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9.1 sp7 hf1 with java 6u26

Hey All, How well does Learn 9.1 sp 7 hf1 work with java 6u26 installed? I found the documentation that said that 6u20 was supported, but i'm wondering how well 6u26 works as it's need to going to service pack 9 and 10.

Posted to System Administrators (IT Pros) (Forum) by Joseph Baxley on 7 Dec 2012

Upgrade from BB Learn 9.1.6 to 9.1.7 failed

Hello! I'm very new the system admin side of Blackboard and I feel quite lost. I was tasked with upgrading our current Blackboard server which was successfully running Learn version 9.1.6, but the installation of SP7 is failing. I'm running on a fully updated server 2003. Here's the end of...

Posted to System Administrators (IT Pros) (Forum) by Nathan Sloan on 15 Nov 2012

Request: Input on Batch File!

We use Windows 2008 on four nodes/application servers, and we need to automate. Here is a sample Windows batch file we want to run via a Windows "Automated Task" every day at 1-2 AM, input please. Thank you, Greg +++++++++++++++ Windows Batch File -- Start +++++++++++++++++ c: cd\blackboard...

Posted to System Administrators (IT Pros) (Forum) by Greg Hoeck on 22 Oct 2012

Installation of 9.1 SP9 failed at step 5

After having several problems with our server we had the server re-imaged. I got it back and got it all set up and ready to install Blackboard. I have tried to install Blackboard twice with the same result. The install fails at step 5. Here is the install log of step 5. -install-step-5: [echo] [2012...

Posted to System Administrators (IT Pros) (Forum) by Clay Threlkeld on 14 Aug 2012

SIS Integration Framework, flat files and complete refresh

Hello all, I have been working with the SIS Integration for a little over a month now. We have a Banner SIS, and at first I tried an XML based integration. I was partially successful, but then we upgraded to SP8, and I started all over with the flat file format. Although I really like the GUI based "Snapshot"...

Posted to System Administrators (IT Pros) (Forum) by Patrice Bruneau on 31 May 2012

Top Frame Background image will not display off campus.

I just completed a fresh install of BB 9.1.8. Under the Default Band/Custom Colors I have added a background image to the top frame. Viewing it on campus, it looks/works fine. When viewing it off campus, it shows the background color. In our case it is gray. The file is a .jpg. ( http://blackboard.bpcc...

Posted to System Administrators (IT Pros) (Forum) by Gary Ware on 26 May 2012

Ability to Join FORUM_MAIN/MSG_MAIN to GRADEBOOK_MAIN

In order to tie discussion posts stored in MSG_MAIN to the appropriate forum and then back to the GRADEBOOK_MAIN table (if possible), we need to determine how to join FORUM_MAIN to GRADEBOOK_MAIN. We've only been able to identify the actual forum title and gradebook entry title as the best way to...

Posted to System Administrators (IT Pros) (Forum) by SubaruWRX on 2 Mar 2012

Re: Symposium Live Building Block problem

I just wanted to add my own cautionary note to this fix. If you go with the "switch to the original default language pack" option, make sure you haven't set your own USER language pack to be the still malformed custom language pack. Because then you will end up assuming you still have a...

Posted to System Administrators (IT Pros) (Forum) by David Gray on 4 Jun 2011

portal_role_membership XML documentration

In reading the "Advanced Integration and Data Management Guide" for Learn 9.1, I am wondering if there is an error with the documentation on page 123. The documentation on that page is for "XML User Data Secondary Institutional Role <PORTAL_ROLE_MEMBERSHIP>". In the second XML...

Posted to System Administrators (IT Pros) (Forum) by Aaron Henderson on 10 Mar 2011

Content Collection Permissions

Hi we are running Bb Learn 9.1 Sp2 and are having some issues with permissions in the Content Collection. For example I am an instructor in ENGL 101 section 01 a colleague is teaching the same course, ENGL 101 section 02. I would like my colleague to access the files that are located in my ENGL 101 section...

Posted to System Administrators (IT Pros) (Forum) by Tom Dorgan on 15 Feb 2011