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 during 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 "server" 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 Console on additional computers if you wish to administer adTempus remotely.

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.

Setup Navigator

When you run the Setup program, the Setup Navigator appears, which displays setup documentation and allows you to choose the components to install or remove. Based on what adTempus software is already installed on your computer, you will see some of the following tabs and options:

Read Me

This page contains overview information about the setup process and a link to this documentation.

Installation

This page contains options for installing adTempus components.

• Full or custom installation. Choose this option to install both the Service and the Console. Use this option for a first-time installation on the computer where adTempus will run jobs. This launches the Setup Wizard.
• Console-only installation. Choose this option to install just the Console if you only need to administer adTempus instances installed on remote computers. This launches the Setup Wizard.
• Install adTempus Console. Choose this option to install the Console if you previously only installed the Service. This launches the Setup Wizard.
• Add an adTempus Server instance. Choose this option to add an additional instance of the adTempus service. This launches the Setup Wizard.
• Install SQL Server Express. This option is available if you previously installed the adTempus Server and chose not to install SQL Server Express at that time. Choose this option to install SQL Server Express. After SQL Server installation completes, run the adTempus Database Configuration Wizard from the Start menu to configure adTempus to use the new database server.

Upgrade

This page contains options for upgrading adTempus.

• Upgrade adTempus. Choose this option to upgrade an existing installation of the Console or Server. This launches the Upgrade Wizard.
• Upgrade SQL Server Express. Choose this option to upgrade your SQL Server Express instance to SQL Server 2019 if you currently have an older version installed. Note that this version of adTempus is fully compatible with older versions of SQL Server, and you only need to upgrade if you prefer to have the latest version for security or other policy reasons. It does not matter whether you upgrade SQL Server Express before or after you upgrade adTempus.

Maintenance

This page contains options to uninstall adTempus components

• Uninstall adTempus. Choose this option to remove all or some adTempus components, including server instances. This option launches the Uninstall Wizard.