Essbase Services is consuming excessive resource

Hello,
We are using, believe it or not, Essbase version 6.5.7.5038 and seeing Windows Service Performance Issues. *Alert description: The 'Essbase Service' service on computer [SEVERNAME] is consuming excessive resource*
We didn't see the problem on the server until we had upgraded to version 6.5.7 from version 6.0.
Does anyone know how we can resolve this issue? We will upgrade to System 9 early next year but at this time we are not going to do the upgrade.
Thanks

Thanks for the response Jason....
Answer to your question:
Has anything else about the system changed, besides just upgrading from version 6.0 to 6.5?
A - Yes, the whole system. We moved the Essbase database from one server to a larger new server.
Does the problem only come up after the system has been running for a certain amount of time, or right away?
A - Server running for a week at minimum and the problem seems to occur mostly at night when we load new data and re-calc the cubes.
How much memory is on the server?
A - 8GB
Is there any other information about what type of resource it is that's being consumed?
There are 4 dual processors running on the box but it seems essbase only uses one at a time to process a task.
Is your server still functioning correctly as an Essbase server, prior to the error messages coming up,
or are some of the numbers off these days?
A - Server running for a week at minimum before the problem comes up. We then reboot and that seems to clear it for a while. The member useage seems to be high on the box but we will need to confirm if it get's release after the re-boot.
As for your comments regarding member names with periods in them needed to be quoted in calc scripts and such. That is something I'll need to look into. I know we have some
members with periods but I'm not sure if any of them are referenced in a calc script.
Regards.
Leo

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Apple is progressing so quickly now, beyond any other technology innovation company, that this kind of thing is likely to happen again in the future with some other product of theirs. Are people going to complain each time? Must the company give out rebates each time? This all seems so silly. It’s no longer possible to compare Apple to other companies with regard to their ability to implement product improvements. It’s like dog years versus human years. Two months in Apple’s world of product development is equal to about 6 to 9 months for most manufacturers. I know it is difficult, but people need to get used to that.
To the complainers out there, I have a few questions. Would you like Apple to be less innovative? Would you like Apple to not give you more value and voluntarily drop their prices by hundreds of dollars? Is that what you want? Don't get upset at Apple just because they are pushing the envelope of technical innovation and value from one month to the next. What if Apple released an 8-core computer this summer and then by fall they announced their new 16-core computer? This is the kind of development and progress pace we need to start expecting from Apple. The migration to Intel processors went much faster than anticipated.
Some research suggests that the iPhone cost of materials are about $300. So, there had been some complaints that Apple is price gouging by selling the iPhone for twice that amount. What people don’t understand is that there are other costs in building a piece of technology and running a business beyond the electronic components that go into them. The actual cost per 8GB iPhone is probably about $550. When Apple sells them for $400 each, I calculate they are taking a loss on the phone of about $150 per phone. Why would a company do this? There is something called a “lost leader” in retail sales. It’s a product you sell below your cost in an effort to rapidly expand your customer base. I’m guessing this is what Apple is doing by offering the iPhone at such an amazingly low price.
I'm planning to purchase an Apple notebook sometime soon. I'm not in a hurry, so I'm waiting until they announce the next major upgrade to their notebook line. I'm guessing it will be this fall. If I really was in a rush to get a notebook, I'd get one now, and then be a little disappointed when the new ones are announced -- but I wouldn’t be surprised. Instead, I'm waiting. I'd like to see built-in broadband cards (cellular data access) and LED back lighting in the 17-inch notebook. Perhaps larger hard drives and faster processors would be nice. It would be wonderful if it had an optical glass touch screen like the iPhone.
This latest uproar reminds me of the consumer complaints about iPods scratching. For decades, portable handheld computing devices have been available. They get scratched, and nobody says anything. Anyone concerned about their device scratching can purchase a protective cover. Then Apple comes along and offers their product. Suddenly consumers are in an uproar about it scratching and there is a class action lawsuit. It doesn’t seem fair that the most progressive and innovative company out there is the one that gets beaten up by consumers the most.
My comprehensive review of the iPhone can be found here:
http://web.mac.com/resourcesforlife/journal/writings/Entries/2007/8/18iPhoneReview.html
The Consumer Defense Resource Group is online here:
http://www.resourcesforlife.com/groups/cdrg/
The above article can be found here:
http://web.mac.com/resourcesforlife/journal/writings/Entries/2007/9/7iPhone_Price_Drops_-_ConsumersUpset.html

Junk Mail Designer wrote:
I'm not biting.
I've read too many reports in the media from people more highly credentialed than Mr. Johnson to the contrary.
The analogies and comparisons are still way off. Production didn't get cheaper, the phone didn't get upgraded, no carrier's are subsidizing, retailer's are not discounting. Never has the MSRP of CD-ROMs, nor cellphones, nor HDTV's dropped this quickly in history.
I'm tired and going to bed. But here's your assignment. Apple's price decrease rate is 33.3% in 67 days. What would a $10,000 item cost at that rate in one year?
Actually product advancement and innovation are very much the central issue here. Apple has effectively "upgraded" the 4GB unit to 8GB and reduced the price by $100. It's all in how you look at it.
The real issue of innovation and development has yet to be seen, but the recent price drop is an indicator that Apple already has something "in the shoot" to be released soon.
I was thinking it might take a year for a new version of the iPhone to be announced. Yet, with the recent price drop, it seems they may be lowering the price on the original unit to make room for a new one. Which is my point exactly. Apple is so fast at innovating that they already have something new to release (that's my prediction).
They can't release something new and sell the old units if the "something new" and the "something old" are at the same price. It makes sense that the 8GB unit would drop to $400 and the new one will be $600.

Creating a web service to consume price of a particular stock from ???

hey,
i'm new, donno much about web services in terms of writing it, but i do have some knowledge about wat it actually does...
im here becuz i wanna create a web service to consume the price of a particular stock and then store the closing price along with the dates into a database
now, im abit lost here.. how do i know where to get the information from? is it possible for me to write a web service to communicate with Yahoo! Finance or any other sites which allows consumption of information?

If you are talking about simple XML transformation of the SOAP payload between the client calling your service and the final destination of the message you are routing, the ESB approach may be a better fit.
If you have more complex transformation in mind, with major processing and rework of the message in the intermediary, you may be better of with using the POJO approach. Write your service and embed a callout to the other service in your implementation. If the two services share the same Java Model, you may even be able to re-use the same Java Bean.
To get SOAP Element instead of Java bean, you just need to use the noDataBinding option with either genProxy and topDownAssemble (or assemble). See the WS-Guide [1] for details. Chapter 18 will give you all the details about the different WSA command line parameters.
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[1] http://download-west.oracle.com/docs/cd/B31017_01/web.1013/b28974/toc.htm

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Thanks!

Hi,
Please check the file /etc/services.
In this file you will find that which port is occupied by which services. This file contains all services details (OS+ SAP also).
Please refer to below doc for the details about the standard ports used by SAP applications.
https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/go/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/4e515a43-0e01-0010-2da1-9bcc452c280b
With Regards,
Saurabh

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I have tried to prepare a batch file which is calling the default service restart batch StartEssbase.bat and stopEssbase.bat.
Stop process is running fine. But, Start is not success. When I run StartEssbase.bat and stopEssbase.bat manually essbase is restarting successfully.
I tried with the command like START ESSCMD.exe "Password" also. Still it is not working.
Could any one please help with the batch scrpit how can I build to start or stop essbase.
Thanks
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Hi,
You can use these...
Start essbase-------------------------------
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SET SERVERNAME=XXXXXXXX
SET USERNAME=XXXXXX
SET PASSWORD=XXXXX
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CALL %ESB_BIN_DIR%\setEssbaseEnv.cmd
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IF "%CHK10%" NEQ "0" (
     ECHO ------------------------------------------------------
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     ECHO ------------------------------------------------------
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) ELSE (
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The maxl is like
login $1 $2 on $3;
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Regards
Snehasis

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Hi guys how can i check which query is consuming most resources , run by which user and how to kill that....
Khurana

1)     At the first stage, login to the server and at the OS level I run commands like TOP and see the overall performance of the Server. From this one can know the Total CPU Memory, CPU Usage, Memory Available, and Swap Memory Available and how busy the CPU is.
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Hi, We are facing a problem with Essbase Service. even after multiple restarts, the service just stops with in few seconds after its starts. Please find below error in the log.
[Fri Apr 30 09:21:40 2010]Local/ESSBASE0///Error(1051496)
Essbase failed to register product at Shared Services Server with Error [Registeration failed: null.Registeration failed: null.]
We are using 11.1.1.3 version of Hyperion.
I have checked the Shared Services and its running fine, as i can login into the EAS.
Please suggest.

Is this app with foundation services right?
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base on my experiance Essbase always going down when it up that services too fast.
Try to stop all services include repository and make sure u can accsess interop before you up essbase services

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I am working under Hyperion 11.1.1 and I have error.
I want to start Essbase service in order to use MAXL / Essmsh but the Essbase service can't start. The service starts manually as usual and path to executable pointed to C:\Hyperion\products\Essbase\EssbaseServer\bin\ESSBASE.exe
when I tried to find the folder and run essbase.exe the error shows that the service name is wrong (Hypservice_1) and not found.
Actually at Windows service, display name is "Hyperion Essbase Services 11.1.1 - hypservice_1"
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I couldn't capture the windows when I run startessbase.cmd, it runs very fast and disappeared afterwards.
What can I find on essbase.log is something like this repeatedly:
[Thu Oct 20 14:19:56 2011]Local/ESSBASE0///Error(1051223)
Single Sign On function call [css_init] failed with error [CSS Error: CSS method invocation error: com.hyperion.css.CSSSystem.<init>]
[Thu Oct 20 14:19:56 2011]Local/ESSBASE0///Info(1051198)
Single Sign-On Initialization Failed !
[Thu Oct 20 14:19:56 2011]Local/ESSBASE0///Info(1051232)
Using English_UnitedStates.Latin1@Binary as the Essbase Locale
[Thu Oct 20 14:19:57 2011]Local/ESSBASE0///Error(1051527)
In Shared Services Security mode it is not possible to start Essbase when single sign on initialization fails.
[Thu Oct 20 14:20:02 2011]Local/ESSBASE0///Info(1051283)
Retrieving License Information Please Wait...
[Thu Oct 20 14:20:02 2011]Local/ESSBASE0///Info(1051286)
License information retrieved.
[Thu Oct 20 14:20:04 2011]Local/ESSBASE0///Error(1051223)
Single Sign On function call [css_init] failed with error [CSS Error: CSS method invocation error: com.hyperion.css.CSSSystem.<init>]
[Thu Oct 20 14:20:04 2011]Local/ESSBASE0///Info(1051198)
Single Sign-On Initialization Failed !
[Thu Oct 20 14:20:04 2011]Local/ESSBASE0///Info(1051232)
Using English_UnitedStates.Latin1@Binary as the Essbase Locale
[Thu Oct 20 14:20:04 2011]Local/ESSBASE0///Error(1051527)
In Shared Services Security mode it is not possible to start Essbase when single sign on initialization fails.
[Thu Oct 20 14:21:59 2011]Local/ESSBASE0///Info(1051283)
Retrieving License Information Please Wait...
[Thu Oct 20 14:21:59 2011]Local/ESSBASE0///Info(1051286)
License information retrieved.
[Thu Oct 20 14:22:01 2011]Local/ESSBASE0///Error(1051223)
Single Sign On function call [css_init] failed with error [CSS Error: CSS method invocation error: com.hyperion.css.CSSSystem.<init>]

Automate start/stop essbase service using Maxl or batch

Hi - how would my batch or Maxl file look like if I wanted to come out with a script to stop and start my essbase service? The reason why i am doing this is because I wanted to stop the essbase service, so that I can archive the essbase.log file.
I am on essbase 7.0, I have read on some postings that stopping and starting the essbase service can potentially corrupt the sec file. If so, then is there any other way of archive the essbase.log file so that it does not grow to megs.
Thanks.

Hi,
You could use the following maxl
alter system shudown;
it may be useful to stop all the applications first e.g.
alter system unload application all;
or you can use windows command line
net stop essbaseservicename
and to start
net start essbaseservicename
Another method to backup the essbase.log is to make a copy of the log then use maxl to delete the log.
alter system clear logfile;
Cheers
John
http://john-goodwin.blogspot.com/

Essbase service will not start

(Hyperion version 9.3.1)
Database crashed while a calc script was running and now when I try to start the essbase service I get the following error:
Error 14001: This application has failed to start because the application configuration is incorrect.
Reinstalling the application may fix the problem.
Has anyone else ever seen this error and know a solution other than reinstalling the application?

Srinivas,
Thanks for your suggestion. Replacing the .sec file was my first troubleshooting attempt and that did not resolve the issue.
Our databse crashed while a calc script was running and that started the essbase service problem. The final fix was restoring the database cubes from backup and also restoring the Bin and Locales folders in the Hyperion application directory on the essbase box (there were some essbase service dll's that got corrupted). For our environment the is path D:\Hyperion\AnalyticServices\Bin and D:\Hyperion\AnalyticServices\Locales.

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