Scomis Training Environment – Login Error

When attempting to access the Scomis Training environment on https://train.scomis.org we have seen a small number of users experience the following error: “Error – expecting a single child node with tag: authentication” If you click on “OK”, you receive the following error: “Error – Failed to connect to the Connection Server.” To resolve this error,…

Trouble Accessing Training Environment

When using Microsoft Edge browser to access the Training and Support environment (https://train.scomis.org) we have seen the following behaviour: Browse to https://train.scomis.org Log in with user details, user is presented with the option for the Primary or Secondary Training Pools. User clicks on one of the pools to launch a session but the following message…

Error: ‘Security package error occurred in the transport layer’ when connecting to the Hosted platform

Error: Security package error occurred in the transport layer for Windows 10 users trying to connect to Scomis Hosted Applications platform. This issue is affecting Windows 10 users that are connecting to the legacy gateway server for Windows 7 machines. The following FAQ http://faq.scomis.org/kb11624/ has more information related to the specific gateway servers. The default…

Hosted Connector Always Use a Gateway

From version v6.10 of the Scomis Hosted connector, it is possible for an administrator to set a registry key that will force the Scomis Hosted Applications connector to always use a gateway Server when connecting to the Scomis Service.  This is done by setting a registry key in the HKEY_CURRENT_USER registry key. This option should…

Unable to connect to Truancy Call

Hosted school – error window “Unable to connect to Truancy Call” Reset the user’s profile in the first instance. kb20135

Invalid user name/password error when logging into Hosted SIMS

When logging into Hosted SIMS, the user may experience a local SIMS login box or the following error: This error will appear after the initial Remote Desktop Connection screen and after the blue/green Windows server screen where the user profile and group policy settings are being loaded. This is common when the user is logging…

AnyComms error message

An error has occurred downloading files, error: The server was unable to process the request due to an internal error This was resolved by AVCO at their end.   kb19822  

Solus 3 Troubleshooting Tips

Below are some useful tips for troubleshooting issues with Solus 3. Ensure that the Solus Installation Pre Requisites have been met, check list below: All machines that will form part of the SOLUS3 environment, being those that are used for SIMS, SIMS Discover or FMS, will require certain pre-requisites before the installation of the Agent…

‘Error: Could not open macro storage.’ when running a SIMS report

‘Error: Could not open macro storage.’ when running a report via Reports > Run Report.     The cause of this problem was a Microsoft Word File Block Setting. To resolve this you will need to open Microsoft Word and click on File -> Options. On this screen select Trust Centre -> File Block Settings….

Report output exceeds maximum width

Error: This exceeds the maximum width when running a report in SIMS.     This is because the report is running as a Word List Report. It would need to be changed to a Form Report (RTF)  output on the Define Presentations screen. Ensure that Form Report (RTF) is selected. Sometimes it will show as…

Remote backup: System State using Wbadmin: System state backup failed: Exit Code = -2

Issue: The system state backup may fail with the following message in the log: Message: 01:00:05 [System State (using Wbadmin)]: Performing system state backup Message: 01:00:05 [System State (using Wbadmin)]: Waiting for wbadmin to complete. Warning: 01:00:11 [System State (using Wbadmin)]: System state backup failed: Exit Code = -2 Cause: This message indicates that the…