What are all those 'lockfiles' doing there?

After updating to Lion, I suddenly have a lot of files in my Preferences folder that are duplicates of existing files but with the suffix 'lockfile' added. What are these? Can I delete them? What are they doing there?

Same problem here. Most of these files are zero octet. I get also a very large amount of zero octet files this format:
com.apple.QuickTimePlayerX.plist.1kvtJQz
Lion turns very slow. Apps do not remember states. iCal repeats alams. Safari "forgets" passwords and Top Sites. And so on....
I suspect a virus.
Please get in touch if any solution.
Thanx

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What are all those files?

I have two Macs:
iMac G4 at home with less than 300000 files.
iBook G4 at home with over 700000 files.
Now, what are the 400000 extra files on my iBook, compared to the iMac? How do I find them?
If they were large, I could have used WhatSize from http://www.versiontracker.com/
But they are not large, since the hard drive is far from full.
On a similar note: How can I find duplicates of files? I know Font Book finds duplicate fonts, but what about other kinds of documents?

What size would be my next move here. At least it will show you something? Won't it?
You are quite right. By clicking on a folder, WhatSize tells me the size as well as the number of files and folders it contains. (I didn't realize that before.) So even if the folders are always sorted by size (not number of files), I can manually find my way around.
So I found out that
/Users/myname/Library/Caches/Metadata/Microsoft/Entourage
contains 181,000 files. So I found roughly half of the files. They are all called something like 138725.vRgeMessage.
What are these messages/files?
Can I just delete the contents of /Users/myname/Library/Caches/ without any adverse effects?
EDIT: I also found 40,000 more printer driver files on the iBook. I know I can delete a lot of those.
I also didn't remember the number of files correctly. The difference is 755789-386940=368849 files. Almost 400000 anyway. ;-)
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What are all those .pkg files in the Receipts folder?

If I see files for several versions of the same, updated, program, can I delete the all but the latest file?

They're stubs of the original Install.pkgs, they're used for Software Update to tell what you have installed, & by Disk Utility to Repair Permissions.
I think it may be safe to remove older ones that have a newer version listed, but I haven't experimented much with that since 10.4.11, at which time it helped with Permission Repairs doubly changing permissions on some files.
For safety I'd comprees the whole Receipts folder as a backup, then remove the ones you think you don't need.

How can we identify what are all user exits are there for sales orders,deli

Dear All,
How can we identify what are all user exits are there for sales orders,deliverys and invoices
thanks
nitchel v

Hi Nitchel
There are many ways to find out the user exits..
For example for VA01.
Goto Transaction ie VA01:
goto System-- Status
doubleclick on the program name ie SAPMV45A
SE38 -> Enter the program name and in the program( SAPMV45A) goto -- attributes
get the package name from here ie VA
note the package(VA) and get back to main screen
goto SMOD tcode and click on find button in the package spec giv the package name ie VA and execute it
you will find list of exits available
check out the exit that suits ur requirement
goto cmod and create a new project and implement in that user exit.
You will get the following exits in SMOD..
SDTRM001 Reschedule schedule lines without a new ATP check
V45A0001 Determine alternative materials for product selection
V45A0002 Predefine sold-to party in sales document
V45A0003 Collector for customer function modulpool MV45A
V45A0004 Copy packing proposal
V45E0001 Update the purchase order from the sales order
V45E0002 Data transfer in procurement elements (PRreq., assembly
V45L0001 SD component supplier processing (customer enhancements
V45P0001 SD customer function for cross-company code sales
V45S0001 Update sales document from configuration
V45S0003 MRP-relevance for incomplete configuration
V45S0004 Effectivity type in sales order
V45W0001 SD Service Management: Forward Contract Data to Item
V46H0001 SD Customer functions for resource-related billing
V60F0001 SD Billing plan (customer enhancement) diff. to billing
For Delivery you will get .. here the package name will be VL.
V02V0001 Sales area determination for stock transport order
V02V0002 User exit for storage location determination
V02V0003 User exit for gate + matl staging area determination (h
V02V0004 User Exit for Staging Area Determination (Item)
V50PSTAT Delivery: Item Status Calculation
V50Q0001 Delivery Monitor: User Exits for Filling Display Fields
V50R0001 Collective processing for delivery creation
V50R0002 Collective processing for delivery creation
V50R0004 Calculation of Stock for POs for Shipping Due Date List
V50S0001 User Exits for Delivery Processing
V53C0001 Rough workload calculation in time per item
V53C0002 W&S: RWE enhancement - shipping material type/time slot
V53W0001 User exits for creating picking waves
VMDE0001 Shipping Interface: Error Handling - Inbound IDoc
VMDE0002 Shipping Interface: Message PICKSD (Picking, Outbound)
VMDE0003 Shipping Interface: Message SDPICK (Picking, Inbound)
VMDE0004 Shipping Interface: Message SDPACK (Packing, Inbound)
For Billing VF01..Package is VF..
SDVFX007 User exit: Billing plan during transfer to Accounting
SDVFX008 User exit: Processing of transfer structures SD-FI
SDVFX009 Billing doc. processing KIDONO (payment reference numbe
SDVFX010 User exit item table for the customer lines
SDVFX011 Userexit for the komkcv- and kompcv-structures
V05I0001 User exits for billing index
V05N0001 User Exits for Printing Billing Docs. using POR Procedu
V60A0001 Customer functions in the billing document
V60P0001 Data provision for additional fields for display in lis
V61A0001 Customer enhancement: Pricing
Or another way is ..
- Get the program name for that T-Code
- Go to that program
- In that program, search for word 'EXIT' or 'CUSTOMER-FUNCTION' by using where-used list which will give u the list of user exits for that program
And also you can check in the tables in SE16 for user exits..
MODSAP - Stores SAP Enhancements
MODSAPT - Stores SAP Enhancements - Short Texts
MODACT - Stores Modifications
And there are other ways as well , pls check the forum for this ,
Regards,
Vvieks
Note : If you have any specific requirement then pls let us know , we will guide you

How to identify what are all the events are created in background jobs?

Hi all,
how to identify what are all the events are created for background jobs. And what events gets triggered for a particular job.
thanxs
haritha

Hi Haritha,
JOB is a program which starts to a determined point of time and executes some standard programs in the system. JOBs can be planed to a determined point of time on the regular basis (every night, for example) or to some discret time moments. So, the JOB can be planed and then will be started automatically without the manual start.
Realtime programs are understood in the most cases as actual program execution which is started by somebody to the actual moment of time.
Typically per JOBs some special processes will be started that should be executed automatically and regularly: for example, IDOC application, some correction reports, statistic updates etc.
Standard jobs are those background jobs that should be run regularly in a production SAP System These jobs are usually jobs that clean up parts of the system, such as by deleting old spool requests.
Use
As of Release 4.6C, the Job Definition transaction ( sm36 ) provides a list of important standard jobs, which you can schedule, monitor, and edit.
Standard jobs are those background jobs that should be run regularly in a production SAP System. These jobs are usually jobs that clean up parts of the system, such as by deleting old spool requests.
for more information you can go thru the following thread:
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw70/helpdata/en/24/b884388b81ea55e10000009b38f842/frameset.htm
About Events:
Events have meaning only in the background processing system. You can use events only to start background jobs.
Triggering an event notifies the background processing system that a named condition has been reached. The background processing system reacts by starting any jobs that were waiting for the event.
Types of Events:
There are two types of events:
1.)System events are defined by SAP. These events are triggered automatically when such system changes as the activation of a new operation mode take place.
2.)User events are events that you define yourself. You must trigger these events yourself from ABAP or from external programs. You could, for example, signal the arrival of external data to be read into the SAP system by using an external program to trigger a background processing event.The event scheduler processes an event if the event is defined in the system.
For example, if a system (System 1) receives an event from another system (System 2), the event scheduler of System 1 processes the event only if it is defined in System 1. That event does not need to be defined in System 2 (the sending system).
You define an event by assigning a name (EVENTID) to it. When defining an event, you do not define the event arguments.
for more information you can go thru the following thread:
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04s/helpdata/en/fa/096e2a543b11d1898e0000e8322d00/frameset.htm
When you schedule the process chain or infopackages the jobs associated with it run in the background mode. In case you want to create a job for a specific activity you can do so in SM36. You would be creating jobs that would get executed in any one of the options:
1. Immediate
2. Date & Time
3. After event.
4. After job.
5. At Operation mode.
In case you want to view the job logs go to sm37.
Also Pls check DB02 for database performance and ST03 for workload .
Analyse u will have an idea ,
*pls assign points,if info is useful**
Regards
CSM reddy
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Sub:ztable fields are used by what are all transactions

Hi Experts,
I am having 2 table fields. These two fields are used in 2 different Ztables. Just i want to modify these two Zfields. But i want to tell our endusers, If i am making changes on these two fields means What are all the Transaction codes will affect? I can take what are all programs used by these 2 different fields through where-used-list option. But user dont need to know the program names know? They are familiar with only transaction codes.
So anyother option is there to find out the transaction codes?
Thanks,
Sankar M

hi
good
your query is bit confusing,if you r going to change anything in the zfields than there must be a requirement for that from your end user,apart from that if you r doing any changes than you must know what r the reports going to affect after that,than you need to change them accordingly,i dont think there is any table which ll give you idea that what r the tcoded going to affect after that,bcz its a table that would have been used in different reports in different scenarios,and you have to chage all those reports accordingly.
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When I save photos or videos from my iPhone 4S to my PC they are all sideways. Is there a way to prevent this from happening? All are taking with the phone in portrait mode.

When I save photos or videos from my iPhone 4S to my PC they are all sideways. Is there a way to prevent this from happening? All are taken with the phone in portrait mode.

Shot videos ONLY in landscape. For photos choose what's you like. Maybe you have to rotate photos on PC. What's your operating system?

Iphotos Package Contents: What are all these folders for? Is it too large to back up in the cloud?

Dear experts, I am quite a newbie when it comes to understanding the Mac filing system, as I originally came from the PC world. There's lots of things I dont understand in the iMac file viewer and how to organise and backup my photos is an important issue for me.
I know that if I want to look at the original photo files on my iMac, I can right-click on users/myname/pictures and select "Show Package Contents".
Question 1 - What are all these folders for?
Please can someone explain what is the difference between all the folders I see? Some of them seem to be exact duplicates of the others e.g. Masters, Modified and Originals all seem to have the same content. So here is a list of folders that I see. What is in them?, or what is their purpose?
Data
Data.noindex
Modified
Originals
Apple TV Photo Cache
Attachments
Auto Import
Backup
Caches
Contents
Database
iLifeShared
iPod Photo Cache
Masters
Previews
ProjectCache
Thumbnails
Question 2 - Which photo folder should I back-up?
If I want to keep a physical backup of my photos, which of the above folders should I copy to an external hard drive? (I use Get Backup to automatically copy all important new or changed files to an external drive)
Question 3 - Using the cloud: What is the best way to backup my large photo library in the cloud safely?
I would like to have some kind of safe backup in the cloud for my photos. However the size of the iphoto library is huge at 165GB. Even the Masters folder is huge. It is 130GB. Is it possible to back up files of this size in the cloud? I have a couple of services called photo streaming and Dropbox, but they don't seem to be able to handle this kind of size. Photo streaming only works with 1000 photos (as far as I can tell), and my Dropbox probably has a limit too. I guess it's about 5GB. I am already using about 3GB of my Dropbox space for other files. I would consider both paid and free solutions.
Many thanks to all the experts for your help!

know that if I want to look at the original photo files on my iMac, I can right-click on users/myname/pictures and select "Show Package Contents".
Don't do that. That's like opening the hood of your car and trying to figure out what all the different bits and peices are and which you can yank out and dispose of. Simply, there are no user-serviceable parts in here.
So, your Question 2:
You back up the iPhoto Library as a single unit.
Most Simple Back Up:
Drag the iPhoto Library from your Pictures Folder to another Disk. This will make a copy on that disk.
Slightly more complex: Use an app that will do incremental back ups. This is a very good way to work. The first time you run the back up the app will make a complete copy of the Library. Thereafter it will update the back up with the changes you have made. That makes subsequent back ups much faster. Many of these apps also have scheduling capabilities: So set it up and it will do the back up automatically.
Example of such apps: Chronosync - but there are many others. Search on MacUpdate or the App Store
Your question 3:
There is no good back up to the Cloud. There are a couple of reasons for this. One is that the datasets are so large and the cloud services shapre their download speeds. This means restoring can take days to complete. Then, and this is the big problem, the iPhoto Library needs to sit on a disk formatted Mac OS Extended (Journaled). Bluntly, no servers online are formatted appropriately, and if the Library is written to - by an incremental back up, for instance - there is a very high likelihood that the library will be corrupted.
Your Question 1:
The Library you're describing there sounds like one that has been updated a few times. Not everything you list there is a folder. Some will be aliases.
The Data folders hold thumbnails.
The Masters and Originals folders hold the files as imported from the camera
The Previews hold the versions of the edited photos that are accessed via the Sharing mechanism.
I think if you look losely that you'll notice that one of the Data folders and one of either the Masters or the Originals folders is actually an alias.
Everything else is a database or cache file of some form. All are required for iPhoto to work.
As an FYI:
For help accessing your photos in iPhoto see this user tip:
https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-4491

How to identify what are all the errors appears in process chain,

Hi all,
i have a process chain running, but i want to find out what are all the errors that the process chain has thrown
thanks
pooja

Hi Pooja,
Errors in monitoring:
SID error
Reason: If the corresponding master data is missing for the particular transaction data.
         1. Check for the load timing for the respective master data, if it less than an hour then make the request red and repeat the ip.
         2. If the data is loaded to PSA then you have to delete the request from target and manually push the data to from PSA.
         3. If we are required for selective update then note down the info source from header and find it in RSA1,select the one with Single as postfix.
         4. Goto data selection tab and change the range.
Tip: change the last 4 digits for from to 0000and the last 4 digit for to     9999.
        5. Repeat the ip.
         6. In case only of failure in one target goto RSA1 find the PSA, put he request no. and reschedule it.
Note: IF PSA is present never make the request red rather delete it.
Replication error
Reason: Data source replication Failed.
         1. In order to handle this error you should be known to IP, info source and source system.
         2. Goto RSA1, find the data source in the source sys tab.
         3. Right click on the data source and replicate it.
         4. Since all the transformation rules pertaining to this data source need to be reactivated so go to SE38 and execute rs_transtru_activat_all, data source and sys name.
         5. Delete the red request from the target.
Update R not supported
Reason: The corresponding initialization flag for the ip is lost.
         1. Goto header click on the ip and goto schedule tab and click initialize in the source system, whatever screen appears delete the only request present(the initialization flag).
         2. Goto RSA1, find the ip in the info source (one with the Adhoc initialize flag).
         3. Goto update tab and select Initialize delta process try going for with data transfer.
         4. Reschedule the IP.
Duplicate Record Error
Reason: Duplicate error records for the loaded master data.
         1. Goto info package via header or via RSA1.
         2. Goto processing tab and change the ip setting, selecting only PSA and ignore duplicate records and re run the ip.
         3. Do remember to change the ip settings back to the original once after the second step.
ODS activation failure
Reason: Prerequisites for ODs activation not satisfied i.e. unique key.
         1. Goto maintain variant.
         2. Check for the QM status of the requests in the target they should be green.
         3. Then click the ODS activation tab.
         4. In the screen which appears put the requests for which ODS activation failed.
         5. Activate these and keep on refreshing them until status reverts from green,
Remember to refresh these requests one at a time.
         6. If requests are red then delete them from target.
         7. Reschedule the IP.
Note: Never Try activating ODS manually if it is Y1.
Aggregate Rollup error
Reason: No aggregate found for the respective rollup.
         1. Click on the variant in which the error occurred.
         2. Goto chain tab and copy the variant and instance.
         3. Run the nestle provided program YBW05.
         4. Put in info in there and put the status as g green.
         5. Execute and refresh the status.
Lock issue
Reason: The same ip is been locked by other user or may be used by other process chain.
         1. We can see the locked entries and in the transaction SM12.
         2. Wait for the other process to get complete once the ip loads to target in that process then there is no need for running it for the process.
         3. In other case make the request red, when PSA is present then goto environment tab ->schedule->initiate update.
         4. In the box appears select update in the background.
         5. And the manually update the failed IPs by selecting manual update in the context menu.
Alfa confirming value error, Time conversion error, Chain didnt start, Delay due to long running job, Poor system performance,Heirarchy node exist in duplicate.
Reasons:
Alfa confirming error: Data format mismatch.
Time conversion error: Date, time format mismatch.
Chain didnt start: A scheduled chain didnt triggered at the prescribed timing.
-For all the above error we have to raise a ticket.
Idoc or TRFC error
Reason: An Idoc is been stuck somewhere.
         1. Reload the Master Data manually again from Info-package at RSA1.
         2. Release the Idoc.
         3. In the source system level got environment->transaction->Transaction RFC or Data ware housing level.
         4. In the Screen if the status is Transaction Recorded it means its stuck goto edit and click Execute LUW or press F6.
         5. If status is Transaction executing then it means its fine wait.
         6. Or raise ticket.
Error Due to short Dump
Reason: Error due to Short dump could be due to many reasons i.e. memory, table space, lock, error record, page allocation, failed change run.
Process terminated in the Source system.
           Reason: Sometimes we face that a load has failed due to job Termination at Source System.
      This happens due to unavailability of the source system or some connectivity problem between source and target systems.
1.      Make the request red.
2.      Delete the request from the data target.
3.      Reschedule the ip.
4.      If still the job fails raise the ticket.
And also check in following links:
Process Chain Errors
/people/mona.kapur/blog/2008/01/14/process-chain-errors
Common Process chain errors
For Data Load Errors check this blog:
/people/siegfried.szameitat/blog/2005/07/28/data-load-errors--basic-checks
Pls assign points if it helps u,
Thanks & Regards,
Madhu

What are all the certifications should i do?

Hii friends,
I introduce myself as a newbie in dis world of oracle plsql.Me having a experience of 2.5yrs in various but with a relevant exp of 6months on oracle10g plsql.And I think its the time for me to concentrate on doing certifications.
1) Could you folks can list out me what are all the certification should i go for.
2)And the books should I buy ????
3)Sites that provide mock exams????
I desperately need your valuable suggestions.
Edited by: user13310481 on Jun 23, 2010 10:53 PM

user13310481 wrote:
Hii friends,
I introduce myself as a newbie in dis world of oracle plsql.Me having a experience of 2.5yrs in various but with a relevant exp of 6months on oracle10g plsql.And I think its the time for me to concentrate on doing certifications.
1) Could you folks can list out me what are all the certification should i go for.
2)And the books should I buy ????
3)Sites that provide mock exams????
I desperately need your valuable suggestions.
Please start reading the following articles
http://blogs.oracle.com/certification/2009/05/the_route_you_choose.html
http://forums.oracle.com/forums/ann.jspa?annID=794
http://education.oracle.com/pls/web_prod-plq-dad/db_pages.getpage?page_id=39
My Oracle Video Tutorials - http://kamranagayev.wordpress.com/oracle-video-tutorials/

What are all information brought into database buffer cache ?

Hi,
What are all information brought into database buffer cache , when user does any one of operations such as "insert","update", "delete" , "select" ?
Whether the datablock to be modified only brought into cache or entire datablocks of a table brought into cache while doing operations i mentioned above ?
What is the purpose of SQL Area? What are all information brought into SQLArea?
Please explain me the logic behind the questions i asked above.
thanks in advance,
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Documentation is your friend. Why not start by
reading the
[url=http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/B19306_01/serv
er.102/b14220/memory.htm]Memory Architecturechapter.
Message was edited by:
orafad
Hi orafad,
I have learnt MemoryArchitecture .
In that documentation , folowing explanation are given,
The database buffer cache is the portion of the SGA that holds copies of data blocks read from datafiles.
But i would like to know whether all or few datablocks brought into cache.
thanks in advance,
nvseenu

What are all Built-in-Templets available in ODI?

What is the use of Built-in-Templets?
What are all Built-in-Templets available in ODI?

Hi Harmeet,
ODI's biggest asset is Knowledge module.This is the built in templates of ODI.
Knowledge Modules (KMs) are code templates. Each KM is dedicated to an individual task in the overall data integration process.
There are almost 6 types of KMs coming with ODI.
Reverse-engineering knowledge modules (RKM) are used for reading the table and other object metadata from source databases.
Journalizing knowledge modules (JKM) record the new and changed data within either a single table or view or a consistent set of tables or views.
Loading knowledge modules (LKM) are used for efficient extraction of data from source databases and include database-specific bulk unload utilities where available.
Check knowledge modules (CKM) Checks data integrity against CONSTRAINTS defined on a Datastore. Rejects invalid records in the error table created dynamically.
Integration knowledge modules (IKM) are used for efficiently transforming data from staging area to the target tables, generating the optimized native SQL for the given database.
Service knowledge modules (SKM) provide the ability to expose data as Web services.
You can see the list of KMs in your installation folder /impexp directory.
Thanks,
Guru

What are all the subjobs that get called for when a load is scheduled.

Can any one please tell me - "when I schedule a load to my Infocube or ODS or other data target, what are all the sub jobs/requests that get called for? Like if I go and see in Tcode SM37, I see several jobs running. Any input is greatly rewarded. Thankyou!!!!

Hi,
Adding to what is mentioned above, if its scheduled if its a BW datamart load scheduled in background you can see that in SM37 job log (give BIrequest name) (In source system if load is from R/3) and it should give you the details about the request.
SM66 > Get the job details (server name PID etc from SM37) and see in SM66 if the job is running or not. (In source system if load is from R/3 or in BW if its a datamart load). See if its accessing/updating some tables or is not doing anything at all.
Also try SM50/SM51 to find that job.
Try RSMO from the Infopackage monitor.
Thanks,
JItuK

What are all the errors that can be corrected by using tran code rsrv?

hi all,,
what are all the errors that can be corrected by using tran code rsrv?
can anyone list me out a list of errors that can be rectified using rsrv. And let me know the steps involved to rectify those errors using trns code rsrv.
regds
hari

Hi Kalyan,
I have urgent need of the RSRV DOCS.
Can you mail it to [email protected]
I will highly appreciate.
Thanks in Advance
SS
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What are all the types of Function module?

Hi,
What are all the types of Function module.
Pls reply me.

Hi,
Function modules are one element. There are no types. However sometimes an RFC enabled function module is referred to as RFC Function module, but really it is just a function module. Also BAPIs are function modules, but are usually referred to as just BAPI as opposed to BAPI Function module.
There is no different function module types , but calling the function module will be different.
check this function calls syntax
1. Calls a function module:
- CALL FUNCTION func.
2. Call a function module in a different mode (asynchronous Remote Function Call):
- CALL FUNCTION func STARTING NEW TASK taskname.
3. Call a function module in the update task:
- CALL FUNCTION func IN UPDATE TASK.
4. Call a function module in a remote system (Remote Function Call, RFC ):
- CALL FUNCTION func DESTINATION dest.
5. Asynchronous call to a function module with transactional processing (transactional Remote Function Call):
- CALL FUNCTION func IN BACKGROUND TASK.
qRFC with output queue
6. Call a function module that can be activated in the context of enhancements:
- CALL CUSTOMER-FUNCTION func.
plz go through the below links
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw2004s/helpdata/en/9f/db988735c111d1829f0000e829fbfe/content.htm
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