Summary

This article describes installation procedures for adTempus 3 on Windows Server 2012.

Background

adTempus 3.0.8 is supported on Windows Server 2012. However, some manual intervention is required in the setup process.

For fuller compatibility, consider upgrading to adTempus 4 instead of using adTempus 3.

System Requirements

adTempus 3 is built using the .NET Framework version 2, which is not supported by default on Windows Server 2012. Before installing adTempus, you must enable .NET Framework 3.5 (which also includes support for .NET Framework 2).

SQL Server Express

If you will be using adTempus with your own standalone SQL Server instance, skip to the next section.  

adTempus 3 includes Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express as its default database engine, but this version of SQL Server is not supported on Windows Server 2012. Therefore you will need to install SQL Server 2012 Express separately before installing adTempus, so that adTempus can use that  version instead. This version of SQL Server is freely available from Microsoft and does not require the purchase of a software license.

To install SQL Server 2012 Express, go to the download page and click the Download button. Then select the "ENU\x64\SQLEXPR_x64_ENU.exe" file. Download the file and run it to start the installation.

In the SQL Server setup wizard, make the following selections:

  • On the first page, choose New SQL Server Standalone installation...
  • Let it include product updates
  • Accept license terms
  • On Feature Selection page, uncheck Replication and Client Connectivity SDK
  • Important: On Instance Configuration, select Named Instance and set the name to "ADTEMPUS"
  • Accept the defaults for all other settings

Once SQL Server setup is complete, proceed to adTempus installation. The Database Configuration Wizard should automatically detect and use the SQL Server 2012 instance you have just created.

adTempus Installation

Download the 64-bit version of adTempus from the adTempus 3 download page and run it to install the adTempus software.

After the software installation completes, the Database Configuration Wizard will start. Before you leave the introduction screen in the wizard, you must update the database creation script as described in article K00000403. To do this:

Run Windows Explorer and navigate to the "database" folder under the adTempus program folder (e.g., "c:\program files\arcana development\adTempus\database").

Download adtempusdb_K00000403.zip and extract the updated files into the database folder, replacing the existing versions.

You can now click Next in the Database Configuration Wizard and continue with database configuration.

Once the Database Configuration Wizard completes, adTempus will be ready for use.

Data Migration

If you are migrating adTempus from another server, see article K00000246 for additional information on transferring your license and data.