runs SQL Express 2008 Setup: SIMS Installer couldn't detect a valid SQL Instance. Please re-run SIMSInst.exe to set up your SIMS SQL server. I've tried running SIMSInst again and now have 3 SQL instances set up but still get this message!! Any ideas? I'm using Server 2008 R2, which Capita (supposedly) supports.

Hi, any idea how much involvement the postholder would have in the construction of the timetable? Would it be entirely the posholder's responsibility or would he/she just be supporting someone else?