Installing
This topic discusses adTempus installation options and the installation process.
If you are upgrading from a previous version of adTempus, please review the upgrade information.
Your license information can be entered at the end of the setup process, or after setup using the License Manager tool in the adTempus program group on the Windows Start menu.
adTempus Components
adTempus is a "client/server" application, divided into two primary components:
- The adTempus Service (or "engine") does all the work of running jobs. The adTempus service must be installed on each computer on which jobs should execute. Throughout this document we refer to the Service, and the computer on which it is running, as the "server."
- The adTempus Console is the user interface for adTempus. It is used to configure and monitor adTempus. The Console may run on the same computer as the Service, or from a remote computer. A single Console can be used to monitor any number of adTempus services. Throughout this document we refer to the Console, and the computer on which it is running, as the "client."
If you are installing for the first time, you should perform a complete installation on the computer on which you want to run scheduled jobs. Optionally, you may install the client components on additional computers if you wish to administer adTempus remotely.
The remainder of this topic assumes you are performing a full installation of the software (service and Console). If you only need to install the Console (to perform remote administration), see the Console Installation topic.
You must purchase a license for each computer on which you install the server components (the adTempus Service). You may install the Console on any number of additional computers without purchasing additional licenses. See the licensing overview for more information.
Installation Process
The adTempus installation files are distributed in a self-extracting executable. When you run it, it will extract the setup files and then launch the installation manager (setup.exe).
The setup source files are not automatically deleted after setup completes. You can safely delete the files when installation is complete.
The installation manager executes separate phases of installation:
- Software Installation. Installs or upgrades the adTempus software.
- License Activation. Allows you to enter license information.
- Database Installation and Configuration. Installs SQL Server Express if required, and creates or upgrades your adTempus database.
Software Installation
The Software Installation phase is a standard Windows Installer setup package that will install any prerequisites prerequisites required for adTempus and then install or upgrade adTempus.
If a previous version of adTempus is already installed, you will have the choice to upgrade the current installation, or install the new version to a different location for a side-by-side installation.
Data Collection
Setup will ask your permission to enable anonymous feature usage reporting for adTempus. If you agree to this option, adTempus will collect and transmit to Arcana Development anonymous information about which features you use in the software and how often. The information gathered does not contain any data from your adTempus database or any other identifiable or potentially confidential information. You can enable or disable usage reporting later in the adTempus Console; separate options apply to the adTempus Server and to the Console itself.
Setup Type
Setup will ask you to select one of the following setup types:
- Complete installs all software components. This discussion assumes you are performing a complete (full) installation of the software.
- Console Only installs only the adTempus Console and other client utilities, which you can use to remotely administer the adTempus server installed on another computer.
- Custom allows you to select which components to install. Use this option if you want to install the server components without the client components, or to not install the reporting components.
Engine Mode
Setup will ask you to select the Engine Mode for the adTempus server.
If you are not planning to use the Distributed
Scheduling features of adTempus, select the Standalone
option. Otherwise, select Master
if this instance will manage other adTempus instances, or one of the two Agent options if this instance will be managed by another instance. See the Distributed
Scheduling Setup and Engine Mode
topics for more information.
Note: The mode can be changed after installation using the Engine
Mode program. There is no need to reinstall to change the engine mode.
Installation Wizard Completed
When you reach the end of the setup wizard, the adTempus software components are installed, but the adTempus database must be configured before adTempus can be used.
When you click Finish to close the setup wizard, the License Manager and Database Installation and Configuration tools will run.
In some cases (if a reboot was required during installation) the License Manager and Database Configuration Wizard tools may not start automatically after you click Finish in the installation wizard. If this happens, rerun setup.exe. The Installation Manager should skip software installation and move on to license configuration (if required) and database configuration.
License Configuration
Follow the instructions in the License Manager to activate adTempus if you have a license for this computer, or select evaluation mode if you do not.
You can review or add licenses later by running the License Manager tool from the adTempus group on the Start menu.
The License Manager may not appear if you already have a valid license for adTempus on this computer.
If you are upgrading from an earlier version of adTempus and have a license for the new version, the License Manager will help you upgrade your license.
Database Installation and Configuration
The Database Installation and Configuration tool will perform these actions:
- Install or upgrade SQL Server Express if appropriate
- Create or upgrade the adTempus database
See the Database Installation and Configuration topic for complete information on this process.
You don't need to be a database expert to install and configure adTempus: you can simply accept all the default settings in the database wizard and adTempus will install, configure, and manage the database for you.
If the database installation and configuration process fails, you should not uninstall/reinstall the adTempus software. After determining and resolving the cause of the failure, you can rerun the Database Configuration Wizard from the adTempus group on the Start menu.