SLS Chapater 2: Installation
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1. par webcat par webreport par and webread par to Version 6 3 Type the following at the MS Command Prompt d wUpgrade slscvtw63 lt Web Module Name gt lt Web Module Path gt For example to update the WebOPAC par file under c slsbin type d wUpgrade slscvtw63 WebOPAC c slsbin Similarly to update other web module parameter files under c slsbin type d wUpgrade slscvtw63 KidsOPAC c slsbin d wUpgrade slscvtw63 WebCAT c slsbin d wUpgrade slscvtw63 WebREPORT c slsbin d wUpgrade slscvtw63 WebREAD c slsbin Version 6 3 March 2005 Page 2 6 Printed on 2005 03 01 SLS Chapter 2 Installation The original copy of the parameter file will be backed up as a temporary file in c slsbin You can delete it after successful installation If you have not set up the security for c slsbin properly refer to Step 3 above for details Remember to start the IIS service after successful installation 5 Tuning and Testing the Web Module Review the settings in the parameter file par before rolling out the Web Module to your users Refer to Chapter 12 for details of web modules customization Test your Web Module by typing the following URL in a Web Browser WebOPAC http your web server home slsbin webopac exe KidsOPAC http your web server home slsbin kidsopac exe WebCAT http your web server home slsbin webcat exe WebREPORT http your web server home slsbin webreport exe WebREAD htt2. Core back to the original state IMPORTANT NOTE After upgrding the SLS Core to Version 6 3 you should remove the older versions of the SLS Windows Clients from all workstations and then install the Version 6 3 Windows Clients to these workstations see Section F for details If you are using SLS Web Modules e g WebOPAC KidSOPAC WebCAT etc you should also upgrade them to Version 6 3 see Section G for details Put the SLS Software Installation CD ROM to your CD ROM drive If the CD ROM is in Drive D and you are going to upgrade the SLS Core in Drive C type the following at the Windows Command prompt and then press Enter replace d and c accordingly C gt d upgrade upgrade dc Then follow the instructions on screen to complete the upgrade The upgrade program will copy the new version 6 3 program files to the default SLS Core directory SLS and then perform data conversion on some of the data files The upgrade process will not however delete any data from your system or change any settings you made before Version 6 3 March 2005 Page 2 2 Printed on 2005 03 01 SLS Chapter 2 Installation If you are not using SLS as the SLS Core directory you should run the upgrade program as follows C gt d upgrade upgrade d f library myslscore where library myslscore is the path name of the SLS Core directory The upgrade program will also create a number of backup files in the SLS Core directory They are the original da
3. EAD par ReadTolearn par Under the SYSTEM section change the dbpath entry to point to the SLS CORE directory For example dbpath c library sls IMPORTANT NOTE If you have both WebREAD par and WebREPORT par make sure that the ReadToLearnParamFile entry in the SYSTEM section is pointed to the same ReadToLearn Parameter file 4 Upgrading a Web Module Follow the instructions below to upgrade your WebOPAC KidSOPAC WebCAT Version 5 0 5 1 6 0 6 1 6 1a and 6 2 to Version 6 3 Assume that the your original copy is in c slsbin IMPORTANT NOTE Before upgrading you should make a full backup of the files under c slsbin If the upgrade is unsuccessful you still have a chance to restore your system back to the orginal state IMPORTANT NOTE You should also temporarily stop the Web service so that no user are accessing the Web Module during the upgrade Use WinZip to open the zip file e g webopac_up zip kidsopac up zip webcat up zip webreport up zip and webread_up zip inthe wUpgrade folder of the Installation CD ROM to upgrade your Web Module from Version 5 0 5 1 6 0 6 1 6 1a and 6 2 to Version 6 3 Extract all files and subdirectories in the zip file to c slsbin Overwrite all existing files when WinZip prompt you for action You should then run the slscvtw63 exe program under the wUpgrade folder of the Installation CD ROM assume it is in Drive D to upgrade the paramerter file e g webopac par kidsopac
4. S Core Upgrade For existing users to upgrade the SLS Core Win For installing SLS Windows Client Programs Sams2sls To convert student records from SAMS to SLS Web For installing SLS Web Modules Docs Contains user manual and other useful documents and samples If you are anew SLS user you should install the SLS Core by running the install program inside the New folder If you are upgrading your SLS Core from an older version use the upgrade your SLS Core inside the Upgrade folder After installing or upgrading the SLS Core run the setup program inside the Win folder to install Windows Client Programs to your workstations If you are a Hong Kong school library use the programs inside the SAMS2SLS folder to convert your student records from SAMS School Administration Management System to SLS If you plan to use WebOPAC KidsOPAC WebCAT WebREPORT and WebREAD you can install these Web Modules from the Web folder C First Time Installation If you are anew user follow instructions in this section to install the SLS Core otherwise read the next section to upgrade your SLS Core Version 6 3 March 2005 Page 2 1 Printed on 2005 03 01 SLS Chapter 2 Installation Put the SLS Software Installation CD ROM to your CD ROM drive If the CD ROM is in Drive D and you are going to install the SLS Core to Drive C then type the following at the Windows Command prompt and then press Enter replace d and c accordingly C gt d ne
5. SLS Chapater 2 Installation A System Requirements Before installation you should check your computer to make sure that it has the following minimum system requirement 1 Pentium computer with at least 128MB RAM of memory 2 Running Windows 2000 XP or higher 3 Sufficient hard disk storage space to hold the SLS database You need to have about 50 MB disk space for every 10 000 bibliographic records If your catalog contains Chinese materials your must configure your Windows to handle Chinese characters You may either use Traditional Chinese Version of Windows or set your system default locale of an English Windows 2000 or XP to Traditional Chinese If you plan to run SLS Software on a local area network or on your Intranet you should install the SLS database i e the SLS Core on the file server and connect the SLS workstations for running the SLS Windows Clients to the file server SLS software can be run on any Windows based networking environment including Microsoft Windows 2000 and 2003 Server and XP Professional If you plan to use WebOPAC KidsOPAC WebCAT WebREPORT and or WebREAD you should install these SLS Web Modules and the Web Server Software e g Microsoft s IIS on the same file server holding the SLS Core B Identifying the Correct Installation Programs SLS Core Windows Clients and Web Modules are distributed on a CD ROM The following shows the folders in this CD ROM New For new users to install the SL
6. e g webopac _new zip kidsopac new zip webcat new zip webreport new zipand webread_ new zip in the wNew folder of the Installation CD ROM and extract all files and subdirectories in the zip file to c slsbin Set the following security to the files and subdirectories under c slsbin For Administrator All files and subdirectories Full Control For IIS anonymous user account the default account looks like this IUSR_XXXXxX All files and subdirectories Change Create a virtual directory called slsbin on the IIS Web Server to point to c slsbin Grant the following IIS permission to this virtual directory All files except par Read and Execute only Parameter files e g WebOPAC par KidsOPAC WebCAT par WebREPORT par WebREAD par ReadToLear par etc No permission to Read Run Script and Execute Do not allow directory browsing Version 6 3 March 2005 Page 2 5 Printed on 2005 03 01 SLS Chapter 2 Installation SLS CORE directory contains the data files for the SLS Software Assume that you have used c library sls to store the SLS CORE Set the following security to c library sls For Administrator All files Full Control For IIS anonymous user account the default account is IUSR_HOME All files Change Use Windows NotePad program to open the parameter file of the Web Module you are installing in the c slsbin directory e g WebOPAC par KidsOPAC par WebCAT par WebREPORT par WebR
7. efore installing these client programs They must be installed from a workstation i e not from the File Server and the workstation must be running Windows 2000 Professional or XP Professional IMPORTANT NOTE If you have installed an older version of the Windows clients on a workstation you must uninstall them first before installing this version Use Windows Control Panel to uninstall SLS Windows Clients Click on the Add or remove programs icon in the Control Panel and then select SLS Software from the list After the uninstall you should also delete all Windows shortcuts you created for the older version IMPORTANT NOTE The Windows Client installation setup program may require adding or modifying files in the SLS Core folder i e the directory where you put the SLS database so you must make sure that you have read write permissions to this folder To install SLS Windows Clients put the SLS Software Installation CD ROM to your CD ROM drive and click on the CD ROM icon The SETUP program for Windows clients are located in the Win folder Launch the SETUP program by clicking on its icon Then follow the instructions on the screen The SETUP program will install the client program files onto the local hard disk and then create program shortcuts in the Start Programs menu During the installation you will be asked where you want to put the client program files The default path is C SLS on the workstation Modify the default pat
8. h if you want to put the client program files elsewhere Note that the path you specified must be accessible from the workstation You will also need to specify the location of your SLS database i e the SLS Core This is the path on which your major SLS data files are located If you are running SLS Software on a standalone workstation and have installed the SLS Core on Drive C then the SLS database path is C SLS If you are running SLS Software in a network environment and have installed SLS Core on the network Drive F then the path will be F SLS or something like F Library MySlsCore depending how your server administrator decided in the beginning of setting up the server After installation you can modify the behavior of the Windows clients by using the WinADMIN module See Chapter 3 Section D for details G Installing the Web Modules Web Modules available in Version 6 3 are WebOPAC KidsSOPAC WebCAT WebREPORT and WebREAD You need to install these modules individually 1 Prerequisite Requirements The following are the prerequisite requirements for installing Web Modules 1 You have set up a Windows Server 2000 or 2003 that is accessible on the Internet or on your Intranet 2 Your have installed Internet Information Server IIS 5 0 or higher on this Server Version 6 3 March 2005 Page 2 4 Printed on 2005 03 01 SLS Chapter 2 Installation 3 Your SLS Core has been installed on this Server 4 You have ph
9. p your web server home slsbin webread exe 6 Cleaning up the temp directory Starting Version 6 3 temporary files created under c slsbin temp directory will be automatically cleared You no longer need to maintain a Windows task schedule to delete these files H The SLS Core File System This section describes the files that are located in the SLS Core i e in the SLS directory Configuration files sls par contains the next record control number for bibliographic patron and fine records siscirc par contains essential parameters for running SLS see Appendix 1 You use WinADMIN module to make changes to the parameters Data files dbf mdx data files sistrans log contains circulation transactions slsearch log contains search transactions Version 6 3 March 2005 Page 2 7 Printed on 2005 03 01
10. p a third workstation in the library office for cataloging and reports generation All these workstations will access the same set of data on the file server in real time In order to have the workstations accessing the SLS Core on the network system administrator should set up a network share on the Server to hold the SLS Core and allow users to connect to this share as a network drive If the workstation is logged in for public access i e running WinOPAC make sure that the data in this network drive is READ only for this login otherwise public users may change or delete files in the SLS Core But for library staff logins the SLS Core files must have CHANGE permission otherwise the SLS modules e g WinCIRC WinCAT WinADMIN etc will not be able to update the files Follow the same procedures in Section C to install SLS Core to a file server except that you should specify a network drive say Drive F instead of a local hard disk drive when running the install program For example C gt d new install d f You then install the Windows Clients on all the workstations Note that you must install the clients once for each workstation Version 6 3 March 2005 Page 2 3 Printed on 2005 03 01 SLS Chapter 2 Installation F Installing Windows Clients Windows Clients available in Version 6 1 are WinOPAC WinCAT WinCIRC WinREPORT WinINV WinREAD WinADMIN and ImportWizard You must install or upgrade your SLS Core to Version 6 3 b
11. ta files before the conversion process You should delete them after you have successfully upgraded SLS Software to Version 6 3 because these files will take up a lot of your hard disk space After successfully upgrading the SLS Core you should immediately upgrade the SLS Windows Clients on all workstations involved and upgrade all SLS Web Modules you have on the Web Server See Section F and G for details of upgrading SLS Windows Clients and Web Modules Right after the upgrade is completed you must use WinADMIN to examine the settings you defined in the SLS Parameter File SLSCIRC PAR From time to time there will be new parameters added to the system You should update those parameters to make use of the new features Refer to Chapter 3 for details on using WinADMIN If you are a Hong Kong school library and are using SAMS2SLS to extract student data from SAMS you should also upgrade SAMS2SLS The latest version can be found in the Sams2sls folder in the SLS Installation CD ROM Details of the SAMS2SLS program can be found in Chapter 10 E Running SLS Software on a Local Area Network If your library has a local area network LAN you may install the SLS Core on the file server By doing so you can have more than one workstation accessing your library core database simultaneously For example you can set up a workstation at the circulation counter for book borrowing set up another workstation in the public area for OPAC searching and set u
12. w install d c Then follow the instructions on screen to complete the installation The install program will create a directory called SLS on the hard disk and copy a number of files to this directory SLS Software comes with a default setting file called SLSCIRC PAR You should review the settings in this file and make any necessary changes before using the SLS system Use the WinADMIN program to change these settings Refer to Chapter 3 Section D and Appendix 1 for details If you plan to run the SLS Software on a network read Section E below After you have successfully installed the SLS Core follow Section Fto install the Windows clients to your workstation s and Section G to install the Web Modules to the Web Server D Upgrading SLS Core Follow the instructions in this section if you are upgrading the SLS Core from an older version If you are a new user you should follow the steps in the previous section IMPORTANT NOTE The SLS DOS modules are no longer supported since Version 6 0 The upgrade program will remove the DOS modules from your system if they exist Therefore if you still plan to use the DOS modules in the coming future you should not upgrade your system to versions beyond 5 1 IMPORTANT NOTE Before upgrading your SLS Core to Version 6 3 you should backup all files under the SLS directory Put the backup files in a save place In case the upgrade process is unsuccessful you can use this backup set to restore your SLS
13. ysical access to this Server and have the permission to login to this Server with the an account that has administrator permissions You need to use this account for installing the Web Modules 5 You have sufficient knowledge on adminstrating a Windows Server and managing IIS Web Server 2 Identifying the Correct Installation CD ROM Web Modules installation files are available in the Web folder of the Installation CD ROM There are two folders under the Web folder wNew for installing the Web Module for the first time wUpgrade for upgrading your existing Web Module 3 Installing a Web Module for the First Time If you are installing a Web Module e g WebOPAC KidsOPAC WebCAT WebREPORT and WebREAD for the first time follow the procedures below Note that you need to install them on the Web Server on which the SLS Core also resides Important Note If you are using WebOPAC KidsOPAC WebCAT WebREPORT WebREAD Version 5 0 or higher follow the instructions in section 4 to upgrade your existing copy to Version 6 3 If you are using WebOPAC Version 4 0 follow the procedures in this section to install a fresh copy of Version 6 3 and after successful installation uninstall Version 4 0 by deleting the gate IIS Virtual Directory and all the files under it SLS Web Modules can be put in any directory on the Web Server Lets assume that you are going to put the Web Modules under the c slsbin directory Use WinZip to open the zip file
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