This presentation teaches admin / network administrators how to deploy SQL Server with correct options for OPETUS ERP. It also helps configure Opetus Education Server as per server environment

2. DEPLOYMENT PREREQUISITES (HARDWARE / SOFTWARE)
Servers / NAS with UPS and temperature controlled environment for
managing 365 x 24 operations
Firewall, routers, managed switches, structured cabling, rodent/water/fire
proof environment
Reliable internet connectivity, load balanced at least between two service
providers
Vendor capable of configuring and managing networks, active directory, shell
scripts, backups
Official software licenses for servers, database, mail servers etc…
Opetus needs RAID 1-0 to be used on Database Server, RAID 5 on backup NAS
server and RAID 1-0 for reporting server
Ensure free disk space of 512 GB post RAID for DB Server
Deployment of SQL and Opetus Server needs certain privileges. Prefer to
login as administrator to ensure setup does not fail for want of access rights
Pre 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:ISERVERDATABASE

3. STEPS FOR INSTALLING SQL SERVER FOR OPETUS EDUCATION ERP SERVER
Start 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. MANUALLY RESTORING OPETUSDB BACKUP ON SQL SERVER INSTANCE
STEP 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

7. 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:ISERVERDATABASE
Proceed to next step and accept the License Agreement
Enter the details of license holder and details of institution
Server 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.

8. MANUALLY CONFIGURING OPETUS EDUCATION ERP SERVER (ISERVER) USING ISERVER.CONFIG
Opetus 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 IServer
Open 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 deployed
Enable 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
<PREREQUISITES> section of config file
Configure database connection string parameters in the <DATABASE> 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

9. OPETUS EDUCATION ERP SERVER AUTOMATED DATABASE SETUP
During 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 instance
Selected 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 UI
Upon successful startup of IServer it pop’s a
notification of “bootstrap” successful. Statusbar of
server indicates list of services hosted successfully