[Koha] Variety of questions about Koha installation

[Amy Schuler]

Stefan, 
Thanks for your response.  However, the problem is that I have tried deleting the sample libraries and patrons in the admin interface (libraries and groups).  I delete one, it says "library deleted", but then the library is still listed!  And it still appears in the login drop down box, etc. and its patrons are still linked to my patrons.  So, they are not actually being deleted.  I have also tried deleting all of the information from each of the library profiles first, but that does not delete the libraries either.
Any more advice?
Thanks!
Amy 

-----Original Message-----
From: stefan [mailto:herrkandera at gmx.ch] 
Sent: Monday, March 08, 2010 3:40 PM
To: Amy Schuler
Cc: koha at lists.katipo.co.nz
Subject: Re: [Koha] Variety of questions about Koha installation

While you installed Koha via the Webinterface you chose to install 
"sample libraries and patrons." Thats why. You can get rid of them one 
by one by the admin interface.
Question 2 is answered by solution 1.
When you catalogue a journal, I think, you can tell which issues are 
available.
Backup at least the MARC by a cron.

Try using bulkimport instead. Me too, I experienced some problems by the 
web interface.

Kind regards, Stefan

Amy Schuler schrieb:
>
> There are a few things about my Koha installation that I could use 
> some help with. I welcome you to take a crack at any or all of these 
> questions. I am running Koha 3.0001005 on Debian.
>
> 1. When I log in to Koha (from the staff interface), why are other 
> libraries listed in the drop down box? Is it possible to get rid of 
> them? I tried deleting them in Admin/basic parameters/libraries and 
> groups, but they won't go away. This may relate to my next question... 
> 2. In the circulation module, I see that for my library patron Betty 
> Smith, there is another person listed as Betty's guarantee. The 
> guarantor, John Jones, is a patron of another unaffiliated library (in 
> fact, a patron of one of those libraries I am trying to delete!) This 
> affiliation has no basis in reality. How can I sever this 
> relationship? 3. Is there a way to limit the number of holdings 
> (issues of a serial) that appear for a journal record? An automatic 
> way to tell Koha that only the last 6 entries should be listed? 4. My 
> database support/IT staff member says that he thinks it easier to back 
> up Koha by backing up the entire virtual machine, rather than running 
> mysqldump. What do you think of this? 5. Last but not least - can 
> anyone tell me if it is possible to clear the import reservoir?
>
> Please let me know if you need more information.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Amy C. Schuler
>
> Manager of Information Services
>
> Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies
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