Installing Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio Express in Windows Vista or Seven: Error 29506

Installing Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio Express in Windows Vista or Seven: Error 29506

This is a problem about privileges. Probably the installer performs the latests tasks without using elevation.

Solution is very simple: run the installer from an elevated command prompt.

Click Start.
Type cmd end press CTRL+SHIFT+ENTER and accept the elevation.
Execute the installer from there (just type path and filename).
This works on Windows Vista and, of course, on Windows 7.

If using a 64 bit version, please note you will have to use the 64 bit version of cmd.exe, which is located in c:\Windows\SysWoW64 instead on c:\Windows\System32, so just write c:\Windows\SysWoW64\cmd instead of just cmd (thanks to Pierre Boucher for this)


http://www.sugata.eu/2008/04/16/installing-microsoft-sql-server-management-studio-express-in-windows-vista-error-29506/

Tomcat Loadbalancing

#Install JDK
#Set Environment Variables
JAVA_HOME C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_25

#Copy extracted Tomcat folder to 
c:\Tomcat\

#Set Environment Variables
CATALINA_HOME C:\Tomcat\apache-tomcat-6.0.32

#Add following text to tomcat-users.xml
<role rolename="manager-gui"/>
<user username="admin" password="******" roles="manager-gui"/>

#Modify catalina.properties to add shared libraries
shared.loader=${catalina.home}/shared/lib,${catalina.home}/shared/lib/*.jar

#Copy C:\Tomcat\apache-tomcat-6.0.32
C:\Tomcat\node01-6.0.32

#Delete contents from the following subfolders
logs
temp
webapps
work

#Add startNode.bat on both nodes
set CATALINA_HOME=C:\Tomcat\apache-tomcat-6.0.32
set CATALINA_BASE=C:\Tomcat\node01-6.0.32
C:\Tomcat\node01-6.0.32\bin\startup.bat

#stopNode.bat
set CATALINA_HOME=C:\Tomcat\apache-tomcat-6.0.32
set CATALINA_BASE=C:\Tomcat\node01-6.0.32
C:\Tomcat\node01-6.0.32\bin\shutdown.bat

#installService.bat to install windows service
set CATALINA_HOME=C:\Tomcat\apache-tomcat-6.0.32
set CATALINA_BASE=C:\Tomcat\node01-6.0.32
C:\Tomcat\node01-6.0.32\bin\service.bat install NODE01

#uninstallService.bat to uninstall windows service
set CATALINA_HOME=C:\Tomcat\apache-tomcat-6.0.32
set CATALINA_BASE=C:\Tomcat\node01-6.0.32
C:\Tomcat\node01-6.0.32\bin\service.bat remove NODE01

#Modify server.xml to add jvmRoute
<Engine name="Catalina" defaultHost="localhost" jvmRoute="node01">

#Modify server.xml to change ports
<Server port="8006" shutdown="SHUTDOWN">
    <Connector port="8081" protocol="HTTP/1.1" 
               connectionTimeout="20000" 
               redirectPort="8443" />
    <Connector port="8010" protocol="AJP/1.3" redirectPort="8443" />

#Install httpd-2.2.xx
#Uncomment following LoadModules from httpd.conf
LoadModule proxy_module modules/mod_proxy.so
LoadModule proxy_ajp_module modules/mod_proxy_ajp.so
LoadModule proxy_balancer_module modules/mod_proxy_balancer.so

#Add the following settings to httpd.conf
<VirtualHost *>
 <Proxy balancer://ajpCluster>
  BalancerMember ajp://localhost:8010 route=node01 retry=60
  #BalancerMember ajp://localhost:8011 route=node02 retry=60
 </Proxy>
 
 <Location />
  Allow From All
  ProxyPass balancer://ajpCluster/ stickysession=JSESSIONID nofailover=off
 </Location>
</VirtualHost>

#To configure the instance
C:\Tomcat\apache-tomcat-6.0.32\bin>tomcat6w //ES//node01

WSADMIN

wsadmin.bat -lang jython -user  -password 

for app in AdminApp.list().split('\r\n'):
   AdminApp.export(app, 'c:\\extras\\backup\\' + app + '.ear')

DB2 SQL COPY TABLE PROCEDURE

CREATE TABLE <ibrary>.<table> LIKE <library>.<table>

INSERT INTO <library>.<table> (SELECT * FROM <library>.<table>)

Cygwin SSH keygen (1024 bit, DSA)

$ ssh-keygen -t dsa -b 1024

Enter twice (empty for no passphrase)

Setting up Password-less Authentication

Client Machine
Default private key file : /home/<client-user>/.ssh/id_dsa
Default public key file : /home/<client-user>/.ssh/id_dsa.pub

Server Machine
Append the public key to the "/home/<server-user>/.ssh/authorized_keys" file (ubuntu server in this case)

Java SSH Client Code

//Set file system options
FileSystemOptions fsOptions = new FileSystemOptions();
SftpFileSystemConfigBuilder.getInstance().setStrictHostKeyChecking(fsOptions, "yes");
SftpFileSystemConfigBuilder.getInstance().setIdentities(fsOptions, new File[]{new File("C:\\cygwin\\home\\<client-user>\\.ssh\\id_dsa")});

FileSystemManager fsManager = VFS.getManager();
FileObject textFile = fsManager.resolveFile( "sftp://<server-user>@<server-name>/", fsOptions );
for(FileObject fObject : textFile.getChildren()) {
    System.out.println( fObject.getName());
}

Java Code to Create a Buffered Image of TYPE_BYTE_BINARY

byte[] cMap = new byte[] {(byte)(255),(byte)(0)};
IndexColorModel colorModel = new IndexColorModel(1, 2, cMap, cMap, cMap);

BufferedImage combined = new BufferedImage(
                            buf1.getWidth(), 
                            buf1.getHeight() + buf2.getHeight() ,
                            BufferedImage.TYPE_BYTE_BINARY );

byte[] data = ((DataBufferByte) src.getRaster().getDataBuffer()).getData();
for(int i = 0; i < data.length; i++) {
    data[i] =(byte) (~data[i] & 0xff);
}

Create ISO images from CD, DVD & Folder

For Drives

dd if=/dev/dvd of=dvd.iso # for dvd
dd if=/dev/cdrom of=cd.iso # for cdrom
dd if=/dev/scd0 of=cd.iso # if cdrom is scsi

For Folders

sudo apt-get install genisoimage
mkisofs -allow-lowercase -o cd.iso image/

Monitoring Ubuntu Server Using Htop

Htop is an advanced, interactive system monitor process viewer written for Linux. It is designed to replace the Unix program top. It shows a frequently updated list of the processes running on a computer, normally ordered by the amount of CPU usage. Unlike 'top', Htop provides a full list of processes running, instead of the top resource consuming processes. Htop also uses color and gives visual information about processor, swap and memory status. - Wikipedia

Hiding Userland Threads
By default htop displays userland threads of processes like console-kit-daemon. To disable this feature;

Run htop
Press F2
Select "Display options"
Mark "Hide userland threads"

Ubuntu - RAM Cleanup

sync; echo 3 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches

Websphere EJB Development

Developing Stateless Session Beans with Rational Application Developer

Prepare the development environment by following the steps below.
-> Create a new EAR Project
-> Add EJB Project, Web Project and EJBClient Project

Creating New Session Bean

Expand Deployment Descriptor of the EJB Project and select Session Beans
Right click and create new Session Bean


-> Select "Session Bean"
-> Provide a Bean name
-> Check "Generate an annotated bean class"
-> Next


-> Select Session type "Stateless"
-> Select Transation type "Container"
-> Check "Remote Client View"
-> Finish

Implementing And Promoting New Methods

-> Implement methods in the newly created session bean
-> Right click the methods
-> Select Enterprise Beans
-> Click "Promote to Remote Interface"

Preparing for Deployment

-> Right click the deployment descriptor
-> Select "Prepare for Deployment"

Configuring Web Application

Open the deployment descriptor of the Web Application
Select References tab
Click "Add..." to add a new reference

-> Select "EJB reference"
-> Browse the projects and select the ejb to add
-> Select the RefType as Remote


Make sure the name of the Reference is same as the last two portions of the COMP_NAME of the Home Interface ( for eg. if COMP_NAME = "java:comp/env/ejb/TestBean"; then RefName = ejb/TestBean )

Creating and Using the EJB

Example
try {
TestHome testH = TestBeanUtil.getHome();
Test test = testH.create();
}catch(Exception exp) {
exp.printStackTrace();
}

Classloader Settings

Set the classloader as "Application" instead of "Module" for the Enterprise application

ASUS USB-N13 UBUNTU (LUCID) DRIVER

Copied From
http://swiss.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1419504&page=2
Post# 17

1)  Download 
    http://swiss.ubuntuforums.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=148998&d=1267737748
2)  Extract to ~/Desktop/2009
3)  cd ~/Desktop/2009
4)  sudo su
5)  gedit os/linux/config.mk
    Find these lines:
    -------------------------------------
    HAS_WPA_SUPPLICANT=n
    HAS_NATIVE_WPA_SUPPLICANT_SUPPORT=n
    -------------------------------------
    Change them to =y
    Save and close gedit. 
6)  gedit os/linux/usb_main_dev.c
    Add a new line:
    -------------------------------------
    {USB_DEVICE(0x0B05,0x1784)}, /* Asus 3070 */
    -------------------------------------
    Save and close gedit.
7)  make
8)  make install
9)  cp RT2870STA.dat  /etc/Wireless/RT2870STA/RT2870STA.dat
10) gedit /etc/modules
    Add lines
    -------------------------------------
    rt2870sta
    rt3070sta
    -------------------------------------
    to the end of the table
11) reboot

SAP B1 / .NET C# Project demo form

Websphere Cluster Installation

#############To create a new cell##############################
manageprofiles
-create
-templatePath C:\IBM\WebSphere\AppServer\profileTemplates\cell\dmgr
-nodeProfilePath C:\IBM\WebSphere\AppServer\profiles\TSTDMGR
-profileName TSTDMGR
-cellName TSTCELL
-nodeName TSTDMGR
-appServerNodeName TSTPROXY
#############To start deployment manager#######################
startManager
#############To enable security################################
Login to admin console
Enable security
stopManager
startManager
#############To add windows service for DMGR###################
WASService.exe
-add "DMGR"
-serverName "dmgr"
-profilePath "C:\IBM\WebSphere\AppServer\profiles\TSTDMGR"
-wasHome "C:\IBM\WebSphere\AppServer"
-logfile "C:\IBM\WebSphere\AppServer\profiles\TSTDMGR\logs\dmgr\startServer.log"
-logRoot "C:\IBM\WebSphere\AppServer\profiles\TSTDMGR\logs\dmgr"
-stopArgs "-username admin -password password"
-startArgs "-username admin -password password"
#############To create node01###################################
manageprofiles.bat
-create
-profileName "TSTAPP01"
-templatePath "C:\IBM\WebSphere\AppServer\profileTemplates\managed"
-profilePath "C:\IBM\WebSphere\AppServer\profiles\TSTAPP01"
-nodeName "TSTAPP01"
#############To federate node01#################################
addNode tstproxy.example.ca
#############To add windows service for the node################
WASService.exe
-add "NODEAGENT"
-serverName "nodeagent"
-profilePath "C:\IBM\WebSphere\AppServer\profiles\TSTAPP01"
-wasHome "C:\IBM\WebSphere\AppServer"
-logfile "C:\IBM\WebSphere\AppServer\profiles\TSTAPP01\logs\nodeagent\startServer.log"
-logRoot "C:\IBM\WebSphere\AppServer\profiles\TSTAPP01\logs\nodeagent"
-stopArgs "-username admin -password password"
-startArgs "-username admin -password password"
#############To create node02####################################
manageprofiles.bat
-create
-profileName "TSTAPP02"
-templatePath "C:\IBM\WebSphere\AppServer\profileTemplates\managed"
-profilePath "C:\IBM\WebSphere\AppServer\profiles\TSTAPP02"
-nodeName "TSTAPP02"
#############To federate Node02##################################
addNode tstproxy.example.ca
#############To add windows service for the node#################
WASService.exe
-add "NODEAGENT"
-serverName "nodeagent"
-profilePath "C:\IBM\WebSphere\AppServer\profiles\TSTAPP02"
-wasHome "C:\IBM\WebSphere\AppServer"
-logfile "C:\IBM\WebSphere\AppServer\profiles\TSTAPP02\logs\nodeagent\startServer.log"
-logRoot "C:\IBM\WebSphere\AppServer\profiles\TSTAPP02\logs\nodeagent"
-stopArgs "-username admin -password password"
-startArgs "-username admin -password password"
#############To install HTTP Server##############################
Install IBM HTTP Server from the CD
Install Port 80
Admin Port 8008
#############To add the webserver to the admin console###########
System Administration > Nodes > Add Node > Unmanaged >
Servers > Web Servers > New >
Plugin Location = C:\IBM\HTTPServer\Plugins\

KVM Setup

KVM Virtualization On Ubuntu Host

################install KVM and vm builder utils#######################
sudo apt-get install kvm kvm-pxe libvirt-bin ubuntu-vm-builder bridge-utils

################install uml utilities##################################
sudo apt-get install uml-utilities

################Test kvm installation##################################
virsh -c qemu:///system list

################/etc/network/interfaces################################
# This file describes the network interfaces available on your system
# and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces(5).

# The loopback network interface
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

# The primary network interface
auto eth0
iface eth0 inet manual

#virtual interface
auto br0
iface br0 inet static
        address 172.16.2.230
        network 172.16.2.0
        netmask 255.255.255.0
        broadcast 172.16.2.255
        gateway 172.16.2.252
        bridge_ports eth0
        bridge_stp off
        bridge_fd 9
        bridge_hello 2
        bridge_maxwait 12

##############To create virbr0 DHCP####################################
sudo vim  /etc/libvirt/qemu/networks/default.xml

#change this to
<network>
  <name>default</name>
  <bridge name="virbr%d" />
  <forward/>
  <ip address="192.168.122.1" netmask="255.255.255.0">
    <dhcp>
      <range start="192.168.122.2" end="192.168.122.254" />
    </dhcp>
  </ip>
</network>

#this
<network>
  <name>default</name>
  <bridge name="virbr%d" />
  <forward/>
  <ip address="10.0.1.1" netmask="255.0.0.0">
    <dhcp>
      <range start="10.0.1.10" end="10.0.1.100" />
    </dhcp>
  </ip>
</network>

##############Restart virtual network##################################
sudo virsh net-list
sudo virsh net-destroy default
sudo virsh net-stop default

##############Command to create a new image file#######################
sudo qemu-img create -f qcow win2k3-64.img 10G

##############Command to boot from the disk############################
sudo qemu-system-x86_64 -m 512 -hda win2k3-64.img -cdrom /dev/dvd -boot d -vnc :1

##############Script to generate random MAC address####################
#! /usr/bin/python
# macgen.py script generates a MAC address for Xen guests
#
import random
mac = [ 0x00, 0x16, 0x3e,
random.randint(0x00, 0x7f),
random.randint(0x00, 0xff),
random.randint(0x00, 0xff) ]
print ':'.join(map(lambda x: "%02x" % x, mac))

##############Command to launch the image##############################
sudo qemu-system-x86_64 -hda vms/tstproxy/win2003-64.qcow -m 1024 -net nic,macaddr=00:16:3e:03:d9:5f -net tap -nographic -localtime &
sudo qemu-system-x86_64 -hda vms/tstapp01/win2003-64.qcow -m 2048 -net nic,macaddr=00:16:3e:33:0e:8a -net tap -nographic -localtime &
sudo qemu-system-x86_64 -hda vms/tstapp02/win2003-64.qcow -m 2048 -net nic,macaddr=00:16:3e:3e:7e:14 -net tap -nographic -localtime &

##############Command to check the available memory####################
free -m
free -m  -l -s 2

##############Command to list running KVM/QEMU processes###############
ps -A | grep qemu

Google Gandhi

My Ubuntu Desktop

Development version of Chromium browser in Karmic Alpha 5

Vala

Programming Language
Vala is a new programming language that aims to bring modern programming language features to GNOME developers without imposing any additional runtime requirements and without using a different ABI compared to applications and libraries written in C.
http://live.gnome.org/Vala

Val(a)IDE
Val(a)IDE is an Integrated Development Environment (IDE) for the Vala programming language.
http://www.valaide.org/

Example Code

class Sample : Object 
{
   void run() 
   {
      stdout.printf ("Hello World\n");
   }

   static void main (string[] args) 
   {
      var sample = new Sample();
      sample.run ();
   }
}

Code Compilation Example

valac --pkg gtk+-2.0 main.vala

`C` Code Generation Example

valac --pkg gtk+-2.0 -C main.vala

Generated Source

#include <glib.h>
#include <glib-object.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>


#define TYPE_SAMPLE (sample_get_type ())
#define SAMPLE(obj) (G_TYPE_CHECK_INSTANCE_CAST ((obj), TYPE_SAMPLE, Sample))
#define SAMPLE_CLASS(klass) (G_TYPE_CHECK_CLASS_CAST ((klass), TYPE_SAMPLE, SampleClass))
#define IS_SAMPLE(obj) (G_TYPE_CHECK_INSTANCE_TYPE ((obj), TYPE_SAMPLE))
#define IS_SAMPLE_CLASS(klass) (G_TYPE_CHECK_CLASS_TYPE ((klass), TYPE_SAMPLE))
#define SAMPLE_GET_CLASS(obj) (G_TYPE_INSTANCE_GET_CLASS ((obj), TYPE_SAMPLE, SampleClass))

typedef struct _Sample Sample;
typedef struct _SampleClass SampleClass;
typedef struct _SamplePrivate SamplePrivate;

struct _Sample {
 GObject parent_instance;
 SamplePrivate * priv;
};

struct _SampleClass {
 GObjectClass parent_class;
};


static gpointer sample_parent_class = NULL;

GType sample_get_type (void);
enum  {
 SAMPLE_DUMMY_PROPERTY
};
static void sample_run (Sample* self);
Sample* sample_new (void);
Sample* sample_construct (GType object_type);
static void sample_main (char** args, int args_length1);
Sample* sample_new (void);



static void sample_run (Sample* self) {
 g_return_if_fail (self != NULL);
 fprintf (stdout, "Hello World\n");
}


static void sample_main (char** args, int args_length1) {
 Sample* sample;
 sample = sample_new ();
 sample_run (sample);
 (sample == NULL) ? NULL : (sample = (g_object_unref (sample), NULL));
}


int main (int argc, char ** argv) {
 g_type_init ();
 sample_main (argv, argc);
 return 0;
}


Sample* sample_construct (GType object_type) {
 Sample * self;
 self = g_object_newv (object_type, 0, NULL);
 return self;
}


Sample* sample_new (void) {
 return sample_construct (TYPE_SAMPLE);
}


static void sample_class_init (SampleClass * klass) {
 sample_parent_class = g_type_class_peek_parent (klass);
}


static void sample_instance_init (Sample * self) {
}


GType sample_get_type (void) {
 static GType sample_type_id = 0;
 if (sample_type_id == 0) {
  static const GTypeInfo g_define_type_info = { sizeof (SampleClass), (GBaseInitFunc) NULL, (GBaseFinalizeFunc) NULL, (GClassInitFunc) sample_class_init, (GClassFinalizeFunc) NULL, NULL, sizeof (Sample), 0, (GInstanceInitFunc) sample_instance_init, NULL };
  sample_type_id = g_type_register_static (G_TYPE_OBJECT, "Sample", &g_define_type_info, 0);
 }
 return sample_type_id;
}

Ubuntu - Restricted Extras

The following command installs flash, java and codecs for different multimedia formats on Ubuntu.

sudo apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extras

Details: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestrictedFormats

DB2-AS/400 SQL - Selecting Column Details

SELECT COLUMN_NAME, COLUMN_TEXT FROM QSYS2.SYSCOLUMNS WHERE TABLE_SCHEMA = '<LIBRARY>' AND TABLE_NAME = '<TABLE>'

DB2-AS/400 SQL - Restarting Identity Counter

SQL statement for resetting the identity counter, after clearing the table.
Database Server: IBM AS/400 DB2

ALTER TABLE <TABLE NAME> ALTER COLUMN <IDENTITY COLUMN> RESTART WITH 1