Uning UNC paths for custom agents

Has anyone had any success trying to launch a custom agent using the UNC path to the executable? The .err generated includes the following lines:
2008/10/02 09:48:29 c:\jfsrvr\Bin\jfserver.exe: [307]Launching task '"\\Rx2k3WebPIF21\RmtAgents\DatFileInsert.exe" -i c:\jfsrvr\collector\job_1.dat -o dan.txt -f "C:\Data - Test\2-DatFileInsert\TXT Files Containing Insertion Lines\g_blank.txt" -a FILE -r ABOVE'.
2008/10/02 09:48:40 c:\jfsrvr\Bin\jfserver.exe: [314]Agent exit message: [313]*** Spawn of agent may have failed ***
Is Central limited to running agents that are locally installed? I have added the following to the JFServer.ini file:
[DatFileInsert]
ExePath=\\Rx2k3WebPIF21\RmtAgents
IniFileName=

I was also concerned about the parameters so I moved the custom agent to the box Central is running on and it ran fine when the path to the executable was local to Central.
I removed all the optional parameters and made all the required ones very simple (ie. no spaces in paths and no quotes) and received the same error.
I've had success with UNCs in the program options line of tasks but haven't had any luck in the program name line.

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Specifying separate UNC path for Exchange Archive Mailbox Database

Hi All,
In Exchange Server 2013 SP1, is it possible to specify UNC path to a separate hardware appliance ?
In this case I'd like to create the Archive mailbox database on the CIFS share hosted by EMC Data Domain to perform the hardware based data deduplication & compression.
Does this path must also be accessible on the DAG passive node in DR data center ?
/* Server Support Specialist */

Hi ,
most Scenarios are not supported while there is still some Scenario where you can use shares.
"If access to a disk resource requires that a share be mapped, or   if the disk resource appears
as a remote server by means of a Universal Naming   Convention (UNC) path
(for example,   \\servername\sharename)   on the network, the disk storage system is not supported
as a location for   Exchange Server databases. "
This is also true for the Arcive DB.
Please note that UNC directly with Exchange 2013 is possible with limited support only, and no
version of Exchange allows you to store databases on an UNC path (except the one when you map
SMB 3.0 shares to a VM) :
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee832792(v=exchg.150).aspx#Best
(Please also note the recommendation not to use deduplication by the storage.)
Don't try to do that, because even if you configure that you will run into a non-supported situation.
I strongly suggest you to avoid that.
In addition, there is a webcast from Scott Schnoll about virtualization and file Shares that makes it a Little more clear.
https://channel9.msdn.com/Events/TechDays/Techdays-2014-the-Netherlands/Exchange-Server-2013-Virtualization-Best-Practices
While the session is about virtualization, on 13:00 they start a discussion about storage.
There is the reasons discussed why not to use UNC for your databases. (Don't worry, they start discussion with NFS)
The presentation shown on 21:43 is what you need to think about when planning to use UNC resources.
Storing an Exchnage DB on UNC is not supported.
Regards,
Martin
Hi martin,
So how are we going to Deduplicate the data ? Any suggestion perhaps ?
My understanding is that Exchange Server 2010 onwards doesn't have data deduplication.
How about mapping the UNC path as mapped network drive ?
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Domain directory path for Monitor Agent on Linux?

If I'm installing Monitor (agent) on an OES2 Linux server, I am prompted for the path to a domain directory
But this server is not going to have any domains on it.
the docs are poor at best on this section (other than to follow the prompts)
I am assuming (since there's a "file browser" button) that if there's no domain on this server, that I cannot use a UNC path and must use a mount point to a server that has a domain?
And if the other server is on NSS, I will need ncpmount?

Originally Posted by dzanre
kjhurni wrote:
> Only because if the GWIA is down, it'll alert nobody (haha) because well,
> the GWIA is down.
Oh - but you don't want to use your GWIA for alerts. Monitor has its own
SMTP mailer, so unless you HAVE to go through a relay host, monitor can
alert you regardless of whether the system is down. I send my alerts to the
smtp address of my phone.
Danita
Novell Knowledge Partner
Moving GroupWise to Linux?
Moving GroupWise
Even better! Yes, we can send to the relay host and let it go wherever.
I was just thinking that let's say a regional POA/MTA is having problems, that the delivery address for the notification should be an " internal" GW account.
Obviously though, if the GWIA is having an issue we'd not know about it because it would try to deliver to the internal GW address and that has to go through the GWIA.
Although with diff. groups I will see if I can put the GWIA/MTA into a special group that gets notified to like the blackberry or something (like a text message).

Generic UNC path for SCCM in several sites

Hi all!
Is there any "generic name" for SCCM that points to a specific server role in a site? For eg.: I create a task sequence' step to deploy SO that copy a big file from \\main-sccm\share$.
So, if I have a DP in another site (lets call it
\\sec-sccm), that step will copy file from
\\main-sccm\share$ instead of \\sec-sccm\share$. What I wanna know is if there is a "generic name", variable etc that points, in this case, to the machine' site DP.
Thanx!

HI,
Note that Doamin Computers should have read permissions to the share that the file is copied from. I have haf similar requirements that a file muse be copied from a file share instead of a DP as it is part of another system with it's own update mechanism.
We solved it by DFS to replicate the file share and have one UNC path att every location.
Regards,
Jörgen
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@ccmexec

How do I calculate the size of files that I have UNC paths for

I am on SQL Server 2008 R2. I have a table that contains a field called [Location]. In that field is a UNC path to the physical file on the repository. Is there a way in SQL Server that I can say give me the select sum([Location] UNC file) where criteria?
I saw some posts about xp_filesize or xp_GetFileDetails, but I do not see them in master. I am unable to add anything and wondering if there is any native functionality that would allow me to accomplish this!? Thanks.

Maybe you can use an Excel Macro for this kind of thing.
Dim iRow
Sub ListFiles()
iRow = 11
Call ListMyFiles(Range("C7"), Range("C8"))
End Sub
Sub ListMyFiles(mySourcePath, IncludeSubfolders)
Set MyObject = New Scripting.FileSystemObject
Set mySource = MyObject.GetFolder(mySourcePath)
On Error Resume Next
For Each myFile In mySource.Files
iCol = 2
Cells(iRow, iCol).Value = myFile.Path
iCol = iCol + 1
Cells(iRow, iCol).Value = myFile.Name
iCol = iCol + 1
Cells(iRow, iCol).Value = myFile.Size
iCol = iCol + 1
Cells(iRow, iCol).Value = myFile.DateLastModified
iRow = iRow + 1
Next
If IncludeSubfolders Then
For Each mySubFolder In mySource.SubFolders
Call ListMyFiles(mySubFolder.Path, True)
Next
End If
End Sub
Try this too.
Sub TestListFilesInFolder()
' Open folder selection
' Open folder selection
With Application.FileDialog(msoFileDialogFolderPicker)
.Title = "Select a Folder"
.AllowMultiSelect = False
If .Show <> -1 Then GoTo NextCode
pPath = .SelectedItems(1)
If Right(pPath, 1) <> "\" Then
pPath = pPath & "\"
End If
End With
NextCode: 'MsgBox "No files Selected!!"
'Application.WindowState = xlMinimized
'Application.ScreenUpdating = False
Workbooks.Add ' create a new workbook for the file list
' add headers
ActiveSheet.Name = "ListOfFiles"
With Range("A2")
.Formula = "Folder contents:"
.Font.Bold = True
.Font.Size = 12
End With
Range("A3").Formula = "File Name:"
Range("B3").Formula = "File Size:"
Range("C3").Formula = "File Type:"
Range("D3").Formula = "Date Created:"
Range("E3").Formula = "Date Last Accessed:"
Range("F3").Formula = "Date Last Modified:"
Range("A3:F3").Font.Bold = True
Worksheets("ListOfFiles").Range("A1").Value = pPath
Range("A1").Select
With Selection.Interior
.Pattern = xlSolid
.PatternColorIndex = xlAutomatic
.Color = 65535
.TintAndShade = 0
.PatternTintAndShade = 0
End With
With Selection.Font
.Color = -16776961
.TintAndShade = 0
End With
Selection.Font.Bold = True
ListFilesInFolder Worksheets("ListOfFiles").Range("A1").Value, True
' list all files included subfolders
Range("A3").Select
Lastrow = Range("A1048576").End(xlUp).Row
Range(Selection, Selection.End(xlToRight)).Select
Range(Selection, Selection.End(xlDown)).Select
ActiveWorkbook.Worksheets("ListOfFiles").Sort.SortFields.Clear
ActiveWorkbook.Worksheets("ListOfFiles").Sort.SortFields.Add Key:=Range( _
"B4:B" & Lastrow), SortOn:=xlSortOnValues, Order:=xlDescending, DataOption:= _
xlSortNormal
With ActiveWorkbook.Worksheets("ListOfFiles").Sort
.SetRange Range("A3:F" & Lastrow)
.Header = xlYes
.MatchCase = False
.Orientation = xlTopToBottom
.SortMethod = xlPinYin
.Apply
End With
Range("A1").Select
Cells.Select
Cells.EntireColumn.AutoFit
Columns("A:A").Select
Selection.ColumnWidth = 100
Range("A1").Select
End Sub
Sub ListFilesInFolder(SourceFolderName As String, IncludeSubfolders As Boolean)
' lists information about the files in SourceFolder
Dim FSO As Scripting.FileSystemObject
Dim SourceFolder As Scripting.Folder, SubFolder As Scripting.Folder
Dim FileItem As Scripting.File
Dim r As Long
Set FSO = New Scripting.FileSystemObject
Set SourceFolder = FSO.GetFolder(SourceFolderName)
r = Range("A1048576").End(xlUp).Row + 1
For Each FileItem In SourceFolder.Files
' display file properties
Cells(r, 1).Formula = FileItem.Path & FileItem.Name
Cells(r, 2).Formula = (FileItem.Size / 1048576)
Cells(r, 2).Value = Format(Cells(r, 2).Value, "##.##") & " MB"
Cells(r, 3).Formula = FileItem.Type
Cells(r, 4).Formula = FileItem.DateCreated
Cells(r, 5).Formula = FileItem.DateLastAccessed
Cells(r, 6).Formula = FileItem.DateLastModified
' use file methods (not proper in this example)
r = r + 1 ' next row number
Next FileItem
If IncludeSubfolders Then
For Each SubFolder In SourceFolder.SubFolders
ListFilesInFolder SubFolder.Path, True
Next SubFolder
End If
Columns("A:F").AutoFit
Set FileItem = Nothing
Set SourceFolder = Nothing
Set FSO = Nothing
ActiveWorkbook.Saved = True
End Sub
Sub CreateList()
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
Workbooks.Add ' create a new workbook for the folder list
' add headers
ActiveSheet.Name = "ListOfFiles"
With Cells(3, 1)
.Value = "Folder contents:"
.Font.Bold = True
.Font.Size = 12
End With
Cells(4, 1).Value = "Folder Path:"
Cells(4, 2).Value = "Folder Name:"
Cells(4, 3).Value = "Folder Size:"
Cells(4, 4).Value = "# Subfolders:"
Cells(4, 5).Value = "# Files:"
Range("A3:E3").Font.Bold = True
ListFolders BrowseFolder, True
Application.ScreenUpdating = True
Cells.Select
Cells.EntireColumn.AutoFit
Columns("A:A").Select
Selection.ColumnWidth = 100
Columns("B:B").Select
Selection.ColumnWidth = 25
Range("A1").Select
End Sub
Sub ListFolders(SourceFolderName As String, IncludeSubfolders As Boolean)
' lists information about the folders in SourceFolder
Dim FSO As Scripting.FileSystemObject
Dim SourceFolder As Scripting.Folder, SubFolder As Scripting.Folder
Dim r As Long
Set FSO = New Scripting.FileSystemObject
Set SourceFolder = FSO.GetFolder(SourceFolderName)
' display folder properties
Worksheets("ListOfFiles").Range("A1").Value = SourceFolderName
Range("A1").Select
With Selection.Interior
.Pattern = xlSolid
.PatternColorIndex = xlAutomatic
.Color = 65535
.TintAndShade = 0
.PatternTintAndShade = 0
End With
With Selection.Font
.Color = -16776961
.TintAndShade = 0
End With
Selection.Font.Bold = True
r = Cells(Rows.Count, 1).End(xlUp).Row + 1
Cells(r, 1).Value = SourceFolder.Path
Cells(r, 2).Value = SourceFolder.Name
Cells(r, 3).Value = SourceFolder.Size
Cells(r, 3).Value = (SourceFolder.Size / 1048576)
Cells(r, 3).Value = Format(Cells(r, 3).Value, "##.##") & " MB"
Cells(r, 4).Value = SourceFolder.SubFolders.Count
Cells(r, 5).Value = SourceFolder.Files.Count
If IncludeSubfolders Then
For Each SubFolder In SourceFolder.SubFolders
ListFolders SubFolder.Path, True
Next SubFolder
Set SubFolder = Nothing
End If
Columns("A:E").AutoFit
Set SourceFolder = Nothing
Set FSO = Nothing
ActiveWorkbook.Saved = True
End Sub
And, finally.
Const BIF_RETURNONLYFSDIRS As Long = &H1 ''' For finding a folder to start document searching
Const BIF_DONTGOBELOWDOMAIN As Long = &H2 ''' Does not include network folders below the domain level in the tree view control
Const BIF_RETURNFSANCESTORS As Long = &H8 ''' Returns only file system ancestors.
Const BIF_BROWSEFORCOMPUTER As Long = &H1000 ''' Returns only computers.
Const BIF_BROWSEFORPRINTER As Long = &H2000 ''' Returns only printers.
Const BIF_BROWSEINCLUDEFILES As Long = &H4000 ''' Returns everything.
Const MAX_PATH As Long = 260
Type BROWSEINFO
hOwner As Long
pidlRoot As Long
pszDisplayName As String
lpszINSTRUCTIONS As String
ulFlags As Long
lpfn As Long
lParam As Long
iImage As Long
End Type
Declare Function SHGetPathFromIDListA Lib "shell32.dll" (ByVal pidl As Long, ByVal pszBuffer As String) As Long
Declare Function SHBrowseForFolderA Lib "shell32.dll" (lpBrowseInfo As BROWSEINFO) As Long
Function BrowseFolder() As String
Const szINSTRUCTIONS As String = "Choose the folder to use for this operation." & vbNullChar
Dim uBrowseInfo As BROWSEINFO
Dim szBuffer As String
Dim lID As Long
Dim lRet As Long
With uBrowseInfo
.hOwner = 0
.pidlRoot = 0
.pszDisplayName = String$(MAX_PATH, vbNullChar)
.lpszINSTRUCTIONS = szINSTRUCTIONS
.ulFlags = BIF_RETURNONLYFSDIRS
.lpfn = 0
End With
szBuffer = String$(MAX_PATH, vbNullChar)
''' Show the browse dialog.
lID = SHBrowseForFolderA(uBrowseInfo)
If lID Then
''' Retrieve the path string.
lRet = SHGetPathFromIDListA(lID, szBuffer)
If lRet Then BrowseFolder = Left$(szBuffer, InStr(szBuffer, vbNullChar) - 1)
End If
BrowseFolder = BrowseFolder & "\"
End Function
Knowledge is the only thing that I can give you, and still retain, and we are both better off for it.

Transaction codes/path for Customer(Sold To) and related associations

Hello all,
being very new to this, can any one tell me the transactions/path to add the records in tables
KNVS-Customer master shipping data
KNVP-Customer master partner functions(Sold to Ship to association)
KNVV-Customer master sales data
TVKBT-Organizational Unit: Sales Offices: Texts
TVKWZ-Org.Unit: Allowed Plants per Sales Organization
T001L-Storage Locations
T001W-Plants/Branches
Is it possible to add new records to these table through trancations or is there any other way?
Please help me out.
Regards,
Sandip

Hi,
Welcome to SDN forum
KNVV, KNVS, KNVP are maintained in the Transaction code in XD01
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TVKWZ: OVX6
T001L: OX09
T001W: OX10.
thanks,
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Creating a symlink directory on a network share to a path below a mapped drive letter, local path, or UNC path does not work

Am I correct in assuming I can not create a `symlinkd` to a network share, local path, or a UNC path on a network share that will be accessible by clients?
###Mapped drive letters don't work:
1) navigate to a network share:
pushd \\windows2008server\share\
2) make a hardlink:
mklink /d test_sharedir t:\directory\
dir .\test_sharedir
#Directory of Z:\test_sharedir
#File Not Found
UNC paths don't work:
1) navigate to a network share:
pushd \\windows2008server\share\
2) make a symlink:
mklink /d test_dirunc \\windows2008server\share
dir .\test_dirunc
#Directory of Z:\test_dirunc
#File Not Found
I can create a functional `symlinkd` on a local drive to a mapped drive letter or a UNC path.
Are my assumptions above correct?
We are in the middle of a migration and have created two symlinkd to UNC paths for shared DLLs, one below c:\windows\system32\ (directing to a share containing 64-bit DLLs) and one below c:\windows\syswow64 (directing to a share containing 32-bit DLLs).
On the file server, we have had a path to 32-bit DLLs (from Windows 7 clients: s:\dll\). I am attempting to rename this directory so that it is accessible via "s:\dll32\" and would like to create a symlinkd that links "s:\dll" to
"s:\dll32" [again where S: is a mapped drive on a Windows 2008 server]. How do I do this?
Thanks,
Matt

Hello Mandy,
The link you sent me is for Netapp CIFS server daemon contained within DataOnTap (the Netapp OS) to follow symlinks. I am inquiring about the Microsoft products Windows Server and Windows 7.
To gain a better understanding of the Microsoft Windows Server and client (Windows) CIFS stacks and interaction of the stacks, I have referred to Figure 6 "Server Message Block Server Model" within the following (albeit older) document: http://download.microsoft.com/download/2/8/0/2800a518-7ac6-4aac-bd85-74d2c52e1ec6/tuning.doc
You will see the following:
I assume that the Windows Server CIFS server service must be "smart enough" to determine that a CIFS client is attempting access to a SYMLINKD and actually fill the request by following the SYMLINKD. The CIFS server service does not appear
to operate like this.
1) Am I correct in my assumption that the CIFS client (redirector) and the CIFS server (server) do not following symbolic links (whether they be file or directory)?
2) If not, how do I submit a feature request for this so that it can be reviewed and approved or not approved for inclusion/hotfix release?
Thanks for your time,
Matt Brown
[UPDATE]
Note that you can use a `directory junction` instead of using a SYMLINKD, to link to LOCAL resources (source). However, `directory junctions` do not allow access to resources over UNC.

Excel Formula Referring to a UNC Path is Corrupted when Open with Particular Workstation

Hi Experts & Support,
I have a critical problem when trying to refer across Excel workbooks which all are located in different network folders.
There is a cell formula referring to another Excel file using UNC path, for instance, \\myserver\share\folder1\file.xlsm.
It works as long as anyone who is opening the file has no mapped network drive-- access this Excel file directly via UNC path.
However, it turns out that one of the workstation (Windows 2008 Server x64), when trying to access this file--even from UNC path directly-- the link is corrupted. The formula is changed automatically to \\myserver\folder1\file.xlsm (please notice a missing
\share\).
And therefore, when the user on Windows 2008 Server save that Excel file, it causes the original file to be corrupted and every one who access the same file from another computers will all encounter a broken link then.
This Windows 2008 Server has no mapped network drive at all. We have done a lot of researches on the Internet but still couldn't find a solution to this. Is there any way we can investigate further and resolve this issue please?
Thanks in advance.

Hi,
In general,this issue should be caused by a mapped drive.you can refer to the KB below:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/328440/en-us
However, as you can be sure that there is no mapped drive in this server. could you please provide a litter more information about this server? Did a different version of Excel install in this server? Maybe you can try a repair of the office
program.
And I guess we can avoid this by using Hyperlink function.
Wind Zhang
TechNet Community Support

RMI Client UnmarshalException with UNC paths

I have a 'none' Java application, that has an embedded JVM which is being used as an RMI server to allow communication to the application from a browser. The applet detects the presence of the RMI server and if not detected, will start the application, which in turns starts the RMI server. Once the RMI server is started the Client then invokes the method on the server, and hence into the application.
If the executable for this application is pathed to either a local or mapped drive then everything works as expected, if I then try to use a UNC path, once the RMI server is started, the client returns an UnmarshalException:
java.rmi.UnmarshalException: Error unmarshaling return header; nested exception is:
java.io.EOFException
java.io.EOFException
at java.io.DataInputStream.readByte(Unknown Source)
at sun.rmi.transport.StreamRemoteCall.executeCall(Unknown Source)
at sun.rmi.server.UnicastRef.invoke(Unknown Source)
at sun.rmi.registry.RegistryImpl_Stub.lookup(Unknown Source)
at java.rmi.Naming.lookup(Unknown Source)
I guess that the problem is that the serialization process has been started, and as the client starts reading from the datastream the UNC paths cause the EOF Exception. any help on how to get round this problem would be gratefully received. Unfortunately using a mapped drive is not a solution to this problem due to the way the application is being served.

Hi all,
It turns out that when the java.policy file is being read, it ignores the servername on the UNC path and therefore looks for a directory of the remaining data of the UNC path for the file. I guess it is now a task of figuring out why this is...

Help configuring adobe media server's apache to use UNC paths and use multible VOD directories

I am experimenting with v 5.03 for media server with look to upgrade our current pool of v4.x server to support ipads etc.
i have set the ams conf file and have in the past use a unc paths for my VOD_Dirs
eg
VOD_DIR = C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Media Server 5\applications\vod\media
VOD_DIR_1 = \\prodserver1\media\data\VOD\Media
VOD_DIR_2 = \\prodserver2\media\library\Preview
VOD_DIR_3 = \\prodserver3\media\preview
how and where do i need to do this for the http streaming ?
cheers
Robert

You use Apache config files for the same...namely httpd.conf.

Configuring folder structure for custom url contents

Hi Experts,
We are trying to create a custom help link similar to the standard help links provided by SAP (example: http://help.sap.com/saphelp_xrpm400/helpdata/en/AD/815F4283F26255E100000000A155106/content.htm).
Our custom help link should look like this: http://help.mycompany.com/xrpm450/en/AD/815F4283F26255E100000000A155106/content.htm
To achieve this we are following a SAP FAQ Note: 991559
Based on the solution provided in this note for Q.4 we have implemented the following steps:
Proposed solution by SAP:
Yes it is possible to configure custom help. For instance, the default xRPM help doc url for Item Details looks like this: http://help.sap.com/saphelp_xrpm400/helpdata/en/AD/815F4283F26255E100000000A155106/content.htm
The value of "http://help.sap.com/saphelp_xrpm400/helpdata/" and
"http://help.sap.com/saphelp_xrpm450/helpdata/" is maintained in property sheet of com.sap.xapps.cprxrpm.common.component.CommonComp. To change the value to custom url, please follow the steps:
1. log in to J2EE Visual Administrator
2. go to J2EE instance -> Server -> Services -> Configuration Adapter
3. at right panel, click on webdynpro -> sap.com->xappscprxrpmcommon-> Components -> com.sap.xapps.cprxrpm.common.component.CommonComp -> Propertysheet.profile
4. Open Propertysheet.profile, replace default value for SAP_HELP_URL with custom help url, such as http://help.mycompany.com/xrpm400/
5. Set up required folder structure such as /en/AD/815F4283F26255E100000000A155106/, and create content.htm with your custom help content.
Now the complete path for custom doc could be: http://help.mycompany.com/xrpm400/en/AD/815F4283F26255E100000000A155106/content.htm
However, in the 5th point SAP has mention about creating a folder structure like /en/AD/815F4283F26255E100000000A155106/ . We created this folder. However, we cannot access this folder through http url.
Please let me know if any extra configuration needs to be done after creating this folder structure.
Thanks & regards,
Sujit

Hi Experts,
We are trying to create a custom help link similar to the standard help links provided by SAP (example: http://help.sap.com/saphelp_xrpm400/helpdata/en/AD/815F4283F26255E100000000A155106/content.htm).
Our custom help link should look like this: http://help.mycompany.com/xrpm450/en/AD/815F4283F26255E100000000A155106/content.htm
To achieve this we are following a SAP FAQ Note: 991559
Based on the solution provided in this note for Q.4 we have implemented the following steps:
Proposed solution by SAP:
Yes it is possible to configure custom help. For instance, the default xRPM help doc url for Item Details looks like this: http://help.sap.com/saphelp_xrpm400/helpdata/en/AD/815F4283F26255E100000000A155106/content.htm
The value of "http://help.sap.com/saphelp_xrpm400/helpdata/" and
"http://help.sap.com/saphelp_xrpm450/helpdata/" is maintained in property sheet of com.sap.xapps.cprxrpm.common.component.CommonComp. To change the value to custom url, please follow the steps:
1. log in to J2EE Visual Administrator
2. go to J2EE instance -> Server -> Services -> Configuration Adapter
3. at right panel, click on webdynpro -> sap.com->xappscprxrpmcommon-> Components -> com.sap.xapps.cprxrpm.common.component.CommonComp -> Propertysheet.profile
4. Open Propertysheet.profile, replace default value for SAP_HELP_URL with custom help url, such as http://help.mycompany.com/xrpm400/
5. Set up required folder structure such as /en/AD/815F4283F26255E100000000A155106/, and create content.htm with your custom help content.
Now the complete path for custom doc could be: http://help.mycompany.com/xrpm400/en/AD/815F4283F26255E100000000A155106/content.htm
However, in the 5th point SAP has mention about creating a folder structure like /en/AD/815F4283F26255E100000000A155106/ . We created this folder. However, we cannot access this folder through http url.
Please let me know if any extra configuration needs to be done after creating this folder structure.
Thanks & regards,
Sujit

SharePoint 2013 Media Player using UNC path directly without using a Website in IIS (either out of the box or custom player using javascript only)

Hi,
There isn't much info on this and I am hoping its possible.
I have come across the following article which explains how we can setup SharePoint 2013 Asset Library using video links using a website in IIS that is mapped to a UNC path.
http://stevemannspath.blogspot.com.au/2012/12/sharepoint-2013-videos-in-sharepoint.html
This is great. However we have an issue where I work and I need somehow to get SharePoint mediaplayer to point to a video directly using the UNC path like :- \\WINSP13\TempVideos\NTV_Carr_Indig.wmv without the use of a website in IIS.
I understand that we won't be able to stream the video then thats ok.
when trying to add a video link to an asset library using the UNC path, we get the following error: We don't support
playing a video of that format from a file share.
Is there a way or a workaround to do this? we are using only javascript to do this (AngularJS or any custom Javascript player such as MediaElement)
Thanks
Kind Regards,
Will

From a SharePoint architecture perspective, this is a BAD design, since you are rerouting the communications (from the client to the UNC) away from and outside of SharePoint... as a result, SP cannot provide any level of guarantee about the ability for videos
to play on the client machine.
Secondarily, I'm not sure that the browser will let you pull resources from such different locations (doing so has been the root of several type of attacks, such as "Cross Site Scripting").
That said (and assuming the browser lets you), you can always use JS to handle creating the video player HTML and setting the UNC location... instead of using a site asset library to store the links, just create a list for the videos
Scott Brickey
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Beware UNC path syntax for shared dirs used in a windows cluster!

This seems to be an undocumented but vital piece of information:
If you are setting up a Windows based cluster and you are using UNC paths
to identify the shared file locations for IntradocDir (Instance Dir), Vault dir
and Weblayout dir, please start your paths with 4 backslashes!
For instance, if you are putting your share on \\MYNAS\share\cs
The paths as configured in the intradoc.cfg should follow this pattern:
IntradocDir=\\\\MYNAS/share/cs
VaultDir=\\\\MYNAS/share/cs/vault
WeblayoutDir=\\\\MYNAS/share/cs/weblayout
Now, the documentation, if read carefully, will lead you to believe starting
with two forward slashes will work.
In other words, like this:
IntradocDir=//MYNAS/share/cs
And on an initial system start, it may even seem good to go, BUT BEWARE!
When using only the forward slashes, at least two problems may arise:
1. Any custom component which use java and therefore require a classpath may
fail to load their classes. This will result in ClassNotFound exceptions
when class loading is attempted.
2. OracleTextSearch may not be able to index files and you will see "oit" errors
in the log.
This may be jvm and windows version specific but I noticed this on Windows server 2008 R2
using the JRockit 64 bit jvm.

As mentioned above I spotted Shadow Copy configuration problems in clustered environment on Windows 2012 R2 with latest updates.
Enabling Shadow Copy via Cluster Manager on disk will enable schedule and snapshots but schedule is not-cluster aware (is created locally on node) and "Previous Versions" are visible only locally but not via shared folders (UNC path accesible by
clients)
When I spotted this behavior I tried different way going via Computer Management and cluster resource name but console always hangs for me when using "Configure Shadow Copies". After many minutes configuration window is opened (Hurray!) but any
action there will hang whole console again. Enabling Shadow Copies will fail with "0x80004005: Unspecified
error" for creating scheduled task but "Next Run Time" column still shows "Disabled". Checking disk resource via Cluster Manager shows it is enabled and ?local? scheduled task is created.
Computer management console still shows DISABLED and any action freezes whole console (only when cluster resource name is used).
This fix I found, unfortunately, is not applicable to 2012 R2 OS: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/2894464
To sum up there is a major bug in MS implementation in Shadow Copies for Shared Folders when clustering is used or it is still not supported in 2012 R2? Doing it outside cluster works as it should (without freezes and Previous Versions are available via
UNC)
There is no documentation about FileServer Clustering on 2012(R2) unfortunately.
Could someone from MS clarify it?
Many thanks
Filip
EDIT:
Ok, one correction:
Scheduled task is not created in "Failover Clustering" hive of Scheduled tasks as user may expect but failover of fileshare to other node will unregister/reregister it on active node only.

How do I create an installer for my project that allows for variable data entry like a server unc path?

Hello All,
I have a questions and a few hours of scouring the internet hasn't brought me much closer to an answer.
Here's what I want to do. I have created a visual c# wpf application. I want to have an installer that during install time will have a text box or something where I can enter a server path as a string. Basically my application needs to know where to look
for a server unc path \\server\somesharedfolder that it will be accessing primarily for its work. Secondly, how do I reference said information from within my code.
I have come across application/user scoped settings, which appears to be what I'm looking for. However I can't find a way to have the installer prompt for a value "Server Path:" __________ that I could type into during installation. So far it appears
the only way would be to edit the config.deploy file before running the installer, which isn't a big deal but you'd think there'd be an easy way to take in variables during install.
EDIT: Apparently I can't edit the config.deploy file as I get an error message about the hash not matching.
Thanks for your help!
Lance

Hello,
The forums I found confusing, didn't know the best place to put this question so I put it here.
I have found the answer over at stackoverflow and will detail here for anyone who may stumble across the same problem.
The problem is ClickOnce seemingly doesn't support this feature. Installshield LE either doesn't or does but its incredibly too complicated if all you need is one variable passed to the registry during installation. And it seems the words used for googling
this particular problem will never lead you to the solution.
So here's how to do it (we will be first adding the Visual Studio Installer Add-on to restore original installer project functionality):
1) Inside of visual studio 2013 go to Tools -> Extensions and Updates
2) On the left-hand side click on Online -> Visual Studio Gallery
3) In the upper-right search box search for "Visual Studio Installer"
4) Download the extension labeled "Microsoft Visual Studio Installer Projects"
5) Install, then open a new project under Templates -> Other Project Templates -> Visual Studio Installer -> Setup Project
6) Now for the gold. In the solution explorer there are icons in a bar just below its title bar, highlight till you see "User Interface Setup" and open it.
7) Now you can right click on Start, Progress, End etc any Category heading and hit Add Dialog.
8) From here for my purposes, I used TextBoxes A
9) Once you add it, click on it and observe its properties window. You will see Label, Property, and Value. Make a note of the property name as it will be used to store the data directly into the registry. *Note: there appears to be no way to perform data
validation using the built in textbox dialogs, users can enter whatever they want and move on.
10) Go to the registry editor on the same icon bar under solution explorer.
11) Specify your registry folder, make a new value (I used string) and name it whatever you like. In the value section enter the property label formatted as such [EDITA1] depending on your value.
12) Now when you run the installer for your project, it will take data into that field and place it into the registry provided it has access to that key with the permissions you run the program under.

Acrobat 9 Pro will not open for certain users - Not UNC path error

Hello, I have recently installed Acrobat 9 Pro and It runs fine in an alternate account on my machine. When I go to run it on the primary account, It immediately throws an error. I have checked the registry and the account in question does not have its app data on a UNC path. Thank you in advance for your assistance.
Nick

This is a user forum, but with Adobe you might find better help here than in other places anyway. Many of the users here have been through most of the problems and if you hit one that has been there you will likely get a good answer. Some of the folks are good at making suggestions to try (as they would try) and others will try to replicate the problem if you give enough info. Many of us are a bit crazy for spending so much time here, but we learn along with helping, an aspect we enjoy - takes the edge off the day! (OK, maybe I am speaking for myself.)
If you run into some other specifics that may help others provide you ideas to try, do come back. If you find a solution to your problem, please report it also. Bill

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