NWDI requirement for Portal 7.3

We are upgrading from Portal 7.0 landscape to Portal 7.3 landscape. Would we be requiring a different NWDI or the existing NWDI running in portal 7.0 landscape would work?
Thanks,
Appachi

Assuming that the 7.0 NWDI is not on your portal, the 7.0 (SP 14 and up ) NWDI supports content from any NetWeaver version (6.40, 7.0x, 7.1x, 7.2, 7.3). You should create a 7.3 track (look at the [replicate|http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw70/helpdata/en/46/5d032c1e661cbee10000000a11466f/frameset.htm] option, which can be used to replicate tracks in the same NWDI) and "retire" the old 7.0 track once you know everything is working 100%.
This blogs explains the above
/people/marion.schlotte/blog/2005/10/25/jdi-software-vs-jdi-content
Here is a guide on using NWDI 7.0 with newer versions of NetWeaver
http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/index?rid=/library/uuid/7014086d-3fd9-2910-80bd-be3417810c6f
The 7.3 plugins you will need
https://service.sap.com/sap/support/notes/1457908

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JAR files required for Portal Application

Hi Experts
I am currently migrating my custom Masthead application from NW 7.0 to NW 7.3. However, when I migrated the PAR into EAR using migration tool from Portal and imported this EAR file into NWDS7.3, the JSP pages in it shows error. Also when this EAR is directly deployed on the NW 7.3 system, it gives Portal Runtime exception.
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<%@ page import = "com.sapportals.portal.prt.component.*" %>
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Can anybody tell me what i am missing here??
Regards,
Deepak

Hi Deepak,
Can you tell me which JAR files you added to resolve build time errors.
I am facing the following errors after importing Std masthead from portal7.3.
Can not find the tag library descriptor for "prt:taglib:tlframework"
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Requirements for Portal

For the first time I am designing database for a portal. My Manager insisted on a document which enlists all the requirements or concerns that are to be looked while having a database for a portal. Can some one please help me find the things that are to be looked upon for designing a database for a portal

Shiv,
WebLogic Portal is largely CPU bound, so my recommendation is to throw as much CPU as you can (measured by total clock-speed, GHz) at it.
We have tested with Linux and Windows and the performance does not differ that much between the platforms. JRockit is the preferred JVM due to the many optimizations which will make things faster. Solaris should only be used if you have the latest processors (not the old sparc ones) in use.
I urge you to review the Capacity Planning Guide as a reference to see how well the WebLogic Portal Framework performs. It can be found here: http://e-docs.bea.com/wlp/docs81/capacityplanning/index.html
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Hardware requirements for portal performance

I will be using BEA portal 8.1.5 to host a portal application. We are anticipating about 1 million hits per day. I am looking for some recommendations for hardware requirements to handle the load.
- What kind of hardware (e.g. optron 220/440) and platform (Solaris or Linux) is best suited for WLP?
and minimum of how many portal servers are recommended to keep every request under 1 second?
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-Shiv

Shiv,
WebLogic Portal is largely CPU bound, so my recommendation is to throw as much CPU as you can (measured by total clock-speed, GHz) at it.
We have tested with Linux and Windows and the performance does not differ that much between the platforms. JRockit is the preferred JVM due to the many optimizations which will make things faster. Solaris should only be used if you have the latest processors (not the old sparc ones) in use.
I urge you to review the Capacity Planning Guide as a reference to see how well the WebLogic Portal Framework performs. It can be found here: http://e-docs.bea.com/wlp/docs81/capacityplanning/index.html
Matt
WLP Performance

Redundancy requirements for portal

Guys,
I need to know what kind of hardware/software is available to have a redundant portal installation to achieve high availability and load balanced enviornment.
Can anybody give me details about load balancers available which can be used with sun portal env.
TIA,
Deepak.

Deepak,
The main requierement for a load balancer is that it must be "sticky". That is it should load-balance only the first request for a given session. There are many load balancers that can do this both software and hardware. We have used evrything from the load balancer plugin of the Web Server to the Nauticus virtual swicthes.
For complete high availability though you need more than load balancing. You will also need to run all the underlying components in HA mode. In particular, you will need to run the Directory Server (DS), Access Manager (AM), and the web container (WS or AS) in HA configurations.
For DS you need a Multi-Master setup and possibly some replicas to colocate with AM. For AM HA mode you will use a Message Quueue and the web containers all support HA for the HttpSession store.
If you are thinking this should all be coalesed into a single document, we share your thoughts and we are working on it. :-)
Here are some links to get you started.
Directory Server:
http://docs.sun.com/source/817-7607/rep.html#wp997029
Access Manager:
http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/819-2136/6n4eq7si6?a=view
Web Server:
http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/819-2629/6n4tgd1s6?a=view
Application Server:
http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/819-4742/abejo?a=view
HTH,
Alex

Help, need to change IP address on host database for Portal

Hi folks,
Rather urgent assistance (as usual) needed. I have an installation working correctly on a pair of Win2k machines, one as the 9i database, one as the 9iAS/Portal. The app server has 2 NIC cards, one with public IP address (which is ok), one on the LAN. I need to reconfigure the LAN addresses on both the machines. Initial Portal install done without DNS, i.e. actual server/host addresses entered in the configuration.
I have tried changing all of the TNS/Listner settings and the NIC card IP addresses and restarting the machines. The likes of SQLPlus work ok, with the TNS connect name allowing over the LAN access into the database with the new LAN addresses. I cannot seem to get the 9iAS/Portal to find the repository with the new addresses.
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Thanks in advance
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There are other modes of operation for the plasst as well. I am listing them below but the formatting will make it difficult to read. If you like I can email it to you.
Bill G...
Configuring Portal when the HTTP server host name of the Infrastructure is changed
Run the following from the $ORACLE_HOME/assistants/opca dir
ptlasst.bat -mode SSOPARTNERCONFIG -i typical -sdad portal -host myApache.domain.com -port 7777 -silent -verbose
NOTE:
(1) This command would create a new Portal partner application in the SSO to reflect the changes of the Infrastructure. Before running this command please ensure to configure the SSO with the correct hostname by running the ssocfg.bat script located in the Infrastructure install (<infra_home>\sso\bin).
The value for -host parameter will be the IP address of the infrastructure server and -port will be the port where the infrastructure http server is running on.
Configuring Portal when the HTTP server host name of the Middle tier is changed
ptlasst.bat -mode MIDTIER -i typical -host myApache.domain.com -port 7777 -ldap_h myOID.domain.com -ldap_p 389 -ldap_w welcome -pwd secret123 -portal_only -oh /home/oracle -chost myHostname.domain.com -cport_i 8001 -cport_a 8000 -wc_i_pwd invalidator -mc false -mi true -silent -verbose
NOTE :
(1) The -host value should match the serverName value of the httpd.conf
(2) The -chost should be updated with the correct webcache hostname. In a default iAS midtier install the -host is same as the -chost.
The value for -host parameter will be the IP address of the midtier(portal) server and -port will be the port where the portal is running on.
Parameter Description Default Value Mandatory
-i install_type Installation Type
In the typical mode, the OPCA would get the Infrastructure information like the Portal schema name, Portal schema password, connect string to the Portal repository, SSO Partner application schema and password, SSO Password store schema and password and connect string to the SSO repository from the Repository Access API's.
In the custom mode, the OPCA would take whatever is passed as the command line arguments.
CUSTOM
-mode mode The different install modes are : PORTAL, SSO, SSOPARTNERCONFIG, LANGUAGE, MIDTIER, ALL, SYSOBJECTS , DEINSTALL
-s portal_schema Oracle Database schema for Portal database objects. In an iAS 9.0.2 install
the default Portal schema name is portal portal
-sp portal_password Password for Portal schema. In an iAS 9.0.2 install the portal schema password is randomized by default. Refer to the note "How to get the Portal schema password of the Infrastructure database ?" for details. <portal_schema>
-c portal_connect Connect string to connect to the Portal repository <hostname>:<port>:<sid>
-p sys_password The Oracle Database password for the Oracle SYS user MANDATORY
-sdad portal_dad DAD for the Portal schema. Create the DAD to the Portal repository through the OEM. Refer to the note "How to create and manage the Portal and SSO DAD ?" for details. <portal_schema>
-host portal_host Hostname of the HTTP server for Portal. This should match byte to byte with whatever is present in the ServerName attribute in the $OH/Apache/Apache/conf/httpd.conf file of the midtier. MANDATORY
-port portal_port Port of the HTTP server for Portal. The Port attribute in the $OH/Apache/Apache/conf/httpd.conf file of the midtier would provide the value. 7777
-ldap_h oid_host_name Host name of the OID server MANDATORY
-ldap_p oid_port_number Port number of the OID server 389
-ldap_d oid_admin_DN Admininstration DN cn=orcladmin
-ldap_w oid_admin_pw Password for DN welcome
-pwd initial_password Initial Password for seeded OID users. In iAS 9.0.2 install this is defaulted to the iAS instance password of the midtier installation. MANDATORY (for ALL or MIDTIER)
-das_public Add Portal Groups to DAS Public Groups. The values could be Y or N. The default is Y. The setting publishes the Portal groups that the user can add to when creating the new user in OID. Y
-u default_tablespace Install Portal objects in this tablespace. The default tablespace selected should have atleast 75 MB of free available space and should have autoextend on. Refer to the note "What are the recommended tablespace size required for Portal installation ?" for details. The default tablespace selected by default is users tablespace. users
-t temporary_tablespace Use this tablespace for temporary objects. The temporary tablespace selected should have atleast 20 MB of free available space and should have autoextend on. Refer to the note "What are the recommended tablespace size required for Portal installation ?" for details. The temporary tablespace selected by default is temp tablespace. temp
-d document_tablespace Install Portal document table in this tablespace. The document tablespace selected should have atleast 4 MB of free available space and should have autoextend on. Refer to the note
"What are the recommended tablespace size required for Portal installation ?" for details. The documented tablespace selected by default is users tablespace. <default_tablespace>
-l logging_tablespace Install Portal logging tables in this tablespace. The Logging tablespace selected should have atleast 4 MB of free available space and should have autoextend on. Refer to the note "What are the recommended tablespace size required for Portal installation ?" for details. The Logging tablespace selected by default is users tablespace. <default_tablespace>
-in index_tablespace Install Portal index in this tablespace. The Index tablespace selected should have atleast 20 MB of free available space and should have autoextend on. Refer to the note "What are the recommended tablespace size required for Portal installation ?" for details. The Index tablespace selected by default is users tablespace. <default_tablespace>
-lang language Abbreviation for the language to install us
-m language_mode Specifies the mode for language installation
if sso, translations only for Login server.
if portal, translations only for Portal.
if -m not specified, translations are installed for Both
-demo Install Portal webview demos
-silent Run mode for Portal Configuration Assistant. There is no UI provided by OPCA in the iAS 9.0.2 install. Use -silent option always
-verbose Log mode for Portal Configuration Assistant. If this parameter is not set, logging information would be in brief and the OPCA would abort the install if it encounters any errors of kind
ORA-, PLS- or SP2 errors.
-report Install reports integration with Portal
-owa Install OWA packages along with Portal This option behaves the same as the SYSOBJECTS mode.
-sso_only Configure only SSO in mid-tier mode
-portal_only Configure only Portal in mid-tier mode
-available Language will be available for user translation
-chost cache_host Cache host for Web Cache <hostname>
-cport_i cache_inv_port Cahe port for Web Cache Invalidation 1100
-cport_a cache_adm_port Cahe port for Web Cache Administration 1000
-wc_i_pwd wc_inv_passwd Web Cache invalidator password invalidator
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-op sso_password Password for Login Server Schema. In an iAS 9.0.2 install the SSO schema password is randomized by default. Refer to the note "How to get the Portal schema password of the Infrastructure database ?" for more details. Use similar steps to get the password of the orasso. MANDATORY for the following modes:
-MIDTIER: except when '-portal_only' is specified
-LANGUAGE: except when '-m portal' is specified
-DEINSTALL: except when '-drop PORTAL' is specified
-odad sso_dad DAD for Login Server objects. Create the DAD to the SSO repository through the OEM. Refer to the note "How to create and manage the Portal and SSO DAD ?" for details. <sso_schema>
-sso_c sso_connect Connect string to connect to the SSO repository If the Portal and SSO use the same database this option need not be passed and would default to the -c argument. <hostname>:<port>:<sid>
-sso_h sso_host Hostname of the HTTP server for the SSO. If Portal and SSO use the same HTTP server this option need not be passed. It would default the HTTP server used for the Portal.
-sso_p sso_port Port of the HTTP server for the SSO. If Portal and SSO use the same HTTP server this option need not be passed. It would default the HTTP port used for the Portal.
-pa papp_schema SSO Partner Application Registration Schema. In an iAS 9.0.2 install the default Password store schema name is orasso_pa <sso_schema>_PA
-pap papp_password SSO PA Schema Password. In an iAS 9.0.2 install the SSO schema password is randomized by default. Refer to the note "How to get the Portal schema password of the Infrastructure database ?" for more details. Use similar steps to get the password of the orasso_pa <papp_schema>
-ps pstore_schema Password Store Schema. In an iAS 9.0.2 install the default Password store schema name is orasso_ps <sso_schema>_PS
-pp pstore_password Password Store Password. In an iAS 9.0.2 install the SSO schema password is randomized by default. Refer to the note "How to get the Portal schema password of the Infrastructure database ?" for more details. Use similar steps to get the password of the orasso_ps. <ptore_schema>
-pd pstore_dblink Database link from Portal schema to Password store. If the Portal and SSO use the same database this option need not be passed. <portal_schema>_DBLINK
-p_tns pstore_tns TNS connect string to Password Store. If the Portal and SSO use the same database this option need not be passed. The tnsalias should be created in the iAS 9.0.2 Portal middle tier.
-s_tns portal_tns TNS connect string to Portal
-ssotype ssotype SSO install type. Valid values are repository, midtier, all Repository
-ultrasearch Ultrasearch configuration
-drop drop_obj Drops either PORTAL or SSO or ALL (Both)
if PORTAL, drops Portal schema and OID entries.
if SSO,drops Portal schema and OID entries.
if ALL, drops Portal and SSO schema and OID entries
-oh oracle_home Oracle Home
-mi midtier_install Midtier Installation
-mc midtier_config Midtier Configuration
-ssl Use SSL protocol for configuration. Pass this parameter only if SSL configuration is required. If this parameter is passed the -port passed should also be the SSL port of the HTTP server. Bt default this is not passed.
-emhost em_host Enterprise Manager host for monitoring <hostname>
-emport em_port Enterprise Manager port for monitoring 1810
-iasname ias_name Name of the iAS instance that the install is installing on

NWDI Stack requirements for NWDS, ECC CE 7.1 and PI 7.1

What is the requirement for NWDI 7.0 with respect to other usage types. I think the rule is this:
NWDI and NWDS (dev studio) should be on the same SP level, whereas NWDI can support simultaneous 7.0 and 7.1 track like Portal BI and PI?
Anyone care to comment or refute?
Thanks
Mikie Brogan

I am not aware if there is any such requirement other than the compatible java version.
NWDI doesn't support ABAP content, you will have to configure CTS+ and probably CTS+ with NWDI.
For NWDS - NWDI, no you do not need same versions, you need same java versions.
I am using NWDS NW70 SP14 (have used SP8, SP10) with NWDI 7.0 SP18.
Make sure you ahve the relevant java versions.
If you plan to use NWDI70 with CE71, you would need to understand how to set dual java versions in NWDI and how to support it in track.
That is also possible.
Regards,
Nitin

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Hi All,
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When we build teh application we are getting the following web services related Errors:
ERROR: DESCRIPTION:An unexpected exception occurred while attempting to locate the run-time information for this Web Service. Error: java.lang.NullPointerException:null
WARNING: SUGGESTION:An unexpected error occurred. Please contact [email protected] for further assistance.
ERROR: ERROR
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WARNING: SUGGESTION:An unexpected error occurred. Please contact [email protected] for further assistance.
ERROR: ERROR
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WARNING: SUGGESTION:An unexpected error occurred. Please contact [email protected] for further assistance.
ERROR: ERROR
ERROR: DESCRIPTION:An unexpected exception occurred while attempting to locate the run-time information for this Web Service. Error: java.lang.NullPointerException:null
WARNING: SUGGESTION:An unexpected error occurred. Please contact [email protected] for further assistance.
ERROR: ERROR
ERROR: DESCRIPTION:An unexpected exception occurred while attempting to locate the run-time information for this Web Service. Error: java.lang.NullPointerException:null
WARNING: SUGGESTION:An unexpected error occurred. Please contact [email protected] for further assistance.
ERROR: ERROR
ERROR: DESCRIPTION:An unexpected exception occurred while attempting to locate the run-time information for this Web Service. Error: java.lang.NullPointerException:null
WARNING: SUGGESTION:An unexpected error occurred. Please contact [email protected] for further assistance.
PortaleWebApp: Created control beans for 19 controls in 12703 milliseconds
BUILD FAILED
ERROR: Build failed with 15 error(s).
When we deploy in the Portal weblogic server, Application is deploying with out any errors. But it is not showing any login page when I start the PTLoginMain.portal file.
As I am completly new to this Weblogic Portal server, Please let me know, Do i need to configure the any setting before starting the application. I mean to ask you that Pre-requisites required for the local configuration of the Weblogic portal Server.
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When this works, contact your system administrator and ask him or her to map an ip to your hostname in DNS and DHCP
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is KM required in EP for 'publish to EP6' - portal content & role? we are not try to publish to KM catalog, etc. just the portal content and role. does KM required for that?
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Hi Jane,
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Hello All
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Hi,
Check SAP Hinweis 1129139 - SAP ERP Enhan. Pk.1 SPS 05(03/2008) Release Information Note
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BP ERP05 COMMON PARTS 1.11 SP05
XI Content
XI CONTENT STORE CONNECT.1.0 SP01
XI CONTENT ECC-VPACK 601 SP05
XI CONTENT GS1 1.0 SP01
XI CONTENT UN/CEFACT 1.0 SP01
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XI CONTENT DEMAND MGMT 1.0 SP01
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Hi all,
When i am trying to upload the photo from portal it is giving error
can not archive the photo
we are using portal 7 and ecc 6.0
I want to know
What are the backend configuration required for photo upload from portal
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Rajendra

Hi,
Are you using the standard iview. If that's the case you need to configure in the backend. Meaning you need to store the photo in the Org management(HR) which the HR functional guys will do. You just need to add the iview to your role.
Let me know if you require further informationn.
Award points if helpful.
Cheers,
sathya

Requirement for workstation

Hi all:
1.Could you tell me the requirement for workstation where the SAP NetWeaver Developer Studio run . Are there the suggestions on the workstaion'requirement from SAP ?
2. Does SAP NetWeaver Developer Studio has include
<b>WD for ABAP</b> ?

Dear Chen,
The NWDI runs over a SAP J2EE, for this reason you should take the requirements to install a WebAS Java
and over it install the NWDI
Check this links :
https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/servlet/prt/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/628a9f93-0701-0010-48bb-b0d872345c15
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04s/helpdata/en/62/1f5a42672ee054e10000000a155106/frameset.htm
About the second question, the WD for ABAP will be released as of WebAS 7.0 (beta) and WebAS 7.1 full, so unfortunately is not available yet.
I hope this helps.
ATB
Luis

URGENT! Need help to portalize a Strut JSP App for Portal!

Hi,
I have create a little application using Strut ADF. This application only have one page. Can someone tell me how to portalize this in order to deployed it in Portal. I have create my DataSource in OEM and the only thing left is to portalize this jsp.
I have read the "How to create a Struts Portlet" but I don't understand it.
Please help me deployed this app to Portal. Is there any tutorial about this?
Thank you!

try this article
http://portalstudio.oracle.com/pls/ops/docs/FOLDER/COMMUNITY/PDK/articles/pdkstruts/portletize-your-app.html
You will also need to download the relevant tag library for the pdk-struts extensions.
You can also download the java portlet wizard as an add-in for jdeveloper. This makes the creation of the files (for example provider.xml) required by portal easier.

Why is Domain required for an identity in the FIM Service?

I have a scenario where FIM is managing identity, but not all identities have an Active Directory account. I have a flag in the FIM Portal (Service) that indicates if a particular
user is entitled to an AD account or not. My provisioning setup adds or removes the AD account as appropriate. To support FIM Portal activities for those that do have AD accounts, I populate AccountName, Domain, and ObjectSID in the FIM Service from their
corresponding attributes in AD.
What I have noticed is that it does not seem possible to null out or delete the Domain attribute for a user in the FIM Service. I can delete the attributes for both AccountName
and ObjectSID without issues.
When attempting to remove the Domain attribute for a user I get the following in the event logs:
Microsoft.ResourceManagement.WebServices.Exceptions.UnwillingToPerformException: Other ---> System.Data.SqlClient.SqlException: Procedure or function 'GetDomainConfigurationIdentifiersFromDomain'
expects parameter '@domainName', which was not supplied.
I assume that something internal to the FIM Service is trying to do some magic with validating the domain name and the domain configuration. I did found a post saying, “Yeah,
you have to populate Domain”:
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/f207caa9-3a6f-4f2d-8461-a83777280803/fim-service-ma-export-failedmodificationviawebservices-error?forum=ilm2
My question is why is Domain required for a user? It is obviously needed for users that have AD accounts an must authenticate with the Portal, but in the case where a user
does not have an account (and therefore does not have a domain), it feels odd to store the incorrect data for the user. It also looks weird when you bring up list of users in the portal and see domain values for users that do not have accounts. In this particular
case, the client has many domains and does have the Domain and AccountName attributes displayed on the user search results page.

Hi Henry,
Using another domain attribute and workflow to maintain the actual Domain and DomainConfiguration is a good suggestion, thanks.
My original question still stands however... Why is Domain required in the FIM Service?
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Since DomainContext is automatically set when a client writes a value to Domain. I would suggest that it is a bug that DomainContext is not automatically cleared when Domain is cleared.
I poked around a bit and the bug can be fixed by changing the stored procedure definition to allow null parameters. In the FIM Service database the stored procedure [fim].[GetDomainConfigurationIdentifiersFromDomain] has a parameter declaration of "@domainName
NVARCHAR(448)". If this is changed to "@domainName NVARCHAR(448) = null" the problem appears to be solved.
Making this change would of course be totally unsupported, but perhaps it can be included in a future product update.
For now I will use Henry's workaround, or just live with potential out of date Domain data.
Thanks

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