ERA6 INSTALLER USER GUIDE

Contents Pre-Installation Process Post-Installation Process What is new in ERA 6.0? Mark Distribution for TAC & TABC ERA 6.0 Installation ERA 6.0 Installation Process ERA 6.0 Prerequisite ERA 6.0 Prerequisite Installation ERA 6.0 Framework Installation ERA 6.0 Framework Activation ERA 6.0 Course Loading ERA 6.0 Uninstallation Process ERA 6.0 Assistant ERA 6.0 Drive Mapping

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TAC & TABC Distribution Topic Take a Challenges Blue TAC Red TAC Red TABC Windows 14 -- Word Processing 8 6 Spreadsheet 18 4 Presentation Graphics Internet - 16 12 Personal Information Manager 10   Database Management System All About Computers 20 Making IT work for you Total 80 90 30 Total Challenges 200

ERA 6.0 Installation

ERA 6.0 Installation Process Check for Prerequisites Install Anti-virus Software Install ERA 6.0 Prerequisite Install ERA 6.0 Framework Restart your system ERA 6.0 Framework Activation ERA 6.0 Course Loading Start Learning in ERA 6.0

ERA 6.0 There will be 3 Content loader DVD’s each for MSCIT ERA 6 and WAVE ERA 6 The framework is common for both MSCIT & WAVE Content for MSCIT as well as WAVE Courses can be loaded once the Framework for ERA 6 is Installed at your center WAVE Learning as well as MSCIT learning will be done in ERA 6 framework only Also the Learners for both MSCIT & WAVE can be downloaded from the same Learning Facilitator login

ERA 6.0 Installation>Server Prerequisites Please Ensure the Following before Installation That the server machine in your computer lab is being used to install MKCL’s ERA 6.0 (Physical server machine) Operating system should be either Win XP with SP 3 with IIS version 5.1 or Higher or Windows Server 2003 with SP 2 IIS version 5.1 or Higher Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Express R2 Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0 That the C drive (Root Drive) is having minimum 20 GB free space as per the recommended hardware setup. Free space required for loading a course depends on the actual size of the course content.

ERA 6.0 Installation>Server Prerequisites Please Ensure the Following before Installation That the server machine is connected to Internet for Framework Activation and Learner Data Downloading. That you are Installing ERA 6.0 from a login which has the Administrative privileges. That you have Flash Player installed on the machines in order to view the eContent properly

ERA 6.0 Installation>Server Prerequisites Please Ensure the Following before Installation That you are Installing ERA 6.0 by keeping the installer CD/DVD in the respective drive of the server machine itself. That you have Internet Information Service (IIS) version 5.1 or higher installed on the server machine. IIS installation needs the respective Operating System installation CD

ERA 6.0 Installation > Client Prerequisites Please Ensure the Following before Installation of QOES client Operating system should be either Windows XP with SP3 OR Windows Server 2003 with SP2 OR Windows Vista SP1 or later Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0 IIS v5.1 or later Windows Installer 3.1 Windows Installer 4.5 Internet Explorer version 7.0 or later

ERA 6.0 Framework Installation Insert the Single click ERA 6.0 Framework Installation DVD provided to you in the DVD-ROM. Open the DVD and then double click the autorun.exe file which will present the adjacent screen to you.

ERA 6.0 PREREQUISITE Installation Following pre-requisites will get installed from ERA 6.0 Framework Installation CD .NET Framework 4.0 Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 express Click on “Accept” button when the two adjacent window appears to continue the Installation.

ERA 6.0 PREREQUISITE Installation If .NET Framework 4.0 is not installed earlier in your machine, then installer will start the installation of .NET 4.0 Framework If .NET 4.0 is already Installed on your system, the installer will then directly proceed to Install SQL Server 2008 R2 Express

ERA 6.0 PREREQUISITE Installation For SQL Server 2008 R2 Express adjacent screens will appear The process will continue automatically

ERA 6.0 PREREQUISITE Installation Please be patient as SQL Server Installation will take 30-45 mins. Adjacent screen will appear before you while installation is in process

ERA 6.0 FRAMEWORK Installation After installation of SQL server 2008 R2 has been completed following screen will appear Click on Next button to continue the installation of ERA 6.0.

ERA 6.0 FRAMEWORK Installation Once all the prerequisites are over, the installation of ERA 6.0 will start & following screen will appear

ERA 6.0 FRAMEWORK Installation While ERA 6 Framework is being installed following screens will appear before you

ERA 6.0 FRAMEWORK Installation After ERA 6 Framework Installation is over following screens for copying Demo Course Content will appear before you

ERA 6.0 FRAMEWORK Installation After ERA 6 Framework Installation is over following completion screen will appear before you

ERA 6.0 FRAMEWORK ACTIVATION

ERA 6.0 FRAMEWORK ACTIVATION Use the icon present on the Desktop for accessing the Learning Facilitator Login Or open the Learning facilitator login from Start >> Programs >> ERA 6 >> ERA 6 – Learning Facilitator Click on Activate button to start activation process. Click on Shortcut icon on desktop

ERA 6.0 FRAMEWORK ACTIVATION Make sure that your are connected to internet while doing activation. A message of successful activation shall be displayed if the Activation Key entered is correct. Now you are ready to enter into the eLearning world! LF Login URL for ERA 6.0 is http://servername/ERA6/sysindex.aspx and for Learner Login http://servername/ERA6/index.aspx

ERA 6.0 FRAMEWORK ACTIVATION Make sure that your are connected to internet Internet connectivity is required while activation

ERA 6.0 FRAMEWORK ACTIVATION Enter your Center Code and SOLAR Password Click Here Click Here

ERA 6.0 FRAMEWORK ACTIVATION After successful Activation following message will come Enter Username and Password to login as LF Enter your Center Code and SOLAR Password to login as Learning Facilitator Click on OK

ERA 6.0 COURSE LOADING

ERA 6.0 Course Loading Once the ERA 6.0 Framework is activated you can load the course contents Be ready with course CD/DVD

ERA 6.0 Course Loading Insert course CD/DVD in CD/DVD drive of your server machine on which ERA 6.0 framework is installed. The setup shall run automatically

Please make provision for free space. ERA 6.0 Course Loading In case there is insufficient space on the drive to load the course, a message prompt shall be displayed as follows: Please make provision for free space.

Once the ERA 6.0 server and client application is installed, You are ready to use ERA 6.0

ERA 6.0 UNINSTALLATION PROCESS

ERA 6.0 UNINSTALLATION Before uninstalling ERA6 framework, please ensure you taken the database backup. In case you do not have the database backup, you will end up losing all your data You can take the latest Database backup from Data Traveler from “Backup/Restore” tab In case of any issue in opening Data Traveler, you can get the backup files: “ERA6_Data.mdf” and “ERA6_Log.ldf” from the path  C:\ProgramFiles\MicrosoftSQLServer\MSSQL10_50.ERA6\MSSQL\DATA . You can save these files at some place on your system. After ERA 6 re-installation is done, you can restore these files in the above path mentioned.

ERA 6.0 UNINSTALLATION In case you need to Uninstall only ERA 6.0 framework you can uninstall it from the following path Control Panel  Add or Remove Programs ERA 6

ERA 6.0 UNINSTALLATION In case you need to Uninstall ERA 6.0 as well as its prerequisites you can uninstall it from the following path Control Panel  Add or Remove Programs ERA 6 Control Panel  Add or Remove Programs Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2

Click Here to remove Microsoft SQL Sever 2008 R2 ERA 6.0 UNINSTALLATION If you remove the Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 following screen will appear Click Here to remove Microsoft SQL Sever 2008 R2

Click on OK button to continue ERA 6.0 UNINSTALLATION Click on OK button to continue

Click on the Next button to continue ERA 6.0 UNINSTALLATION Click on the Next button to continue Click on the respective component you want to Uninstall( You can Uninstall either ERA 6 or ERAQOES6 SQL server at a time)

ERA 6.0 UNINSTALLATION Select first two check boxes only Click on the Next button to continue

Uninstall process will take about 30-45 mins ERA 6.0 UNINSTALLATION Uninstall process will take about 30-45 mins

Click on the Next button to continue ERA 6.0 UNINSTALLATION Click on the Next button to continue

Click on the Remove button to continue ERA 6.0 UNINSTALLATION Click on the Remove button to continue

ERA 6.0 UNINSTALLATION Once the Uninstallation in complete a message will be displayed as shown

ERA6.0 ASSISTANT You can find “ERA6 Assistant” as shown below: Double click on ERA6 Assistant to access of ERA Assistant for the first time. Once you have run ERA6 Assistant exe, its icon will appear on the right-hand side of task-bar as shown -

ERA 6.0 DRIVE MAPPING While ERA6 Assistant window appears, In “Backups” tab, “Map Drive” button will be visible. This, drive mapping is for specifying the location where you want to keep the back up of your data.

ERA 6.0 DRIVE MAPPING While ERA 6 Framework is getting installed, you will be asked to specify for Drive Network Mapping as shown below This is the path where your ERA 6 Backup will be stored, so do not skip this step Enter the Drive letter & then specify a shared folder in your server or any other system in the LAN where you wish to store the backup files

Wish you Happy Learning with ERA 6.0