Blog Post: Microsoft Codename Atlanta ? SQL Monitoring Teil Zwei

Wie Martina bereits in ?SQL going to the cloud, �h to Atlanta? gebloggt hat folgt hier nun Praxis Teil Zwei.
Zur Erinnerung an den h�bschen Codenamen: Was kann ?Atlanta??

Das beschreibt am besten dieser Satz: "Microsoft Atlanta is a secure configuration monitoring cloud service that helps customers reduce downtime and improve the performance of Microsoft SQL Server deployments."

Sprich: �berwachung von SQL Diensten in der Cloud. Der aktuelle Status ist Beta, bin auch schon gespannt wie der Release-Name sein wird, ob der Dienst in Office 365 oder Windows Intune einflie�en wird?

Hier finden Sie �brigens die Atlanta System Requirements ? nichts ?Besonderes? (Windows 2008, SQL Server 2008, aktueller Browser, Silverlight?), aber vor der Installation pr�fen!

Nachdem https://www.microsoftatlanta.com/ aufgerufen wurde und mit dem eigenen Live-Konto verkn�pft wurde (Teil 1), folgt die Installation von Atlanta (CTP) auf einem zu �berwachenden SQL Server 2008.

Nebenbei: Es sieht so aus, dass nur EIN Live Konto hinterlegt werden kann ? frei nach dem Motto: Es kann nur EINEN (Administrator) geben. Tats�chlich kann es aber MEHRERE Admins geben. Die Anleitung dazu findet sich hier: Multiple user access

Zur Fortsetzung: Nach Anmeldung ist unsere h�bsche Silverlight-Console offen.
Jetzt m�ssen die Clients mit Atlanta-Diensten versehen werden:

Das Klicken auf ?hier? (wie auch das Hinzuf�gen von neuen Servern ?Add Server?? in der Oberfl�che) bringt diesen (bereits bekannten) Dialog.

So funktioniert es also: Man ben�tigt mindestens EIN Gateway mit Verbindung zum Internet (zum Senden der Daten an das Cloud-Service). Es k�nnen mehrere Agents �ber ein Gateway senden. Clever.

Nun werden die erforderlichen beiden Files heruntergeladen (und auf einen Netzwerk-Share kopiert). Danach wird auf der SQL-Server 2008 Maschine ?AtlantaSetup.exe? gestartet:

Es folgt ein Consolen-Setup mit Auswahl, ob

1. Agent,
2. Gateway oder
3. Beide Komponenten

auf der Maschine installiert werden sollen (das wird dann sp�ter in der Release wohl ein grafisches Setup sein):

Also installieren wir mal ?3. Both?:

Tja, ?3. Both? funktioniert bei mir leider nicht: ?Error code is 1.?

Die Ursache daf�r: Auf meiner SQL Maschine klappt die Installation des Atlanta-Agents nicht ? weil dieser Produktiv-SQL Server mit dem DPM Agent gesichert wird ? der DPM Agent vertr�gt sich NICHT mit Atlanta Beta Agent!

Siehe hier: Microsoft Codename Atlanta Release Notes ?Because of this, Atlanta is not compatible with the Operations Manager 2007 SP1 agent, which is down-level. When you install an Atlanta agent on the same computer as an Operations Manager 2007 SP1 agent, Atlanta attempts to upgrade the existing agent to the new version. However, this attempt will fail and the Atlanta agent will not work.

Ok, die Recherche war es wert, eine wichtige Information!

Also testen wir das mal mit einer ANDEREN SQL Server 2008 R2 Maschine (ohne DPM Agent) nochmals und versuchen hier ?3. Both??.

Schaut besser aus, das grafische Setup wird gestartet:

Nach Akzeptieren der Lizenzvereinbarung wird das heruntergeladene Zertifikat angegeben und Next:

?bis das Setup fertig ist (Finish), Das Fenster schlie�t sich, das Command Prompt zeigt den Erfolg an:

Fein, refreshen wir mal die Web-Anwendung. Links in der Silverlight-Anwendung auf das Icon ?Servers? zeigt das Ergebnis: Die neue SQL Maschine; insgesamt: ?1 agents, 1 gateway?:

Achja: Der Agent funktioniert auch mit SQL Server 2008 Express ? das ist meine Testmaschine f�r obiges Szenario!

So, was zeigt Atlanta? Schauen wir mal in die Configuration: Diese zeigt Informationen �ber den gew�hlten SQL Server:

Fein, das Reporting der Installation hat mal geklappt. Jetzt m�ssen nur noch Daten gesammelt werden?

Hier einige wichtige Links zu Atlanta:

• https://www.microsoftatlanta.com/ ? Die Atlanta Web-Oberfl�che.
• Microsoft Codename Atlanta ? Die Website zum Produkt.
• SQL going to the cloud, �h to Atlanta  - Teil 1: Die Anmeldung
• Mehr zur Installation von Agents and Gateways.
• Varun Dhawan's Blog: Microsoft Codename Atlanta: How to get in there?
• Multiple user access ? How To von Sachin Agrawal (Microsoft)
• Microsoft Project Atlanta Discussions ? das Forum.

Mehr zum Betrieb dann in Teil Drei!

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Gov. Ed Rendell Gets Special "Non-Wuss" Seat At The Eagles Game

The crew at Lincoln Financial Field had a little fun with Governor Ed Rendell tonight, who showed off his manhood by braving the cold to cheer for his Eagles at the Tuesday Night Football game.

Workers filled his extra seat with snow shoveled out of the stadium's aisles as a show of support for his controversial anti-wuss stances.

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AOL spent more than $300 million on distributing free sign-up CDs

AOL used to be king of the dial-up hill. At its peak, over 26.7 million households accessed the Internet via AOL, a figure that no American ISP has ever surpassed. That success came at a cost, though: those CDs (and floppy disks!) that arrived in your letterbox, often on a weekly basis, cost AOL over $300 million.

The data comes from Quora, a service that is fast becoming the go-to place for juicy, 'insider' information. Someone asked about AOL's distribution costs, and in mere moments, both the CEO-at-the-time, Steve Case, and the former Chief Marketing Officer, Jan Brandt, had chimed in with authoritative responses. Case recalls, that in the hay day of the mid-1990s, AOL was quite content to spend $35 on obtaining a new subscriber. Brandt, responding a little bit later, provided a total cost of "over $300 million," for the distribution of the CDs. She went on to provide a shocking statistic: "At one point, 50% of the CDs produced worldwide had an AOL logo on it." Shocking, but... sadly rather believable.

AOL spent more than $300 million on distributing free sign-up CDs originally appeared on Download Squad on Tue, 28 Dec 2010 06:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Images of Upcoming Asus Tablets Leave Us Hungry for More

It’s not hard to guess that the upcoming CES, which takes place January 6-9 in Las Vegas, will be brimming with announcements of new tablets and tablet hybrids. Asus obviously plans to fight this battle…

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Redsn0w iOS 4.2.1 untethered Jailbreak goes beta

Good news jailbreaking fans -- the iPhone Dev Team is up to their old tricks with an untethered jailbreak entering 'beta' for the iPhone 4, iPad and fourth generation iPod touch running iOS 4.2.1. The beta version of redsn0w uses a new 'backup method,' which is referred to as 'Jailbreak Monte' within the program. However, It is strictly for those who don't rely on their iDevice and don't need ultrasn0w carrier unlock according to the Dev Team.

Brave testers who want to join the program will need access to the iOS 4.2 beta 3 firmware for their iDevice of choice, a Mac (sorry Windows users: redsn0w beta is OS X-only for now), and have their iOS 4.2b3 SHSH blobs saved on file with Cydia. If you fulfill the criteria, then head on over to the iPhone Dev Team blog and get in on the action. As of writing the redsn0w jailbreak had seen its third update released in rapid succession, bringing redsn0w to 0.9.7b3.

Once the beta cycle is finished, the iPhone Dev Team intends to make redsn0w 0.9.7 a general release and remove some of the more complicated restrictions, as well as provide a Windows version of the program. God's speed and good luck to the Dev Team and their courageous beta testers. May jailbreaking come easy and custom apps flow forthwith, because we all know how annoying it is to rely on a tethered jailbreak reboot process, especially when playing with unstable apps and system hacks.

Redsn0w iOS 4.2.1 untethered Jailbreak goes beta originally appeared on Download Squad on Mon, 27 Dec 2010 13:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Using LED Ceiling Lights For Digital Communication

PatPending writes "A Minnesota start-up company, LVX, is developing products under several patents and about a dozen pending applications, e.g., 'Building illumination apparatus with integrated communications, security and energy management,' that put clusters of LEDs in a standard-sized ceiling light fixture. The LEDs are in optical communication with special modems attached to office computers. The first generation of the LVX system will transmit data at speeds of about three megabits per second, roughly as fast as a residential DSL line. LVX Chief Executive Officer John Pederson said a second-generation system that will roll out in about a year will permit speeds on par with commercial Wi-Fi networks. It will also permit lights that can be programmed to change intensity and color. Pederson said the next generation of the system should get even more efficient as fixtures become 'smart' so the lights would dim when bright sunlight is coming through a window or when a conference room or hallway is empty. Hurdles: speed and installation costs. No word on the reliability and security of this system."

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Adblock Plus for Chrome now available

We told you it was coming soon, but we didn't know precisely how soon: Wadlimir Palant has already pushed the first beta version of Adblock Plus for Google Chrome. It was just four days ago that TechCrunch reported that Palant had changed his mind about never releasing a Chrome port -- citing reasons like not wanting to maintain two unrelated projects and the availability of capable alternatives like AdThwart.

That's all changed, however, and AdThwart has become the foundation of Adblock Plus for Chrome. The first release includes improved filters, updated code to bring the extension more inline with its Firefox cousin, and better XHTML support.

Those of you who already had AdThwart installed should be automatically updated, and new users can install ABP from the Chrome Extensions Gallery.

Adblock Plus for Chrome now available originally appeared on Download Squad on Tue, 21 Dec 2010 10:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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