Mac OS X Lion (10.7)

Apple have made the OS X Lion (10.7) installation process is so cool. You can either buy the software from Mac Store for 29.99 using your iTunes account or USB which is 69.99. Apple have made the software distribution in the direction of cloud and Macbook Air. 

The installation took close to 1 hour for me including downloading the software. It is a good practice to make a OS X Lion DVD before you actually proceed to run the program. The downloaded software is cleaned up after the Lion installation.

Launchpad, Mission Control, Auto Save and Full Screen application window are the features that you will notice immediately. One feature which I loved with Lion is that upon restart, Lion opens up the windows that were left open at the time of shutting down.

Leopard was awesome with no# of features, Snow leopard was all about tweaking and tuning Leopard, Lion is all about exploring new dimension towards user interface.

Automated script to start and stop OBIEE 11g (11.1.1.3.0 and higher)

Below are the two links that can help you have your own script to start and stop OBIEE from command line. Both the script works for 11.1.1.3.0 and 11.1.1.5.0.

1) https://forums.oracle.com/forums/thread.jspa?messageID=4546010 and

2) https://forums.oracle.com/forums/message.jspa?messageID=9383047#9383047 

Metalink Notes for starting and stopping BI process:
a. How To Start / Stop An OBIEE 11g (11.1.1.x) Unix / Linux Environment Via Command-line [ID 1240964.1]
b. Cannot start the BI Managed Server using the weblogic account [ID 1311425.1]

OBIEE 11g - Starting Services

I have installed OBIEE 11g (11.1.1.3.0) and recently upgraded to 11.1.1.5.0. Unlike 10g, it is a big complex to start and stop the OBIEE services.

All my commands are for Linux OS.

1) Make sure the database that stores the Repository Schemas are up and running.

2) Starting Web Logic- The scripts are located at $FMW_HOME/user_projects/domains/BIfoundation/bin.

Where FMW_HOME= Fusion Middleware Home location. By detault, the domain name is bifoundation_domain but the domain name that I use is 'BIfoundation'.

a) Setting the environment-

sh setOBIDomainEnv.sh

sh setDomainEnv.sh

b) sh startWebLogic.sh & (Use this if you have set the weblogic password in boot.properties).

or use

sh startWebLogic.sh -Dweblogic.managment.username=weblogic -Dweblogic.management.password=wlpwd &

3) Starting NodeManager : The scripts are located at $WLS_HOME/server/bin.

Where $WLS_HOME=$FMW_HOME/wlserver_10.3

a) sh setWLSEnv.sh

b) sh startNodeManager.sh &

4) Login to Weblogic console to start the Manager services

Login to http://yourbihostname:7001/console as weblogic super user. In the environment menu, click on servers. You can see the list of managers servers. Select the 'control' tab and check 'bi_server1' and click on start button. The time taken is usually 4-6 minutes in my environment.

5) Finally you have to start the BI services using opmnctl

opmnctl is located at $FMW_HOME/instances/BI_Instance/bin.

Where BI_Instance is the instance name I had given during the install. By default it will be 'instance1'.

$FMW_HOME/instances/BI_Instance/bin/opmnctl startall

Once it is started you can access the BI page at http://yourbihostname:9704/analytics .

Think Different - 7 Success Principles of Steve Jobs

This scribbling is based on blog on forbes.com by Carmine Gallo. I have just taken the main points of the article.

1) Do what you love.

2) Put a dent in the universe : Two people can see the exactly the same thing, but perceive it differently based on their vision.

3) Kick start your brain : Creativity is connecting things. Connecting things means seeking inspiration from other industries.

4) Sell dreams, not products : Some people think you've got to be crazy to buy a Mac, but in that craziness we see genius.

5) Say no to 1,000 Things: In Apple's world, Innovation means eliminating the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak.

6) Create insanely great experiences : Apple is not in the business of moving boxes; they are in the business to enriching lives.

7) Master the message : You can have the most innovative idea in the world, but if you can’t get people excited about it, it doesn’t matter.

Innovation is attainable by anyone at any organization, regardless of title or position.

Triple A Debt Club

Following countries are elite members of AAA Debt Club as of last Friday(Aug/05):

(In alphabetical order)

1) Australia

2) Austria

3) Canada

4) Denmark

5) Finland

6) France

7) Germany

8) Isle of Man ( west coast of UK)

9) Luxembourg

10) Netherlands

11) New Zealand

12) Norway

13) Singapore

14) Sweden

15) Switzerland

16) United Kingdom

United States got downgraded to AA+ by S&P (Standard & Poor).