FastClaims for Tiger in AIX

So I've discovered that FastClaims in Allscripts Tiger AIX servers are stored in the following location. When a receipts are batched, they are stored in /m2/MF01/CLAIM499 When clicking on "Batch" -> Fast Claims, it then copies /m2/MF01/CLAIM499 to /src/APPS/ECONNECT/ARCHIVE/TS/CLAIM499_1.3101165443_20120131165507385. You will notice this filename is comprised of CLAIM499_[companynumber].ddmmhhmmss.yyyymmddhhmmssnnnn in gzip format. The original /m2/MF01/CLAIM499 is renamed to /m2/MF01/oldCLAIM499. The Continue reading →

#aix

Traffic Shaping and Policing in Cisco IOS

I needed to setup bandwidth shaping on a router recently for testing purposes and decided on the below configuration on my Cisco router.  I know this drops packets and I don't really care;  this is a guest network and it isn't mission critical.
policy-map POLICY_GUEST_OUT
class CLASS_GUEST_OUT
shape average 1000000
policy-map POLICY_GUEST_IN
class CLASS_GUEST_IN
police 1000000 1000 1000 conform-action transmit exceed-action set-qos-transmit 4 violate-action drop
class-map match-all CLASS_GUEST_IN
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#cisco

MSDN Bug Check Code Reference

This article was posted more than 1 year ago. Please keep in mind that the information on this page may be outdated, insecure, or just plain wrong today.

Bug Check Code Reference from MSDN
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/hardware/hh406232(v=vs.85).aspx
Great site with lots of collected information from an MVP
http://www.carrona.org/bsodindx.html
I once had a complete listing with search capability (https://techish.net/bugcodes/) but I no longer have this.  I will soon recreate it.

Visualizing SQLIO: Disk benchmark results using a PivotChart

This is a quick video of what I was working on for a little today. I created a batch script that will benchmark a disk(s) using SQLIO and record the output to a single file (or multiple, if necessary). After benchmarking completes, I run SQLIOResults and choose the output file that was created by my batch script. Once SQLIOResults parses the SQLIO output and finishes inserting it into Excel, I create a PivotChart to compare the disk(s) IOPS and MB/s at each of the different test levels. Hopefully Continue reading →

#benchmark, #iops, #powershell, #sqlio

SQL Performance Monitoring

I have read numerous articles all over the 'net regarding performance counters to monitor, etc.
This is a snapshot of a typical performance monitoring session I use to track down performance issues or review the system at any given point.

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#performance