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• How to Manage AutoArchive in Outlook 2010

  - by Mysticgeek

  If you want to keep Outlook 2010 clean and run faster, one method is to set up the AutoArchive feature. Today we show you how to configure and manage the feature in Outlook 2010. Using AutoArchive allows you to manage space in your mailbox or on the email server by moving older items to another location on your hard drive. Enable and Configure Auto Archive In Outlook 2010 Auto Archive is not enabled by default. To turn it on, click on the File tab to access Backstage View, then click on Options. The Outlook Options window opens then click on Advanced then the AutoArchive Settings button. The AutoArchive window opens and you’ll notice everything is grayed out. Check the box next to Run AutoArchive every… Note: If you select the Permanently delete old items option, mails will not be archived. Now you can choose the settings for how you want to manage the AutoArchive feature. Select how often you want it to run, prompt before the feature runs, where to move items, and other actions you want to happen during the process. After you’ve made your selections click OK. Manually Configure Individual Folders For more control over individual folders that are archived, right-click on the folder and click on Properties. Click on the AutoArchive tab and choose the settings you want to change for that folder. For instance you might not want to archive a certain folder or move archived data to a specific folder. If you want to manually archive and backup an item, click on the File tab, Cleanup Tools, then Archive. Click the radio button next to Archive this folder and all subfolders. Select the folder you want to archive. In this example we want to archive this folder to a specific location of its own. The .pst files are saved in your documents folder and if you need to access them at a later time you can. After you’ve setup AutoArchive you can find items in the archived files. In the Navigation Pane expand the Archives folder in the list. You can then view and access your messages. You can also access them by clicking the File tab \ Open then Open Outlook Data File. Then you can browse to the archived file you want to open. Archiving old emails is a good way to help keep a nice clean mailbox, help speed up your Outlook experience, and save space on the email server. The other nice thing is you can configure your email archives and specific folders to meet your email needs. Similar Articles Productive Geek Tips Configure AutoArchive In Outlook 2007Quickly Clean Your Inbox in Outlook 2003/2007Open Different Outlook Features in Separate Windows to Improve ProductivityMake Outlook Faster by Disabling Unnecessary Add-InsCreate an Email Template in Outlook 2003 TouchFreeze Alternative in AutoHotkey The Icy Undertow Desktop Windows Home Server – Backup to LAN The Clear & Clean Desktop Use This Bookmarklet to Easily Get Albums Use AutoHotkey to Assign a Hotkey to a Specific Window Latest Software Reviews Tinyhacker Random Tips CloudBerry Online Backup 1.5 for Windows Home Server Snagit 10 VMware Workstation 7 Acronis Online Backup AceStock, a Tiny Desktop Quote Monitor Gmail Button Addon (Firefox) Hyperwords addon (Firefox) Backup Outlook 2010 Daily Motivator (Firefox) FetchMp3 Can Download Videos & Convert Them to Mp3

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• From the Tips Box: Pre-installation Prep Work Makes Service Pack Upgrades Smoother

  - by Jason Fitzpatrick

  Last month Microsoft rolled out Windows 7 Service Pack 1 and, like many SP releases, quite a few people are hanging back to see what happens. If you want to update but still error on the side of caution, reader Ron Troy  offers a step-by-step guide. Ron’s cautious approach does an excellent job minimizing the number of issues that could crop up in a Service Pack upgrade by doing a thorough job updating your driver sets and clearing out old junk before you roll out the update. Read on to see how he does it: Just wanted to pass on a suggestion for people worried about installing Service Packs.  I came up with a ‘method’ a couple years back that seems to work well. Run Windows / Microsoft Update to get all updates EXCEPT the Service Pack. Use Secunia PSI to find any other updates you need. Use CCleaner or the Windows disk cleanup tools to get rid of all the old garbage out there.  Make sure that you include old system updates. Obviously, back up anything you really care about.  An image backup can be real nice to have if things go wrong. Download the correct SP version from Microsoft.com; do not use Windows / Microsoft Update to get it.  Make sure you have the 64 bit version if that’s what you have installed on your PC. Make sure that EVERYTHING that affects the OS is up to date.  That includes all sorts of drivers, starting with video and audio.  And if you have an Intel chipset, use the Intel Driver Utility to update those drivers.  It’s very quick and easy.  For the video and audio drivers, some can be updated by Intel, some by utilities on the vendor web sites, and some you just have to figure out yourself.  But don’t be lazy here; old drivers and Windows Service Packs are a poor mix. If you have 3rd party software, check to see if they have any updates for you.  They might not say that they are for the Service Pack but you cut your risk of things not working if you do this. Shut off the Antivirus software (especially if 3rd party). Reboot, hitting F8 to get the SafeMode menu.  Choose SafeMode with Networking. Log into the Administrator account to ensure that you have the right to install the SP. Run the SP.  It won’t be very fancy this way.  Maybe 45 minutes later it will reboot and then finish configuring itself, finally letting you log in. Total installation time on most of my PC’s was about 1 hour but that followed hours of preparation on each. On a separate note, I recently got on the Nvidia web site and their utility told me I had a new driver available for my GeForce 8600M GS.  This laptop had come with Vista, now has Win 7 SP1.  I had a big surprise from this driver update; the Windows Experience Score on the graphics side went way up.  Kudo’s to Nvidia for doing a driver update that actually helps day to day usage.  And unlike ATI’s updates (which I need for my AGP based system), this update was fairly quick and very easy.  Also, Nvidia drivers have never, as I can recall, given me BSOD’s, many of which I’ve gotten from ATI (TDR errors).How to Enable Google Chrome’s Secret Gold IconHTG Explains: What’s the Difference Between the Windows 7 HomeGroups and XP-style Networking?Internet Explorer 9 Released: Here’s What You Need To Know

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• July, the 31 Days of SQL Server DMO’s – Day 22 (sys.dm_db_index_physical_stats)

  - by Tamarick Hill

  The sys.dm_db_index_physical_stats Dynamic Management Function is used to return information about the fragmentation levels, page counts, depth, number of levels, record counts, etc. about the indexes on your database instance. One row is returned for each level in a given index, which we will discuss more later. The function takes a total of 5 input parameters which are (1) database_id, (2) object_id, (3) index_id, (4) partition_number, and (5) the mode of the scan level that you would like to run. Let’s use this function with our AdventureWorks2012 database to better illustrate the information it provides. SELECT * FROM sys.dm_db_index_physical_stats(db_id('AdventureWorks2012'), NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL) As you can see from the result set, there is a lot of beneficial information returned from this DMF. The first couple of columns in the result set (database_id, object_id, index_id, partition_number, index_type_desc, alloc_unit_type_desc) are either self-explanatory or have been explained in our previous blog sessions so I will not go into detail about these at this time. The next column in the result set is the index_depth which represents how deep the index goes. For example, If we have a large index that contains 1 root page, 3 intermediate levels, and 1 leaf level, our index depth would be 5. The next column is the index_level which refers to what level (of the depth) a particular row is referring to. Next is probably one of the most beneficial columns in this result set, which is the avg_fragmentation_in_percent. This column shows you how fragmented a particular level of an index may be. Many people use this column within their index maintenance jobs to dynamically determine whether they should do REORG’s or full REBUILD’s of a given index. The fragment count represents the number of fragments in a leaf level while the avg_fragment_size_in_pages represents the number of pages in a fragment. The page_count column tells you how many pages are in a particular index level. From my result set above, you see the the remaining columns all have NULL values. This is because I did not specify a ‘mode’ in my query and as a result it used the ‘LIMITED’ mode by default. The LIMITED mode is meant to be lightweight so it does collect information for every column in the result set. I will re-run my query again using the ‘DETAILED’ mode and you will see we now have results for these rows. SELECT * FROM sys.dm_db_index_physical_stats(db_id('AdventureWorks2012'), NULL, NULL, NULL, ‘DETAILED’)   From the remaining columns, you see we get even more detailed information such as how many records are in a particular index level (record_count). We have a column for ghost_record_count which represents the number of records that have been marked for deletion, but have not physically been removed by the background ghost cleanup process. We later see information on the MIN, MAX, and AVG record size in bytes. The forwarded_record_count column refers to records that have been updated and now no longer fit within the row on the page anymore and thus have to be moved. A forwarded record is left in the original location with a pointer to the new location. The last column in the result set is the compressed_page_count column which tells you how many pages in your index have been compressed. This is a very powerful DMF that returns good information about the current indexes in your system. However, based on the mode you select, it could be a very resource intensive function so be careful with how you use it. For more information on this Dynamic Management Function, please see the below Books Online link: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms188917.aspx Follow me on Twitter @PrimeTimeDBA

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• SQL SERVER – How to Ignore Columnstore Index Usage in Query

  - by pinaldave

  Earlier I wrote about SQL SERVER – Fundamentals of Columnstore Index and very first question I received in email was as following. “We are using SQL Server 2012 CTP3 and so far so good. In our data warehouse solution we have created 1 non-clustered columnstore index on our large fact table. We have very unique situation but your article did not cover it. We are running few queries on our fact table which is working very efficiently but there is one query which earlier was running very fine but after creating this non-clustered columnstore index this query is running very slow. We dropped the columnstore index and suddenly this one query is running fast but other queries which were benefited by this columnstore index it is running slow. Any workaround in this situation?” In summary the question in simple words “How can we ignore using columnstore index in selective queries?” Very interesting question – you can use I can understand there may be the cases when columnstore index is not ideal and needs to be ignored the same. You can use the query hint IGNORE_NONCLUSTERED_COLUMNSTORE_INDEX to ignore the columnstore index. SQL Server Engine will use any other index which is best after ignoring the columnstore index. Here is the quick script to prove the same. We will first create sample database and then create columnstore index on the same. Once columnstore index is created we will write simple query. This query will use columnstore index. We will then show the usage of the query hint. USE AdventureWorks GO -- Create New Table CREATE TABLE [dbo].[MySalesOrderDetail]( [SalesOrderID] [int] NOT NULL, [SalesOrderDetailID] [int] NOT NULL, [CarrierTrackingNumber] [nvarchar](25) NULL, [OrderQty] [smallint] NOT NULL, [ProductID] [int] NOT NULL, [SpecialOfferID] [int] NOT NULL, [UnitPrice] [money] NOT NULL, [UnitPriceDiscount] [money] NOT NULL, [LineTotal] [numeric](38, 6) NOT NULL, [rowguid] [uniqueidentifier] NOT NULL, [ModifiedDate] [datetime] NOT NULL ) ON [PRIMARY] GO -- Create clustered index CREATE CLUSTERED INDEX [CL_MySalesOrderDetail] ON [dbo].[MySalesOrderDetail] ( [SalesOrderDetailID]) GO -- Create Sample Data Table -- WARNING: This Query may run upto 2-10 minutes based on your systems resources INSERT INTO [dbo].[MySalesOrderDetail] SELECT S1.* FROM Sales.SalesOrderDetail S1 GO 100 -- Create ColumnStore Index CREATE NONCLUSTERED COLUMNSTORE INDEX [IX_MySalesOrderDetail_ColumnStore] ON [MySalesOrderDetail] (UnitPrice, OrderQty, ProductID) GO Now we have created columnstore index so if we run following query it will use for sure the same index. -- Select Table with regular Index SELECT ProductID, SUM(UnitPrice) SumUnitPrice, AVG(UnitPrice) AvgUnitPrice, SUM(OrderQty) SumOrderQty, AVG(OrderQty) AvgOrderQty FROM [dbo].[MySalesOrderDetail] GROUP BY ProductID ORDER BY ProductID GO We can specify Query Hint IGNORE_NONCLUSTERED_COLUMNSTORE_INDEX as described in following query and it will not use columnstore index. -- Select Table with regular Index SELECT ProductID, SUM(UnitPrice) SumUnitPrice, AVG(UnitPrice) AvgUnitPrice, SUM(OrderQty) SumOrderQty, AVG(OrderQty) AvgOrderQty FROM [dbo].[MySalesOrderDetail] GROUP BY ProductID ORDER BY ProductID OPTION (IGNORE_NONCLUSTERED_COLUMNSTORE_INDEX) GO Let us clean up the database. -- Cleanup DROP INDEX [IX_MySalesOrderDetail_ColumnStore] ON [dbo].[MySalesOrderDetail] GO TRUNCATE TABLE dbo.MySalesOrderDetail GO DROP TABLE dbo.MySalesOrderDetail GO Again, make sure that you use hint sparingly and understanding the proper implication of the same. Make sure that you test it with and without hint and select the best option after review of your administrator. Here is the question for you – have you started to use SQL Server 2012 for your validation and development (not on production)? It will be interesting to know the answer. Reference: Pinal Dave (http://blog.SQLAuthority.com) Filed under: PostADay, SQL, SQL Authority, SQL Index, SQL Optimization, SQL Performance, SQL Query, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks, T SQL, Technology

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• SQL SERVER – Why Do We Need Data Quality Services – Importance and Significance of Data Quality Services (DQS)

  - by pinaldave

  Databases are awesome.  I’m sure my readers know my opinion about this – I have made SQL Server my life’s work after all!  I love technology and all things computer-related.  Of course, even with my love for technology, I have to admit that it has its limits.  For example, it takes a human brain to notice that data has been input incorrectly.  Computer “brains” might be faster than humans, but human brains are still better at pattern recognition.  For example, a human brain will notice that “300” is a ridiculous age for a human to be, but to a computer it is just a number.  A human will also notice similarities between “P. Dave” and “Pinal Dave,” but this would stump most computers. In a database, these sorts of anomalies are incredibly important.  Databases are often used by multiple people who rely on this data to be true and accurate, so data quality is key.  That is why the improved SQL Server features Master Data Management talks about Data Quality Services.  This service has the ability to recognize and flag anomalies like out of range numbers and similarities between data.  This allows a human brain with its pattern recognition abilities to double-check and ensure that P. Dave is the same as Pinal Dave. A nice feature of Data Quality Services is that once you set the rules for the program to follow, it will not only keep your data organized in the future, but go to the past and “fix up” any data that has already been entered.  It also allows you do combine data from multiple places and it will apply these rules across the board, so that you don’t have any weird issues that crop up when trying to fit a round peg into a square hole. There are two parts of Data Quality Services that help you accomplish all these neat things.  The first part is DQL Server, which you can think of as the hardware component of the system.  It is installed on the side of (it needs to install separately after SQL Server is installed) SQL Server and runs quietly in the background, performing all its cleanup services. DQS Client is the user interface that you can interact with to set the rules and check over your data.  There are three main aspects of Client: knowledge base management, data quality projects and administration.  Knowledge base management is the part of the system that allows you to set the rules, or program the “knowledge base,” so that your database is clean and consistent. Data Quality projects are what run in the background and clean up the data that is already present.  The administration allows you to check out what DQS Client is doing, change rules, and generally oversee the entire process.  The whole process is user-friendly and a pleasure to use.  I highly recommend implementing Data Quality Services in your database. Here are few of my blog posts which are related to Data Quality Services and I encourage you to try this out. SQL SERVER – Installing Data Quality Services (DQS) on SQL Server 2012 SQL SERVER – Step by Step Guide to Beginning Data Quality Services in SQL Server 2012 – Introduction to DQS SQL SERVER – DQS Error – Cannot connect to server – A .NET Framework error occurred during execution of user-defined routine or aggregate “SetDataQualitySessions” – SetDataQualitySessionPhaseTwo SQL SERVER – Configuring Interactive Cleansing Suggestion Min Score for Suggestions in Data Quality Services (DQS) – Sensitivity of Suggestion SQL SERVER – Unable to DELETE Project in Data Quality Projects (DQS) Reference: Pinal Dave (http://blog.SQLAuthority.com) Filed under: PostADay, SQL, SQL Authority, SQL Query, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks, T SQL, Technology Tagged: Data Quality Services, DQS

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• Copy TFS Build Definitions between Projects and Collections

  - by Jakob Ehn

  Originally posted on: http://geekswithblogs.net/jakob/archive/2014/06/05/copy-tfs-build-definitions-between-projects-and-collections.aspxThe last couple of years it has become apparent that using multiple team projects in TFS is generally a bad idea. There are of course exceptions to this, but there are a lot ot things that becomes much easier to do when you put all of your projects and team in the same team project. Fellow ALM MVP Martin Hinshelwood has blogged about this several times, as well as other people in the community. In particular, using the backlog and portfolio management tools makes much more sense when everything is located in the same team project. Consolidating multiple team projects into one is not that easy unfortunately, it involves migrating source code, work items, reports etc.  Another thing that also need to be migrated is build definitions. It is possible to clone build definitions within the same team project using the TFS power tools. The Community TFS Build Manager also lets you clone build definitions to other team projects. But there is no tool that allows you to clone/copy a build definition to another collection. So, I whipped up a simple console application that let you do this. The tool can be downloaded from https://onedrive.live.com/redir?resid=EE034C9F620CD58D!8162&authkey=!ACTr56v1QVowzuE&ithint=file%2c.zip   Using CopyTFSBuildDefinitions You use the tool like this: CopyTFSBuildDefinitions  SourceCollectionUrl  SourceTeamProject  BuildDefinitionName  DestinationCollectionUrl  DestinationTeamProject [NewDefinitionName] Arguments SourceCollectionUrl The URL to the TFS collection that contains the team project with the build definition that you want to copy SourceTeamProject The name of the team project that contains the build definition BuildDefinitionName Name of the build definition DestinationCollectionUrl The URL to the TFS collection that contains the team project that you want to copy your build definition to DestinationTeamProject The name of the team project in the destination collection NewDefinitionName (Optional) Use this to override the name of the new build definition. If you don’t specify this, the name will the same as the original one Example: CopyTFSBuildDefinitions  https://jakob.visualstudio.com DemoProject  WebApplication.CI https://anotheraccount.visualstudio.com     Notes Since we are (potentially) create a build definition in a new collection, there is no guarantee that the various paths that are defined in the build definition exist in the new collection. For example, a build definition refers to server paths in TFVC or repos + branches in TFGit. It also refers to build controllers that definitely don’t exist in the new collection. So there will be some cleanup to do after you copy your build definitions. You can fix some of these using the Community TFS Build Manager, for example it is very easy to apply the correct build controller to a set of build definitions The problem stated above also applies to build process templates. However, the tool tries to find a build process template in the new team project with the same file name as the one that existed in the old team project. If it finds one, it will be used for the new build definition. Otherwise is will use the default build template If you want to run the tool for many build definitions, you can use this SQL scripts, compliments of Mr. Scrum/ALM MVP Richard Hundhausen to generate the necessary commands: USE Tfs_Collection GO SELECT 'CopyTFSBuildDefinitions.exe http://SERVER:8080/tfs/collection "' + P.ProjectName + '" "' + REPLACE(BD.DefinitionName,'\','') + '" http://NEWSERVER:8080/tfs/COLLECTION TEAMPROJECT'   FROM tbl_Project P        INNER JOIN tbl_BuildGroup BG on BG.TeamProject = P.ProjectUri        INNER JOIN tbl_BuildDefinition BD on BD.GroupId = BG.GroupId   ORDER BY P.ProjectName, BD.DefinitionName   Hope that helps, let me know if you have any problems with the tool or if you find it useful

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• Proactive Support Sessions at OUG London and OUG Ireland

  - by THE

  .conf td { width: 350px; border: 1px solid black; background-color: #ffcccc; } table { border: 1px solid black; } tr { border: 0px solid black; } td { border: 1px solid black; padding: 5px; } Oracle Proactive Support Technology is proud to announce that two members of its team will be speaking at the UK and Ireland User Group Conferences this year. Maurice and Greg plan to run the following sessions (may be subject to change): Maurice Bauhahn OUG Ireland BI & EPM and Technology Joint SIG Meeting 20 November 2012 BI&EPM SIG event in Ireland (09:00-17:00) and OUG London EPM & Hyperion Conference 2012 Tuesday 23rd to Wednesday 24th Oct 2012 Profit from Oracle Diagnostic Tools Embedded in EPM Oracle bundles in many of its software suites valuable toolsets to collect logs and settings, slice/dice error messages, track performance, and trace activities across services. Become familiar with several enterprise-level diagnostic tools embedded in Enterprise Performance Management (Enterprise Manager Fusion Middleware Control, Remote Diagnostic Agent, Dynamic Monitoring Service, and Oracle Diagnostic Framework). Expedite resolution of Service Requests as you learn to upload output from these tools to My Oracle Support. Who will benefit from attending the session? Geeks will find this most beneficial, but anyone who raises Oracle technical service requests will learn valuable pointers that may speed resolution. The focus is on the EPM stack, but this session will benefit almost everyone who needs to drill deeper into Oracle software environments. What will delegates learn from the session? Delegates who participate in this session will learn: How to access and run Remote Diagnostic Agent, Enterprise Manager Fusion Middleware Control, Dynamic Monitoring Service, and Oracle Diagnostic Framework. How to exploit the strengths of each tool. How to pass the outputs to My Oracle Support. How to restrict exposure of sensitive information. OUG Ireland BI & EPM and Technology Joint SIG Meeting 20 November 2012 BI&EPM SIG event in Ireland (09:00-17:00) and OUG London EPM & Hyperion Conference 2012 Tuesday 23rd to Wednesday 24th Oct 2012 Using EPM-Specific Troubleshooting Tools EPM developers have created a number of EPM-specific tools to collect logs and configuration files, centralize configuration information, and validate a configured installation (Ziplogs, EPM Registry Editor, [Deployment Report, Registry Cleanup Utility, Reset Configuration Tool, EPMSYS Hostname Check] and Validate [EPM System Diagnostic]). Learn how to use these tools on your own or to expedite Service Request resolution. Who will benefit from attending the session? Anyone who monitors Oracle EPM environments or raises service requests will learn valuable lessons that could speed resolution of those requests. Anyone from novices to experts will benefit from this review of custom troubleshooting EPM tools. What will delegates learn from the session? Learn where to locate and start EPM troubleshooting tools created by EPM developers Learn how to collect and upload outputs of EPM troubleshooting tools. Adapt to history of changes in these tools across time and version. Learn how to make critical changes in configurations. Grzegorz Reizer OUG London EPM & Hyperion Conference 2012 Tuesday 23rd to Wednesday 24th Oct 2012 EPM 11.1.2.2: Detailed overview of new features and improvements in Financial Management products. This presentation is a detailed overview of new features and improvements introduced in Enterprise Performance Management 11.1.2.2 for Financial Management products (Hyperion Financial Managment, Hyperion Planning, Financial Close Management). The presentation will cover a number of new product features from recently introduced configurable dimensionality in HFM to new functionality enhancements in Planning. We'll close the session with an overview of upgrade options from earlier product releases.

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• Silverlight Cream for December 27, 2010 -- #1016

  - by Dave Campbell

  In this Issue: Sacha Barber, David Anson, Jesse Liberty, Shawn Wildermuth, Jeff Blankenburg(-2-), Martin Krüger, Ryan Alford(-2-), Michael Crump, Peter Kuhn(-2-). Above the Fold: Silverlight: "Part 4 of 4 : Tips/Tricks for Silverlight Developers" Michael Crump WP7: "Navigating with the WebBrowser Control on WP7" Shawn Wildermuth Shoutouts: John Papa posted that the open call is up for MIX11 presenters: Your Chance to Speak at MIX11 From SilverlightCream.com: Aspect Examples (INotifyPropertyChanged via aspects) If you're wanting to read a really in-depth discussion of aspect oriented programming (AOP), check out the article Sacha Barber has up at CodeProject discussing INPC via aspects. How to: Localize a Windows Phone 7 application that uses the Windows Phone Toolkit into different languages David Anson has a nice tutorial up on localizing your WP7 app, including using the Toolkit and controls such as DatePicker... remember we're talking localized Windows Phone From Scratch – Animation Part 1 Jesse Liberty continues in his 'From Scratch' series with this first post on WP7 Animation... good stuff, Jesse! Navigating with the WebBrowser Control on WP7 In building his latest WP7 app, Shawn Wildermuth ran into some obscure errors surrounding browser.InvokeScript. He lists the simple solution and his back, refresh, and forward button functionality for us. What I Learned In WP7 – Issue #7 In the time I was out, Jeff Blankenburg got ahead of me, so I'll catch up 2 at a time... in this number 7 he discusses making videos of your apps, links to the Learn Visual Studio series, and his new website What I Learned In WP7 – Issue #8 Jeff Blankenburg's number 8 is a very cool tip on using the return key on the keyboard to handle the loss of focus and handling of text typed into a textbox. Resize of a grid by using thumb controls Martin Krüger has a sample in the Expression Gallery of a grid that is resizable by using 'thumb controls' at the 4 corners... all source, so check it out! Silverlight 4 – Productivity Power Tools and EF4 Ryan Alford found a very interesting bug associated with EF4 and the Productivity Power Tools, and the way to get out of it is just weird as well. Silverlight 4 – Toolkit and Theming Ryan Alford also had a problem adding a theme from the Toolkit, and what all you might have to do to get around this one.... Part 4 of 4 : Tips/Tricks for Silverlight Developers. Michael Crump has part 4 of his series on Silverlight Development tips and tricks. This is numbers 16 through 20 and covers topics such as Version information, Using Lambdas, Specifying a development port, Disabling ChildWindow Close button, and XAML cleanup. The XML content importer and Windows Phone 7 Peter Kuhn wanted to use the XML content inporter with a WP7 app and ran into problems implementing the process and a lack of documentation as well... he pounded through it all and has a class he's sharing for loading sounds via XML file settings. WP7 snippet: analyzing the hyperlink button style In a second post, Peter Kuhn responds to a forum discussion about the styles for the hyperlink button in WP7 and why they're different than SL4 ... and styles-to-go to get all the hyperlink goodness you want... wrapped text, or even non-text content. Stay in the 'Light! Twitter SilverlightNews | Twitter WynApse | WynApse.com | Tagged Posts | SilverlightCream Join me @ SilverlightCream | Phoenix Silverlight User Group Technorati Tags: Silverlight    Silverlight 3    Silverlight 4    Windows Phone MIX10

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• Monitor SQL Server Replication Jobs

  - by Yaniv Etrogi

  The Replication infrastructure in SQL Server is implemented using SQL Server Agent to execute the various components involved in the form of a job (e.g. LogReader agent job, Distribution agent job, Merge agent job) SQL Server jobs execute a binary executable file which is basically C++ code. You can download all the scripts for this article here SQL Server Job Schedules By default each of job has only one schedule that is set to Start automatically when SQL Server Agent starts. This schedule ensures that when ever the SQL Server Agent service is started all the replication components are also put into action. This is OK and makes sense but there is one problem with this default configuration that needs improvement  -  if for any reason one of the components fails it remains down in a stopped state.   Unless you monitor the status of each component you will typically get to know about such a failure from a customer complaint as a result of missing data or data that is not up to date at the subscriber level. Furthermore, having any of these components in a stopped state can lead to more severe problems if not corrected within a short time. The action required to improve on this default settings is in fact very simple. Adding a second schedule that is set as a Daily Reoccurring schedule which runs every 1 minute does the trick. SQL Server Agent’s scheduler module knows how to handle overlapping schedules so if the job is already being executed by another schedule it will not get executed again at the same time. So, in the event of a failure the failed job remains down for at most 60 seconds. Many DBAs are not aware of this capability and so search for more complex solutions such as having an additional dedicated job running an external code in VBS or another scripting language that detects replication jobs in a stopped state and starts them but there is no need to seek such external solutions when what is needed can be accomplished by T-SQL code. SQL Server Jobs Status In addition to the 1 minute schedule we also want to ensure that key components in the replication are enabled so I can search for those components by their Category, and set their status to enabled in case they are disabled, by executing the stored procedure MonitorEnableReplicationAgents. The jobs that I typically have handled are listed below but you may want to extend this, so below is the query to return all jobs along with their category. SELECT category_id, name FROM msdb.dbo.syscategories ORDER BY category_id; Distribution Cleanup LogReader Agent Distribution Agent Snapshot Agent Jobs By default when a publication is created, a snapshot agent job also gets created with a daily schedule. I see more organizations where the snapshot agent job does not need to be executed automatically by the SQL Server Agent  scheduler than organizations who   need a new snapshot generated automatically. To assure this setting is in place I created the stored procedure MonitorSnapshotAgentsSchedules which disables snapshot agent jobs and also deletes the job schedule. It is worth mentioning that when the publication property immediate_sync is turned off then the snapshot files are not created when the Snapshot agent is executed by the job. You control this property when the publication is created with a parameter called @immediate_sync passed to sp_addpublication and for an existing publication you can use sp_changepublication. Implementation The scripts assume the existence of a database named PerfDB. Steps: Run the scripts to create the stored procedures in the PerfDB database. Create a job that executes the stored procedures every hour. -- Verify that the 1_Minute schedule exists. EXEC PerfDB.dbo.MonitorReplicationAgentsSchedules @CategoryId = 10; /* Distribution */ EXEC PerfDB.dbo.MonitorReplicationAgentsSchedules @CategoryId = 13; /* LogReader */ -- Verify all replication agents are enabled. EXEC PerfDB.dbo.MonitorEnableReplicationAgents @CategoryId = 10; /* Distribution */ EXEC PerfDB.dbo.MonitorEnableReplicationAgents @CategoryId = 13; /* LogReader */ EXEC PerfDB.dbo.MonitorEnableReplicationAgents @CategoryId = 11; /* Distribution clean up */ -- Verify that Snapshot agents are disabled and have no schedule EXEC PerfDB.dbo.MonitorSnapshotAgentsSchedules; Want to read more of about replication? Check at my replication posts at my blog.

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• New Rapid Install StartCD 12.2.0.48 for EBS 12.2 Now Available

  - by Max Arderius

  A new Rapid Install startCD (Patch 18086193) for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.2 is now available. We recommend that all EBS customers installing or upgrading to EBS 12.2 use this latest update. The startCD updates are distributed to customers via My Oracle Support Patch which can be uncompressed on top of any previous 12.2 startCD under the main staging area. This patch replaces any previous startCDs. What's New in This Update? This new startCD version 12.2.0.48 includes important fixes for multi-node Installs, RAC, pre-install checks, platform specific issues, and upgrade scenario failures: 18703814 - QREP:122:RI:ISSUE WITH CHECKOS.CMD 18689527 - QREP:122:RI:ISSUE WITH FNDCORE.DLL SHIPPED AS PART OF R122 PACKAGE 18548485 - QREP1224:4:JAR SIGNER ISSUE DUE TO THE RI UPGRADE AUTOCONFIG CHANGES 18535812 - QREP:1220.48_4: 12.2.0 UPGRADE FILE SYSTEM LAY OUT IS AFFECTING THE DB TABLES 18507545 - WIN: UNABLE TO LAY DOWN FS PRIOR TO 12.2 UPGRADE WITHOUT AFFECTING RUNNING DB 18476041 - UNABLE TO LAY DOWN FS PRIOR TO 12.2 UPGRADE WITHOUT AFFECTING PRODUCTION DB 18459887 - R12.2 INSTALLATION FAILURE - OPMNCTL: NOT FOUND 18436053 - START CD 48_4 - ISSUES WITH TEMP SPACE CHECK 18424747 - QREP1224.3:ADD SERVER BROWSE BUTTON NOT WORKING 18421132 - *RW-50010: ERROR: - SCRIPT HAS RETURNED AN ERROR: 1 18403700 - QREP122.48:RI:UPGRADE RI PRECHECK HUNG IN SPLIT TIER APPS NODE ( NO SILENT ) 18383075 - ADD VERBOSE OPTION TO RAC VALIDATION 18363584 - UPTAKE INSTALL SCRIPTS FOR XB48_4 18336093 - QREP:122:RI:PATCH FS ADMIN SERVICE RUNNING AFTER RI UPGRADE CONFIGURE MODE 18320278 - QREP:1224.3:PLATFORM SPECIFIC SYNTAX ERRORS WITH DATE COMMAND IN DB CHECKER 18314643 - DISABLE SID=DB_NAME FOR RI UPGRADE FLOW IN RAC 18298977 - RI: EXCEPTION WHILE CLICKING RAC NODES BUTTON ON A NON-RAC SERVER 18286816 - QREP122:STARTCD48_3:TRAVERSING FROM VISION PASSW SCREEN TO PROD 18286371 - QREP122:STARTCD48_3:AMBIGUOUS MESSAGE DURING STAGE AREA CHECK ON HP 18275403 - QREP122:48:RI UPGRADE WITH EOH POST CHECKS HANGS IN SPLIT TIER DB NODE 18270631 - QREP122.48:MULTI-NODE RI USING NON-DEFAULT PASSWORDS NOT WORKING 18266046 - QREP122:48:RI NOT ALLOWING TO IGNORE THE RAC PRE-CHECK FAILURE 18242201 - UPTAKE TXK INSTALL SCRIPTS AND PLATFORMS.ZIP INTO STARTCD XB48_3 18236428 - QREP122.47:RI UPGRADE EXISTING OH FOR NON-DEFAULT APPS PASSWORD NOT WORKING 18220640 - INCONSISTENT DATABASE PORTS DURING EBS 12.2 INSTALLATION FOR STARTCD 12.2.0.47 18138796 - QREP122:47:RI 10.1.2 TECHSTACK NOT WORKING IF WE RUN RI FROM NEW STARTCD LOC 18138396 - TST1220: CONTROL FILE NAMING IN RAPID INSTALL SEEMS TO HAVE ISSUES 18124144 - IMPROVE HANDLING ERRORS FOUND IN CLUVFY LOG DURING PREINSTALL CHECKS 18111361 - VALIDATE ASM DB DATA FILES PATH AS +<DATA GROUP>/<PATH> 18102504 - QREP1220.47_5: UNZIP PANEL DOES NOT CREATE THE CORRECT STAGE 18083342 - 12.2 UPGRADE JAVA.NET.BINDEXCEPTION: CANNOT ASSIGN REQUESTED ADDRESS 18082140 - QREP122:47:RAC DB VALIDATION IS FAILS WITH EXIT STATUS IS 6 18062350 - 12.2.3 UPG: 12.2.0 INSTALLATION LOGS 18050840 - RI: UPGRADE WITH EXISTING RAC OH:SECONDARY DB NODE NAME IS BLANK 18049813 - RAC LOV DEFAULTS NOT SAVED UNLESS "SELECT" IS CLICKED 18003592 - TST1220:ADDITIONAL FREE SPACE CHECK FOR RI NEEDS TO BE CHECKED 17981471 - REMOVE ASM SPACE CHECK FROM RACVALIDATIONS.SH 17942179 - R12.2 INSTALL FAILING AT ADRUN11G.SH WITH ERRORS RW-50004 & RW-50010 17893583 - QREP1220.47:VALIDATION OF O.S IN RAPIDWIZ IN THE DB NODE CONFIGURATION SCREEN 17886258 - CLEANUP FND_NODES DURING UPGRADE FLOW 17858010 - RI POST INSTALL CHECKS (SSH VERIFICATION) STEP IS FAILING 17799807 - GEOHR: 12.2.0 - ERRORS IN RAPIDWIZ AND ADCONFIG LOGS 17786162 - QREP1223.4:RI:SERVICE_NAMES IS PRINTED AS SERVICE_NAME IN RI SCREEN 17782455 - RI: CONFIRM DEFAULT APPS PASSWORD IN SILENT MODE KICKOFF 17778130 - RI:ADMIN SERVER TO BE UP ON PRIMARY MID-TIER IN MULTI-NODE UPGRADE FS CREATION 17773989 - UN-SUPPORTED PLATFORM SHOWS 32 BIT AS HARD-CODED 17772655 - RELEVANT MESSAGE DURING THE RAPDIWIZ -TECHSTACK 17759279 - VERIFICATION PANEL DOES NOT EXPAND TECHNOLOGY STACK 17759183 - BUILDSTAGE SCRIPT MENU NEEDS TO BE ADJUSTED 17737186 - DATABASE PRE-REQ CHECK INCORRECTLY REPORTS SUCCESS ON AIX 17708082 - 12.2 INSTALLATION - OS PRE-REQUISITES CHECK 17701676 - TST122: GENERATE WRONG S_DBSID FOR PATCH FILE SYSTEM AT PHASE PREPARE 17630972 - /TMP PRE-REQ INSTALLATION CHECK 17617245 - 12.2 VISION INSTALL FAILS ON AIX 17603342 - OMCS: DB STAGING COMPLAINS WHILE MOVING IT TO FINAL LOCATION 17591171 - OMCS: DB STAGING FAILS WITH FRESH INSTALL R12.2 17588765 - CHECKER VERSION AND PLUGIN VERSION 17561747 - BUILDSTAGE.SH FAILS WITH ERROR WHEN STAGE HOSTED ON 32BIT LINUX 17539198 - RAPID INSTALL NEEDS TO IGNORE NON-REQUIRED STAGE ELEMENTS 17272808 - APPS USERS THAT HAVE DEFAULT PASSWORD AFTER 12.2 RAPID INSTALL References 12.2 Documentation Library 1581299.1 : EBS 12.2 Product Information Center 1320300.1 : Oracle E-Business Suite Release Notes, Release 12.2 1606170.1 : Oracle E-Business Suite Technology Stack and Applications DBA Release Notes for Release 12.2.3 1624423.1 : Oracle E-Business Suite Technology Stack and Applications DBA Release Notes for R12.TXK.C.Delta.4 and R12.AD.C.Delta.4 1594274.1 : Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.2: Consolidated List of Patches and Technology Bug Fixes Related Articles Oracle E-Business Suite 12.2 Now Available startCD options to install Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.2

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• CacheAdapter 2.4 – Bug fixes and minor functional update

  - by Glav

  Note: If you are unfamiliar with the CacheAdapter library and what it does, you can read all about its awesome ability to utilise memory, Asp.Net Web, Windows Azure AppFabric and memcached caching implementations via a single unified, simple to use API from here and here.. The CacheAdapter library is receiving an update to version 2.4 and is currently available on Nuget here. Update: The CacheAdapter has actualy just had a minor revision to 2.4.1. This significantly increases the performance and reliability in memcached scenario under more extreme loads. General to moderate usage wont see any noticeable difference though. Bugs This latest version fixes a big that is only present in the memcached implementation and is only seen in rare, intermittent times (making i particularly hard to find). The bug is where a cache node would be removed from the farm when errors in deserialization of cached objects would occur due to serialised data not being read from the stream in entirety. The code also contains enhancements to better surface serialization exceptions to aid in the debugging process. This is also specifically targeted at the memcached implementation. This is important when moving from something like memory or Asp.Web caching mechanisms to memcached where the serialization rules are not as lenient. There are a few other minor bug fixes, code cleanup and a little refactoring. Minor feature addition In addition to this bug fix, many people have asked for a single setting to either enable or disable the cache.In this version, you can disable the cache by setting the IsCacheEnabled flag to false in the application configuration file. Something like the example below: <Glav.CacheAdapter.MainConfig> <setting name="CacheToUse" serializeAs="String"> <value>memcached</value> </setting> <setting name="DistributedCacheServers" serializeAs="String"> <value>localhost:11211</value> </setting> <setting name="IsCacheEnabled" serializeAs="String"> <value>False</value> </setting> </Glav.CacheAdapter.MainConfig> Your reasons to use this feature may vary (perhaps some performance testing or problem diagnosis). At any rate, disabling the cache will cause every attempt to retrieve data from the cache, resulting in a cache miss and returning null. If you are using the ICacheProvider with the delegate/Func<T> syntax to populate the cache, this delegate method will get executed every single time. For example, when the cache is disabled, the following delegate/Func<T> code will be executed every time: var data1 = cacheProvider.Get<SomeData>("cache-key", DateTime.Now.AddHours(1), () => { // With the cache disabled, this data access code is executed every attempt to // get this data via the CacheProvider. var someData = new SomeData() { SomeText = "cache example1", SomeNumber = 1 }; return someData; }); One final note: If you access the cache directly via the ICache instance, instead of the higher level ICacheProvider API, you bypass this setting and still access the underlying cache implementation. Only the ICacheProvider instance observes the IsCacheEnabled setting. Thanks to those individuals who have used this library and provided feedback. Ifyou have any suggestions or ideas, please submit them to the issue register on bitbucket (which is where you can grab all the source code from too)

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• Game Object Factory: Fixing Memory Leaks

  - by Bunkai.Satori

  Dear all, this is going to be tough: I have created a game object factory that generates objects of my wish. However, I get memory leaks which I can not fix. Memory leaks are generated by return new Object(); in the bottom part of the code sample. static BaseObject * CreateObjectFunc() { return new Object(); } How and where to delete the pointers? I wrote bool ReleaseClassType(). Despite the factory works well, ReleaseClassType() does not fix memory leaks. bool ReleaseClassTypes() { unsigned int nRecordCount = vFactories.size(); for (unsigned int nLoop = 0; nLoop < nRecordCount; nLoop++ ) { // if the object exists in the container and is valid, then render it if( vFactories[nLoop] != NULL) delete vFactories[nLoop](); } return true; } Before taking a look at the code below, let me help you in that my CGameObjectFactory creates pointers to functions creating particular object type. The pointers are stored within vFactories vector container. I have chosen this way because I parse an object map file. I have object type IDs (integer values) which I need to translate them into real objects. Because I have over 100 different object data types, I wished to avoid continuously traversing very long Switch() statement. Therefore, to create an object, I call vFactoriesnEnumObjectTypeID via CGameObjectFactory::create() to call stored function that generates desired object. The position of the appropriate function in the vFactories is identical to the nObjectTypeID, so I can use indexing to access the function. So the question remains, how to proceed with garbage collection and avoid reported memory leaks? #ifndef GAMEOBJECTFACTORY_H_UNIPIXELS #define GAMEOBJECTFACTORY_H_UNIPIXELS //#include "MemoryManager.h" #include <vector> template <typename BaseObject> class CGameObjectFactory { public: // cleanup and release registered object data types bool ReleaseClassTypes() { unsigned int nRecordCount = vFactories.size(); for (unsigned int nLoop = 0; nLoop < nRecordCount; nLoop++ ) { // if the object exists in the container and is valid, then render it if( vFactories[nLoop] != NULL) delete vFactories[nLoop](); } return true; } // register new object data type template <typename Object> bool RegisterClassType(unsigned int nObjectIDParam ) { if(vFactories.size() < nObjectIDParam) vFactories.resize(nObjectIDParam); vFactories[nObjectIDParam] = &CreateObjectFunc<Object>; return true; } // create new object by calling the pointer to the appropriate type function BaseObject* create(unsigned int nObjectIDParam) const { return vFactories[nObjectIDParam](); } // resize the vector array containing pointers to function calls bool resize(unsigned int nSizeParam) { vFactories.resize(nSizeParam); return true; } private: //DECLARE_HEAP; template <typename Object> static BaseObject * CreateObjectFunc() { return new Object(); } typedef BaseObject*(*factory)(); std::vector<factory> vFactories; }; //DEFINE_HEAP_T(CGameObjectFactory, "Game Object Factory"); #endif // GAMEOBJECTFACTORY_H_UNIPIXELS

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• A programmer who doesn't get to program - where to turn? [closed]

  - by Just an Anon

  I'm in my mid 20's, and have been working as a full time programmer / developer for the last ~6 years, with several years of part-time freelancing before this, and three straight years of freelancing in the middle of this short career. I work mostly with PHP and the Drupal framework. By and large, I focus on programming custom pieces of functionality; these, of course, vary greatly from project to project. I've got years of solid experience with OOP (have done some Java & C# years ago, too) including intensive experience with front-end development, and even some design work. I've lead small teams (2-4 people) of developers. And of course, given the large amount of freelancing, I've got decent project- & client-management skills. My problem is staying motivated at any place of employment. In the time mentioned I've worked (full-time) at six local companies. The longest I've stayed at any company was just over a year. I find that I'll get hired and be very excited and motivated for the first few months, but the work quickly gets "stale." By that I mean that the interesting components (ie. the programming) get done, and the rest of the work turns into boring cleanup (move a button, add text, change colours, add a field). I don't get challenged, and I don't feel like I'm learning anything new. This happens repeatedly time and time again, and I always end up leaving for either a new opportunity, or to freelance. I'm wondering if perhaps I've painted myself into a corner with the rather niche work market (although with very high demand and good compensation) and need to explore other career choices. Another possibility is that I may be choosing the wrong places of employment, mostly small agencies, and need to look into working for a larger, more established firm. I find programming, writing code, and architecting solutions very rewarding. When I'm working on an interesting problem I lose all sense of time and 14-16 hours can fly by like minutes. I get the same exciting feeling when I'm doing high-level planning of a complex system, breaking up the work and figuring out how everything will tie-in together. I absolutely hate doing small, "stupid" changes that pose no challenge, yet seem to make up more and more of my work. I want to find a workplace where I will get to work on such tasks, be challenged, and improve in all areas of product development. This maybe a programming job, management, architecture of desktop apps, or may be managing a taco stand on a beach in Mexico - I don't know, and I need some advice and real-world feedback. What are some job areas worth exploring? The requirements are fairly simple: working with computers interacting with others challenging decent pay (I'm making just short of 90k / year with a month of vacation & some benefits, and would like to stay in this range, but am willing to take a temporary cut in pay for a more interesting position) Any advice would be much appreciated!

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• RHEL 5.5 Yum Update Fails Dependency Error

  - by user65788

  I have 30 different RHEL 5.5 machines that will not update some 33 packages via Yum. Does anyone know why these packages will not install and how to correct this? Yum clean all does not fix the issue, however skip broken will allow other updates to install but I am really after a way to clear this up for good. They are stock boxes with RHEL subscription and not using any yum repositories other than Red Hat's own official repositories. They have not been updated for over a year! yum update Loaded plugins: rhnplugin, security rhel-i386-client-5 | 1.4 kB 00:00 rhel-i386-client-5/primary | 2.8 MB 00:09 rhel-i386-client-5 6607/6607 Skipping security plugin, no data Setting up Update Process Resolving Dependencies Skipping security plugin, no data --> Running transaction check ---> Package autofs.i386 1:5.0.1-0.rc2.143.el5_5.6 set to be updated ---> Package cpp.i386 0:4.1.2-48.el5 set to be updated --> Processing Dependency: curl = 7.15.5-2.1.el5_3.5 for package: curl-devel ---> Package curl.i386 0:7.15.5-9.el5 set to be updated --> Processing Dependency: cyrus-sasl-lib = 2.1.22-5.el5 for package: cyrus-sasl-devel ---> Package cyrus-sasl-lib.i386 0:2.1.22-5.el5_4.3 set to be updated ---> Package cyrus-sasl-md5.i386 0:2.1.22-5.el5_4.3 set to be updated ---> Package cyrus-sasl-plain.i386 0:2.1.22-5.el5_4.3 set to be updated --> Processing Dependency: db4 = 4.3.29-10.el5 for package: db4-devel ---> Package db4.i386 0:4.3.29-10.el5_5.2 set to be updated --> Processing Dependency: dbus = 1.1.2-12.el5 for package: dbus-devel ---> Package dbus.i386 0:1.1.2-14.el5 set to be updated ---> Package dbus-libs.i386 0:1.1.2-14.el5 set to be updated ---> Package dbus-x11.i386 0:1.1.2-14.el5 set to be updated ---> Package e2fsprogs.i386 0:1.39-23.el5_5.1 set to be updated --> Processing Dependency: e2fsprogs-libs = 1.39-23.el5 for package: e2fsprogs-devel ---> Package e2fsprogs-libs.i386 0:1.39-23.el5_5.1 set to be updated ---> Package esc.i386 0:1.1.0-12.el5 set to be updated --> Processing Dependency: expat = 1.95.8-8.2.1 for package: expat-devel ---> Package expat.i386 0:1.95.8-8.3.el5_5.3 set to be updated ---> Package firefox.i386 0:3.6.13-2.el5 set to be updated --> Processing Dependency: freetype = 2.2.1-21.el5_3 for package: freetype-devel ---> Package freetype.i386 0:2.2.1-28.el5_5.1 set to be updated --> Processing Dependency: gcc = 4.1.2-46.el5_4.1 for package: gcc-c++ --> Processing Dependency: gcc = 4.1.2-46.el5_4.1 for package: gcc-gfortran ---> Package gcc.i386 0:4.1.2-48.el5 set to be updated --> Processing Dependency: gd = 2.0.33-9.4.el5_1.1 for package: gd-devel ---> Package gd.i386 0:2.0.33-9.4.el5_4.2 set to be updated --> Processing Dependency: gnome-vfs2 = 2.16.2-4.el5 for package: gnome-vfs2-devel ---> Package gnome-vfs2.i386 0:2.16.2-6.el5_5.1 set to be updated ---> Package gnome-vfs2-smb.i386 0:2.16.2-6.el5_5.1 set to be updated --> Processing Dependency: gnutls = 1.4.1-3.el5_3.5 for package: gnutls-devel ---> Package gnutls.i386 0:1.4.1-3.el5_4.8 set to be updated --> Processing Dependency: gtk2 = 2.10.4-20.el5 for package: gtk2-devel ---> Package gtk2.i386 0:2.10.4-21.el5_5.6 set to be updated --> Processing Dependency: hal = 0.5.8.1-52.el5 for package: hal-devel ---> Package hal.i386 0:0.5.8.1-59.el5 set to be updated --> Processing Dependency: krb5-libs = 1.6.1-36.el5 for package: krb5-devel ---> Package krb5-libs.i386 0:1.6.1-36.el5_5.6 set to be updated ---> Package krb5-workstation.i386 0:1.6.1-36.el5_5.6 set to be updated --> Processing Dependency: libXi = 1.0.1-3.1 for package: libXi-devel ---> Package libXi.i386 0:1.0.1-4.el5_4 set to be updated --> Processing Dependency: libXrandr = 1.1.1-3.1 for package: libXrandr-devel ---> Package libXrandr.i386 0:1.1.1-3.3 set to be updated --> Processing Dependency: libXt = 1.0.2-3.1.fc6 for package: libXt-devel ---> Package libXt.i386 0:1.0.2-3.2.el5 set to be updated --> Processing Dependency: libgfortran = 4.1.2-46.el5_4.1 for package: gcc-gfortran ---> Package libgfortran.i386 0:4.1.2-48.el5 set to be updated --> Processing Dependency: libsepol = 1.15.2-2.el5 for package: libsepol-devel ---> Package libsepol.i386 0:1.15.2-3.el5 set to be updated --> Processing Dependency: libstdc++ = 4.1.2-46.el5_4.1 for package: gcc-c++ --> Processing Dependency: libstdc++ = 4.1.2-46.el5_4.1 for package: libstdc++-devel ---> Package libstdc++.i386 0:4.1.2-48.el5 set to be updated --> Processing Dependency: mesa-libGL = 6.5.1-7.7.el5 for package: mesa-libGL-devel ---> Package mesa-libGL.i386 0:6.5.1-7.8.el5 set to be updated --> Processing Dependency: mesa-libGLU = 6.5.1-7.7.el5 for package: mesa-libGLU-devel ---> Package mesa-libGLU.i386 0:6.5.1-7.8.el5 set to be updated --> Processing Dependency: newt = 0.52.2-12.el5_4.1 for package: newt-devel ---> Package newt.i386 0:0.52.2-15.el5 set to be updated --> Processing Dependency: nspr = 4.7.6-1.el5_4 for package: nspr-devel ---> Package nspr.i386 0:4.8.6-1.el5 set to be updated --> Processing Dependency: nss = 3.12.3.99.3-1.el5_3.2 for package: nss-devel ---> Package nss.i386 0:3.12.8-1.el5 set to be updated ---> Package nss-tools.i386 0:3.12.8-1.el5 set to be updated --> Processing Dependency: openldap = 2.3.43-3.el5 for package: openldap-devel ---> Package openldap.i386 0:2.3.43-12.el5_5.3 set to be updated ---> Package openldap-clients.i386 0:2.3.43-12.el5_5.3 set to be updated --> Processing Dependency: openssl = 0.9.8e-12.el5 for package: openssl-devel ---> Package openssl.i686 0:0.9.8e-12.el5_5.7 set to be updated --> Processing Dependency: pam = 0.99.6.2-6.el5 for package: pam-devel ---> Package pam.i386 0:0.99.6.2-6.el5_5.2 set to be updated --> Processing Dependency: popt = 1.10.2.3-18.el5 for package: rpm-devel --> Processing Dependency: popt = 1.10.2.3-18.el5 for package: rpm-build ---> Package popt.i386 0:1.10.2.3-20.el5_5.1 set to be updated --> Processing Dependency: python = 2.4.3-27.el5 for package: python-devel ---> Package python.i386 0:2.4.3-27.el5_5.3 set to be updated --> Processing Dependency: rpm = 4.4.2.3-18.el5 for package: rpm-devel --> Processing Dependency: rpm = 4.4.2.3-18.el5 for package: rpm-build ---> Package rpm.i386 0:4.4.2.3-20.el5_5.1 set to be updated --> Processing Dependency: rpm-libs = 4.4.2.3-18.el5 for package: rpm-devel --> Processing Dependency: rpm-libs = 4.4.2.3-18.el5 for package: rpm-build ---> Package rpm-libs.i386 0:4.4.2.3-20.el5_5.1 set to be updated ---> Package rpm-python.i386 0:4.4.2.3-20.el5_5.1 set to be updated ---> Package xulrunner.i386 0:1.9.2.13-3.el5 set to be updated ---> Package xulrunner-devel.i386 0:1.9.2.7-2.el5 set to be updated --> Processing Dependency: xulrunner = 1.9.2.7-2.el5 for package: xulrunner-devel --> Processing Dependency: nss-devel >= 3.12.6 for package: xulrunner-devel --> Processing Dependency: nspr-devel >= 4.8 for package: xulrunner-devel --> Processing Dependency: libnotify-devel for package: xulrunner-devel ---> Package yelp.i386 0:2.16.0-26.el5 set to be updated rhel-i386-client-5/filelists | 16 MB 00:45 --> Finished Dependency Resolution xulrunner-devel-1.9.2.7-2.el5.i386 from rhel-i386-client-5 has depsolving problems --> Missing Dependency: libnotify-devel is needed by package xulrunner-devel-1.9.2.7-2.el5.i386 (rhel-i386-client-5) mesa-libGLU-devel-6.5.1-7.7.el5.i386 from installed has depsolving problems --> Missing Dependency: mesa-libGLU = 6.5.1-7.7.el5 is needed by package mesa-libGLU-devel-6.5.1-7.7.el5.i386 (installed) python-devel-2.4.3-27.el5.i386 from installed has depsolving problems --> Missing Dependency: python = 2.4.3-27.el5 is needed by package python-devel-2.4.3-27.el5.i386 (installed) nss-devel-3.12.3.99.3-1.el5_3.2.i386 from installed has depsolving problems --> Missing Dependency: nss = 3.12.3.99.3-1.el5_3.2 is needed by package nss-devel-3.12.3.99.3-1.el5_3.2.i386 (installed) libstdc++-devel-4.1.2-46.el5_4.1.i386 from installed has depsolving problems --> Missing Dependency: libstdc++ = 4.1.2-46.el5_4.1 is needed by package libstdc++-devel-4.1.2-46.el5_4.1.i386 (installed) xulrunner-devel-1.9.2.7-2.el5.i386 from rhel-i386-client-5 has depsolving problems --> Missing Dependency: nspr-devel >= 4.8 is needed by package xulrunner-devel-1.9.2.7-2.el5.i386 (rhel-i386-client-5) gcc-c++-4.1.2-46.el5_4.1.i386 from installed has depsolving problems --> Missing Dependency: libstdc++ = 4.1.2-46.el5_4.1 is needed by package gcc-c++-4.1.2-46.el5_4.1.i386 (installed) rpm-devel-4.4.2.3-18.el5.i386 from installed has depsolving problems --> Missing Dependency: rpm-libs = 4.4.2.3-18.el5 is needed by package rpm-devel-4.4.2.3-18.el5.i386 (installed) xulrunner-devel-1.9.2.7-2.el5.i386 from rhel-i386-client-5 has depsolving problems --> Missing Dependency: xulrunner = 1.9.2.7-2.el5 is needed by package xulrunner-devel-1.9.2.7-2.el5.i386 (rhel-i386-client-5) nspr-devel-4.7.6-1.el5_4.i386 from installed has depsolving problems --> Missing Dependency: nspr = 4.7.6-1.el5_4 is needed by package nspr-devel-4.7.6-1.el5_4.i386 (installed) libXrandr-devel-1.1.1-3.1.i386 from installed has depsolving problems --> Missing Dependency: libXrandr = 1.1.1-3.1 is needed by package libXrandr-devel-1.1.1-3.1.i386 (installed) libsepol-devel-1.15.2-2.el5.i386 from installed has depsolving problems --> Missing Dependency: libsepol = 1.15.2-2.el5 is needed by package libsepol-devel-1.15.2-2.el5.i386 (installed) libXt-devel-1.0.2-3.1.fc6.i386 from installed has depsolving problems --> Missing Dependency: libXt = 1.0.2-3.1.fc6 is needed by package libXt-devel-1.0.2-3.1.fc6.i386 (installed) mesa-libGL-devel-6.5.1-7.7.el5.i386 from installed has depsolving problems --> Missing Dependency: mesa-libGL = 6.5.1-7.7.el5 is needed by package mesa-libGL-devel-6.5.1-7.7.el5.i386 (installed) openldap-devel-2.3.43-3.el5.i386 from installed has depsolving problems --> Missing Dependency: openldap = 2.3.43-3.el5 is needed by package openldap-devel-2.3.43-3.el5.i386 (installed) openssl-devel-0.9.8e-12.el5.i386 from installed has depsolving problems --> Missing Dependency: openssl = 0.9.8e-12.el5 is needed by package openssl-devel-0.9.8e-12.el5.i386 (installed) dbus-devel-1.1.2-12.el5.i386 from installed has depsolving problems --> Missing Dependency: dbus = 1.1.2-12.el5 is needed by package dbus-devel-1.1.2-12.el5.i386 (installed) newt-devel-0.52.2-12.el5_4.1.i386 from installed has depsolving problems --> Missing Dependency: newt = 0.52.2-12.el5_4.1 is needed by package newt-devel-0.52.2-12.el5_4.1.i386 (installed) gnome-vfs2-devel-2.16.2-4.el5.i386 from installed has depsolving problems --> Missing Dependency: gnome-vfs2 = 2.16.2-4.el5 is needed by package gnome-vfs2-devel-2.16.2-4.el5.i386 (installed) gnutls-devel-1.4.1-3.el5_3.5.i386 from installed has depsolving problems --> Missing Dependency: gnutls = 1.4.1-3.el5_3.5 is needed by package gnutls-devel-1.4.1-3.el5_3.5.i386 (installed) rpm-build-4.4.2.3-18.el5.i386 from installed has depsolving problems --> Missing Dependency: rpm-libs = 4.4.2.3-18.el5 is needed by package rpm-build-4.4.2.3-18.el5.i386 (installed) gd-devel-2.0.33-9.4.el5_1.1.i386 from installed has depsolving problems --> Missing Dependency: gd = 2.0.33-9.4.el5_1.1 is needed by package gd-devel-2.0.33-9.4.el5_1.1.i386 (installed) e2fsprogs-devel-1.39-23.el5.i386 from installed has depsolving problems --> Missing Dependency: e2fsprogs-libs = 1.39-23.el5 is needed by package e2fsprogs-devel-1.39-23.el5.i386 (installed) xulrunner-devel-1.9.2.7-2.el5.i386 from rhel-i386-client-5 has depsolving problems --> Missing Dependency: nss-devel >= 3.12.6 is needed by package xulrunner-devel-1.9.2.7-2.el5.i386 (rhel-i386-client-5) krb5-devel-1.6.1-36.el5.i386 from installed has depsolving problems --> Missing Dependency: krb5-libs = 1.6.1-36.el5 is needed by package krb5-devel-1.6.1-36.el5.i386 (installed) gcc-gfortran-4.1.2-46.el5_4.1.i386 from installed has depsolving problems --> Missing Dependency: libgfortran = 4.1.2-46.el5_4.1 is needed by package gcc-gfortran-4.1.2-46.el5_4.1.i386 (installed) curl-devel-7.15.5-2.1.el5_3.5.i386 from installed has depsolving problems --> Missing Dependency: curl = 7.15.5-2.1.el5_3.5 is needed by package curl-devel-7.15.5-2.1.el5_3.5.i386 (installed) pam-devel-0.99.6.2-6.el5.i386 from installed has depsolving problems --> Missing Dependency: pam = 0.99.6.2-6.el5 is needed by package pam-devel-0.99.6.2-6.el5.i386 (installed) rpm-build-4.4.2.3-18.el5.i386 from installed has depsolving problems --> Missing Dependency: rpm = 4.4.2.3-18.el5 is needed by package rpm-build-4.4.2.3-18.el5.i386 (installed) expat-devel-1.95.8-8.2.1.i386 from installed has depsolving problems --> Missing Dependency: expat = 1.95.8-8.2.1 is needed by package expat-devel-1.95.8-8.2.1.i386 (installed) gcc-c++-4.1.2-46.el5_4.1.i386 from installed has depsolving problems --> Missing Dependency: gcc = 4.1.2-46.el5_4.1 is needed by package gcc-c++-4.1.2-46.el5_4.1.i386 (installed) gtk2-devel-2.10.4-20.el5.i386 from installed has depsolving problems --> Missing Dependency: gtk2 = 2.10.4-20.el5 is needed by package gtk2-devel-2.10.4-20.el5.i386 (installed) gcc-gfortran-4.1.2-46.el5_4.1.i386 from installed has depsolving problems --> Missing Dependency: gcc = 4.1.2-46.el5_4.1 is needed by package gcc-gfortran-4.1.2-46.el5_4.1.i386 (installed) cyrus-sasl-devel-2.1.22-5.el5.i386 from installed has depsolving problems --> Missing Dependency: cyrus-sasl-lib = 2.1.22-5.el5 is needed by package cyrus-sasl-devel-2.1.22-5.el5.i386 (installed) rpm-devel-4.4.2.3-18.el5.i386 from installed has depsolving problems --> Missing Dependency: popt = 1.10.2.3-18.el5 is needed by package rpm-devel-4.4.2.3-18.el5.i386 (installed) db4-devel-4.3.29-10.el5.i386 from installed has depsolving problems --> Missing Dependency: db4 = 4.3.29-10.el5 is needed by package db4-devel-4.3.29-10.el5.i386 (installed) rpm-build-4.4.2.3-18.el5.i386 from installed has depsolving problems --> Missing Dependency: popt = 1.10.2.3-18.el5 is needed by package rpm-build-4.4.2.3-18.el5.i386 (installed) rpm-devel-4.4.2.3-18.el5.i386 from installed has depsolving problems --> Missing Dependency: rpm = 4.4.2.3-18.el5 is needed by package rpm-devel-4.4.2.3-18.el5.i386 (installed) libXi-devel-1.0.1-3.1.i386 from installed has depsolving problems --> Missing Dependency: libXi = 1.0.1-3.1 is needed by package libXi-devel-1.0.1-3.1.i386 (installed) hal-devel-0.5.8.1-52.el5.i386 from installed has depsolving problems --> Missing Dependency: hal = 0.5.8.1-52.el5 is needed by package hal-devel-0.5.8.1-52.el5.i386 (installed) freetype-devel-2.2.1-21.el5_3.i386 from installed has depsolving problems --> Missing Dependency: freetype = 2.2.1-21.el5_3 is needed by package freetype-devel-2.2.1-21.el5_3.i386 (installed) Error: Missing Dependency: libgfortran = 4.1.2-46.el5_4.1 is needed by package gcc-gfortran-4.1.2-46.el5_4.1.i386 (installed) Error: Missing Dependency: libsepol = 1.15.2-2.el5 is needed by package libsepol-devel-1.15.2-2.el5.i386 (installed) Error: Missing Dependency: libstdc++ = 4.1.2-46.el5_4.1 is needed by package gcc-c++-4.1.2-46.el5_4.1.i386 (installed) Error: Missing Dependency: mesa-libGL = 6.5.1-7.7.el5 is needed by package mesa-libGL-devel-6.5.1-7.7.el5.i386 (installed) Error: Missing Dependency: mesa-libGLU = 6.5.1-7.7.el5 is needed by package mesa-libGLU-devel-6.5.1-7.7.el5.i386 (installed) Error: Missing Dependency: freetype = 2.2.1-21.el5_3 is needed by package freetype-devel-2.2.1-21.el5_3.i386 (installed) Error: Missing Dependency: hal = 0.5.8.1-52.el5 is needed by package hal-devel-0.5.8.1-52.el5.i386 (installed) Error: Missing Dependency: libXt = 1.0.2-3.1.fc6 is needed by package libXt-devel-1.0.2-3.1.fc6.i386 (installed) Error: Missing Dependency: openldap = 2.3.43-3.el5 is needed by package openldap-devel-2.3.43-3.el5.i386 (installed) Error: Missing Dependency: libstdc++ = 4.1.2-46.el5_4.1 is needed by package libstdc++-devel-4.1.2-46.el5_4.1.i386 (installed) Error: Missing Dependency: nss-devel >= 3.12.6 is needed by package xulrunner-devel-1.9.2.7-2.el5.i386 (rhel-i386-client-5) Error: Missing Dependency: newt = 0.52.2-12.el5_4.1 is needed by package newt-devel-0.52.2-12.el5_4.1.i386 (installed) Error: Missing Dependency: gnutls = 1.4.1-3.el5_3.5 is needed by package gnutls-devel-1.4.1-3.el5_3.5.i386 (installed) Error: Missing Dependency: gnome-vfs2 = 2.16.2-4.el5 is needed by package gnome-vfs2-devel-2.16.2-4.el5.i386 (installed) Error: Missing Dependency: libXrandr = 1.1.1-3.1 is needed by package libXrandr-devel-1.1.1-3.1.i386 (installed) Error: Missing Dependency: python = 2.4.3-27.el5 is needed by package python-devel-2.4.3-27.el5.i386 (installed) Error: Missing Dependency: gcc = 4.1.2-46.el5_4.1 is needed by package gcc-c++-4.1.2-46.el5_4.1.i386 (installed) Error: Missing Dependency: libnotify-devel is needed by package xulrunner-devel-1.9.2.7-2.el5.i386 (rhel-i386-client-5) Error: Missing Dependency: popt = 1.10.2.3-18.el5 is needed by package rpm-devel-4.4.2.3-18.el5.i386 (installed) Error: Missing Dependency: openssl = 0.9.8e-12.el5 is needed by package openssl-devel-0.9.8e-12.el5.i386 (installed) Error: Missing Dependency: curl = 7.15.5-2.1.el5_3.5 is needed by package curl-devel-7.15.5-2.1.el5_3.5.i386 (installed) Error: Missing Dependency: xulrunner = 1.9.2.7-2.el5 is needed by package xulrunner-devel-1.9.2.7-2.el5.i386 (rhel-i386-client-5) Error: Missing Dependency: nspr = 4.7.6-1.el5_4 is needed by package nspr-devel-4.7.6-1.el5_4.i386 (installed) Error: Missing Dependency: nss = 3.12.3.99.3-1.el5_3.2 is needed by package nss-devel-3.12.3.99.3-1.el5_3.2.i386 (installed) Error: Missing Dependency: popt = 1.10.2.3-18.el5 is needed by package rpm-build-4.4.2.3-18.el5.i386 (installed) Error: Missing Dependency: libXi = 1.0.1-3.1 is needed by package libXi-devel-1.0.1-3.1.i386 (installed) Error: Missing Dependency: nspr-devel >= 4.8 is needed by package xulrunner-devel-1.9.2.7-2.el5.i386 (rhel-i386-client-5) Error: Missing Dependency: pam = 0.99.6.2-6.el5 is needed by package pam-devel-0.99.6.2-6.el5.i386 (installed) Error: Missing Dependency: rpm = 4.4.2.3-18.el5 is needed by package rpm-build-4.4.2.3-18.el5.i386 (installed) Error: Missing Dependency: cyrus-sasl-lib = 2.1.22-5.el5 is needed by package cyrus-sasl-devel-2.1.22-5.el5.i386 (installed) Error: Missing Dependency: gtk2 = 2.10.4-20.el5 is needed by package gtk2-devel-2.10.4-20.el5.i386 (installed) Error: Missing Dependency: dbus = 1.1.2-12.el5 is needed by package dbus-devel-1.1.2-12.el5.i386 (installed) Error: Missing Dependency: db4 = 4.3.29-10.el5 is needed by package db4-devel-4.3.29-10.el5.i386 (installed) Error: Missing Dependency: rpm-libs = 4.4.2.3-18.el5 is needed by package rpm-build-4.4.2.3-18.el5.i386 (installed) Error: Missing Dependency: gcc = 4.1.2-46.el5_4.1 is needed by package gcc-gfortran-4.1.2-46.el5_4.1.i386 (installed) Error: Missing Dependency: expat = 1.95.8-8.2.1 is needed by package expat-devel-1.95.8-8.2.1.i386 (installed) Error: Missing Dependency: gd = 2.0.33-9.4.el5_1.1 is needed by package gd-devel-2.0.33-9.4.el5_1.1.i386 (installed) Error: Missing Dependency: krb5-libs = 1.6.1-36.el5 is needed by package krb5-devel-1.6.1-36.el5.i386 (installed) Error: Missing Dependency: rpm = 4.4.2.3-18.el5 is needed by package rpm-devel-4.4.2.3-18.el5.i386 (installed) Error: Missing Dependency: rpm-libs = 4.4.2.3-18.el5 is needed by package rpm-devel-4.4.2.3-18.el5.i386 (installed) Error: Missing Dependency: e2fsprogs-libs = 1.39-23.el5 is needed by package e2fsprogs-devel-1.39-23.el5.i386 (installed) You could try using --skip-broken to work around the problem You could try running: package-cleanup --problems package-cleanup --dupes rpm -Va --nofiles --nodigest The repolist is yum repolist all Loaded plugins: rhnplugin, security repo id repo name status rhel-debuginfo Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Client - i386 - Deb disabled rhel-debuginfo-beta Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Client Beta - i386 disabled rhel-i386-client-5 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 for 32 enabled: 6,607 repolist: 6,607

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• Monitoring slow nginx/unicorn requests

  - by injekt

  I'm currently using Nginx to proxy requests to a Unicorn server running a Sinatra application. The application only has a couple of routes defined, those of which make fairly simple (non costly) queries to a PostgreSQL database, and finally return data in JSON format, these services are being monitored by God. I'm currently experiencing extremely slow response times from this application server. I have another two Unicorn servers being proxied via Nginx, and these are responding perfectly fine, so I think I can rule out any wrong doing from Nginx. Here is my God configuration: # God configuration APP_ROOT = File.expand_path '../', File.dirname(__FILE__) God.watch do |w| w.name = "app_name" w.interval = 30.seconds # default w.start = "cd #{APP_ROOT} && unicorn -c #{APP_ROOT}/config/unicorn.rb -D" # -QUIT = graceful shutdown, waits for workers to finish their current request before finishing w.stop = "kill -QUIT `cat #{APP_ROOT}/tmp/unicorn.pid`" w.restart = "kill -USR2 `cat #{APP_ROOT}/tmp/unicorn.pid`" w.start_grace = 10.seconds w.restart_grace = 10.seconds w.pid_file = "#{APP_ROOT}/tmp/unicorn.pid" # User under which to run the process w.uid = 'web' w.gid = 'web' # Cleanup the pid file (this is needed for processes running as a daemon) w.behavior(:clean_pid_file) # Conditions under which to start the process w.start_if do |start| start.condition(:process_running) do |c| c.interval = 5.seconds c.running = false end end # Conditions under which to restart the process w.restart_if do |restart| restart.condition(:memory_usage) do |c| c.above = 150.megabytes c.times = [3, 5] # 3 out of 5 intervals end restart.condition(:cpu_usage) do |c| c.above = 50.percent c.times = 5 end end w.lifecycle do |on| on.condition(:flapping) do |c| c.to_state = [:start, :restart] c.times = 5 c.within = 5.minute c.transition = :unmonitored c.retry_in = 10.minutes c.retry_times = 5 c.retry_within = 2.hours end end end Here is my Unicorn configuration: # Unicorn configuration file APP_ROOT = File.expand_path '../', File.dirname(__FILE__) worker_processes 8 preload_app true pid "#{APP_ROOT}/tmp/unicorn.pid" listen 8001 stderr_path "#{APP_ROOT}/log/unicorn.stderr.log" stdout_path "#{APP_ROOT}/log/unicorn.stdout.log" before_fork do |server, worker| old_pid = "#{APP_ROOT}/tmp/unicorn.pid.oldbin" if File.exists?(old_pid) && server.pid != old_pid begin Process.kill("QUIT", File.read(old_pid).to_i) rescue Errno::ENOENT, Errno::ESRCH # someone else did our job for us end end end I have checked God status logs but it appears CPU and Memory Usage are never out of bounds. I also have something to kill high memory workers, which can be found on the GitHub blog page here. When running a tail -f on the Unicorn logs I see some requests, but they're far and few between, when I was at around 60-100 a second before this trouble seemed to have arrived. This log also shows workers being reaped and started as expected. So my question is, how would I go about debugging this? What are the next steps I should be taking? I'm extremely baffled that the server will sometimes respond quickly, but at others time it's very slow, for long periods of time (which may or may not be peak traffic times). Any advice is much appreciated.

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• Why is Excel 2010/2013 taking 10 seconds open any file?

  - by jbkly

  I have a fast Windows 7 PC with two SSDs and 16GB of RAM, so I'm used to programs loading very fast. But recently, for no reason I can figure out, Excel has started taking way too long to open Excel files (of any size--even blank files). This is occurring with Excel 2010 and with Excel 2013 after I upgraded, hoping to solve the problem. Here a couple scenarios: If I start Excel directly, it opens almost instantly. No problem there. If I start Excel directly, and then open any Excel file (.xls or .xlsx), it loads almost instantly. Still no problem BUT if I attempt to open any Excel file directly, with Excel not running, it consistently takes 10-11 seconds for Excel to start. I get no error messages, just a spinning cursor for 10-11 seconds, and then the file opens. During the delay while Excel is trying to start, I'm not really seeing any discernible spike in CPU or memory usage, other than explorer.exe. This problem is only occurring with Excel, not Word or any other program I'm aware of. I've searched around quite a bit on this question and found various others who have experienced it, but the solutions that worked for them are not working for me. For a few people it was a problem with scanning network drives, but my problem is purely with local files; I have no network drives, and the problem persists even with all network connections disabled. Some people suggested worksheets with corrupted formulas or links, but I'm experiencing this with ANY Excel file: even blank worksheets. Others thought it was a problem with add-ins, but I have all Excel add-ins disabled (as far as I can tell). One person solved it by disabling a "clipboard manager" process that was running in the background, but I don't have that. I've disabled as many startup and background processes as I can, but the problem persists. I've run malware scans, disk cleanup, CCleaner, and installed Excel 2013. I've deleted temporary files, enabled SuperFetch, and edited registry keys. Still can't get rid of the problem. Any ideas? My system details: Windows 7 Professional SP1 64-bit, Excel 2013 32-bit, 16GB RAM, all programs installed on SSD.

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• Windows explorer locks files

  - by John Prince

  I'm using Office 2010 & Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit. My problem starts when I attempt to save e-mail messages to my PC that I have received via Outlook (my ISP is Comcast). I'm using the default .msg file extension option when I attempt to save these e-mails. The resultant files are locked and do not show the normal "envelope" icon. Instead, it’s a “blank page” icon with the right upper corner folded in. These files refuse to open either by double clicking on them or right clicking and trying to open them with Outlook. And when I return to Outlook, I discover that Outlook is now hung up and I have to close it via the Task Manager. To make matters worse, I’ve also discovered that every e-mail message that I've saved on my PC over the years has also somehow become locked and their original "envelope" icon has been replaced with the "blank page" icon. I found and installed an application called LockHunter. As a result, when I right click on a saved and locked e-mail message, I’ve given an option to find out what's locking it. Each time I'm told that the culprit is Windows explorer.exe. When I unlock the file the normal envelope icon is sometimes displayed (but not always) but at least the file can then be opened. But the file is still “squirrely” as it can’t be moved or saved to a folder until it’s unlocked again. On this second attempt, LockHunter says it’s now locked by Outlook.exe. By the way, I don't have this issue when I save Word, Excel & PowerPoint files; only with Outlook. I've exhausted every remedy that I can think of including: making sure that the file and folder options are checked to always show icons and not thumbnails; running the Windows 7 & Office 2010 repair options which find nothing amiss; running a complete system scan with Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool with negative results; verifying that Outlook is the default for opening e-mails; updating all of my applications via Secunia Personal Software Inspector; uninstalling every application that I felt was unnecessary; doing a registry cleanup via CC Cleaner; having Windows Security Essentials always on (it did find one Java Trojan recently which was quarantined and then deleted); uninstalling a bunch of non-Microsoft shell extensions; and deactivating all of the Outlook Add-ins and then re-activating each one. None of this solves the problem. I’d welcome any advice on how to resolve this.

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• I can't send email from my server to gmail addresses

  - by brianegge

  I'm using postfix, and have setup spf, dkim, and domainkeys. I can get my email to go to Yahoo, but not gmail. Here's the headers from an email send to Yahoo. Yahoo reports the email as domain key verified. X-Apparently-To: brianegge at yahoo.com via 68.142.206.167; Sat, 20 Mar 2010 05:29:19 -0700 Return-Path: <domains at theeggeadventure.com> X-YahooFilteredBulk: 67.207.137.114 X-YMailISG: x7_Rl9EWLDuugoqPcORhih0FeQMOaIIpz4qfuu9ttx1xbo3uKI2kz.CLUy2cJ1BTtHAwuJtrsGRsveHIx.Dx95avNGlPPGWy_cSpnEwWLXGxBciO.YgtSQxdURQiWLCLvbHej0QPjQIHFjAFjdeGhJd2Y8NgTW1wcExq45Sb7LMlOGvtGMjSQuc8QazwXUxpZrQbIxgSQUTmzQO1x30xaZ2Us6TQTab7Wpya6OgAX.emKOM3phfS5kfhYj9FLQ.qi32sFNWnAoFdVK596OTP2F63PAJOVM5qPsM2jIAbJylIBmnj94LO7hOVr3KOS6XLtCPRn2Oe X-Originating-IP: [67.207.137.114] Authentication-Results: mta1055.mail.mud.yahoo.com from=theeggeadventure.com; domainkeys=pass (ok); from=theeggeadventure.com; dkim=pass (ok) Received: from 127.0.0.1 (EHLO mail.theeggeadventure.com) (67.207.137.114) by mta1055.mail.mud.yahoo.com with SMTP; Sat, 20 Mar 2010 05:29:19 -0700 Received: by mail.theeggeadventure.com (Postfix, from userid 1003) id BB5B01C16A4; Sat, 20 Mar 2010 12:29:16 +0000 (UTC) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; s=2010; d=theeggeadventure.com; c=simple; q=dns; b=JHbK9VhqyQTfpQFqaXxJrKpEG9h9H0IZ0LdWoBooJEA7hv3SYWmFUtyE247EuwoaG gzApKJ1DuRhwESZ7PswrbzuaUL8poAUO8LmMvZ+OqnDolgNSJUYWu0FcO+fe3H4m9ZD grkj0xMpHw+uFjXV4plKO+sa8olJXJAmP+9cMEo= X-DKIM: Sendmail DKIM Filter v2.8.2 mail.theeggeadventure.com BB5B01C16A4 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=simple/simple; d=theeggeadventure.com; s=2010; t=1269088156; bh=bUlMldcnzFCmCmNT8qjpRl6fiY1YyjiZiC9jhCXASOw=; h=Subject:To:Message-Id:Date:From; b=EVNolTlh4Gch5/HIrrHaRQvcApl7wkB42gB44NsPcLZD2QrhuOvnhanhnEB4UbV0e A+3dAOjhX7LKzgGrn11jXNTiEjNX1vQDsX3HyG0fNra73aWiGTzr1nHJfnuEJ7Ph0j 5tp0HRL5jjikD1XJcvmsYzTpT22mxuz60HXYRB1s= Subject: cron To: <brianegge at yahoo.com> X-Mailer: mail (GNU Mailutils 1.2) Message-Id: <[email protected]> Date: Sat, 20 Mar 2010 12:29:16 +0000 (UTC) From: This sender is DomainKeys verified [email protected] (domains) View contact details Content-Length: 818 When I send to gmail, I see the following in my server log, but the message doesn't even reach my spam folder. Mar 20 12:59:12 Everest postfix/pickup[27802]: C81C61C16A4: uid=1000 from=<egge> Mar 20 12:59:12 Everest postfix/cleanup[27847]: C81C61C16A4: message-id=<[email protected]> Mar 20 12:59:13 Everest postfix/qmgr[27801]: C81C61C16A4: from=<[email protected]>, size=2784, nrcpt=1 (queue active) Mar 20 12:59:14 Everest postfix/smtp[27849]: C81C61C16A4: to=<brianegge at gmail.com>, relay=gmail-smtp-in.l.google.com[209.85.223.24]:25, delay=2.1, delays=0.39/0.28/0.13/1.3, dsn=2.0.0, status=sent (250 2.0.0 OK 1269089954 32si4566750iwn.51) Mar 20 12:59:14 Everest postfix/qmgr[27801]: C81C61C16A4: removed I've send to email to test services, and the report everything verifies ok. I've also checked all the RBL lists, and I'm not on any of them.

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• SSH: Connection Reset by Peer

  - by hopeless

  I have a Solaris 10 server on another network. I can ping it and telnet to it, but ssh doesn't connect. PuTTY log contains nothing of interest (they both negotiate to ssh v2) and then I get "Event Log: Network error: Software caused connection abort". ssh is defintely running: svcs -a | grep ssh online 12:12:04 svc:/network/ssh:default Here's an extract from the server's /var/adm/messages (anonymised) Jun 8 19:51:05 ******* sshd[26391]: [ID 800047 auth.crit] fatal: Read from socket failed: Connection reset by peer However, if I telnet to the box, I can login to ssh locally. I can also ssh to other (non-Solaris) machines on that network fine so I don't believe that it's a network issue (though, since I'm a few hundred miles away, I can't be sure). The server's firewall is disabled, so that shouldn't be a problem root@******** # svcs -a | grep -i ipf disabled Apr_27 svc:/network/ipfilter:default Any ideas what I should start checking? Update: Based on the feedback below, I've run sshd in debug mode. Here's the client output: $ ssh -vvv root@machine -p 32222 OpenSSH_5.0p1, OpenSSL 0.9.8h 28 May 2008 debug2: ssh_connect: needpriv 0 debug1: Connecting to machine [X.X.X.X] port 32222. debug1: Connection established. debug1: identity file /home/lawrencj/.ssh/identity type -1 debug1: identity file /home/lawrencj/.ssh/id_rsa type -1 debug1: identity file /home/lawrencj/.ssh/id_dsa type -1 debug1: Remote protocol version 2.0, remote software version Sun_SSH_1.1 debug1: no match: Sun_SSH_1.1 debug1: Enabling compatibility mode for protocol 2.0 debug1: Local version string SSH-2.0-OpenSSH_5.0 debug2: fd 3 setting O_NONBLOCK debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEXINIT sent Read from socket failed: Connection reset by peer And here's the server output: root@machine # /usr/lib/ssh/sshd -d -p 32222 debug1: sshd version Sun_SSH_1.1 debug1: read PEM private key done: type RSA debug1: private host key: #0 type 1 RSA debug1: read PEM private key done: type DSA debug1: private host key: #1 type 2 DSA debug1: Bind to port 32222 on ::. Server listening on :: port 32222. debug1: Bind to port 32222 on 0.0.0.0. Server listening on 0.0.0.0 port 32222. debug1: Server will not fork when running in debugging mode. Connection from 1.2.3.4 port 2652 debug1: Client protocol version 2.0; client software version OpenSSH_5.0 debug1: match: OpenSSH_5.0 pat OpenSSH* debug1: Enabling compatibility mode for protocol 2.0 debug1: Local version string SSH-2.0-Sun_SSH_1.1 debug1: list_hostkey_types: ssh-rsa,ssh-dss debug1: Failed to acquire GSS-API credentials for any mechanisms (No credentials were supplied, or the credentials were unavailable or inaccessible Unknown code 0 ) debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEXINIT sent Read from socket failed: Connection reset by peer debug1: Calling cleanup 0x4584c(0x0) This line seems a likely candidate: debug1: Failed to acquire GSS-API credentials for any mechanisms (No credentials were supplied, or the credentials were unavailable or inaccessible

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• Abnormal hangs and restarts Ubuntu 8.04

  - by jai-ho

  Hi, I am using Ubuntu 8.04 LTS and seeing the following behaviors: The system hangs after a while and becomes completely unresponsive. The system sometimes restarts itself ! Can you please help me identify what is the problem? Also please mention where should I look for the possible cause of this error. Thanks. EDIT: Got the following from the dmesg output (the system got hung and had to restart) [ 15.452015] Driver 'sr' needs updating - please use bus_type methods [ 15.456882] Driver 'sd' needs updating - please use bus_type methods [ 15.457987] sr0: scsi3-mmc drive: 52x/52x writer cd/rw xa/form2 cdda tray [ 15.457993] Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.20 [ 15.458058] sr 0:0:1:0: Attached scsi CD-ROM sr0 [ 15.463028] sd 1:0:0:0: [sda] 156301488 512-byte hardware sectors (80026 MB) [ 15.463051] sd 1:0:0:0: [sda] Write Protect is off [ 15.463055] sd 1:0:0:0: [sda] Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00 [ 15.463083] sd 1:0:0:0: [sda] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA [ 15.463151] sd 1:0:0:0: [sda] 156301488 512-byte hardware sectors (80026 MB) [ 15.463167] sd 1:0:0:0: [sda] Write Protect is off [ 15.463171] sd 1:0:0:0: [sda] Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00 [ 15.463197] sd 1:0:0:0: [sda] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA [ 15.463202] sda:<5sr 0:0:1:0: Attached scsi generic sg0 type 5 [ 15.464634] sd 1:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg1 type 0 [ 15.470120] sda1 sda2 < sda5 [ 15.495536] sd 1:0:0:0: [sda] Attached SCSI disk [ 15.759549] Attempting manual resume [ 15.759554] swsusp: Resume From Partition 8:5 [ 15.759556] PM: Checking swsusp image. [ 15.759742] PM: Resume from disk failed. [ 15.779964] EXT3-fs: INFO: recovery required on readonly filesystem. [ 15.779970] EXT3-fs: write access will be enabled during recovery. [ 19.904204] kjournald starting. Commit interval 5 seconds [ 19.904235] EXT3-fs: sda1: orphan cleanup on readonly fs [ 19.904245] ext3_orphan_cleanup: deleting unreferenced inode 303260 [ 19.904304] ext3_orphan_cleanup: deleting unreferenced inode 303329 [ 19.932763] ext3_orphan_cleanup: deleting unreferenced inode 3801871 [ 19.932785] ext3_orphan_cleanup: deleting unreferenced inode 3801874 [ 19.932798] ext3_orphan_cleanup: deleting unreferenced inode 3801910 [ 19.951253] ext3_orphan_cleanup: deleting unreferenced inode 3801912 [ 19.951266] ext3_orphan_cleanup: deleting unreferenced inode 3801914 [ 19.951278] ext3_orphan_cleanup: deleting unreferenced inode 3959212 [ 19.951299] ext3_orphan_cleanup: deleting unreferenced inode 3959213 [ 19.960335] ext3_orphan_cleanup: deleting unreferenced inode 3959215 [ 19.963531] ext3_orphan_cleanup: deleting unreferenced inode 3801875 [ 19.963545] ext3_orphan_cleanup: deleting unreferenced inode 3663727 [ 19.963565] ext3_orphan_cleanup: deleting unreferenced inode 3663708 [ 19.963577] ext3_orphan_cleanup: deleting unreferenced inode 4072122 [ 19.963597] ext3_orphan_cleanup: deleting unreferenced inode 4072157 [ 19.968616] ext3_orphan_cleanup: deleting unreferenced inode 4072159 [ 19.970252] ext3_orphan_cleanup: deleting unreferenced inode 4072160 [ 19.970264] ext3_orphan_cleanup: deleting unreferenced inode 4072161 [ 19.992889] ext3_orphan_cleanup: deleting unreferenced inode 4072264 [ 19.992903] ext3_orphan_cleanup: deleting unreferenced inode 4072267 [ 19.999585] ext3_orphan_cleanup: deleting unreferenced inode 4072268 [ 20.008329] ext3_orphan_cleanup: deleting unreferenced inode 4072270 [ 20.008343] ext3_orphan_cleanup: deleting unreferenced inode 4072123 [ 20.008360] ext3_orphan_cleanup: deleting unreferenced inode 4072452 [ 20.008374] ext3_orphan_cleanup: deleting unreferenced inode 4072453 [ 20.008385] ext3_orphan_cleanup: deleting unreferenced inode 4072124 [ 20.008398] ext3_orphan_cleanup: deleting unreferenced inode 311574 [ 20.008413] ext3_orphan_cleanup: deleting unreferenced inode 967890 [ 20.008420] EXT3-fs: sda1: 28 orphan inodes deleted [ 20.008423] EXT3-fs: recovery complete. [ 20.082622] EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode. [ 29.025379] input: PC Speaker as /devices/platform/pcspkr/input/input2 [ 29.187133] Linux agpgart interface v0.102 [ 29.225338] iTCO_vendor_support: vendor-support=0 [ 29.259662] iTCO_wdt: Intel TCO WatchDog Timer Driver v1.02 (26-Jul-2007)

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• Active Directory Partition Error

  - by BLAKE

  Right now my active directory is failing a dcdiag test. I can find no info online about this error. When I run dcdiag /test:crossrefvalidation, I get the output: .... Doing primary tests Testing server: Default-First-Site-Name\ad01 Running partition tests on : ForestDnsZones Starting test: CrossRefValidation ......................... ForestDnsZones passed test CrossRefValidation Running partition tests on : DomainDnsZones Starting test: CrossRefValidation ......................... DomainDnsZones passed test CrossRefValidation Running partition tests on : Schema Starting test: CrossRefValidation ......................... Schema passed test CrossRefValidation Running partition tests on : Configuration Starting test: CrossRefValidation ......................... Configuration passed test CrossRefValidation Running partition tests on : mydomain Starting test: CrossRefValidation ......................... mydomain passed test CrossRefValidation Running partition tests on : t Starting test: CrossRefValidation This cross-ref has a non-standard dNSRoot attribute. Cross-ref DN: CN=a3a24d3a-4782-460b-9148-86ac2d86b9ae,CN=Partitions,CN=Configuration, DC=mydomain,DC=com nCName attribute (Partition name): DC=t Bad dNSRoot attribute: dc01.mydomain.com Check with your network administrator to make sure this dNSRoot attribute is correct, and if not please change the attribute to the value below. dNSRoot should be: t It appears this partition (DC=t) failed to get completely created. This cross-ref (CN=a3a24d3a-4782-460b-9148-86ac2d86b9ae,CN=Partitions,CN=Configurat ion,DC=mydomain,DC=com) is dead and should be removed from the Active Directory. ......................... t failed test CrossRefValidation .... I used LDP from the windows support tools. I searched for the dnsRoot attribute in "cn=partitions,cn=configuration,dc=mydomain,dc=com", with the filter "(&(objectcategory=crossref)(systemFlags:1.2.840.113556.1.4.803:=5))" I got the result: ***Searching... ldap_search_s(ld, "cn=partitions,CN=Configuration,DC=mydomain,DC=com", 1, "(& (objectcategory=crossref)(systemFlags:1.2.840.113556.1.4.803:=5))", attrList, 0, &msg) Result <0>: (null) Matched DNs: Getting 3 entries: >> Dn: CN=65502be3-fc90-442a-83d8-4b3b91e82439,CN=Partitions,CN=Configuration,DC=mydomain,DC=com 1> dnsRoot: ForestDnsZones.mydomain.com; >> Dn: CN=a3a24d3a-4782-460b-9148-86ac2d86b9ae,CN=Partitions,CN=Configuration,DC=mydomain,DC=com 1> dnsRoot: ad01.mydomain.com; >> Dn: CN=f0ef5771-6225-4984-acd9-c08f582eb4e2,CN=Partitions,CN=Configuration,DC=mydomain,DC=com 1> dnsRoot: DomainDnsZones.mydomain.com; It looks like the bad partition has the name of my first domain controller 'ad01.mydomain.com'. I have googled for a while and have not been able to find any help or documentation about application partitions in Active Directory. Does anyone have any advice on how to cleanup this partition (or what the partition is for)? Does anyone know the repercussions for deleting this partition?

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• chrooting user causes "connection closed" message when using sftp

  - by George Reith

  First off I am a linux newbie so please don't assume much knowledge. I am using CentOS 5.8 (final) and using OpenSSH version 5.8p1. I have made a user playwithbits and I am attempting to chroot them to the directory home/nginx/domains/playwithbits/public I am using the following match statement in my sshd_config file: Match group web-root-locked ChrootDirectory /home/nginx/domains/%u/public X11Forwarding no AllowTcpForwarding no ForceCommand /usr/libexec/openssh/sftp-server # id playwithbits returns: uid=504(playwithbits) gid=504(playwithbits) groups=504(playwithbits),507(web-root-locked) I have changed the user's home directory to: home/nginx/domains/playwithbits/public Now when I attempt to sftp in with this user I instantly get the message: connection closed Does anyone know what I am doing wrong? Edit: Following advice from @Dennis Williamson I have connected in debug mode (I think... correct me if I'm wrong). I have made a bit of progress by using chmod to set permissions recursively of all files in the directly to 700. Now I get the following messages when I attempt to log on (still connection refused): Connection from [My ip address] port 38737 debug1: Client protocol version 2.0; client software version OpenSSH_5.6 debug1: match: OpenSSH_5.6 pat OpenSSH* debug1: Enabling compatibility mode for protocol 2.0 debug1: Local version string SSH-2.0-OpenSSH_5.8 debug1: permanently_set_uid: 74/74 debug1: list_hostkey_types: ssh-rsa,ssh-dss debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEXINIT sent debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEXINIT received debug1: kex: client->server aes128-ctr hmac-md5 none debug1: kex: server->client aes128-ctr hmac-md5 none debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEX_DH_GEX_REQUEST received debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEX_DH_GEX_GROUP sent debug1: expecting SSH2_MSG_KEX_DH_GEX_INIT debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEX_DH_GEX_REPLY sent debug1: SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS sent debug1: expecting SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS debug1: SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS received debug1: KEX done debug1: userauth-request for user playwithbits service ssh-connection method none debug1: attempt 0 failures 0 debug1: user playwithbits matched group list web-root-locked at line 91 debug1: PAM: initializing for "playwithbits" debug1: PAM: setting PAM_RHOST to [My host info] debug1: PAM: setting PAM_TTY to "ssh" debug1: userauth-request for user playwithbits service ssh-connection method password debug1: attempt 1 failures 0 debug1: PAM: password authentication accepted for playwithbits debug1: do_pam_account: called Accepted password for playwithbits from [My ip address] port 38737 ssh2 debug1: monitor_child_preauth: playwithbits has been authenticated by privileged process debug1: SELinux support disabled debug1: PAM: establishing credentials User child is on pid 3942 debug1: PAM: establishing credentials Changed root directory to "/home/nginx/domains/playwithbits/public" debug1: permanently_set_uid: 504/504 debug1: Entering interactive session for SSH2. debug1: server_init_dispatch_20 debug1: server_input_channel_open: ctype session rchan 0 win 2097152 max 32768 debug1: input_session_request debug1: channel 0: new [server-session] debug1: session_new: session 0 debug1: session_open: channel 0 debug1: session_open: session 0: link with channel 0 debug1: server_input_channel_open: confirm session debug1: server_input_global_request: rtype [email protected] want_reply 0 debug1: server_input_channel_req: channel 0 request env reply 0 debug1: session_by_channel: session 0 channel 0 debug1: session_input_channel_req: session 0 req env debug1: server_input_channel_req: channel 0 request subsystem reply 1 debug1: session_by_channel: session 0 channel 0 debug1: session_input_channel_req: session 0 req subsystem subsystem request for sftp by user playwithbits debug1: subsystem: cannot stat /usr/libexec/openssh/sftp-server: Permission denied debug1: subsystem: exec() /usr/libexec/openssh/sftp-server debug1: Forced command (config) '/usr/libexec/openssh/sftp-server' debug1: session_new: session 0 debug1: Received SIGCHLD. debug1: session_by_pid: pid 3943 debug1: session_exit_message: session 0 channel 0 pid 3943 debug1: session_exit_message: release channel 0 debug1: session_by_channel: session 0 channel 0 debug1: session_close_by_channel: channel 0 child 0 debug1: session_close: session 0 pid 0 debug1: channel 0: free: server-session, nchannels 1 Received disconnect from [My ip address]: 11: disconnected by user debug1: do_cleanup debug1: do_cleanup debug1: PAM: cleanup debug1: PAM: closing session debug1: PAM: deleting credentials

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• Postfix flow/hook reference, or high-level overview?

  - by threecheeseopera

  The Postfix MTA consists of several components/services that work together to perform the different stages of delivery and receipt of mail; these include the smtp daemon, the pickup and cleanup processes, the queue manager, the smtp service, pipe/spawn/virtual/rewrite ... and others (including the possibility of custom components). Postfix also provides several types of hooks that allow it to integrate with external software, such as policy servers, filters, bounce handlers, loggers, and authentication mechanisms; these hooks can be connected to different components/stages of the delivery process, and can communicate via (at least) IPC, network, database, several types of flat files, or a predefined protocol (e.g. milter). An old and very limited example of this is shown at this page. My question: Does anyone have access to a resource that describes these hooks, the components/delivery stages that the hook can interact with, and the supported communication methods? Or, more likely, documentation of the various Postfix components and the hooks/methods that they support? For example: Given the requirement "if the recipient primary MX server matches 'shadysmtpd', check the recipient address against a list; if there is a match, terminate the SMTP connection without notice". My software would need to 1) integrate into the proper part of the SMTP process, 2) use some method to perform the address check (TCP map server? regular expressions? mysql?), and 3) implement the required action (connection termination). Additionally, there will probably be several methods to accomplish this, and another requirement would be to find that which best fits (ex: a network server might be faster than a flat-file lookup; or, if a large volume of mail might be affected by this check, it should be performed as early in the mail process as possible). Real-world example: The apolicy policy server (performs checks on addresses according to user-defined rules) is designed as a standalone TCP server that hooks into Postfix inside the smtpd component via the directive 'check_policy_service inet:127.0.0.1:10001' in the 'smtpd_client_restrictions' configuration option. This means that, when Postfix first receives an item of mail to be delivered, it will create a TCP connection to the policy server address:port for the purpose of determining if the client is allowed to send mail from this server (in addition to whatever other restrictions / restriction lookup methods are defined in that option); the proper action will be taken based on the server's response. Notes: 1)The Postfix architecture page describes some of this information in ascii art; what I am hoping for is distilled, condensed, reference material. 2) Please correct me if I am wrong on any level; there is a mountain of material, and I am just one man ;) Thanks!

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• Postfix to deliver mail to a virtual address mailbox

  - by Chloe

  Postfix version 2.6.6, Dovecot Version 2.0.9 I want to setup Postfix + Dovecot. Dovecot seems to be working. I can authenticate. However, the mailbox is empty! Nothing will get delivered! I followed many tutorials on Postfix + Dovecot but they seem to want to complicate things by using Dovecot LDA or MySQL. I just want it to be very simple and having Postfix deliver to the virtual mail boxes are fine. I don't need MySQL either. I already set up a custom password file that Dovecot uses for authentication and I can login to POP3 with SSL. I can see from the logs that Postfix is delivering to the system user accounts (the catch-all), instead of the virtual users that I set up in Dovecot. The SMTP + SSL authentication seems to work also. I can also see from the logs that Dovecot is checking the correct virtual mail folder. I just need to figure out how to get Postfix to deliver to the virtual mail boxes. I have the following which I believe are relevant. Let me know what other settings you need to see: alias_maps = hash:/etc/aliases mydestination = $myhostname, localhost.$mydomain, localhost, $mydomain mydomain = xxx.com myhostname = mail.xxx.com mynetworks = 99.99.99.99, 99.99.99.99 myorigin = $mydomain relay_domains = $mydestination, xxx.com, domain2.net, domain3.com sendmail_path = /usr/sbin/sendmail.postfix setgid_group = postdrop smtpd_recipient_restrictions = reject_non_fqdn_sender reject_non_fqdn_recipient reject_unknown_recipient_domain permit_sasl_authenticated check_relay_domains smtpd_sasl_auth_enable = yes smtpd_sasl_path = private/auth smtpd_sasl_type = dovecot smtpd_sender_restrictions = check_sender_mx_access cidr:/etc/postfix/bogus_mx reject_invalid_hostname reject_unknown_sender_domain reject_non_fqdn_sender virtual_mailbox_base = /var/spool/vmail virtual_mailbox_domains = xxx.com, domain2.net, domain3.com virtual_minimum_uid = 444 Postfix master.cf: submission inet n - - - - smtpd -o smtpd_tls_security_level=encrypt -o smtpd_sasl_auth_enable=yes -o smtpd_sasl_type=dovecot -o smtpd_sasl_path=private/auth -o smtpd_sasl_security_options=noanonymous -o smtpd_sasl_local_domain=$myhostname -o smtpd_client_restrictions=permit_sasl_authenticated,reject -o smtpd_sender_login_maps=hash:/etc/postfix/virtual -o smtpd_sender_restrictions=reject_sender_login_mismatch -o smtpd_recipient_restrictions=reject_non_fqdn_recipient,reject_unknown_recipient_domain,permit_sasl_authenticated,reject Dovecot related: mail_location = maildir:~/Maildir passdb { args = /etc/dovecot/users.conf driver = passwd-file } service auth { unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/auth { mode = 0660 user = postfix } } The virtual mail user: vmail:x:444:99:virtual mail users:/var/spool/vmail:/sbin/nologin Here is the /var/log/maillog when I try to send something to myself: Oct 25 22:10:05 308321 postfix/smtpd[2200]: connect from user-999.cable.mindspring.com[99.99.99.99] Oct 25 22:10:05 308321 postfix/smtpd[2200]: D224BD4753: client=user-999.cable.mindspring.com[99.99.99.99], sasl_method=LOGIN, [email protected] Oct 25 22:10:06 308321 postfix/cleanup[2207]: D224BD4753: message-id=<7DC3C163CFFC483AB6226F8D3D9969D2@dumbopc> Oct 25 22:10:06 308321 postfix/qmgr[2168]: D224BD4753: from=<[email protected]>, size=1385, nrcpt=1 (queue active) Oct 25 22:10:06 308321 postfix/smtpd[2200]: disconnect from user-999.cable.mindspring.com[99.99.99.99] Oct 25 22:10:06 308321 postfix/local[2208]: D224BD4753: to=<[email protected]>, orig_to=<[email protected]>, relay=local, delay=1.1, delays=0.53/0.02/0/0.51, dsn=2.0.0, status=sent (delivered to mailbox) Oct 25 22:10:06 308321 postfix/qmgr[2168]: D224BD4753: removed

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• How do large blobs affect SQL delete performance, and how can I mitigate the impact?

  - by Max Pollack

  I'm currently experiencing a strange issue that my understanding of SQL Server doesn't quite mesh with. We use SQL as our file storage for our internal storage service, and our database has about half a million rows in it. Most of the files (86%) are 1mb or under, but even on fresh copies of our database where we simply populate the table with data for the purposes of a test, it appears that rows with large amounts of data stored in a BLOB frequently cause timeouts when our SQL Server is under load. My understanding of how SQL Server deletes rows is that it's a garbage collection process, i.e. the row is marked as a ghost and the row is later deleted by the ghost cleanup process after the changes are copied to the transaction log. This suggests to me that regardless of the size of the data in the blob, row deletion should be close to instantaneous. However when deleting these rows we are definitely experiencing large numbers of timeouts and astoundingly low performance. In our test data set, its files over 30mb that cause this issue. This is an edge case, we don't frequently encounter these, and even though we're looking into SQL filestream as a solution to some of our problems, we're trying to narrow down where these issues are originating from. We ARE performing our deletes inside of a transaction. We're also performing updates to metadata such as file size stats, but these exist in a separate table away from the file data itself. Hierarchy data is stored in the table that contains the file information. Really, in the end it's not so much what we're doing around the deletes that matters, we just can't find any references to low delete performance on rows that contain a large amount of data in a BLOB. We are trying to determine if this is even an avenue worth exploring, or if it has to be one of our processes around the delete that's causing the issue. Are there any situations in which this could occur? Is it common for a database server to come to the point of complete timeouts when many of these deletes are occurring simultaneously? Is there a way to combat this issue if it exists? (cross-posted from StackOverflow )

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