Best Practices - Guitar Effects pedal board

Hi,
Similar to what AudioEd posted for feedback, I'm interested in utilizing MainStage as an effects pedal board replacement.
I normally don't use a lot of effects (bass player), but have seen others on YouTube using their Mac's with other software
tools to augment their effects loop to their guitar rigs. If all goes well, I may branch into some interesting solo looping type gigs.
Using the looping capabilities as opposed to hard box loopers...
I have a Boss Line Selector (LS-2), and have ran a few tests and can get everything flowing thru the audio chanels to my bass rig.
My first test was using the headphone out to send the signal back to my LS-2, and mixed thru it to the amp rig.
Input I used a PreSonus Firebox (firewire). Will try an Apogee Jam, but I believe there will be limitations with that given the lack of channel controls on software.
Just wondering if anyone has practically done this or something like it in a live gig setting, specifically with Guitar or Bass.
Anyone have practical recommendations / best practices?
Using a MacBook Pro 17", 2.66 GHz Intel Core Duo, 750 G internal 7200 rpm, 8 Gigs Ram
Mainstage 2.13
Thanks!

As far as I know, the only load on the CPU is the active patch. All the others are 'bypassed' according to the manual. My own experience backs up this claim. When I experiment with sounds - several synths with complex FX plugins - I usually put a large CPU meter on my layout to monitor the load. The load seems to be fairly similar whatever channel strips & synths I have. (NB normally I only have one synth in each set. If I have several synths in one set, that does change the load.)
FX including Amp Designer don't put as much load on the processor as synths as far as I can see.
Amp settings are a bit of a nuisance as you can't call up Amp Designer settings from a controller yet. That means if you need more than one amp setting, you will need more than one instance of Amp Designer. In that case, you might as well load it in each set's channel strip. You shouldn't notice any gain in CPU load.
Pedal Board: if you have a consistent set of pedals that you move between all the time, then put the board in an Aux channel. That way, you will only have to set up the controls once. My GP guitar pedal board layout is Wah, Overdrive, Delay, Chorus & Flange. All have Bypass buttons allocated & some have extra controls set e.g. Chorus & Flange parameters & Delay times. The Overdrive usually has a fairly comprehensive set of controls depending on the pedal I choose.
This allows me to change the sounds quite a lot with a minimum of controls.
Do you put your sound into a guitar amp or a PA system? I put my rig into a PA from the computer. I have found that I get the best, most 'natural' electric sound by not using Amp Designer, but by using Channel EQ instead. I have an EQ patch that sounds very close to a Peterson clean channel (Peterson amps are an English made transistor amp that sounds rather like a Mesa Boogie 20 watt valve amp). When I add FX to that, I can get a very wide range of amp sounds very easily. It might be worth while exploring EQ settings.

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What are some best practices for Effective Sequences on the PS job record?

Hello all,
I am currently working on an implementation of PeopleSoft 9.0, and our team has come up against a debate about how to handle effective sequences on the job record. We want to fully grasp and figure out what is the best way to leverage this feature from a functional point of view. I consider it to be a process-related topic, and that we should establish rules for the sequence in which multiple actions are inserted into the job record with a same effective date. I think we then have to train our HR and Payroll staff on how to correctly sequence these transactions.
My questions therefore are as follows:
1. Do you agree with how I see it? If not, why, and what is a better way to look at it?
2. Is there any way PeopleSoft can be leveraged to automate the sequencing of actions if we establish a rule base?
3. Are there best practice examples or default behavior in PeopleSoft for how we ought to set up our rules about effective sequencing?
All input is appreciated. Thanks!

As you probably know by now, many PeopleSoft configuration/data (not transaction) tables are effective dated. This allows you to associate a dated transaction on one day with a specific configuration description, etc for that date and a different configuration description, etc on a different transaction with a different date. Effective dates are part of the key structure of effective dated configuration data. Because effective date is usually the last part of the key structure, it is not possible to maintain history for effective dated values when data for those configuration values changes multiple times in the same day. This is where effective sequences enter the scene. Effective sequences allow you to maintain history regarding changes in configuration data when there are multiple changes in a single day. You don't really choose how to handle effective sequencing. If you have multiple changes to a single setup/configuration record on a single day and that record has an effective sequence, then your only decision is whether or not to maintain that history by adding a new effective sequenced row or updating the existing row. Logic within the PeopleSoft delivered application will either use the last effective sequence for a given day, or the sequence that is stored on the transaction. The value used by the transaction depends on whether the transaction also stores the effective sequence. You don't have to make any implementation design decisions to make this happen. You also don't determine what values or how to sequence transactions. Sequencing is automatic. Each new row for a given effective date gets the next available sequence number. If there is only one row for an effective date, then that transaction will have a sequence number of 0 (zero).

Which cable to use from guitar effects pedal?

I have a new Korg multi effects pedal and I want to connect to Garage band.
The pedal has midi in & midi out ports which look like DIN to me. It also has an optical out port as well as the usual jack line outs.
My Mac only has usb1 and firewire 400 inputs. Is it going to be possible to make a simple cable connection or do I need another interface?
thanks in advance

OK, I've scouted around a bit and found some relatively inexpensive midi/usb interfaces, but I've also realised that maybe I don't need midi!
All I really need to do is add my guitar to other tracks laid down in GB. All the guitar sound is going to be processed by my effects pedal, so I just need to get into a GB track. Am I right in saying that you only need Midi in if you want to change the sound to something else?. That being the case can I get a jack to USB cable to do the job as the pedal has jack line outs too?

Best Practices for Optimizing CPU and Memory

It would be really helpful if someone would summarize the best way to set things up between Concert Level, Set Level, and Patch level, along with using aliases, to make sense of the most efficient ways to set up a new concert in MainStage. I have spent quite a bit of time messing with it all, and have a pretty good understanding, but a summarized document and "rules" would be very helpful.
As an example, I have two guitars that plug into separate inputs in my hardware interface. But I want to use the same channel strip for both (with plug-ins for effects and lead sounds). So, I have some patches that select Input 3 for one guitar, and Input 4 for the other. Am I duplicating all of my plug-ins and effects by doing this, or is there a more efficient method?
I have come across similar "puzzles" when using MainStage, and can always make things work, but am never quite sure what is most efficient. Has anyone seen such a document or best practices guide? Or can you just share your learnings here?

As far as I know, the only load on the CPU is the active patch. All the others are 'bypassed' according to the manual. My own experience backs up this claim. When I experiment with sounds - several synths with complex FX plugins - I usually put a large CPU meter on my layout to monitor the load. The load seems to be fairly similar whatever channel strips & synths I have. (NB normally I only have one synth in each set. If I have several synths in one set, that does change the load.)
FX including Amp Designer don't put as much load on the processor as synths as far as I can see.
Amp settings are a bit of a nuisance as you can't call up Amp Designer settings from a controller yet. That means if you need more than one amp setting, you will need more than one instance of Amp Designer. In that case, you might as well load it in each set's channel strip. You shouldn't notice any gain in CPU load.
Pedal Board: if you have a consistent set of pedals that you move between all the time, then put the board in an Aux channel. That way, you will only have to set up the controls once. My GP guitar pedal board layout is Wah, Overdrive, Delay, Chorus & Flange. All have Bypass buttons allocated & some have extra controls set e.g. Chorus & Flange parameters & Delay times. The Overdrive usually has a fairly comprehensive set of controls depending on the pedal I choose.
This allows me to change the sounds quite a lot with a minimum of controls.
Do you put your sound into a guitar amp or a PA system? I put my rig into a PA from the computer. I have found that I get the best, most 'natural' electric sound by not using Amp Designer, but by using Channel EQ instead. I have an EQ patch that sounds very close to a Peterson clean channel (Peterson amps are an English made transistor amp that sounds rather like a Mesa Boogie 20 watt valve amp). When I add FX to that, I can get a very wide range of amp sounds very easily. It might be worth while exploring EQ settings.

Best practice in HCM

Hi,
1) Can you please advise,what all processes comes under SAP Best Practices for HCM?
2) What all infotypes comes under Payroll implementations?
Thanks!
Manish

Hi,
You can read every thread in this forum.
1.Personnel Administration - it deals with the HR Master Data
2.Organization Management - It deals with the personnel planning all about Business Units,Cost centers etc this will give the picture how your organization look virtually.
Keep these modules as base must know modules
3 Time Management - This manages employee times ,leaves,quotas,shifts,working schedules etc working patterns etc
CATS ,Cross Application Time sheets
Shift Planning etc are part of Time Management but these are individually separate knowledge of these is not necessary when you start your career going forward it would be helpful to grow.
4.Payroll- This manages employee payment part and payment including the off cycle payments
These 4 can be considered to be the basic modules of HCM
5 Recruitment -Deals with process of recruitment from manpower planning to on-boarding
Apart from these we have
6.Benefits -which deals with the fringe benefits (applicable to USA ) and some other countries-I t deals with the insurance ,medical etc
7,ESS/MSS This is self service module employee self service and manager self service these are Portal based modules
We have new generation modules
Such(8) E- Recruitment this deals with the E Recruitment this is portal based modules
Learning Solution
Succession Planning
Personnel Development
Talent Visualization by Nakisa
Enterprise compensation Management (this is again a separate module)
These all part of Talent Management Suite and portal based modules knowing these would give you an edge.
This module is very upcoming and hot
To become an effective HCM consultant you need have good business process knowledge combined with the any of 4 to modules (indepth)
Outside HCM if you knowledge of HR ABAP and MS Excel and MS Word of great advantage.
To start your choose Personnel Management,Org Management combined with Time Management and Payroll
Or ESS/MSS with Talent Management
Search in transaction PA30- Hr Master data and press F4 , you will find entire details 0000 Actions 0001 Organizational Assignment 0002 Personal Data 0003 Payroll Status 0004 Challenge 0005 Leave Entitlement 0006 Addresses 0007 Planned Working Time 0008 Basic Pay 0009 Bank Details 0011 External Transfers 0014 Recurring Payments/Deductions 0015 Additional Payments 0016 Contract Elements 0017 Travel Privileges 0019 Monitoring of Tasks 0021 Family Member/Dependents 0022 Education 0023 Other/Previous Employers 0024 Qualifications 0025 Appraisals 0027 Cost Distribution 0028 Internal Medical Service 0030 Powers of Attorney 0031 Reference Personnel Numbers 0032 Internal Data 0033 Statistics 0034 Corporate Function 0035 Company Instructions 0037 Insurance 0040 Objects on Loan 0041 Date Specifications 0045 Loans 0048 Residence Status 0050 Time Recording Info 0054 Works Councils 0057 Membership Fees 0077 Additional Personal Data 0078 Loan Payments 0080 Maternity Protection/Parental Leave 0081 Military Service 0083 Leave Entitlement Compensation 0105 Communication 0121 RefPerNo Priority 0123 Germany only 0124 Disruptive Factor D 0128 Notifications 0130 Test Procedures 0139 EE's Applicant No. 0165 Deduction Limits 0167 Health Plans 0168 Insurance Plans 0169 Savings Plans 0171 General Benefits Information 0185 Personal IDs 0219 External Organizations 0236 Credit Plans 0262 Retroactive accounting 0267 Add. Off-Cycle Payments w/Acc.***. 0267 Additional Off-Cycle Payments 0283 Archived Objects 0290 Documents and Certificates (RU) 0292 Add. Social Insurance Data (RU) 0293 Other and Previous Employers (RU) 0294 Employment Book (RU) 0295 Garnishment Orders (RU) 0296 Garnishment Documents (RU) 0297 Working Conditions (RU) 0298 Personnel Orders (RU) 0299 Tax Privileges (RU) 0302 Additional Actions 0315 Time Sheet Defaults 0330 Non-Monetary Remuneration 0334 Suppl. it0016 (PT) 0376 Benefits Medical Information 0377 Miscellaneous Plans 0378 Adjustment Reasons 0379 Stock Purchase Plans 0380 Compensation Adjustment 0381 Compensation Eligibility 0382 Award 0383 Compensation Component 0384 Compensation Package 0395 External Organizational Assignment 0396 Expatriation 0402 Payroll Results 0403 Payroll Results 2 0415 Export Status 0416 Time Quota Compensation 0429 Position in PS 0439 Data Transfer Information 0458 Monthly Cumulations 0459 Quarterly Cumulations 0460 Annual Cumulations 0468 Travel Profile (not specified) 0469 Travel Profile (not specified) 0470 Travel Profile 0471 Flight Preference 0472 Hotel Preference 0473 Rental Car Preference 0474 Train Preference 0475 Customer Program 0476 Garnishments: Order 0477 Garnishments: Debt 0478 Garnishments: Adjustment 0483 CAAF data clearing (IT) 0484 Taxation (Enhancement) 0485 Stage 0491 Payroll Outsourcing 0503 Pensioner Definition 0504 Pension Advantage 0529 Additional Personal Data for (CN) 0552 Time Specification/Employ. Period 0553 Calculation of Service 0559 Commuting allowance Info JP 0560 Overseas pay JP 0565 Retirement Plan Valuation Results 0567 Data Container 0569 Additional Pension Payments 0573 Absence for Australia PS 0576 Seniority for Promotion 0579 External Wage Components 0580 Previous Employment Tax Details 0581 Housing(HRA / CLA / COA) 0582 Exemptions 0583 Car & Conveyance 0584 Income From Other Sources 0585 Section 80 Deductions 0586 Section 80 C Deductions 0587 Provident Fund Contribution 0588 Other Statutory Deductions 0589 Individual Reimbursements 0590 Long term reimbursements 0591 Nominations 0592 Public Sector - Foreign Service 0593 Rehabilitants 0597 Part Time Work During ParentalLeave 0601 Absence History 0602 Retirement Plan Cumulations 0611 Garnishments: Management Data 0612 Garnishments: Interest 0614 HESA Master Data 0615 HE Contract Data 0616 HESA Submitted Data 0617 Clinical Details 0618 Academic Qualification 0624 HE Professional Qualifications 0648 Bar Point Information 0650 BA Statements 0651 SI Carrier Certificates 0652 Certificates of Training 0653 Certificates to Local Authorities 0655 ESS Settings Remuneration Statement 0659 INAIL Management 0666 Planning of Pers. Costs 0671 COBRA Flexible Spending Accounts 0672 FMLA Event 0696 Absence Pools 0702 Documents 0703 Documents on Dependants 0704 Information on Dependants 0705 Information on Checklists 0706 Compensation Package Offer 0707 Activation Information 0708 Details on Global Commuting 0709 Person ID 0710 Details on Global Assignment 0712 Main Personnel Assignment 0713 Termination 0715 Status of Global Assignment 0722 Payroll for Global Employees 0723 Payroll for GE: Retro. Accounting 0724 Financing Status 0725 Taxes SA 0742 HDB Concession 0745 HDB Messages in Public Sector 0746 De Only 0747 DE Only 0748 Command and Delegation 0758 Compensation Program 0759 Compensation Process 0760 Compensation Eligibility Override 0761 LTI Granting 0762 LTI Exercising 0763 LTI Participant Data 0783 Job Index 0784 Inquiry Family Court 0785 Pension Equalization Payment 0787 Germany Only 0788 Germany Only 0789 Germany Only 0790 Germany Only 0792 Organizational Additional Data 0794 Pensioner Message A 0795 Certification and Licensing 0796 Duty Assignments 0800 Material Assignment 0802 Sanctions / Offense 0803 Seniority Ranked List 0804 Personal Features 0805 Honors 0806 Course Data 0813 Historical Additional Fees A 0815 Multiple Checks in One Cycle 0845 Work Relationships 0846 Reimbursements 0851 Shukko Cost Charging 0852 Shukko Cost Charging Adjustment 0853 Shukko External Org. Assignment 0860 Sanctions / Offense 0861 Award/Decorations 0863 Verdict 0865 Mobility 0873 Additional Amount - Garnishment FR 0875 Events - My Simplification 0881 Expense Information 0882 Insurability Basic Data 0883 Entitlement Periods 0884 Insurability Calculation 0887 Garnishments (ES) 0900 Sales Data 0901 Purchasing Data 0904 Override Garnishable Amount D 0908 Info. about Annual Income Check 0942 Capital Payment 0976 Municipal Tax per Person 0978 Pension Contribution A 0979 Pension A 2001 Absences 2002 Activity Allocation (Attendances) 2002 Attendances 2002 Cost Assignment (Attendances) 2002 External Services (Attendances) 2002 Order Confs.(Att) 2003 Substitutions 2003 Substitutions: Indiv. Working Times 2004 Availability 2005 Overtime 2006 Absence Quotas 2007 Attendance Quotas 2010 Cost Allocation (EE Rem. Info) 2010 Cost Assignment (EE Rem. Info) 2010 Employee Remuneration Info 2011 Completed Time Events 2011 Time Events 2011 Time Events (CO) 2011 Time Events (PM) 2011 Time Events (PP) 2012 Time Transfer Specifications 2013 Quota Corrections 2050 Annual Calendar 2051 Monthly Calendar 2052 Absence Recording 2052 List Entry for Attendances/Absences 2052 Weekly Calendar w/Cost Assignment 2052 Weekly Entry w/Activity Allocation 3003 Materials Management 3202 Addresses 3215 SWF Staff Details 3216 SWF Contract Details 3217 SWF Qualifications 3893 Time Account Status 3894 Factoring Information BPO
Thanks and Regards,
Revathi.

Best Practice to implement row restriction level

Hi guys,
We need to implement a security row filter scenario in our reporting system. Following several recommendations already posted in the forum we have created a security table with the following columns
userName Object Id
U1             A
U2             B
where our fact table is something like that
Object Id    Fact A
A                23
B                4
Additionally we have created row restriction on the universe based on the following where clause:
UserName = @Variable('BOUSER')
If the report only contains objects based on Fact table the restriction is never applied. This has sense as docs specify that the row restrictions are only applied if the table is actually invoked in the SQL statement (SELECT statment is supposed).
Question is the following: Which is the best practice recommended in this situation. Create a dummy column in the security table, map into it into the universe and include the object in the query?
Thanks
Edited by: Alfons Gonzalez on Mar 8, 2012 5:33 PM

Hi,
This solution also seemed to be the most suitable for us. Problem that we have discover: when the restriction set is not applied for a given user (the advantage of using restriction set is the fact that is not always applied) the query joins the fact table with the security table withou applying any where clause based on @variable('USER'). This is not a problem if the secuity table contains a 1:1 relationship betwwen users and secured objects , but (as in our case) relathion ship is 1:n query provide "additional wrong rows".
By the moment we have discarded the use of the restriction sets. The effect of putting a dummy column based on the security table may have undesired effects when the condition is not applied.
I don't know if anyone has found how to workaround this matter.
Alfons

Best practice for multi-language content in common areas

I've got a site with some text in header/footer/nav that needs to be translated between an English and Spanish site, which use the same design. My intention was to set up all the text as content to facilitate. However, if I use a standard dialog with the component's path set to a child of the current page node, I would need to re-enter the text on every page. If I use a design dialog, or a standard dialog with the component's path set absolutely, the Engilsh and Spanish sites will share the same text. If I use a standard dialog with the component's path set relatively (eg path="../../jcr:content/myPath"), the pages using the component would all need to be at the same level of the hierarchy.
It appears that the Geometrixx demo doesn't address this situation, and leaves copy in English. Is there a best practice for this scenario?

I'm finding that something to the effect of <cq:include path="<%= strCommonContentPath + "codeEntry" %>" resourceType ...
works fine for most components, but not for parsys, or a component containing a parsys. When I attempt that, I get a JS error that says "design.path is null or not an object". Is there a way around this?

Best practices for setting up projects

We recently adopted using Captivate for our WBT modules.
As a former Flash and Director user, I can say it’s
fast and does some great things. Doesn’t play so nice with
others on different occasions, but I’m learning. This forum
has been a great source for search and read on specific topics.
I’m trying to understand best practices for using this
product. We’ve had some problems with file size and
incorporating audio and video into our projects. Fortunately, the
forum has helped a lot with that. What I haven’t found a lot
of information on is good or better ways to set up individual
files, use multiple files and publish projects. We’ve decided
to go the route of putting standalones on our Intranet. My gut says
yuck, but for our situation I have yet to find a better way.
My question for discussion, then is: what are some best
practices for setting up individual files, using multiple files and
publishing projects? Any references or input on this would be
appreciated.

Hi,
Here are some of my suggestions:
1) Set up a style guide for all your standard slides. Eg.
Title slide, Index slide, chapter slide, end slide, screen capture,
non-screen capture, quizzes etc. This makes life a lot easier.
2) Create your own buttons and captions. The standard ones
are pretty ordinary, and it's hard to get a slick looking style
happening with the standard captions. They are pretty easy to
create (search for add print button to learn how to create
buttons). There should instructions on how to customise captions
somewhere on this forum. Customising means that you can also use
words, symbols, colours unique to your organisation.
3) Google elearning providers. Most use captivate and will
allow you to open samples or temporarily view selected modules.
This will give you great insight on what not to do and some good
ideas on what works well.
4) Timings: Using the above research, I got others to
complete the sample modules to get a feel for timings. The results
were clear, 10 mins good, 15 mins okay, 20 mins kind of okay, 30
mins bad, bad, bad. It's truly better to have a learner complete
2-3 short modules in 30 mins than one big monster. The other
benefit is that shorter files equal smaller size.
5) Narration: It's best to narrate each slide individually
(particularly for screen capture slides). You are more likely to
get it right on the first take, it's easier to edit and you don't
have to re-record the whole thing if you need to update it in
future. To get a slicker effect, use at least two voices: one male,
one female and use slightly different accents.
6) Screen capture slides: If you are recording filling out
long window based databse pages where the compulsory fields are
marked (eg. with a red asterisk) - you don't need to show how to
fill out every field. It's much easier for the learner (and you) to
show how to fill out the first few fields, then fade the screen
capture out, fade the end of the form in with the instructions on
what to do next. This will reduce your file size. In one of my
forms, this meant the removal of about 18 slides!
7) Auto captions: they are verbose (eg. 'Click on Print
Button' instead of 'Click Print'; 'Select the Print Preview item'
instead of 'Select Print Preview'). You have to edit them.
8) PC training syntax: Buttons and hyperlinks should normally
be 'click'; selections from drop down boxes or file lists are
normally 'select': Captivate sometimes mixes them up. Instructions
should always be written in the correct order: eg. Good: Click
'File', Select 'Print Preview'; Bad: Select 'Print Preview' from
the 'File Menu'. Button names, hyperlinks, selections are normally
written in bold
9) Instruction syntax: should always be written in an active
voice: eg. 'Click Options to open the printer menu' instead of
'When the Options button is clicked on, the printer menu will open'
10) Break all modules into chapters. Frame each chapter with
a chapter slide. It's also a good idea to show the Index page
before each chapter slide with a progress indicator (I use an
animated arrow to flash next to the name of the next chapter), I
use a start button rather a 'next' button for the start of each
chapter. You should always have a module overview with the purpose
of the course and a summary slide which states what was covered and
they have complete the module.
11) Put a transparent click button somewhere on each slide.
Set the properties of the click box to take the learner back to the
start of the current chapter by pressing F2. This allows them to
jump back to the start of their chapter at any time. You can also
do a similar thing on the index pages which jumps them to another
chapter.
12) Recording video capture: best to do it at normal speed
and be concious of where your mouse is. Minimise your clicks. Most
people (until they start working with captivate) are sloppy with
their mouse and you end up with lots of unnecessarily slides that
you have to delete out. The speed will default to how you recorded
it and this will reduce the amount of time you spend on changing
timings.
13) Captions: My rule of thumb is minimum of 4 seconds - and
longer depending on the amount of words. Eg. Click 'Print Preview'
is 4 seconds, a paragraph is longer. If you creating knowledge
based modules, make the timing long (eg. 2-3 minutes) and put in a
next button so that the learner can click when they are ready.
Also, narration means the slides will normally be slightly longer.
14) Be creative: Capitvate is desk bound. There are some
learners that just don't respond no matter how interactive
Captivate can be. Incorporate non-captivate and desk free
activities. Eg. As part of our OHS module, there is an activity
where the learner has to print off the floor plan, and then wander
around the floor marking on th emap key items such as: fire exits;
first aid kit, broom and mop cupboard, stationary cupboard, etc.
Good luck!

Best Practices for Setting up a Windows 2012 R2 STD Domain Controller in a Remote Site

So I'm looking for an article or writeup similar to the "Adding Domain Controllers in Remote Sites" TechNet article but for Windows Server 2012 STD R2. Here is my scenario:
1. I want to setup the domain controller at Site A where the primary domain controller is located. The primary domain controller is Windows Server 2008 R2.
2. Once the DC is setup I plan on leaving it on our network for a few days before shipping it to remote Site B for installation
Other key items:
1. The remote Site B will have a different IP range than Site A but will be connected to Site A via a single VPN tunnel. All the DCs that replicate with each other are on the same domain.
2. The 2012 DC that I setup for Site B (same domain in same forest) will be a DHCP, DNS, and WSUS server all replicating to the primary DC at Site A
Questions:
1. What items can I setup while it's at Site A without effecting or conflicting with the existing network and domain controller? Can I setup a scope once the DHCP role is added?
2. All of our DCs replicate through Sites and Services, do I have to manually add this to our primary DC for the new DC going to remote Site B? Or when does this happen automatically when I promote the DC?
All and all I'm just looking for a list of Best Practices for 2012 or a Step by Step Guide. Any help would be appreciated.

Hi,
Thanks for your posting.
When you install AD DS in the hub or staging site, disconnect the installed domain controller, and then ship the computer to the remote site, you are disconnecting a viable domain controller from the replication topology.
For more and detail information, please refer to:
Best Practices for Adding Domain Controllers in Remote Sites
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc794962(v=ws.10).aspx
Regards.
Vivian Wang

ASA 5505 Best Practice Guidance Requested

I am hoping to tap into the vast wealth of knowledge on this board in order to gain some "best practice" guidance to assist me with the overall setup using the ASA 5505 for a small business client. I'm fairly new to the ASA 5505 so any help would be most appreciated!
My current client configuration is as follows:
a) business internet service (cable) with a fixed IP address
b) a Netgear N600 Wireless Dual Band router (currently setup as gateway and used for internet/WiFi access)
c) a Cisco SG-500-28 switch
d) one server running Windows Small Business Server 2011 Standard (primary Domain Controller)
     (This server is currently the DNS and DHCP server)
e) one server running Windows Server 2008 R2 (secondary Domain Controller)
f) approximately eight Windows 7 clients (connected via SG-500-28 switch)
g) approximately six printers connected via internal network (connected via SG-500-28 switch)
All the servers, clients, and printers are connected to the SG-500-28 switch.
The ISP provides the cable modem for the internet service.
The physical cable for internet is connected to the cable modem.
From the cable modem, a CAT 6 ethernet cable is connected to the internet (WAN) port of the Netgear N600 router.
A Cat 6 ethernet cable is connected from Port 1 of the local ethernet (LAN) port on the N600 router to the SG-500-28 switch.
cable modem -> WAN router port
LAN router port -> SG-500-28
The ASA 5505 will be setup with an "LAN" (inside) interface and a "WAN" (outside) interface. Port e0/0 on the ASA 5505 will be used for the outside interface and the remaining ports will be used for the inside interface.
So my basic question is, given the information above of our setup, where should the ASA 5505 be "inserted" to maximize its performance? Also, based on the answer to the previous question, can you provide some insight as to how the ethernet cables should be connected to achieve this?
Another concern I have is what device will be used as the default gateway. Currently, the Netgear N600 is set as the default gateway on both Windows servers. In your recommended best practice solution, does the ASA 5505 become the default gateway or does the router remain the default gateway?
And my final area of concern is with DHCP. As I stated earlier, I am running DHCP on Windows Small Business Server 2011 Standard. Most of the examples I have studied for the ASA 5505 utilize its DHCP functionality. I also have done some research on the "dhcprelay server" command. So I'm not quite sure which is the best way to go. First off, does the "dhcprelay server" even work with SBS 2011? And secondly, if it does work, is the best practice to use the "dhcprelay" command or to let the ASA 5505 perform the DHCP server role?
All input/guidance/suggestions with these issues would be greatly appreciated! I want to implement the ASA 5505 firewall solution following "best practices" recommendations in order to maximize its functionality and minimize the time to implement.
FYI, the information (from the "show version" command) for the ASA 5505 is shown below:
Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Software Version 8.4(7)
Device Manager Version 7.1(5)100
Compiled on Fri 30-Aug-13 19:48 by builders
System image file is "disk0:/asa847-k8.bin"
Config file at boot was "startup-config"
ciscoasa up 2 days 9 hours
Hardware:   ASA5505, 512 MB RAM, CPU Geode 500 MHz
Internal ATA Compact Flash, 128MB
BIOS Flash M50FW016 @ 0xfff00000, 2048KB
Encryption hardware device : Cisco ASA-5505 on-board accelerator (revision 0x0)
                             Boot microcode   : CN1000-MC-BOOT-2.00
                             SSL/IKE microcode: CNLite-MC-SSLm-PLUS-2.03
                             IPSec microcode : CNlite-MC-IPSECm-MAIN-2.06
                             Number of accelerators: 1
0: Int: Internal-Data0/0    : address is a493.4c99.8c0b, irq 11
1: Ext: Ethernet0/0         : address is a493.4c99.8c03, irq 255
2: Ext: Ethernet0/1         : address is a493.4c99.8c04, irq 255
3: Ext: Ethernet0/2         : address is a493.4c99.8c05, irq 255
4: Ext: Ethernet0/3         : address is a493.4c99.8c06, irq 255
5: Ext: Ethernet0/4         : address is a493.4c99.8c07, irq 255
6: Ext: Ethernet0/5         : address is a493.4c99.8c08, irq 255
7: Ext: Ethernet0/6         : address is a493.4c99.8c09, irq 255
8: Ext: Ethernet0/7         : address is a493.4c99.8c0a, irq 255
9: Int: Internal-Data0/1    : address is 0000.0003.0002, irq 255
10: Int: Not used            : irq 255
11: Int: Not used            : irq 255
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Inside Hosts                      : 10             perpetual
Failover                          : Disabled       perpetual
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Shared License                    : Disabled       perpetual
AnyConnect for Mobile             : Disabled       perpetual
AnyConnect for Cisco VPN Phone    : Disabled       perpetual
Advanced Endpoint Assessment      : Disabled       perpetual
UC Phone Proxy Sessions           : 2              perpetual
Total UC Proxy Sessions           : 2              perpetual
Botnet Traffic Filter             : Disabled       perpetual
Intercompany Media Engine         : Disabled       perpetual
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Hey Jon,
Again, many thanks for the info!
I guess I left that minor detail out concerning the Guest network. I have a second Netgear router that I am using for Guest netowrk access. It is plugged in to one of the LAN network ports on the first Netgear router.
The second Netgear (Guest) router is setup on a different subnet and I am letting the router hand out IP addresses using DHCP.
Basic setup is the 192.168.1.x is the internal network and 192.168.11.x is the Guest network. As far as the SBS 2011 server, it knows nothing about the Guest network in terms of the DHCP addresses it hands out.
Your assumption about the Guest network is correct, I only want to allow guest access to the internet and no access to anything internal. I like your idea of using the restricted DMZ feature of the ASA for the Guest network. (I don't know how to do it, but I like it!) Perhaps you could share more of your knowledge on this?
One final thing, the (internal) Netgear router setup does provide the option for a separate Guest network, however it all hinges on the router being the DHCP server. This is what led me to the second (Guest) Netgear router because I wanted the (internal) Netgear router NOT to use DHCP. Instead I wanted SBS 2011 to be the DHCP server. That's what led to the idea of a second (Guest) router with DHCP enabled.
The other factor in all this is SBS 2011. Not sure what experience you've had with the Small Business Server OS's but they tend to get a little wonky if some of the server roles are disabled. For instance, this is a small busines with a total of about 20 devices including servers, workstations and printers. Early on I thought, "nah, I don't need this IPv6 stuff," so I found an article on how to disable it and did so. The server performance almost immediately took a nose dive. Rebooting the server went from a 5 minute process to a 20 minute process. And this was after I followed the steps of an MSDN article on disabling IPv6 on SBS 2011! Well, long story short, I enabled IPv6 again and the two preceeding issues cleared right up. So, since SBS 2011 by "default" wants DHCP setup I want to try my best to accomodate it. So, again, your opinion/experiece related to this is a tremendous help!
Thanks!

Best practice for upgrading task definition without deleting task instances

best practice for upgrading task definition in production system without deleting or terminating task instances
If I try and update a task definition with task instances running I get the following error:
Task definition 'My Task - Add User' may not be modified while there are active task instances
Is there a best practice to handle this. I tried to force an update through the console but that didn't work. I tried editing the task from the debug page and got the same error.

1) Rename the original task definition.
2) Upload the new task definition with the original name.
3) Later, after all the running tasks have timed out, delete the old definition.
E.g., if your task definition is "myWorkflow":
1) Rename "myWorkflow" to "myWorkflow-old-2009-07-28"
2) Upload the new task definition as "myWorkflow".
Existing tasks will stay linked to the original (renamed) workflow definition.
New tasks will use the new definition.
As the previous poster notes, depending on the changes you are making, letting the old task definitions stay active could have bad side-effects and might be better avoided.

Best Practice to use a single root Application Module?

I was reading in another thread that it may be a good idea to have all application modules nested within a single root application module (AM) so that there is only 1 session maintained for the root AM, versus an individual session for each AM. Is this a best practice? If yes, should the root AM be a skeleton AM (minimal customer service methods), or, should you select the most heavily used AM and nest the other AM's underneath of it?
In my case, I currenlty have 2 AM's (and will have 3 AM's in the future) each representing a different set of use cases withn the application (i.e., one supports users searches / shopping cart-like functionality, and the second supports an enrollment process.) It could be the case that a user only accesses pages on the web site to do searches (first AM), or only to do enrollment (2nd AM), or, they may access pages of the site that access both AM's. Right now I have 2 separate AM's that are not nested. Should I nest the AM's and define a root AM?
thanks

Hi javaX
The main physical effect of having 2 separate AMs is that they have their own transactions with the database, and presumably sit in the application module pool as their own instances consuming connections from the connection pool. Alternatively a single root AM with 2 nested AMs share a single transaction through the root AM; only the root AM controls the transaction in this scenario.
As such it's a question of do you need separate transactions or will one suffice?
How you group your EOs/VOs etc within the AMs is up to you, but usually falls into logical groups such as you have done. If a single transaction is fine, instead of creating multiple AMs, you could instead just create logical package structures instead. Neither method is right or wrong, they're just different ways of structuring your application.
When you create a nested AM structure, within your ViewController project in the Data Control Palette you'll actually see 3 data controls mapped to each AM. In addition expanding the root AM data control, you'll see the nested AMs again. Create a dummy project with a nested AM structure and you'll see what I mean.
If you base your page definitions on anything from the root AM and it's children in the Data Control Palette, this will work on the root AM's transaction.
If you base your page definitions on something from one of the other AM data controls that isn't inside the main root AM in the Data Control Palette, instead of using the root AM's transaction, the separate child AM will be treated as root AM and will have its own transaction.
The thing to care of when developing web pages is to consistently use the AM and it's nested AMs, or the child AMs directly with their separate transactions, otherwise it might cause a bit of a nightmare debugging situation later on when the same application is locking and blocking on the same records from 2 separate AM transactions.
Hope this helps.
CM.

Best practice to deploy some secret credentials in AIR app

Hi,
Can someone suggest the best practice way to deploy some
secret credentials in an AIR app please?
For example, network connection settings or passwords ?
In my particular case (and since this is only for testing)
I'd like to deploy a password in an AIR app. So is there any way to
effectively deploy an encrypted store with the app ? (hope that
makes sense!)
Tks,
Alex

I think the best practice is not to do it. You can't deploy
an encrypted local
store file to another computer. You could encrypt the
information some other
way, but that just moves the problem. If you have a server,
you could have the
app connect to the server to get the sensitive information
and put it into the
ELS (ideally through HTTPS).

Best practice on 'from dev to test'move.

Hello.
My Repository 10.2.0.1.0
My client 10.2.1.31
I am writing to ask someone what would be the best practice and most common_sense_oriented way to move OWB from dev to qa/test environment?
I have read a number of recommendations on this forum and other oracle docs and it seem somewhat tedious exercise...
At the moment i am either having to simply copy and paste (ye not very professional but works a treat!) then just re-sync the tables to point to correct location on some of the smaller of my projects.
Now i have a huge project with hundreds of maps with different source locations etc.
I want to move it into test.
My test environment is where we test ETL process before implementing it in live as oppose to UAT test.
I imported the tables into OWB etc from the test, now i want to move my maps from dev to test and this is where my HOW TO comes.
I have different runtime repositories on my test as per oracle recommended (same names apply to dev and test and live repositories for the consistency purposes). Importing the maps from the export of dev to test doesn't really work and i don't really want start tweaking with export files.
for some reasons the import only imports it back to the project the export was taken from.... (which is as useful as a smack on a head, in my humble).
copy and paste the re-sync all tables would be madness, misery and pain all in one!
So what do i need to do?
1) OK i imported all the tables and views from the test environment into OWB
2) How do i move my maps from dev to test?
3) even if i copy them over - would i honeslty have to then resync tables in every single map (i am already crying by the thought of it)?!
It seem a little tidious to me.
I can imagine that there is no silver bullet and everyone have different ideas, but someone please share your experience on how would do it?
Here is something from the user guide and no matter how many times i read this - i just don't get how i can relate it to what i need to achieve.
The following quote is from "OWB User Guide", Chapter 3.
"Each location defined within a project can be registered separately within each Runtime Repository, and each registration can reference different physical information. Using this approach, you can design and configure a target system one time, and deploy it many times with different physical characteristics. This is useful if you need to create multiple versions of the same system such as development, test, and production."
As i said - i have all my tables imported from DB to OWB, now how do i make my maps to appear in repository on test? I can see the relevance of location to deploy maps into the test runtime repository, but before then i somehow have to make them to appear in my test runtime repository in Design and make sure they are referencing correct tables etc.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Kind Regards
Vix

Hello Oleg.
Thank you very much for such detailed and very helpful reply.
You are correct - i have my Design Centre and within it two projects - dev and test.
Dev has all the locations pointing to the Development DB and it has it's own runtime repository/control centre configured.
Test has all the locations pointing to the Test DB and it also has it's own runtime repository/control centre configured.
I have one design centre and two runtime environments.
both dev and test have identical tables etc. I moved the logic over form dev to test (all the functions, procedures etc), i have also imported tables and logic from TEST DB to the test project.
All i want to do is now move over the maps from DEv to TEST. Which is not a problem (copy and paste are helpful), but then the copied maps are still point to the tables in Dev. Which means i have to sync it with test tables - i hope i am making sense here!
I was hoping that there is some clever way of just changing something to effectively tell table in the map 'to point to the table in this database'. If the map is already configured - the only way to do it is to sync the tables, which will enable you to select the DB and table you want your table in the map to be pointing to.
The reason i do not use imp/exp between projects - it is not really reliable. Have to then jump through the hoops ensuring all contrains etc are there. It is safer to just import whatever i need from DB - ensuring all my constrains etc are there.
I do regular exports as a means of 'having a backup copy of the project', but never managed to import anything from one project to another (was easier with OWB 9 where it was possible to amend the .mdl file). It works fine to import back to the project the export was taken from.
I don't have problems with the location etc - took me hours to set everything the way i wanted it to be and now all the deployments are going to the right schemas, DBs etc.
Is there are any other way re-pointing the tables in the map to another DB? Like in the falt files - there is an option to choose the location of the file. So once the location is define/registered etc - you can choose whatever one is needed fromm the drop down on the left of the map.
I hoped there would be something similar for the tables. Like a big bulk option for 'tick here if you want all tables in the maps to be pointing to identical tables in another DB) type thing. Guess something like bulk sync option...
Oh well, guess i just have to stick with sync option (sobbing uncontrolably) and it hasn't stopped raining here for days!
Once again - thank you very much for all your kind help and advice.
Kind Regards
Vix

What are best practice for packaging and deploying j2EE apps to iAS?

We've been running a set of J2EE applications on a pair of iAS SP1b for about a year and it has been quite stable.
Recently however we have had a number of LDAP issues, particularly when registering and unregistering applications (registering ear files sometimes fails 1st time but may work 2nd time). Also We've noticed very occasionally that old versions of classes sometimes find their way onto our machines.
What is considered to be best practice in terms of packaging and deployment, specifically:
1) Packaging - using the deployTool that comes with iAS6 SP1b to package is a big manual task, especially when you have 200+ jsp files. Are people out there using this or are they scripting it with a build tool such as Ant?
2) Deploying an existing application to multiple iAS's. Are you guys unregistering old application then reregistering new application? Are you shutting down iAS whilst doing the deployment?
3) Deploying ear files can take 5 to 10 mins, is this normal?
4) In a clustered scenario where HTTPSession is shared what are the consequences of doing deployments to data stored in session?
thanks in asvance for your replies
Owen

You may want to consider upgrading your application server environment to a newer service pack. There are numerous enhancements involving the deployment tool and run time layout of your application that make clear where you're application is loading its files from.
If you've at a long running application server environment, with lots of deployments under your belt, you might start to notice slow downs in deployment and kjs start time. Generally this is due to garbage collecting in your iAS registry.
You can do several things to resolve this. The most complete solution is to reinstall the application server. This will guarantee a clean ldap registry. Of course you've got to restablish your configurations and redeploy your applications. When done, backup your application server install space with the application server and directory server off. You can use this backup to return to a known configuation at some future time.
For the second method: <B>BE CAREFUL - BACKUP FIRST</B>
There is a more exhaustive solution that involves examining your deployed components to determine the active GUIDS. You then search the NameTrans section of the registry searching for Applogic Servlet *, and Bean * entries that represent your previously deployed components but are represented in the set of deployed GUIDs. Record these older GUIDs, remove them from ClassImp and ClassDef. Finally remove the older entries from NameTrans.
Best practices for deployment depend on your particular environmental needs. Many people utilize ANT as a build tool. In later versions of the application server, complete ANT scripts are included that address compiling, assembly and deployment. Ant 1.4 includes iAS specific targets and general J2EE targets. There are iAS specific targets that can be utilized with the 1.3 version. Specialized build targets are not required however to deploy to iAS.
Newer versions of the deployment tool allow you to specify that JSPs are not to be registered automatically. This can be significant if deployment times lag. Registered JSP's however benefit more fully from the services that iAS offers.
2) In general it is better to undeploy then redeploy. However, if you know that you're not changing GUIDs, recreating an existing application with new GUIDs, or removing registered components, you may avoid the undeploy phase.
If you shut down the KJS processes during deployment you can eliminate some addition workload on the LDAP server which really gets pounded during deployment. This is because the KJS processes detect changes and do registry loads to repopulate their caches. This can happen many times during a deployment and does not provide any benefit.
3) Deploying can be a lengthy process. There have been improvements in that performance from service pack to service pack but unfortunately you wont see dramatic drops in deployment times.
One thing you can do to reduce deployment times is to understand the type of deployment. If you have not manipulated your deployment descriptors in any way, then there is no need to deploy. Simply drop your newer bits in to the run time space of the application server. In later service packs this means exploding the package (ear,war, or jar) in to the appropriate subdirectory of the APPS directory.
4) If you've changed the classes of objects that have been placed in HTTPSession, you may find that you can no longer utilize those objects. For that reason, it is suggested that objects placed in session be kept as simple as possible in order to minimize this effect. In general however, is not a good idea to change a web application during the life span of a session.

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