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DEPLOYMENT PREREQUISITES (HARDWARE / SOFTWARE)Servers / NAS with UPS and temperature controlled environment for managing 365 x 24 operationsFirewall, routers, managed switches, structured cabling, rodent/water/fire proof environmentReliable internet connectivity, load balanced at least between two service providersVendor capable of configuring and managing networks, active directory, shell scripts, backups Official software licenses for servers, database, mail servers etcOpetus needs RAID 1-0 to be used on Database Server, RAID 5 on backup NAS server and RAID 1-0 for reporting serverEnsure free disk space of 512 GB post RAID for DB ServerDeployment of SQL and Opetus Server needs certain privileges. Prefer to login as administrator to ensure setup does not fail for want of access rightsPre decide a path for server and database deployment and ensure selected partition has enough disk space. Default Path for Opetus Education Server is C:\ISERVER and Opetus database is C:\ISERVER\DATABASE

STEPS FOR INSTALLING SQL SERVER FOR OPETUS EDUCATION ERP SERVERStart setup and select option to deploy NEW SQL Server

Ensure if SQL Server instance will be used exclusively for OPETUS or it needs to be deployed in a shared instance

Ensure ALL setup support rules are passed

Enter your license key and register SQL Server

Accept license terms and proceed with deployment

In case setup finds new updates opt for deployment of latest updates and service packs

Ensure again all support rules get passed. Ignore firewall warning as it can be configured later

In the next option select feature installation as OPETUS needs specific features to be enabled to restore default database

In next form click Select All and tick all features

Verify if all installation rules are passed

SHARED VERSUS EXCLUSIVE DEPLOYMENT OF SQL SERVER

In case education institute has dedicated exclusive ERP server select DEFAULT instance option

For shared scenario select NAMED instance and define OPETUS as the instance name

While defining Server Configuration ensure Automatic versus Manual startup mode as shown in figure

Database Engine Configuration is very important. Choose Mixed mode option so as to permit sa login. Add current user credentials as authentication credentials. Prefer to login as administrator during setup of SQL server.

As stated earlier assign the path where SQL Server instance is assumed to deploy database. Ensure that the path exists or create defined directories before server installation

FILESTREAM is one of the most important option during deployment. If SQL instance has been installed without this option OPETUS does not work. Opetus is one of the oldest ERP which manages, archives and indexes unstructured data along with transactions in ERP. All content textual and binary is cataloged and user defined taxonomy can index unstructured content and make it searchable like google

DEPLOYMENT PREREQUISITES AND STEPS FOR OPETUS EDUCATION ERP SERVER

For analysis services configuration choose Multidimensional and data mining mode and add current user privileges

Choose path as shown in figure. Analytics and BI is part of Opetus Enterprise edition only.

Opetus education server needs SSRS for user definable reports. Choose these options as shown and proceed with installation

For next two steps for replay controller and client Add current user, Controller as OPETUS and path as shown

Proceed with Installation configuration rules and ascertain they pass without errors

Finally you should get Install button with all options selected during prior steps. Proceed with install and ensure it completes successfully.

The final screen shows successful completion and list of modules installed

MANUALLY RESTORING OPETUSDB BACKUP ON SQL SERVER INSTANCESTEP 1: Run SQL server management studio. Right click on database node and navigate to Restore Database

STEP 2: Select OPETUSBD file from downloaded path and tick restore column as shown in figure

STEP 3: Select Options node and tick overwrite existing database

STEP 4: Proceed with restoration till you get this message

DEPLOYMENT STEPS FOR OPETUS EDUCATION ERP SERVER (ISERVER)

Run OPETUS Server setup. Define path of installation and create sub directory for database. i.e. C:\ISERVER\DATABASEProceed to next step and accept the License Agreement

Enter the details of license holder and details of institutionServer setup needs serial number which you can get upon registration or upon sending a request email to gyanifeku@iphokat.com

Select path for deployment else continue with the default path. Ensure selected drive has enough disk space

Select shortcut options as needed

Ensure checklist of selected options and proceed with installation

Reboot server upon completion of setup. To configure Opetus Education Server for first time run ISERVER.EXE in administrator mode.

MANUALLY CONFIGURING OPETUS EDUCATION ERP SERVER (ISERVER) USING ISERVER.CONFIGOpetus Server can be hosted locally on Intranet or on Cloud. For institutions who do not want to be at the mercy of internet service providers, local installation of server on LAN (PRIVATE IP) serves best option. This guarantees uninterrupted back office operations. If such institutes want students/faculty to access server resources all they need is a PUBLIC IP from service provider which can be NATed to local instance of IServerOpen IServer.config file using NOTEPAD. Replace PublicIPAddress, ServerIPAddress, DBIPAddress, DBStreamIPAddress, UserIPAddress, FileIPAddress, SyncIPAddress, SMSIPAddress, SMTPIPAddress with the IP Address of the machine on which IServer has been deployedEnable ports in firewall (if active) and change port numbers if any previously installed software is using IServer ports. IP Address and Ports are in the section of config fileConfigure database connection string parameters in the section of config file. Note if you do this step using IServer UI user name and password are saved in secure encrypted format. For simplicity unencrypted parameters can also be used

OPETUS EDUCATION ERP SERVER AUTOMATED DATABASE SETUPDuring IServer startup it fails to connect to database server (as during initial setup stage) a new database setup form pops to facilitate discovery of SQL server instances in network. It scans all instances of existing SQL Server instances and displays in the dropdown Combobox. Choose the machine/instance where you have deployed OPETUSDB

Enter the security credential (UID/PWD) for selected server and Opetus will populate all databases deployed in selected SQL instanceSelected the database and press Save to persist the settings in IServer.config file

The other option to change database parameters is using Settings -> Database tab from server UIUpon successful startup of IServer it pops a notification of bootstrap successful. Statusbar of server indicates list of services hosted successfully