ClusterTools5.0 Internal Architecture

Dear All,
I am a PhD student and are working on HPC area. And I am looking CT5.0 source code to understand the special feature of it different with other MPI implementation. But it has very few documentation, unlike others.
Does any one suggest some books, papers, sldes or website for Cluster Tools internal architecture?
Thanks very much
Noah Yan

Online marketing is not PIA. It is a separate web app. The standard PIA PeopleTools concepts do not apply to online marketing.
1. You determine what happens when a user clicks a button in online marketing through the online marketing dialog designer. You can execute PeopleCode or Java at any point in the dialog by adding a custom action. You can find an example of a custom Java action and a custom PeopleCode action in the PeopleBook "PeopleSoft Enterprise Online Marketing 9 PeopleBook > Using Extensions."
2. Yes, you can manually create profile tables for OLM. Sorry, I can't remember how to do this. I have never needed to do this. It appears that you know how to create a profile and use those profile fields in dialog designer. If you are interested in looking at the profile field data and responses, then look at PS_RA_PROFILE, PS_RA_ATTRIBUTE, and PS_RA_ATTR_CHOICES. If you want to display this data on a PIA page or report off this data, then you can create views against these tables.
3. I believe that OLM (online marketing) just stores choices/answers in the RA tables. I don't think it updates any student admin tables. I could be wrong on this though. Your rep should be able to put you in contact with someone that can give you a definitive answer on that. If you have to update the student admin tables yourself, then I would create the profile fields with whatever names seem appropriate to you, then use a PeopleCode custom action to either insert the prospect's answers into the student admin tables or run the answers through a CI (CI is preferred).
CRM and Siebel are different products. CRM is the PeopleSoft product acquired by Oracle through the PeopleSoft acquisition. CRM is built using the PeopleTools technology. Siebel was acquired by Oracle through a separate acquisition and is a CRM product built using a different toolset.

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Dear all,
from last couple of days i was very busy with my oracle 10g box,so i think this is right time to
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Have a look :-
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Oracle 10g Memory and Storage Feature.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1.Automatic Memory Management.
2.Online Segment Shrink
3.Redolog Advisor, checkpointing
4.Multiple Temporary tablespace.
5.Automatic Workload Repository
6.Active Session History
7.Misc
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b)Bigfile tablespace
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a)undocumented parameter (_log_blocks_during_backup)
b)X$ view (x$messages view)
c)Internal Structure of Controlfile
1.Automatic memory management
================================
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SHARED_POOL_SIZE
LARGE_POOL
JAVA_POOL
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2.Online Segment Shrink.
==========================
hmmmmm again a new feature by oracle to reduce the downtime.Now oracle mainly focus on availablity
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Exp/imp
or
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alter table emp shrink space compact. (This cmd doesn't block the DML operation.)
and alter table emp shrink space. (This cmd should be on non-peak hrs.)
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3.Redolog Advisor and checkpointing
================================================================
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SELECT OPTIMAL_LOGFILE_SIZE
FROM V$INSTANCE_RECOVERY
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Checkpointing
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4.Multiple Temporary tablespace.
==================================
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CREATE TEMPORARY TABLESPACE temp1 TEMPFILE '/u02/oracle/data/temp01.dbf'
SIZE 50M
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ALTER DATABASE <db name> DEFAULT TEMPORARY TABLESPACE group1;
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================================== AWR is built in Repository and Central point of Oracle 10g.Oracle self managing activities
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MMON process.we called it Memory monitor process.and all these information are kept upto 7 days(default) and after that it automatically purge.
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SQL> @?/rdbms/admin/awrrpt
Just like statspack report but its a advance and diff version of statspack,it provide more information of Database as well as OS.
it show report in Html and Text format.
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BEGIN
DBMS_WORKLOAD_REPOSITORY.CREATE_SNAPSHOT ();
END;
**The STATISTICS_LEVEL initialization parameter must be set to the TYPICAL or ALL to enable the Automatic Workload Repository.
[oracle@RMSORA1 oracle]$ sqlplus / as sysdba
SQL*Plus: Release 10.1.0.2.0 - Production on Fri Mar 17 10:37:22 2006
Copyright (c) 1982, 2004, Oracle. All rights reserved.
Connected to:
Oracle Database 10g Enterprise Edition Release 10.1.0.2.0 - Production
With the Partitioning, OLAP and Data Mining options
SQL> @?/rdbms/admin/awrrpt
Current Instance
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
DB Id DB Name Inst Num Instance
4174002554 RMSORA 1 rmsora
Specify the Report Type
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Would you like an HTML report, or a plain text report?
Enter 'html' for an HTML report, or 'text' for plain text
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Enter value for report_type: text
Type Specified: text
Instances in this Workload Repository schema
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
DB Id Inst Num DB Name Instance Host
* 4174002554 1 RMSORA rmsora RMSORA1
Using 4174002554 for database Id
Using 1 for instance number
Specify the number of days of snapshots to choose from
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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(n) days of snapshots being listed. Pressing <return> without
specifying a number lists all completed snapshots.
Listing the last 3 days of Completed Snapshots
Snap
Instance DB Name Snap Id Snap Started Level
rmsora RMSORA 16186 16 Mar 2006 17:33 1
16187 16 Mar 2006 18:00 1
16206 17 Mar 2006 03:30 1
16207 17 Mar 2006 04:00 1
16208 17 Mar 2006 04:30 1
16209 17 Mar 2006 05:00 1
16210 17 Mar 2006 05:31 1
16211 17 Mar 2006 06:00 1
16212 17 Mar 2006 06:30 1
16213 17 Mar 2006 07:00 1
16214 17 Mar 2006 07:30 1
16215 17 Mar 2006 08:01 1
16216 17 Mar 2006 08:30 1
16217 17 Mar 2006 09:00 1
Specify the Begin and End Snapshot Ids
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Enter value for begin_snap: 16216
Begin Snapshot Id specified: 16216
Enter value for end_snap: 16217
End Snapshot Id specified: 16217
Specify the Report Name
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The default report file name is awrrpt_1_16216_16217.txt. To use this name,
press <return> to continue, otherwise enter an alternative.
Benefit:- Now DBA have more free time to play games.....................:-)
Advance version of statspack
more DB and OS information with self managing capabilty
New Automatic alert and database advisor with the help of AWR.
6.Active Session History:-
==========================
V$active_session_history is view that contain the recent session history.
the memory for ASH is comes from SGA and it can't more then 5% of Shared pool.
So we can get latest and active session report from v$active_session_history view and also get histortical data of
of session from DBA_HIST_ACTIVE_SESS_HISTORY.
v$active_session_history include some imp column like:-
~SQL identifier of SQL statement
~Object number, file number, and block number
~Wait event identifier and parameters
~Session identifier and session serial number
~Module and action name
~Client identifier of the session
7.Misc:-
========
Rename Tablespace:-
=================
in 10g,we can even rename a tablespace by
alter tablespace <tb_name> rename to <tb_name_new>;
This command will update the controlfile,data dictionary and datafile header,but dbf filename will be same.
**we can't rename system and sysaux tablespace.
Bigfile tablespace:-
====================
Bigfile tablespace contain only one datafile.
A bigfile tablespace with 8K blocks can contain a 32 terabyte datafile.
Bigfile tablespaces are supported only for locally managed tablespaces with automatic segment-space management.
we can take the advantage of bigfile tablespace when we are using ASM or other logical volume with RAID.
without ASM or RAID ,it gives poor response.
syntax:-
CREATE BIGFILE TABLESPACE bigtbs
Flushing Buffer Cache:-
======================
This option is same as flushing the shared pool,but only available with 10g.
but i don't know, whats the use of this command in prod database......
anyway we can check and try it on test server for tuning n testing some query etc....
SQL> alter system flush buffer_cache;
System altered.
++++++++++++++++++
8.Oracle Internal
++++++++++++++++++
Here is some stuff that is not related with 10g but have some intresting things.
a)undocumented parameter "_log_blocks_during_backup"
++++++++++++++++++++++++
as we know that oracle has generate more redo logs during hotbackup mode because
oracle has to maintain the a complete copy of block into redolog due to split block.
we can also change this behaviour by setting this parameter to False.
If Oracle block size equals the operating system block size.thus reducing the amount of redo generated
during a hot backup.
WITHOUT ORACLE SUPPORT DON'T SET IT ON PROD DATABASE.THIS DOCUMENT IS JUST FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSE.
b)some X$ views (X$messages)
++++++++++++++++
if you are intresting in oracle internal architecture then x$ view is right place for getting some intresting things.
X$messages :-it show all the actions that a background process do.
select * from x$messages;
like:-
lock memory at startup MMAN
Memory Management MMAN
Handle sga_target resize MMAN
Reset advisory pool when advisory turned ON MMAN
Complete deferred initialization of components MMAN
lock memory timeout action MMAN
tune undo retention MMNL
MMNL Periodic MQL Selector MMNL
ASH Sampler (KEWA) MMNL
MMON SWRF Raw Metrics Capture MMNL
reload failed KSPD callbacks MMON
SGA memory tuning MMON
background recovery area alert action MMON
Flashback Marker MMON
tablespace alert monitor MMON
Open/close flashback thread RVWR
RVWR IO's RVWR
kfcl instance recovery SMON
c)Internal Structure of Controlfile
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
The contents of the current controlfile can be dumped in text form.
Dump Level Dump Contains
1 only the file header
2 just the file header, the database info record, and checkpoint progress records
3 all record types, but just the earliest and latest records for circular reuse record types
4 as above, but includes the 4 most recent records for circular reuse record types
5+ as above, but the number of circular reuse records included doubles with each level
the session must be connected AS SYSDBA
alter session set events 'immediate trace name controlf level 5';
This dump show lots of intresting information.
it also show rman recordes if we used this controlfile in rman backup.
Thanks
Kuljeet Pal Singh

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first of all my apologies for posting this thread in more than one forum (see Installations Issues) but the argument is very important to us and I don't know where discuss it.
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ications look for. As an added complication, under MAX 2.1 (From an evaluation of the Switch Executive) It behaves the same, except that it almost always crashes with one of the following errors. 'OLEChannelWnd Fatal Error', or 'Error#26 window.cpp line 10028 Labview Version 6.0.2' Once opened and closed MAX 2.1 will not open again! (Note we do not have LabVIEW on the system.) What is the relationship between the config.mxs and ivi.ini now? Also, your Session Manager application (for use with TestStand) extracts information from ivi.ini and may expect entries to be manually entered into ivi.ini (e.g. NISessionManager_Reset = True) i.e. Is the TestStand Session Manager compatible with MAX 2.0?

Brian,
The primary difference between MAX 1.1 and 2.x is that there is a new internal architecture. MAX 2.x synchronizes data between the config.mxs and the ivi.ini. The reason you're having trouble is that user-editing of the ivi.ini file is not supported with MAX 2.x.
Some better solutions to accomplish what you want:
1. Do as Mark Ireton suggested in his answer
2. Use the IVI Run-Time Configuration functions. They will allow you to dynamically configure your Logical Names, Virtual Instruments, Instrument Drivers, and Devices. You can then use your own format for storing and retrieving that information, and use the relevant pieces for each execution. You can find information on these functions in the IVI CVI Help file located in Start >> National I
nstruments >> IVI Driver Toolset folder. Go to the chapter on Run-time Initialization Configuration.
I strongly suggest #2, because those functions will continue to be supported in the future, while other mechanisms may not be.
--Bankim
Bankim Tejani
National Instruments

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SAP Note 321190 provides the difference betwen Business Area and Profit Center, which you can get from SAP Service Market place.
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We are a university that updates and publishes a catalog 4 x a year - this includes a table created in a much older ID version. Now, opening this bulletin and working in 5.5 and 6, every bulletin has crashing issues that revolve around this table.
Tips online suggested saving the ID6 file as an .idml and reopen in the newer software. But now the .idml is preventing ID6 from opening. THIS after running the Maverick OSx updates.
Yes, I could rebuild this but it's big and I'd rather find the root and fix it.
Help?
The crash report mentions, among a lot of data, a long list of plugins. I woudn't know where to find them or what to do with them.
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If your application requirements exclude the LabVIEW toolchain, then the remaining option is the USB Driver Development Kit which is avaliable here, but you will have to contact your local field sales representative to discuss support
options as standard phone and e-mail support are not available for the
NI Measurement Hardware DDK.
NI Measurement Hardware Driver Development Kit
http://digital.ni.com/express.nsf/bycode/exyv4w?opendocument&lang=en&node=seminar_US
ColeR
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