Server upgrade - lessons learned

We are going through an excersise evaluating our enterprise server options moving forward. We are currently running a HP 9000 Super Dome with the 8700 chipset on an Oracle 9i database. We are also still looking at a platfrom change altogether to IBM P-Series.
In respect to the Superdome we are considering upgrading to the 8900 chip set (as Itanium is not quite where it is supposed to be). Given that this upgrade will be based on the same technology and operating system my take is that this approach may be the less intrusive (compared to changing the platform anp porting to a new ops system). I am wondering if folks are here with similar experiences and the lessons learned. Are there any pit falls to watch out for? Any feedback input is appriciated.
Thanks
Stefan

Perhaps that has some level of reality to it. But when it happens to you, no amount of "happy" stories from others fixes the issue that you happen to be suffering through at the moment. I'm sure that many people have seamless experiences, but in my case, I keep running into upgrade issues. And they seem to be all over the place as far as problems. No trends; nothing repeatable from upgrade to upgrade. Don't get me wrong, I'm sticking with my Mac; but it's definitely not trouble free for me. If I have learned one major lesson, it will be that I will definitely pay for the extended service next time. I didn't do that the first time because I listened to the "It just Works" claims. But my reality is different. It's funny, whenever Apple issues another update, I actually get a little queasy feeling, knowing that something is going to come back and bite me in the a$$

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I upgrading my scsm 2010 to 2012 both Management and DW server.
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2014-08-26T14:48:28.7717429+05:30   Always:   Trace Session Started
02:48:28:
02:48:28:Application Started
02:48:28:This is 64-bit application.
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02:48:28:Using 'Default' as default Analysis server database file path
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02:48:29:Current UI culture (en-US) is not supported. Trying Neutral culture.
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02:48:29:Current UI culture (en-US) is not supported. Trying Neutral culture.
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02:48:29:Upgrading Service Manager 7.0.6555 with 7.5.1561
02:48:29:Checking dependencies for Server upgrade...
02:48:40:Managment server is registered with Datawarehouse 'TESTSER'
02:48:42:Datawarehouse is up-to-date
02:48:42:Getting Management Group information from TESTSER:ServiceManagerNew
02:48:42:[GetManagementGroupPropertiesFromDB]: Opened the DB connection using Data Source=TESTSER;Initial Catalog=ServiceManagerNew;Integrated Security=True;Persist Security Info=False.
02:48:42:[GetManagementGroupPropertiesFromDB]: Found Management Group information.
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02:48:43:Checking MU OptIn state
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02:48:43:System Center Service Manager Install
02:48:44:Final Install Tasks
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02:49:36:Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Analysis Management Objects
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02:49:36:Processor speed check
02:49:36:Processor speed check
02:49:36:IIS check
02:49:36:ASP.NET check
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02:49:36:Microsoft .NET Framework 4 check
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02:49:36:Microsoft Report Viewer Redistributable check
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02:49:36:SharePoint Farm Administrator check
02:49:36:SharePoint Server 2010 configuration check
02:49:36:ADO.NET Data Services Update check
02:49:36:Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Native Client check
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02:49:36:
02:49:36:**************************************************
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02:49:36:CheckPrerequisites:        Logic Type:and   MemoryCheck-8gbWarn: 0
02:49:36:
02:49:36:CheckPrerequisites:    Memory check: Passed
02:49:36:
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02:49:36:
02:49:36:**************************************************
02:49:36:CheckPrerequisites: Checking Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Analysis Management Objects prereq.
02:49:36:Entered RequiredAMO
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02:49:36:CheckPrerequisites:        Logic Type:and   AMO-err: 0
02:49:36:
02:49:36:CheckPrerequisites:    Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Analysis Management Objects: Passed
02:49:36:
02:49:36:**************************************************
02:49:36:
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02:49:36:CheckPrerequisites:        Logic Type:and   ProcessorSpeedCheck2.5MHz-Warn: 0
02:49:36:CheckPrerequisites:        Logic Type:and   ProcessorCoreCheck2Core-Warn: 0
02:49:36:
02:49:36:CheckPrerequisites:    Processor speed check: Passed
02:49:36:
02:49:36:**************************************************
02:49:36:
02:49:36:**************************************************
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02:49:36:CheckPrerequisites:
02:49:36:CheckPrerequisites:                ProductType was not a match. Looking for: LanmanNT Found: ServerNT
02:49:36:CheckPrerequisites:        Logic Type:or   Win2k8R2Sp1DCCheck-Err: 2
02:49:36:CheckPrerequisites:
02:49:36:CheckPrerequisites:                The value 6.1.7601.65536 was not within the range 6.2.0 to 9.9.9999.
02:49:36:CheckPrerequisites:        Logic Type:or   WinSrvrVNextCheck-Err: 2
02:49:36:CheckPrerequisites:
02:49:36:CheckPrerequisites:                ProductType was not a match. Looking for: LanmanNT Found: ServerNT
02:49:36:CheckPrerequisites:        Logic Type:or   WinSrvrVNextDCCheck-Err: 2
02:49:36:
02:49:36:CheckPrerequisites:    Windows Service Pack check: Passed
02:49:36:
02:49:36:**************************************************
02:49:36:
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02:49:36:Entered RequiredReportViewer
02:49:36:CheckPrerequisites:        Logic Type:and   RptVwrCheck-err: 0
02:49:36:
02:49:36:CheckPrerequisites:    Microsoft Report Viewer Redistributable check: Passed
02:49:36:
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02:49:36:
02:49:36:**************************************************
02:49:36:CheckPrerequisites: Checking PowerShell 2.0 check prereq.
02:49:36:CheckPrerequisites:        Logic Type:and   PowerShell2Check-err: 0
02:49:36:CheckPrerequisites:        Logic Type:or   PowerShell2Check32-err: 0
02:49:36:
02:49:36:CheckPrerequisites:    PowerShell 2.0 check: Passed
02:49:36:
02:49:36:**************************************************
02:49:36:
02:49:36:**************************************************
02:49:36:CheckPrerequisites: Checking ADO.NET Data Services Update check prereq.
02:49:36:Loading System.Data.Services.Client, Version=3.5.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089
02:49:36:Found version 3.5.30729.5420
02:49:36:CheckPrerequisites:        Logic Type:and   ADODotNetDataServicesHotfix-err: 0
02:49:36:
02:49:36:CheckPrerequisites:    ADO.NET Data Services Update check: Passed
02:49:36:
02:49:36:**************************************************
02:49:36:
02:49:36:**************************************************
02:49:36:CheckPrerequisites: Checking Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Native Client check prereq.
02:49:36:CheckPrerequisites:        Logic Type:and   SQLNCLI10-err: 0
02:49:36:
02:49:36:CheckPrerequisites:    Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Native Client check: Passed
02:49:36:
02:49:36:**************************************************
02:49:37:CheckPrerequisites: Return Value 0
02:49:39:Doing Pre-Upgrade checks...
02:49:39:Validating database ServiceManagerNew on SQL Server TESTSER
02:49:39:Validating SQL Instance TESTSER
02:49:39:SQL Server: TESTSER
02:49:39:SQL Server version: 10.50.1600.1
02:49:39:Full text search installed: True
02:49:39:Checking if '\administrator' is Sysadmin Or (SecurityAdmin And DbCreator) on SQL Instance TESTSER
02:49:39:Stopping Service OMSDK on server
02:49:39:Starting Service OMSDK on server
02:49:41:Stopping Service OMCFG on server
02:49:44:Starting Service OMCFG on server
02:49:47:Validating Path C:\Program Files\Microsoft System Center\Service Manager 2010\
02:49:47:Checking for available free disck space
02:49:47:Checking directory write access
02:49:47:*** Pre-Upgrade checks passed ***
02:49:47:QuickFixEngineeringHandler: Unable to LoadQuickFixEngineeringFile.
02:49:47:SetProgressScreen: StartMinorStep.
02:49:47:statusUpdate: Resetting progress bar.
02:49:47:ProcessInstalls: Install Item System Center Service Manager Install has a Preprocessing delegate of SystemCenterServiceManagerPreinstallProcessor. Launching it now.
02:49:47:SetProgressScreen: Init MSI Install progress.
02:49:47:statusUpdate: Resetting progress bar.
02:49:47:LaunchMsi: Msi mutex is not in use.
02:49:47:LaunchMsi: MSI to launch is: c:\SCSM2012\amd64\Setup\Server\SM.msi.
02:49:47:LaunchMsi: Turning off the internal UI for c:\SCSM2012\amd64\Setup\Server\SM.msi.
02:49:47:LaunchMSI: Enable logging for the MSI at C:\Users\administrator.\AppData\Local\Temp\2\\SCSMInstall02.log.
02:49:47:LaunchMsi: MSI c:\SCSM2012\amd64\Setup\Server\SM.msi is not in silent mode. Setting the external UI.
02:49:47:LaunchMsi: Launching c:\SCSM2012\amd64\Setup\Server\SM.msi
02:49:52:statusUpdate: Resetting progress bar for MSI: MaxValue 58857
02:50:09:statusUpdate: Resetting progress bar for MSI: MaxValue 345710070
02:50:09:Install Progress - (ProcessComponents) Updating component registration
02:50:09:statusUpdate: Resetting progress bar for MSI: MaxValue 345710070
02:50:10:Install Progress - (StopServices) Stopping services
02:50:16:Install Progress - (_StopNamedServices_HealthService.80B659D9_F758_4E7D_B4FA_E53FC737DCC9) Stopping Health services
02:50:17:Install Progress - (RemoveODBC) Removing ODBC components
02:50:17:Install Progress - (RemoveFiles) Removing files
02:50:17:Install Progress - (CreateFolders) Creating folders
02:50:17:Install Progress - (InstallFiles) Copying new files
02:50:30:Install Progress - (_CreateDatabase) Creating Database
02:50:30:Install Progress - (_ExecuteSqlScripts) Configuring Database
02:52:07:Install Progress - (ExecuteSqlStrings) Executing SQL Strings
02:52:07:Install Progress - (CreateShortcuts) Creating shortcuts
02:52:07:Install Progress - (WriteRegistryValues) Writing system registry values
02:52:08:Install Progress - (_InstallServerPerfCounters.D2179E31_E456_401A_A820_CEBB135E3429) Installing Server Performance Counters
02:52:12:Install Progress - (WriteEnvironmentStrings) Updating environment strings
02:52:12:Install Progress - (_Rollback_UninstallBIDMOF.68918168_3885_4F75_BBF8_0CC84213F8D1) Rolling back BID MOF Installation
02:52:23:Install Progress - (GenerateScript) Generating script operations for action:
02:52:24:Install Progress - (_MPProcessorDeferred) Importing Management Packs
02:52:25:Install Progress - (_ExecuteSqlScripts) Configuring Database
02:52:26:Install Progress - (RegisterUser) Registering user
02:52:26:Install Progress - (RegisterProduct) Registering product
02:52:26:Install Progress - (PublishComponents) Publishing Qualified Components
02:52:26:Install Progress - (MsiPublishAssemblies) Publishing assembly information
02:52:26:Install Progress - (_ConfigureConfigService.D2179E31_E456_401A_A820_CEBB135E3429) Configure Config Service
02:52:26:Install Progress - (_CreateInstanceQualityRelationship) Creating Default Instances, Qualities And There Relationships
02:52:26:Install Progress - (PublishFeatures) Publishing product features
02:52:26:Install Progress - (_StartNamedServices_HealthService.80B659D9_F758_4E7D_B4FA_E53FC737DCC9) Restarting Health Service
02:52:26:Install Progress - (PublishProduct) Publishing product information
02:52:26:statusUpdate: Resetting progress bar for MSI: MaxValue 177276452
02:52:26:statusUpdate: Resetting progress bar for MSI: MaxValue 177276452
02:57:32:statusUpdate: Resetting progress bar for MSI: MaxValue 177276452
02:57:44:An error occurred while executing a custom action:_RegisterExtensionsDeferred
Upgrade failed after making permanent changes to this management server. A disaster recovery procedure will be necessary to rebuild this machine before attempting upgrade again. Consult the User Guide to determine which action to take next.
02:57:44:Install Progress - (Rollback) Rolling back action:
02:57:44:statusUpdate: Resetting progress bar for MSI: MaxValue 177276452
02:57:44:statusUpdate: Resetting progress bar for MSI: MaxValue 3
02:57:44:Install Progress - (Rollback) Rolling back action:
02:57:44:statusUpdate: Resetting progress bar for MSI: MaxValue 10525
02:58:43:MsiInstallProduct finished for msi c:\SCSM2012\amd64\Setup\Server\SM.msi.
02:58:43:LaunchMSI: Setting rollback to true
02:58:43:LaunchMSI: MSI c:\SCSM2012\amd64\Setup\Server\SM.msi returned error 1603:Fatal error during installation
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Hi Experts,
We are working on BI 7.0 system which pulls data from CRM 2004. Recently we upgraded BI environment from BW3.5 (to BI.70 SP -16).
Now we are re-modeling the existing BI design due to performance issues & to use BI functionalities. We would like to migrate the data sources in BI also to BI version so that we can get advantage of using DTP & transformations.
But the issue here is now we started to up grade our source system also from CRM 2004 --> CRM 2007. I beleive that the data source version will be maintained in source system (CRM) tables also.
So if we migrate the data source now (before CRM upgrade), will it cause any issues in BI once CRM server upgrade done?
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Please advice us to proceed. Let me know if you need more details.
Thanks in advance.
Regards,
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if u r satisfed about my answer please assign points.
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Computer groups
go to the appropriate pane (e.g., Users) and Select All, then choose Export, and give it a name (probably with an embedded date in case you need to do it again later)
Then use 10.9 WorkGroup Manager (available as a separate download) to Import.
When re-imported, everything worked just fine (except the passwords, which cannot be carried forward using this method). I did have to manually enable at least one service, such as File Sharing service in Server [admin], or users showed up as "not allowed" [to log in].
This entire process of getting Server 3 to work is fraught with peril, and everything converges on ONE diagnostic, "Network users can't log in". Which means you blew it, but provides no additional information about WHERE you blew it.
There do not appear to be any magic bullets. It is just a tough slog. Users who reported success after failing the first time reported they returned to fundamental principles and did all the steps over, in order, to attain success.

Lessons learned replacing ThinkPad HDD with an SSD

Installing a Samsung SSD on my 3 year old ThinkPad W510 was easy. Getting Windows 7 set up took me days.
Here are some lessons learned so you can do it faster.
Backup
Lenovo Rescue & Recovery will back up files to a USB 3.0 disk but it took 10+ hours and it put several files and folders at the top level. Can it back up multiple disks (HDD and SSD)? Probably not.
Backup
Windows 7 Backup & Restore doesn’t have those problems backing up data files but when trying to save a disk image to an external drive that’s > 2 TB (with 4K blocks), it runs for a while then fails. The generic error message and event log are not helpful, costing hours of debugging.
SSD “frozen”
Some web sites say that an SSD will perform better if you fully erase it before installing the OS, but when I tried to do this, the Samsung Magician software said the SSD was “frozen.” Apparently this is a confusing way to say it’s locked from erasure. Magician’s workaround recommendations didn’t help. Magician’s PDF guide has alternate workaround recommendations (like turning of AHCI mode in BIOS) but I didn’t find them soon enough.
Clone the HDD or install fresh?
Restoring Lenovo’s factory disk image onto the SSD (instead of cloning the HDD) fixed accumulated problems but it took several days of work and problem solving. (The HDD’s hidden SYSTEM_DRV partition was full. Did that cause some of the problems?)
How to over-provision the SSD
“Over-provisioning” boosts an SSD’s sustained write performance by allocating temporary space. The Samsung Magician program will set this up -- but not on a drive with the Lenovo_Recovery “Q:” partition. Moving and resizing C: and Q: with GParted Live didn’t solve this. Instead it made me start all over restoring the factory disk image and the Windows Updates and Lenovo Updates. The solution (thanks, Samsung’s phone tech support!) is to use GParted or Windows Disk Management to shrink the C: partition. All it needs is some unallocated space between partitions anywhere on the SSD. (Samsung recommends 10%.) You don’t have to do anything to allocate that space to the purpose.
Partition alignment
For speed, you want the partitions aligned on a 4096 byte boundary. GParted will align them on a MiB boundary, which is more than adequate.
Windows restore points
The Windows installer is supposed to make system restore points but I found it started out with a broken configuration. So open System Properties, the System Protection tab, and check the “available drives” for any drives labelled “... (Missing)”. Turn off “system protection” (restore points) for the “missing” drives, then turn it on for the real C:.
Faster updates
After restoring Lenovo’s factory disk image, you must iterate installing Windows Updates and Lenovo Updates over and over until there aren’t any more to install. Fortunately this is faster on an SSD than an HDD. Save more time by having only one user account and no password so Windows reboot won’t stop for login. Also watch the taskbar for license dialogs that open up behind other windows but require your clicks to proceed.
Watch for stuck updates
Lenovo Update quietly gets stuck updating Intel WiFi & WiMax software. The fix is to download those installers from lenovo.com, run them, get an error message that it can’t install over the existing software, uninstall the WiFi & WiMax software, then run the installers again.
Restore from backup, or not?
At key points, I made system disk image backups of the SSD to the old HDD and tried restoring from a backup after the failed repartitioning experiment. But Windows Backup and Restore won’t restore a system image after booting from the destination drive’s recovery partition nor from the source drive’s recovery partition. Since my backup was on the HDD in the Ultradrive bay, I couldn’t boot from the Rescue & Recovery CD. The workaround was to make a bootable System Repair disk on a 512 MB USB key. Windows Backup and Restore then failed with another meaningless error, “The parameter is incorrect. Code: 0x80070057.” Apparently you have to remove the USB key right before starting the system restore operation but that yielded the error, "No disk that can be used for recovering the system disk can be found." I’m not sure if that’s a symptom of removing the USB key or yet another problem with Windows Backup and Restore. Maybe it can’t restore to resized partitions? Windows Backup and Restore failed and burned hours of my time.
Fix the annoying request on bootup?
After you install Windows, all its updates, and Samsung Magician, you can use Magician to adjust system settings for SSD performance. Then you’ll find that Magician needs permission to “make changes to this computer” on every boot. Samsung tech support explained that you can then remove Magician from the startup list via msconfig.
Optimizations
Recomputing the “Windows Experience Index” might make the OS recognize the boot drive as an SSD and disable defrag for it. This didn’t work for me, so be sure to unschedule defrag. Also use msconfig to remove Digital Line Detect from the startup list and turn on “No GUI boot” (no Windows splash screen). Also use power plans Advanced Settings to never turn off the “hard disk.”
ThinkPad
Thumbs up. Easy to replace the HDD with an SSD and move the HDD into an Ultradrive caddy. Sturdy. Easy to work on. Well documented. Hardware that I didn't want to replace.
Microsoft Windows 7
Thumbs down. Buggy, fragile, over complicated, inadequate error messages, painstaking to install, difficult and time consuming to administer, poorly documented, accumulates gunk over time that causes problems, failed backup software, even a fresh install has scary event log errors.
Lenovo forums & support pages
Very helpful. Sometimes it's good to use Use Google to search them e.g. https://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Alenovo.com+"over+provision"
Samsung 840 EVO SSD
Fine hardware. Some confusions around the Magician software. Great phone tech support. Web support doesn’t work.
References and more info
How To Geek, Lifehacker, Lifehacker, SSD Review, Newegg, Newegg, Anandtech, Storage Review.

I may have confused you: Lenovo provides two tools, 1) one makes DVDs that restore the original out-of-the-box factory image of the entire disk (i.e. System partition, C: + Q: partitions) and 2) Backup and Restore, which is the Lenovo user backup tool that does conventional full disk backups, i.e. with all user customizations, added programs and files. Since my system-generation-to-SSD saga hadn't created the the Q: partition correctly, my only alternative was to create a full up-t-date disk backup with the second Backup and Restore tool that include all the Windows + Lenovo updates, but didn't include extra programs and my user files. This fitted on 5 DVDs, which I will use if ever I reinstall the entire operating system.
Once you get above 100-150 GB of backup volume (I'm at 450 GB right now), the Lenovo Backup and Restore is very slow, so I use the much quicker Windows built-in Backup and Restore program to backup incrementally a system image and all files.

Interest for a lessons learned information page?

Hi all.
I just want to know if there is any interest in a lessons learned information in the wiki pages.
Idea is to enlighten security minded persons of some of the security holes there are in the system.
However, there is a backside to it and that is that the security holes can be used by evilminded persons.
So. Shall we start this wiki-page in order to help each other with security holes, or is the risk to high?
Comments are welcome!
Regards
Fredrik

Hi Fredrik and others,
As you have not clearly distinguished between "backdoors" and "pitfalls" is security design, I would be interested in your and any other's ideas on a "Challenge of the (yester)Day" sticky thread.
I have read all threads in this forum and there are some really interesting and challenging ones which remain unanswered (at least, from the poster's point of possibly absent view).
Upfront in the threads listed chronologically (by date) I will add the following comment:
"Only informed answers need respond. Advertizing not allowed.".
That way we can "bounce" high quality questions to the top of the forum... and of course suggestions of threads to add are more than wlecome, and these threads would be more actively moderated for content than others (which will make my "job" easier)?
Any thoughts?
Julius

RDBMSRealm Oracle lessons learned

I have been trying to research an ORACLE RDBMSRealm implementation on WL6.1 for
the last few days and realized based on newsgroup postings that this type of implementation
is done by trial and error. I have not completed a full implementation yet, but
following are some lessons that I have learned:
1) The console display of groups; if groups are added as members to another group,
only one of the member groups are listed in the display. This problem was fixed
by setting "getGroupNewStatement=true" in the RDBMSRealm schema.
2) The console display of groups also duplicated some of the groups in the display.
This problem was fixed by setting "getGroups=SELECT DISTINCT GM_GROUP, GM_MEMBER
FROM groupmembers ORDER BY GM_GROUP" in the RDBMSRealm schema.
Hopefully these lessons learned can help somebody else.

Bump.
Something I've noticed with these installs is that you don't want to mess with the indexes in SQL. All of the installers first confirm that the indexes exist, if they don't the install fails. We had some indexing work done to improve performance that we had to remove to run through an install. We found this out by a failed install.
Also, a prerequisite would be to have Full Text Search on. The Microsoft Search service is a requirement for the installs we went thr

Best Practises and Lessons Learned

Looking for XI best practices and lessons learned.
Do we have standard best practices docs from sap?.
Please send me those docs....... [email protected]
Looking for any support document for already implemented scenarios.

Hi Ash,
   I would suggest you to please go through the basic concepts of XI and later you can implement the other things.
   Please refer the fundamentals of XI:
     Pre Requisite to SAP XI
     Want to learn XI
     Want to Learn XI
     New to SAP XI
     /thread/51336 [original link is broken]
     Totallly new to XI
     New to xi...
     new to netweaver
     New to Netweaver
     http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw2004s/helpdata/en/0f/80243b4a66ae0ce10000000a11402f/frameset.htm
    I would suggest you to start doing implement the scenarios like
File to File
File to Idoc
Idoc to File
File to JDBC
JDBC to File
and few synchornous scenarios..
Hope the information is clear.
Please let me know if you required any help.
I will send you few documents to your mail which you mentined above.
Thanks and Regards,
Chandu.

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