IS VM asupported in SCSM 2007

A customer asked me this today and I am researching for him. Can anyone tell me is VM is supported in SCSM 2007? Looks like you might need to create in SCOM then sync the connector in SCSM, but wanted to verify

There is no SCSM 2007 version. SCSM 2010 was the first version and the latest version is SCSM 2012 R2 at the moment. But you are right: Ops Manager connector is needed. There is a SCVMM connector available in SCSM 2012 R2 as well.
Maybe this blog post is helpful:
What Classes of Objects Does the SCVMM–SCSM Connector Bring In?
Andreas Baumgarten | H&D International Group

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Reinstallation of SCSM Portal 2012 -Self Servcie Portal

Hi Team,
I had to re-install SCSM 2012 Portal – Self Service Portal. I Uninstalled it by following the blog -
http://schadda.blogspot.com/2012/07/how-to-uninstall-scsm-web-portal-from.html
I also deleted the websites and application pools, manually from IIS 7.0 . After all these, when I tried to install the Self Service Portal, The installation failed.
Installation O/P:
Web content server is configured and can be accessed
Service Manager Portal is not configured
Sharepoint_SMPortal Content is not there in the Database.
In RegeditàHKLM\Software\Microsoft\System Center\2010\Service Manager\setup . Whenever I reinstall , Portal__ Values keep changing but SharePoint___
values are not changed.
What are Regedit keys/values updated by SCSM 2012?
I also tried with different
SharePoint Foundation – Stand-alone and Farm configurations.
Ports
Certificates with and without SSL
Different Admin accounts,
But I still get the same error.
When I checked logs I found 4 typical errors, repeating.
          1. “Drives are at
risk of running out of freespace” – in SharePoint central admin
          2. In event viewer
à Microsoft
à Operations Manager. Event 33880, Health Service Modules
A Windows Workflow Foundation workflow failed during execution.
Workflow Type: Microsoft.SystemCenter.ExchangeConnector.ProcessEmailsWorkflow
Workflow Identifier: dc980a92-3fd4-5fb7-b3bb-d8f033d19362
Health Service Modules
Exception Type: Microsoft.Exchange.WebServices.Data.ServiceRequestException
Exception Message: The response received from the service didn't contain valid XML.
Exception Stack:    at Microsoft.SystemCenter.ExchangeConnector.ExchangeInbox.ProcessMail()
   at Microsoft.SystemCenter.ExchangeConnector.ProcessEmailsWorkflow.Execute(ActivityExecutionContext executionContext)
   at System.Workflow.ComponentModel.ActivityExecutor`1.Execute(T activity, ActivityExecutionContext executionContext)
   at System.Workflow.ComponentModel.CompositeActivityExecutor`1.Execute(T activity, ActivityExecutionContext executionContext)
   at System.Workflow.ComponentModel.ActivityExecutor`1.Execute(Activity activity, ActivityExecutionContext executionContext)
   at System.Workflow.ComponentModel.ActivityExecutorOperation.Run(IWorkflowCoreRuntime workflowCoreRuntime)
   at System.Workflow.Runtime.Scheduler.Run()
3. In event viewer à SCOM GUID TRACING. Following Error were logged. When Googled, I came to know that these are related to SCOM.
Session "TracingGuidsUI" failed to start with the following error: 0xC0000035
Session "TracingGuidsSCUI" failed to start with the following error: 0xC0000035
Session "TracingGuidsScript" failed to start with the following error: 0xC0000035
Session "TracingGuidsNative" failed to start with the following error: 0xC0000035
Session "TracingGuidsConfigService" failed to start with the following error: 0xC0000035
Session "TracingGuidsBID" failed to start with the following error: 0xC0000035
4. In SCSM installation log, I found problem related to SCOM component.
Property(S): MOM_REGISTRY_PATH = SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft Operations Manager\3.0
Property(S): SCOM_SHARED_DIR.80B659D9_F758_4E7D_B4FA_E53FC737DCC9 = C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Operations Manager\
Property(S): SCOMV3SP1ProgramName.68918168_3885_4F75_BBF8_0CC84213F8D1 = System Center Operations Manager 2007
Property(S): AccountVerificationErrDlg_Text1.68918168_3885_4F75_BBF8_0CC84213F8D1 = Setup is unable to confirm the account details. For Operations Manager SDK account make sure it is a Local Administrator account.
Property(S): AgentServerCompatibilityErrDlg_Text1.68918168_3885_4F75_BBF8_0CC84213F8D1 = A different version of System Center Operations Manager was found on the system. Setup cannot continue.
Property(S): AgentServerCompatibilityErrDlg_Title.68918168_3885_4F75_BBF8_0CC84213F8D1 = Incompatible Management Server Found
Property(S): AgentServerCompatibilityErrDlg_Text1.68918168_3885_4F75_BBF8_0CC84213F8D1 = A different version of System Center Operations Manager was found on the system. Setup cannot continue.
Property(S): AgentServerCompatibilityErrDlg_Text3.68918168_3885_4F75_BBF8_0CC84213F8D1 = Click Cancel to exit the installation.
Then, either uninstall or upgrade the Operations Manager components on this computer and restart setup.
Property(S): WrongPackage.68918168_3885_4F75_BBF8_0CC84213F8D1 = This installation package is not supported by this processor type.
Property(S): SetupExitHelp_Text.68918168_3885_4F75_BBF8_0CC84213F8D1 = To exit the installation, click Cancel.
Property(S): ReadyToInstall_DlgText_InstallText.68918168_3885_4F75_BBF8_0CC84213F8D1 = Click Install to begin the installation.
Property(S): ReadyToInstall_DlgText_RemoveText.68918168_3885_4F75_BBF8_0CC84213F8D1 = Click remove to begin uninstallation.
Property(S): ReadyToInstall_DlgText_UpgradeText.68918168_3885_4F75_BBF8_0CC84213F8D1 = Click Upgrade to begin the upgrade.
Property(S): This_Computer.68918168_3885_4F75_BBF8_0CC84213F8D1 = (this Computer)
Property(S): MOMInstallDir_Exists.68918168_3885_4F75_BBF8_0CC84213F8D1 = Setup has detected an existing Operations Manager Agent or Operations Manager Server component. The Operations Manager component that is chosen will be installed to the
existing folder.
Property(S): ReadyToInstallDlg_Desc.68918168_3885_4F75_BBF8_0CC84213F8D1 = The wizard is ready to install Operations Manager 2007 R2.
Property(S): DatabaseOptionsErrDlg_Text11.68918168_3885_4F75_BBF8_0CC84213F8D1 = The Operations Manager 2007 database requires a minimum of 500MB size. To continue setup click Back, change the database size to be greater or equal to 500MB.
Property(S): MaintenanceDlg_Remove.68918168_3885_4F75_BBF8_0CC84213F8D1 = Remove this product from your computer. Use this option to remove all Operations Manager components.
Property(S): MaintenanceDlg_Modify.68918168_3885_4F75_BBF8_0CC84213F8D1 = Change which Operations Manager components are installed. Use this option to add or remove components.
Property(S): RootManagementServerDlg_Note.68918168_3885_4F75_BBF8_0CC84213F8D1 = Note: To connect to the Root Management Server you must be a member of the Operations Manager Administrators user role.
Property(S): RootManagementServerErrDlg_Desc2.68918168_3885_4F75_BBF8_0CC84213F8D1 = We were unable to connect to the given server. Please check the server name and it's DNS name resolution. Also make sure the user running setup is Operations
Manager Administrator and try again.
Property(S): DatabaseOptionsErrDlg_Text11.68918168_3885_4F75_BBF8_0CC84213F8D1 = The Operations Manager 2007 database requires a minimum of 500MB size. To continue setup click Back, change the database size to be greater or equal to 500MB.
Property(S): SQLServerNotFoundDlg_Desc.68918168_3885_4F75_BBF8_0CC84213F8D1 = The Operations Manager 2007 database component requires Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 1 or later. The selected instance does not have the correct version.
To continue setup, go back and choose custom setup and unselect the database component or select a different instance or upgrade the selected instance to the correct version.
Property(S): SQLServicesErrDlg_Desc.68918168_3885_4F75_BBF8_0CC84213F8D1 = The Operations Manager 2007 R2 setup failed to start the Microsoft SQL server services. To continue setup, go back and choose a different instance or start the SQL Server
services for the selected instance.
Property(S): UserIsNotSysAdminDlg_MOMDBDesc.68918168_3885_4F75_BBF8_0CC84213F8D1 = The user running setup is not in sysadmin role in the Operations Manager database or we are unable to connect to Operations Manager database, please verify if
you can connect to Operations Manager database from this computer.
Property(S): MOMHSPortDesc.68918168_3885_4F75_BBF8_0CC84213F8D1 = Operations Manager Health Service.
How is SCSM Portal installation related to SCOM? How to solved this issue?
We are stuck with this from past a week. Request for help!
Regards,
Gayathri

Had you check if Antivirus or ForeFront is may be blocking it. also verify if SharePoint is Service Pack 2
Sajid H. A. Rashid Analyst Application Developer

SCOM Connected Management Group to SCSM Connector not working

Hi
We have successfully connected 3 management groups using Connected Management Group . I can see the alerts from all the 3 MG in one console. I also configured SCSM connector and connected to the local Management where the other 2 are connected . I can successfully
forward the alerts from that MG which is registered in SCSM , but when I try to forward the alerts from the other 2 mg I get the below message on the respective Management servers . Is connected management group supported in SCSM . Or am I missing any step
need
Log Name: Operations Manager
Source: DataAccessLayer
Date: 11/4/2014 4:58:20 PM
Event ID: 33333
Task Category: None
Level: Warning
Keywords: Classic
User: N/A
Computer: server
Description:
Data Access Layer rejected retry on SqlError:
Request: AlertUpdate -- (AlertId=c89b3ebc-2e45-47e9-a6d8-e96c05b787f3), (BaseManagedEntityId=9f8aa0d1-1b31-d133-e66a-a91830a42405), (ResolutionState=0), (Owner=), (CustomField1=), (CustomField2=), (CustomField3=), (CustomField4=), (CustomField5=), (CustomField6=),
(CustomField7=), (CustomField8=), (CustomField9=), (CustomField10=), (Comments=Alert modified by user), (TimeLastModified=10/14/2014 5:28:11 AM), (ModifiedBy=xx\xxxx), (TicketId=), (ConnectorId=a680dc76-2fc2-429d-b6dd-d1a851e9bd8f), (ModifyingConnectorId=),
(TfsWorkItemId=), (TfsWorkItemOwner=), (RETURN_VALUE=1)
Class: 16
Number: 547
Message: The UPDATE statement conflicted with the FOREIGN KEY constraint "FK_Alert_ConnectorId". The conflict occurred in database "OperationsManager", table "dbo.Connector", column 'ConnectorId'.
Event Xml:
<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
<System>
 <Provider Name="DataAccessLayer" />
 <EventID Qualifiers="32768">33333</EventID>
 <Level>3</Level>
 <Task>0</Task>
 <Keywords>0x80000000000000</Keywords>
 <TimeCreated SystemTime="2014-11-05T00:58:20.000000000Z" />
 <EventRecordID>35534</EventRecordID>
 <Channel>Operations Manager</Channel>
 <Computer>server</Computer>
 <Security />
</System>
<EventData>
 <Data>AlertUpdate -- (AlertId=c89b3ebc-2e45-47e9-a6d8-e96c05b787f3), (BaseManagedEntityId=9f8aa0d1-1b31-d133-e66a-a91830a42405), (ResolutionState=0), (Owner=), (CustomField1=), (CustomField2=), (CustomField3=), (CustomField4=), (CustomField5=),
(CustomField6=), (CustomField7=), (CustomField8=), (CustomField9=), (CustomField10=), (Comments=Alert modified by user), (TimeLastModified=10/14/2014 5:28:11 AM), (ModifiedBy=FAREAST\v-sanaug), (TicketId=), (ConnectorId=a680dc76-2fc2-429d-b6dd-d1a851e9bd8f),
(ModifyingConnectorId=), (TfsWorkItemId=), (TfsWorkItemOwner=), (RETURN_VALUE=1)</Data>
 <Data>16</Data>
 <Data>547</Data>
 <Data>The UPDATE statement conflicted with the FOREIGN KEY constraint "FK_Alert_ConnectorId". The conflict occurred in database "OperationsManager", table "dbo.Connector", column 'ConnectorId'.</Data>
</EventData>
</Event>

For Fix error 33333, you can refer below links
http://opsmgradmin.blogspot.com/2011/05/scom-event-id-33333-in-scom-from-source.html
http://blogs.technet.com/b/smsandmom/archive/2008/03/13/opsmgr-2007-dataaccesslayer-event-id-33333-with-should-not-generate-data-about-this-managed-object.aspx
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SCSM attaching email images as "Picture (Device Independent Bitmap)"

Hi all.
Recently, more and more images from emails (screen prints of errors etc) are appearing on SCSM 2010 as "Picture (Device Independent Bitmap)" which cannot be opened in any of the normal Image software (Paint/MS Image and picture viewer etc).
It also seems to crash SCSM when people try to open/save these files.
Anyone have any ideas? I can't see anywhere to specify how SCSM should treat images in e-mails and not sure what the cause is (normal environment of sender - XP/Outlook 2007 etc)
Thanks
Phil

Hi Warren,
I have a real easy solution for you.
Zip the files and remove the .zip off the file name, then the firewalls won't strip the file out, or block the emails. Leave an instruction about putting the .zip extension back on in the email, and you're done.
I use this whenever I need to do what you're doing with good results.
Cheers!

SCSM 2012 with 2003 domain functional level supported?

All,
I am running SCCM 2007. Now I need to install Service Manager 2012SP1. Domain functional level is 2003 with 2008 DC.
will this allow me to install SCSM 2012SP1 with full features? or will it be reduced functionality?
will there be any schema extension when I install SCSM 2012? pleas note we already have SCCM 2007 running.
can I upgrade SCCM 2007 to SCCM 2012?
it would be helpful if you could share some link about whether its possible or not.
Thanks.
KailashC

Thomas,
Thanks for your response. Can I do a direct upgrade SCCM 2007 SP3 to SCCM 2012 or do I need to plan a migration? I mean fresh install SCCM 2012 and then migrate the data over ?
Thanks.
KailashC

Import System Center Monitoring Pack for System Center 2012 - Service Manager into SCOM 2007 R2

I would like to know if there is SCSM 2012 SP1 MP available for SCOM 2007 R2 ?
I downloaded the "System Center Monitoring Pack for System Center 2012 - Service Manager" MP from
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=29980 and then import into SCOM 2007 R2, however, I found that there are some MP dependencies issue.
For example, the "Microsoft System Center Service Manager Library" MP requires "Microsoft SystemCenter Library" and "System.Health.Library" MPs of version 7.0.8427.0. Howerver, the "Microsoft SystemCenter Library"
and "System.Health.Library" MP in SCOM 2007 R2 is of version 6.1.7221.0

Import Management Pack from DVD disk SCOM 2012 R2
SW_DVD5_Sys_Ctr_2012_R2_English_OpsMgr_MLF_X19-18307.ISO\ManagementPacks
Have a nice day !!!

User Satisfaction Surveys on SCSM 2012 SSP

My company is implementing SCSM 2012, and I'd like to move our User Satisfaction Surveys off to the SSP. Conceptually since this is SharePoint we should be able to duplicate what we did with our original SharePoint 2007 surveys, but after re-reading the
available examples that reference 2007, I can't for the life of me figure out what I need to do to set this up on the SSP instead.
I'd like detailed instructions on doing this if anyone has them available, or can point me in the right direction at least if they've done the same.

I'm at the same stage as Marcel, my survey works, the incidentID and Analyst fields are hidden, my email notification link contains the Trouble Ticket ID and assigned to persons username:
http://SharepointSurveySite/Lists/IT Satisfactionary Survey/overview.aspx?IncidentID=IR142&Analyst=Test User
But when I review a response to the survey, IncidentID and Analyst is undefined.
I've tried inserting the Java code where Pablo suggest above and I tried inserting it where this blog suggests, doesnt seem to make any difference at all.
http://blogs.technet.com/b/carlospantoja/archive/2012/08/09/incident-resolution-satisfaction-surveys-on-sharepoint-2010.aspx
I have not editted the script, I gather I am supposed to "uncomment out" the setLookupFromFieldName and replace the field display name and query string name, but with what?
setInputValueFromFieldName("IncidentID", vals["IncidentID"],
true);
setInputValueFromFieldName("Analyst", vals["Analyst"],
true);
//setLookupFromFieldName("<<FIELD DISPLAY NAME>>", vals["<<QUERYSTRING VARIABLE NAME>>"]);
EDIT: I am using SCSM 2012 SP1 and SharePoint 2010 Foundation, editting the aspx with SharePoint Designer 2010, Servers 2008 R2 SP1 and Clients Win 7 64bit SP1.

Cannot send email from Exchange 2007 to Exchange 2013

Hello Anyone,
Anyone can help? I've prepare MS Exchange 2013 already, for Migration MS Exchange 2007 and I got the issue.
My issue is I can't send email from Exchange 2007 to Exchagen 2013, but for Exchange 2013 can send email to Exchange 2007,
is my issue only internal email for external email both Exchange server is working fine.
Regards,
Eakkasak

Thanks for your reply, when I send email from Exchange 2007 to Exchange 2013 I'm get the error message below.
Delivery is delayed to these recipients or distribution lists:
Eakkasak Buajan
Subject:
This message has not yet been delivered. Microsoft Exchange will continue to try delivering the message on your behalf.
Delivery of this message will be attempted until 8/29/2014 8:30:29 PM (GMT+07:00) Bangkok, Hanoi, Jakarta. Microsoft Exchange will notify you if the message can't be delivered by that time."
I'm already tick "Exchange server Authentication" in the Default Receive connector properties of Exchange 2013"
I'm restart services and restart all Exchange Server but doesn't work.
Thanks,
Eakkasak
Sent by Microsoft Exchange Server 2007

Cannot send email from Exchange 2007 to Exchange 2013 - Coexistence

Existing Exchange 2007 SP3 1 MBX, 2 CAS/HT, 2 ET servers.
I have added an Exchange 2013 server with MBX/CAS role.
Email will flow from Ex2013 server no problem. Mail from Ex2007 systems cannot deliver to Ex2013 boxes, it dies in queue with a 4.4.7 expired message after issuing a delay message.
I can telnet to ports 25, 587,717,465,475, and 2525 from Ex2007 HT role to new Exchange 2013 server. I can send email from Ex2007 HT role server to new Exchange 2013 server using telnet to port 25.
A ‘get-mailbox’ from the Ex2007 HT role server returns the server and database properly on the test users on Exchange 2013 server.
The only strange thing I am seeing is from the Ex2007 systems, a ‘get-exchange server’ command shows the new Ex2013 server as role ‘16439’ which looks to perhaps be normal.
Why is email not flowing to the new users on Exchange 2013?

You should have exchange server authentication ticked in Default Receive connector in Exchange2007.
Exchange 2007 and Exchange 2013 in the same subnet/network. if not please check any spam agent running between the networks. Are you running antispam on Exchange2013 ?
MAS

Dunning Letter on Receivables Aging SAP B1 2007

You run the customer receivables aging report and double click a row on receivables aging report window. You highlight one row, there is no letter checkbox compare to SAP 2005 A. There is no Dunning Letter PLD as well. Therefore dunning letter report cannot be previewed.
Does this letter checkbox and dunning letter PLD is not available in SAP 2007 A?
Thanks,
Kay Chong

Hi,
the document [Changed Features as of Release 2007 |https://websmp101.sap-ag.de/~sapidb/011000358700000281062007E.pdf]says the following:
Dunning in Aging Report
Application Path: Financials u2192 Financial Reports u2192 Accounting u2192 Aging u2192 Customer Receivables Aging u2192 Customer Receivables Aging u2013 Details window
Availability: All countries
Used for: indicating the dunning level linked to the document/transaction and creating a dunning letter if required.
                         Availability in
                         SAP B1 2007 A or B    Functionality changed?
New installations        N/A                   No
Upgrading customers      All countries         No
So this functionality is only available for databases upgraded from an older release.
Regards,
Marcus

When i click on an excel or word file in 2007 the program begins to open but then an error message says There was a problem sending the command to the program

when i click on an excel or word file in 2007 the program begins to open but then an error message says There was a problem sending the command to the program.
i am using office2007 with windows7 premium home edition. i have checked file associations., all DDE settings. i have even tried this in safe mode. the same thing happens. please note once i see the error. i can then go back to the file click on
it a second time and it WILL open. AND i can open any file if i open excel and and find the file from there. i uninstalled and re-installed office 2007 from scratch. And i checked the compatibility mode (all un-checked) still the problem persisits. this is
a real PITA. anyone have any solution for this? Thanks
ken yanow

Hi,
Have you try to un-select the Ignore other applications that use Dynamic Data Exchange (DDE) setting?
Click the Microsoft Office Button, and then click Excel Options.
Click Advanced, and then click to clear the Ignore other applications that use Dynamic Data Exchange (DDE)
check box in the General area.
Click OK.
If the problem cannot resolve, the Run as administrator may selected.
Go to Office default install location: C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office12.
Right-click EXCEL.EXE > Properties >
Compatibility tab.
Under Privilege Level, uncheck Run this program as an administrator
check box.
Best regards.
William Zhou
TechNet Community Support

Excel-2007 cannot connect to Oracle ODBC data source, Control Panel can.


I cannot make an ODBC connection from Exce-2007 to Oracle work. I am an expert Excel and VBA user (since 1994) and I have frequently used Excel to access ODBC databases, including Oracle (I have done this with Excel-2003 both with worksheet queries and have written VBA ADO-connection routines). And even though in Excel-2007 a worksheet ODBC query is supposed to be easier to create than in previous version of Excel, my connection fails. Any suggestions and all help are welcome and much appreciated.
DETAILS


1) What is my system? I am using Excel-2007 on Windows Vista x64 and Oracle server v.11g on my computer (all this is on my computer, no network issues).
2) Why use Excel with Oracle at all? I use Excel-2007 to access Oracle rather than Access-2007 (or any other application like TOAD, etc.) because I do engineering calculations with the data stored in Oracle. These calculations are easier done in Excel (I suppose that one alternative to this could be to use some sql or Access to get the data from the database, then store it as plain vanilla CSV file, then open this file in Excel, then do the math (the math involves complex optimisation algorithms), then save the results as CSV, then use some sql or Access to put the data back into the database. Howwever this does not strike me as a quick or neat solution. And after all Excel has been designed to access ODBC databases, so why not use it?)
3) What do I do in Excel-2007 that won't work? I create an ODBC link to Oracle that does not work. In Excel-2007 this is straightforward:

<ul>
<li>define an ODBC connection (Data tab --> From other sources --> From data connection wizard);</li>
<li>define a query on the worksheet -- that's it, this is all!</li>
</ul>

I start with creating an ODBC connection:
a) I choose an ODBC data source type: ODBC DSN
b) Excel-2007 displays the list of the available ODBC data sources. I see in it my Oracle database name and I select it.
c) Excel-2007 displays the Data Link Properties:
- the "Provider" has a list of the OLE DB drivers with preselected "Microsoft OLE DB Provider for ODBC Drivers". I keep this default selection.
- the "Connection" tab has a connection string "DSN=<my database name>" which I keep, it also has fields for the user name and the password, which I fill with the correct credentials.
- Finally there is a button "Test Connection", which when I click produces the following error message:
"Test connection failed because of an error in initializing provider. 
Unespecified error"

4) Additional food for thought:
a) In the above walk-through the only data, which I type, are the user name and password, everything else is selected from lists offered by Excel-2007, hence any possibility of typos being the cause of the problem can safely be discarded.
b) I can test the ODBC driver in the Control Panel and it shows that it can connect to the Oracle database:
- in Control Panel --> Admin Tools --> Data Sources (ODBC) on the "User DSN" tab I can see the list of the available ODBC data sources (same list as in Excel-2007, point 3b above) with the name of my database in it;
- selecting the name of my database from the list of the sources and clicking "Configure" button opens a tab with Data Source Name (same as in Excel-2007), TNS Service Name and User ID. I enter <user name>/<password> and click "Test Connection" button. A message "Connection successful" appears (just for a test I enter incorrect user credentials and "Unable to connect" message appears)
BOTTOM LINE


The procedure for using an ODBC connection from Excel is very simple, in the past I have created and used such connections numerous times with Excel-2003 and earlier on Win-XP and earlier. But now on Excel-2007 and Vista-x64 I cannot make it work.
Also, testing an ODBC connection driver is really easy and simple to be done in the Control Panel. There testing the same ODBC connection, which fails in Excel-2007, results in success.
I am frustrated by the simplicity of the problem and yet the persistant error. I have lost now two full days in failed attempts to make the simple procedure work and in searching the internet for answers.
All help is highly appreciated <img class="emoticon" src="images/emoticons/happy.gif" border="0" alt="" width="16" height="16" />,
Plamen


Did you find the solution to your problem?
If not, I think I may know.
Excel 2007 is a 32-bit application.
When installing 32-bit applications in a 64-bit environment, the "default" location is:
C:\Program files (x86)\...
Excel then launches from this location.
However, when it connects to Oracle and passes the name of the calling program, Oracle attempts to "interpret" the value of (x86) as if
the value within the parenthesis are being passed as a reference. Of course, iOracle doesn't find anything, so the result is (),
and then it cannot return the connection info back to the calling application.
I corrected it by installing Excel in C:\Program Files\, and once launched from that location, it works the same as on the 32-bit machines.
However, at my location, they are FORCING Excel to be installed in the(x86) location.
What I'm trying to discover now is:
Is it possible to flag Oracle to NOT process the embedded variables?
Or, is it possible to assign a variable in Oracle such that x86 = "(x86)", so that the end result is viable?
Have you had any luck with your installation?
thanks,
Paul

Excel 2007 and Smartview 11.1 file open slow

We are in the process of upgrading to HFM system 11.1 and smartview 11.1.1.3 and as part of this process we are starting to use Excel 2007. I am encountering an interesting problem when opening files in Excel 2007 using smartview 11.1 and I am wondering if any one else has seen this problem and found a solution.
First I converted an excel 2003 file to excel 2007 and saved the file as an xlsx file type. Then I am able to open the file and it would take about 30 seconds to open the file. The file has about 15,000 formulas on for spreadsheets. If I click on each spreadsheet individually and use the "Refersh" button I can save the file in about 10 seconds and then close the file. When I open the file again it will open in 30 seconds. Now using the same file I click "Refresh All" and the file processes fine. I am able to save and close the file in about 10 seconds. However, when I try to open the file again it takes about 20 minutes to open, and then 20 minutes to close.
This only happens with two or three files. I have another file that is 40 spreadsheets and about 3,000 formulas that is not affected when I click Refresh or Refresh All.
Any help would be apperciated.
Rich

Hi
On metalink i found some notes about this issure
"Background
SmartView communicates over HTTP using .NET. This just means that requests and responses are sent in a standard XML format that is tucked in the HTTP headers. The mechanism is the same as when your internet browser requests a file or submits a form (simplification). A standard Microsoft component that is part of Internet Explorer is used for this.
There are three components (four if you include the network) in a SmartView refresh:
-the client
-the web server
-the HFM application server
It is easiest to troubleshoot when they are on separate machines. (Running SmartView on the server to see whether it works better is a useful test to see what effect the network is having, but doesn't show any other bottlenecks.) If you run Task Manager on these 3 machines showing the Performance tab, you will see initial activity on the client as Excel clears the cells and the request is converted into XML. Then you see the web server get busy as it receives and parses the request. Then the application server is busy as it send the data, then the web server is busy as it compiles the results into XML again, and finally the client parses the XML, pushes the data into cells and runs an Excel calculation. This last stage is the longest of all. Overall, it is typical to see the client doing 90-95% of the work, so client performance is a very important factor. Look out for Excel's memory usage increasing and RAM becoming in short supply. Often, user dissatisfaction with refresh times can be alleviated by giving them more RAM or a faster PC.
The situation we are dealing with here, however, is when the chain of events described above is interrupted. In this case, you will see the client or the web server wait in vain for a response from the next machine in the chain. The case of invalid XML is similar, but the response is truncated so that the XML is not well-formed when it arrives. XML consists of matching pairs of tags and is not well-formed when a closing tag is missing. This can be caused by certain network settings such as packet size (see later). The end result in either case is the same: as Excel cleared the cells before sending the request, cells are left blank or with zeroes.
Your job now is to work out why the particular component is failing.
Client
Check the HTTP time out in the registry:
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings]\
"ReceiveTimeout"=dword:00dbba00
"KeepAliveTimeout"=dword:002BF20
"ServerInfoTimeout"=dword:002BF20
The time-out limit is five minutes for versions 4.0 and 4.01 and is 60 minutes for versions 5.x and 6. Also, the time-out limit is 30 seconds for Windows Internet Explorer 7. To change the settings, add the above keys. The above values are hexadecimal, not decimal and correspond to 18000 milliseconds (3 minutes) and 240 minutes for the receive time-out. See
- http://support.microsoft.com/kb/813827
- http://support.microsoft.com/kb/181050
Once you make those changes, my recommendation is that you reboot the client machine.
Web server
Look for errors in logs showing that the web app didn't respond/disconnected or timed out waiting for another application (i.e. the HFM application server). Eliminate load balancers etc. during testing in order to isolate the problem and to ensure that the user always goes to the same web server otherwise, logs can be hard to interpret. See also the IIS Tuning Guide for IIS settings. We cannot recommend particular settings, as each client must establish the optimal settings for their own environment after performance testing. If necessary, engage the services of a suitably qualified consultant.
Application Server
HFM application server performance is very dependent on whether the data is already in RAM or not. One symptom, where the first refresh fails but the second one succeeds, is probably a sign that the cache needed to be populated and once that had been done (by the first refresh) it went faster. HFM loads whole subcubes (Scenario, Year, Value and Entity) into cache, so asking for lots of accounts in the same subcube is fast, but asking for lots of entities will inevitably slow things down as it runs out of RAM and starts unloading subcubes to make room for more. The HFM event log (HsvEventLog.log) shows this happening, but don't forget that the messages you see are a normal consequence of the way HFM works and are not a problem unless you see a hugely elevated number of them during the period the refresh occurs. Another sign would be page file thrashing.
If there are several servers in a cluster, use sticky sessions in HFM to make sure tests always go the same server, or hit one server directly rather than using the cluster.
Solutions here involve giving more RAM to the server (probably not possible because of the 2 GB limit) and changing the worksheet design to restrict the number of subcubes accessed. A separate consolidation server, so that reads are not competing with intensive consolidations and calculations, would be a good thing.
Network
To find out if packets get fragmented, use
ping -l size -f
to send a big packet with the 'don't fragment' flag. E.g.
Ping -l 1024 -f oracle.com
If you see a reply like Reply from 141.146.8.66: bytes=1024 time=200ms TTL=245 then the size you specified is below the packet limit of the network. But if you use, for example, 2000 in place of 1024, you get Packet needs to be fragmented but DF set, then you know you have exceeded the limit. Combine this investigation with a Fiddler trace (https://www.fiddler2.com/fiddler2/) to see what size data messages are being sent and received.
Troubleshooting Guidance
If you seriously want to go into this in more detail, then it will take a considerable effort on your and your IT Department's part. My general advice would be:
1. During this process, fix your environment so that it is predictable. Register a single HFM application server and connect to that. Use a single web server and don't go through Apache or any other redirector. Make sure we know which machine to go to for logs. This would be a temporary measure and it doesn't stop the other users using the full, load balanced system so long as it doesn't involve your server.
2. As far as possible keep other users from using it during testing, unless you are specifically testing for performance under load. We want to see what activity is due to SmartView and not random other jobs.
3. Use PerfMon on all three machines: client, web server and application server.
4. Clear Logs before testing and note the times of each test so the logs can be correlated.
5. Log CPU activity, memory usage, network throughput, page faults, thread count etc. I'm no expert on this so get advice from someone who is.
6. In addition to the performance logs, from the IIS Server get:
* HTTP.SYS Error Log - %windir%\System32\LogFiles\HTTPERR (Default location; configurable)
* IIS Website Log - %windir%\System32\LogFiles\W3SVC# (Default location; configurable)
* Event Log (both System and Application) in EVT and TXT (tab separated) formats
7. From HFM Application server get:
* HsvEventLog.log (in <HFM install>\Server working Folder)
* Event Log (both System and Application) in EVT and TXT (tab separated) formats
8. Be aware of all timeout settings in your environment (i.e. IIS & the network) and time your tests. This can show whether it is an ASP timeout, script timeout, client side timeout or whatever. Note that the Web Session Timeout setting for SmartView in HFM's Server and Web Configuration is a separate issue from IIS timeouts. Web Session Timeout controls the length of idle time before SmartView makes the user log in again. Default 20 mins.
9. Run Fiddler traces to directly observe the XML and check for HTTP failures.
Further resources
- Tuning IIS 6.0 for HFM
- SmartView Performance FAQ
Both are available from Support.
Author: Andrew Rowland
Version: 11.x (Fri, 30 October 2009)"
regards
Alexander

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Laura Rogers, MCSE, MCTS
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