Slow computer with spinning rainbow for long periods

slow computer with spinning rainbow for long periods, how do I correct this ?

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Spinning rainbow wheel for long periods on File Open commands in Acrobat and Office 365 programs

Hardware & Software:
MacBook Pro (17-inch, Mid 2009)
77GB of free hard disk space
8GB RAM
Running OS X Yosemite (Version 10.10.2)
Over the last few days, when I try to execute a File Open command from Adobe Acrobat or Office 365 programs (even from an innocuous location such as Documents), I get the spinning rainbow wheel for long periods of time (10 seconds to minutes) before I am able to select a file to open. I copied messages from Console after a File Open command for each of Adobe Acrobat and Excel (the selected location was Documents), given below:
Excel Log Messages
2/24/15 5:50:50.970 PM     WindowServer[147] disable_update_timeout: UI updates were forcibly disabled by application "Microsoft Excel" for over 1.00 seconds. Server has re-enabled them.
2/24/15 5:51:01.280 PM     NetAuthSysAgent[684]        AFP error -1 mapped to EIO
2/24/15 5:51:01.281 PM     NetAuthSysAgent[684]        ERROR: AFP_GetServerInfo - connect failed 5
2/24/15 5:51:01.281 PM     NetAuthSysAgent[684]        AFP error -1 mapped to EIO
2/24/15 5:51:01.739 PM     WindowServer[147] common_reenable_update: UI updates were finally reenabled by application "Microsoft Excel" after 11.77 seconds (server forcibly re-enabled them after 1.00 seconds)
Adobe Acrobat Log Messages
2/24/15 5:58:22.145 PM     bird[257]        Assertion failed: ![_xpcClients containsObject:client]
2/24/15 5:58:23.454 PM     WindowServer[147] disable_update_timeout: UI updates were forcibly disabled by application "Acrobat" for over 1.00 seconds. Server has re-enabled them.
2/24/15 5:58:29.538 PM     NetAuthSysAgent[708]        AFP error -1 mapped to EIO
2/24/15 5:58:29.538 PM     NetAuthSysAgent[708]        ERROR: AFP_GetServerInfo - connect failed 5
2/24/15 5:58:29.538 PM     NetAuthSysAgent[708]        AFP error -1 mapped to EIO
2/24/15 5:58:29.722 PM     WindowServer[147] common_reenable_update: UI updates were finally reenabled by application "Acrobat" after 7.27 seconds (server forcibly re-enabled them after 1.00 seconds)
Can anyone give me an idea of what these messages mean and how I can solve this problem?
If I'm not in the correct Community for this question, could someone kindly tell me where I should re-post?
Thanks.
David Walker

Yes; I have previously connected to an iMac at this location using File Sharing. However, in my attempts to solve this problem last week, I had already unchecked File Sharing in System Preferences. Tonight, I also deleted the folder from the window in the File Sharing System Preferences page, then rebooted. The problem still persists.
I try not open files across a server line, i.e., I try always to copy a file to the local computer and open it there. I may have gotten careless and tried to open a file from the Windows server with either or both Acrobat and Office 365. Although this was an SMB share, is it possible that these programs are now trying to connect to the Windows server on a File Open?
I had about decided to quit chasing this problem; we spend about two weeks every two months at this Boston location, and I'll be returning to my Florida home this weekend. So I decided I would see what the situation was when I returned to my native habitat, although I may be chasing this problem again in our trip to the Boston area in April.
The other thing I wondered (I guess I can't quite let it go), is whether there is a command line in Terminal that would kill all AFP shares.
In any case, thanks for your help; you're very knowledgeable.

Suddenly everything VERY slow with spinning rainbow. How to Fix ?

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Useful article here on the causes of the Spinning Beach Ball and how to troubleshoot it:
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9177479/Troubleshoot_the_spinning_beach_b all?taxonomyId=89&pageNumber=1
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Where do changed data values goto if DB is in BACKUP mode for LONG PERIODs

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Lets say there are 2 redolog groups in this database and Lets say 10 archive log files got generated since the ALTER DATABASE BEGIN BACKUP was issued.
When i finally issue the "ALTER DATABASE END BACKUP" command, will Oracle sync the datafiles with the changed data blocks reading the data from these 10 archived log files ? What happens if i delete these archive redologs from the archive log destination. ??
page 504 of 598 in the backup and recovery guide
Caution : If you fail to take the tablespace out of backup mode,
then Oracle Database continues to write copies of data blocks in
this tablespace to the online redo logs, causing performance
problems. Also, you receive an ORA-01149 error if you try to shut
down the database with the tablespaces still in backup mode.
it just says "performance problems", nothing more than that.*
Any answers ? I am sure this question would have popped to some of you senior DBA people out there.

user13076519 wrote:
Where does oracle write if put the database in begin backup mode for LONG PERIODs. Lets say I issued a "ALTER DATABASE BEGIN BACKUP" command in a busy database and forgot about it for a long time. It writes just like it always does, plus it puts some extra in the redo log the [url http://oraclenz.com/2008/07/11/logging-or-nologging-that-is-the-question-part-ii/]first time a block is changed.
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I understand that when the DB IS IN BEGIN BACKUP MODE, "the database copies whole changed data blocks into the redo stream." (Page 503 of 11.1 backup and recovery guide). But the redo stream is limited by the number of online redologs. After some time redologs also wont be sufficient for the changed data values after a begin backup is issued. I understand that there are archived redologs. This appears to be a typo (incompleteness, really) in the backup and recovery guide.
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Lets say there are 2 redolog groups in this database and Lets say 10 archive log files got generated since the ALTER DATABASE BEGIN BACKUP was issued.
When i finally issue the "ALTER DATABASE END BACKUP" command, will Oracle sync the datafiles with the changed data blocks reading the data from these 10 archived log files ? What happens if i delete these archive redologs from the archive log destination. ??Archived logs are archived, Oracle only reads them in recovery. You do not understand archive logs, read the concepts manual.
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page 504 of 598 in the backup and recovery guide
Caution : If you fail to take the tablespace out of backup mode,
then Oracle Database continues to write copies of data blocks in
this tablespace to the online redo logs, causing performance
problems. Also, you receive an ORA-01149 error if you try to shut
down the database with the tablespaces still in backup mode.
it just says "performance problems", nothing more than that.*Because it is overgeneralizing.
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Hello tinafromtega cay,
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Stuck at boot with spinning wheel for hours

Hello,
Yesterday I made a partition and cloned my Snow Leopard in order to see if Lion worked with the software I have.
I then booted to my "backup Snow Leopard" partition and upgraded to Lion but for some reason I'm stuck with spinning wheel for hours when doing the first restart. According from the install.log it seems that the install (upgrade) was done properly.
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Jul 21 00:06:32 xxxxx Install Mac OS X Lion[290]: @(#)PROGRAM:IA PROJECT:InstallAssistant-197
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Jul 21 00:06:32 xxxxx Install Mac OS X Lion[290]: Env: TMPDIR=/var/folders/xR/xR+k4jQ-FzmBYLLAvxRwpU+++TI/-Tmp-/
Jul 21 00:06:32 xxxxx Install Mac OS X Lion[290]: Env: SHELL=/bin/bash
Jul 21 00:06:32 xxxxx Install Mac OS X Lion[290]: Env: HOME=/Users/xxxxxxxxx
Jul 21 00:06:32 xxxxx Install Mac OS X Lion[290]: Env: USER=xxxxxxxxx
Jul 21 00:06:32 xxxxx Install Mac OS X Lion[290]: Env: LOGNAME=xxxxxxxxx
Jul 21 00:06:32 xxxxx Install Mac OS X Lion[290]: Env: DISPLAY=/tmp/launch-81peVa/org.x:0
Jul 21 00:06:32 xxxxx Install Mac OS X Lion[290]: Env: SSH_AUTH_SOCK=/tmp/launch-7ZEpMo/Listeners
Jul 21 00:06:32 xxxxx Install Mac OS X Lion[290]: Env: Apple_PubSub_Socket_Render=/tmp/launch-Jxp1Tt/Render
Jul 21 00:06:32 xxxxx Install Mac OS X Lion[290]: Env: COMMAND_MODE=unix2003
Jul 21 00:06:32 xxxxx Install Mac OS X Lion[290]: Env: __CF_USER_TEXT_ENCODING=0x1F5:0:0
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Jul 21 00:06:34 xxxxx Install Mac OS X Lion[290]: Configuring products from SharedSupport folder
Jul 21 00:06:34 xxxxx Install Mac OS X Lion[290]: Using product <OSInstallDVDProduct> based on media at /Applications/Install Mac OS X Lion.app/Contents/SharedSupport at distance 5
Jul 21 00:06:34 xxxxx Install Mac OS X Lion[290]: Using product <OSInstallESDProduct> based on distribution at /Applications/Install Mac OS X Lion.app/Contents/SharedSupport/OSInstall.mpkg at distance 5
Jul 21 00:06:34 xxxxx Install Mac OS X Lion[290]: Checking Software Update catalog URL http://swscan.apple.com/content/catalogs/others/index-lion-snowleopard-leopard.m erged-1.sucatalog
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Jul 21 00:07:11 xxxxx Install Mac OS X Lion[290]: diskUnmounted: disk0s3
Jul 21 00:07:11 xxxxx Install Mac OS X Lion[290]: diskUnmounted: disk0s5
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Jul 21 00:07:12 xxxxx Install Mac OS X Lion[290]: diskMounted: disk0s2
Jul 21 00:07:13 xxxxx Install Mac OS X Lion[290]: diskMounted: disk0s3
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Jul 21 00:07:46 xxxxx Install Mac OS X Lion[290]: Verifying InstallMacOSX.pkg/InstallESD.dmg
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Jul 21 00:09:37 xxxxx Install Mac OS X Lion[290]: Copied Boot.efi
Jul 21 00:09:37 xxxxx Install Mac OS X Lion[290]: Ejecting disk image
Jul 21 00:09:48 xxxxx Install Mac OS X Lion[290]: Generating the com.apple.Boot.plist file
Jul 21 00:09:48 xxxxx Install Mac OS X Lion[290]: Linking self-contained dmg into mutable product
Jul 21 00:09:48 xxxxx Install Mac OS X Lion[290]: com.apple.Boot.plist: {\n    "Kernel Cache" = "/Mac OS X Install Data/kernelcache";\n    "Kernel Flags" = "container-dmg=file:///Mac%20OS%20X%20Install%20Data/InstallESD.dmg root-dmg=file:///BaseSystem.dmg";\n}
Jul 21 00:09:48 xxxxx Install Mac OS X Lion[290]: Done generating the com.apple.Boot.plist file
Jul 21 00:09:48 xxxxx Install Mac OS X Lion[290]: Blessing / -- /Mac OS X Install Data
Jul 21 00:09:48 xxxxx /Applications/Install Mac OS X Lion.app/Contents/Resources/InstallAssistantTool[321]: Blessing Mount Point:/ Folder:/Mac OS X Install Data plist:com.apple.Boot.plist
Jul 21 00:09:48 xxxxx /Applications/Install Mac OS X Lion.app/Contents/Resources/InstallAssistantTool[321]: ***************************** Setting Startup Disk *****************************
Jul 21 00:09:48 xxxxx /Applications/Install Mac OS X Lion.app/Contents/Resources/InstallAssistantTool[321]: ******           Path: /
Jul 21 00:09:48 xxxxx /Applications/Install Mac OS X Lion.app/Contents/Resources/InstallAssistantTool[321]: ******     Boot Plist: /Mac OS X Install Data/com.apple.Boot.plist
Jul 21 00:09:48 xxxxx /Applications/Install Mac OS X Lion.app/Contents/Resources/InstallAssistantTool[321]: /usr/sbin/bless -setBoot -folder /Mac OS X Install Data -bootefi /Mac OS X Install Data/boot.efi -options config="\Mac OS X Install Data\com.apple.Boot" -label Mac OS X Installer
Jul 21 00:09:49 xxxxx /Applications/Install Mac OS X Lion.app/Contents/Resources/InstallAssistantTool[321]: Bless on / succeeded
Jul 21 00:09:49 xxxxx Install Mac OS X Lion[290]: Restart requested
Jul 21 00:09:50 xxxxx /Applications/Install Mac OS X Lion.app/Contents/Resources/InstallAssistantTool[321]: Lost client connection: exiting
30 seconds after finishing the installation I restart and in verbose mode I get this log (sorry for the lousy quality, with was taken with my mobile).
I've tried everything.
Repaired permissions, disk.
Resetting PRAM, NVRAM, SMC.
I even left the MBP all night in this process to see if there was any progress. No luck.
Tried to enter safe mode but I only get a black screen and a new restart. (Something like PRAM)
What could be causing this?
In the past when I installed Snow Leopard (10.6) I had some issues with my firewire (they stopped working a few months ago).
I needed to boot to safe mode in order to finish the install of SL and remove these files from /System/Library/Extensions
IOFireWireSerialBusProtocolTransport.kext
IOFireWireAVC.kext
IOFireWireFamily.kext
IOFireWireIP.kext
IOFireWireSBP2.kext
Rebooting with this change shows that everything works properly (besides the dead firewire ports).
I don't know if the "spinning wheel" has something to do with my FireWire or Airport (which works fine in SL).. since it got stucked in there.

Finally!! I'm currently using Lion on my MBP.
With the help from members and macrumors I got this solution.
- Installed Snow Leopard on an external drive (by USB)
- Updated that partition to Lion from another macbook (I used macbook white).
After that I cloned the partition (without the FireWire kext files) with Carbon Copy Cloner to my MBP and... voila! :))
I'm replying to your message from Lion. Give it a try! If you don't have another macbook maybe a friend can help you.
I don't know if there's another method but this one is working!

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Hello Experts,
I have complex Biz Talk 2013 farm having 20 servers,15 Hosts. In my production environment even if there is no traffic i am getting throttling errors from SCOM for my all the production hosts.
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Please suggest where i should focus?
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https://www.mcpvirtualbusinesscard.com/VBCServer/card.aspx?tag=YagyaDattMishra&wa=wsignin1.0

Hi Yagyam
I remember this error from SCOM when you use the standard SCOM BizTalk pack.
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some entries in eventlog relating to the alert raised by SCOM.
Is your message processing by BizTalk hosts are normal? Run the performance monitor to see the bottleneck. Check if there is really throttling.
As mentioned in this blog, check the state of the SQL Agent on BizTalk's SQL database server, may be try restart the SQL Agent on BizTalk's SQL database server.
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/timdel/archive/2008/11/19/why-i-love-scom.aspx
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Hi there,
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Why is my MacBook Pro running slow with spinning rainbow icon?

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