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POPSLimit I/O Requests to a SAN Storage Controller Sometimes you need to keep OpenVMS hosts from overloading a SAN storage controller fibre channel port. The SANCP utility, new in V8.3, allows you to limit the number of I/O requests "in flight" to that fibre channel port on the SAN storage controller. This is often needed in "Tier 1" storage environments, which share resources across numerous hosts. The SANCP utility allows you to set the WTID cap. That acronymn stands for the World-wide id Thottle I/o Descriptor.
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POPSRMS Tuning Cycle This clip shows a brief overview of the RMS (Record Management System) tuning cycle. This essentially allows the users to gather information as they use the RMS file. Then based on the information gathered from the file, the RMS file user can adjust the tuning of the RMS parameters and generate a more effective RMS file structure.
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POPSRMS Tune Check - Freeware V5.0 The OpenVMS Freeware V5.0 set contains the directory where Hein van den Heuvel placed his RMS_TUNE_CHECK utility. This is a quick pointer to that tool.
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POPST4 & Friends This OpenVMS Technical Journal article by Steve Lieman describes how using T4 & Friends can allow a system manager to better understand the interactions of the various OpenVMS "service centers" over time. This allows better insight into those interactions and better control over the testing of methods to improve performance.
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POPSRMS Collector for T4 & Friends In this OpenVMS Technical Journal article, Gorazd Kikelj discusses how to add an RMS performance statistics collector to the normal T4 & Friends data collection. This has several advantages over other techniques, which will be show in other blog entries.
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POPSRMS Indexed File Performance Issue: Duplicate Key Chains Known as Secondary Index Data Record (SIDR) chains, RMS indexed files can increase system overhead without the developer or system manager being aware of this issue. In this VMS Technical Journal article, Hein van den Heuvel discusses this issue an methods to address the problem.
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POPSOpenVMS DoD Erasure Pattern Perhaps it is your auditing department, or perhaps it is some rule or regulation, but you may face the need to erase - forever - the contents of an OpenVMS volume. The following IT Resource Center OpenVMS forum discussion helps explain some of the complexity of just using INITIALIZE/ERASE.
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POPSHP StorageWorks XP Data Shredder Due to various rules, regulations and laws, it is often necessary to ascertain data is destroyed through use of an erasure pattern. OpenVMS has long supported the DoD erasure pattern during the initialization of volumes. This feature allows this erasure work to be done by the XP Disk Array, not by the host.
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POPSOnline Fragbook Craig Jensen, the CEO and founder of Diskeeper literally wrote the book about OpenVMS "Fragmentation, the Condition, the Cause, the CURE". You can find this at http://www.diskeeper.com/fragbook/fragbook.htm . This excerpted table of contents provides a highlight into the contents of the online book. It is also available in hard copy, though I suspect in used format. Future postings will include information about this online book. I will eventually create a set of blog entries and podcasts for the FisherFindings website.
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POPSDiskeeper 7.3 In addition to the DFO utility from HP, Diskeeper is another player in the Disk Defragementer market for OpenVMS. In fact, they helped create the market for both OpenVMS and for Windows. I am not certain if this product is also available on Integrity Servers with OpenVMS. You will need to perform some research on that. Of course, this can run on an AlphaServer system in the same cluster as Integrity Servers. So, you have choices.
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POPSHP Disk FIle Optimizer for OpenVMS (DFO) The OpenVMS file system was built when storage was very expensive. As a result, to optimize space, it incorporates the concept of volume and file fragmentation. As a free utility the HP Disk File Optimizer for OpenVMS (DFO) utility allows you to better understand the impact of that fragementation. If you purchase a license it allows you to defragment the volumes "on the fly".
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POPSCamtasia Studio - Record the moments Camtasia Studio provides an excellent method to capture an interactive sequence. I use this to provide training of indepth material that does not work well in a virtual training environment. With Camtasia Studio I can go into much more detail and know that viewers will watch what they want or need. Camtasia Studio includes a "Zoom" feature to allow the presentation to focus in on the area where the mouse is focusing. The automatic zoom feature does a good job, a little tweaking improves the result dramatically. Overall, this is an excellent tool for anyone providing training.
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POPSSnagIt - Capture the moment in a digital world TechSmith provides several tools for capturing fleeting moments in the digital world. SnagIt and Camtasia both provide an excellent method to capture and emphasize an application. I use SnagIt to provide a static image of various tools in use for presentations. It is amazingly easy to use and create very professional presentations.
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POPSdbQwikSite - Create Web & Database Enabled Applications dbQwikSite allows you to create a web enabled database application. There are several versions available to fit your specific needs - including a free version should you want one for a blog website. For example, I will use this to create both the FAQ and Link collections associated with my blog sites.
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POPSData Visualization at EdwardTufte.com Edward Tufte helped show that good data visualization is not only full of content but visually stimulating. Through that visual stimulation the presenter can gain active participation of the audience. Transfer of information is not just possible, but becomes inevitable. I highly recommend Edward Tufte's books on data visualization.
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POPSData Visualization at PerceptualEdge.com Stephen Few is the new Edward Tufte, though his focus is less on the artistic presentation of data and on the usefulness of that data. If you need to learn more about data visualization, this is a great starting point for your search.
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POPSVisual Web Searches Here's another way to visually search the web. The source article at http://mashable.com/2007/05/15/16-awesome-data-visualization-tools/ does a good job of exploring various data visualization tools available to the average user. Very interesting collection.
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POPSVisual Web Searches Ever wonder where to go next once you find a good website. Presenting the links to sites beyond your current site allows you to explore your path forward. An interesting concept and helpful during research.
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POPSVisual Thesaurus Data visualization is one of my interests. This tool allows you to explore the interrelationship between words of similar meanings. While one word might work, the "constellation" of words that surround one versus another can help clarify meaning. For example, "winner" and "champion" mean the same thing, but carry slightly different meanings. This tool allows you to see those differences.
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POPSWordPress - Blogging and Podcasting made easy I am a very 'visual' person. That is, I tend to remember things in terms of what I see. So, it is easy for me to choose WordPress. The amazing thing is the number of ways that you can extend the basic WordPress package. Either through various themes or through plugins that extend the functionality of WordPress. It's a great platform to get your message in front of others.
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POPSSiteGround - WordPress Hosting Though you can run a blog/podcast off of your own computer / server, it is great to be able to not worry about having to deal with the infrastructure. There are many hosting companies (who provide the basic infrastructure), where you can create your website. SiteGround offers good services at a reasonable price.
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POPSSendBlaster for Interest List Emailing While it is great to want everyone to use RSS (Really Simple Syndication), the fact is most of us (including myself) do not use it. So, how do you get the message out anyway? Well, an email distribution list can help remind your viewers that your site can help provide information and/or products and services they might need. Though WordPress has several email subscription services, this service uses the "double opt-in" model that is now required in many countries due to their privacy laws. For smaller email lists and a smaller number of emails, the free version of this will do a fine job. If you have a larger email list, or multiple lists, you might want to consider the Pro version of the software. (And don't forget to extract out that email list and save it as a backup.)
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POPSFeedForAll - Creating an iTunes Feed One of the struggles with doing podcasting is the need to make the podcast readily available. Well, iTunes (and other podcasting directory services) make it much easier for others to subscribe to a regular update. Using WordPress and podPress is an excellent option. Unfortunately, the recent update to 2.6 broke the podPress plugin to WordPress. So, after researching it, I decided FeedForAll would be a good alternative. Of course, that required a modification to the .htaccess file to redirect the podcast feed to a new file. Regards, =jbf= John B. FIshre
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POPSPolycom - SoundPoint Pro SE-225 An alternative to a phone line recording device is a good speaker phone. The Polycom SoundPoint? Pro SE-225 is not a new model, but it certainly has great features for conference calling. That and a good microphone can yield wonderful results. So, when you just start out, a good speakerphone may be all that you really need. Regards, =jbf= John B. Fisher
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POPSJK Audio Broadcast Host - Desktop Digital Hybrid Well, here's the big toy. I hope to use it fairly soon to help record phone interviews with various people. This helps eliminate lots of problems when you record audio from the phone. You can also insert audio into the phone line. But it takes lots of tinkering to get it to work correctly. Regards, =jbf= John B. Fisher
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POPSMXL-57 Microphone Shock Mount This contraption helps isolate the microphone from sounds that would otherwise be transmitted from my desk through the microphone arm into the microphone.
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POPSMXL WS-01 This is the windscreen for the DRK microphone. It's essentially the same size. It helps eliminate the pop from the hard consonants (Ps, Ks, Ts, etc).
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POPSDesktop Recording Kit This microphone does a great job. It can work with phantom power, such as with my Alesis mixer, or it works great stand alone. It's only drawback is that is drops some of the lower register from my voice. The Zoom H2 does a better job at that end. Still, this microphone does a very respectable job at a reasonable price.
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POPSMix it up ... When you have multiple audio inputs, a mixer can greatly simplify and improve the results. With the audio to and from USB this allows your computer to both receive and output audio from the mixer. So, mix it up and enjoy.
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POPSPolish the audio I use Propaganda to help polish the audio for my podcasts. It's pretty amazing. However, a quick warning: It takes some tinkering to get it to work correctly. But if you invest the time to learn it and learn how to avoid it's problems, the results can be outstanding.
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POPSZoom H2 - A Great Podcast Tool It's a great tool to record audio for podcasting. While it might be expensive, it records to MP3 files on an SD car. It's wonderful, portable, and easy to get great results.
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