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Q: How do you do production support for Graph?

How do you check whether graph is completed successfully or not (is it $? of unix?)
What are different return values?

A: Try using $mpjret this will give the return status of the graph

Q: If want to run the graph in unix! what command I need to use?


A:

Q: I've installed GDE 2.8 on windows Xp,and our database running as oracle9i,how do we install
co-operating system... and on the same machine informatica server& client also running.does it
matter of informatica software exists where abinitio gonna installed...

A: There is no matter what u have installed on u'r pc (either INFORMATICA r DATASTAGE).but it


is better to stop the services of the INFORMATICA when r going to work with ABINITIO.When u
want to work with INFORMATICA u can restart the services from the SERVICES available in the
ADMINISTRATIVE TOOLS OF THE WINDOWS O.S.n comming to the GDE u can install either of
the tools: 1.GDE.2.CO>SYS.first of u'r choice. there is no matter of installing any one of the tool
first. but u need to configure the CO>SYS after installing comming to the installion steps.1.Install
the GDE .2. later install the CO>SYS3.restart the p.c4.go to START->PROGRAMS->ABINITO
(click). [ab initio tool will be opened for u to work upon. but before u work upon the tool u need to
configure the tool so that it works with the o.s on which u have installed the software.]5. go to
RUN MENU.6. click on SETTINGS under the HOST tab click on the 'EDIT’. a window will be
opened. then specify the method as "LOCAL NT HOST" [since we r working on the windows o.sif
working on UNIX, then select TELNET, if working on OS390 then select REXEC etc..... type the
following for: directory: c: abinitiohost directory: c: abinitioworkclick on test login. if a msg "run
settings verified" appears. it means that u'r configuration was SUCCESSFUL n u can work upon.

Q: How many Sandboxes can be there for a project?

A: A Project can have many sandboxes.


We can see many developers working in different sanboxes which is attached to a single project.
we can have any no of sandboxes, sand box is nothing but users work area where each user will
get copy of the project & do the modifications acc.

Q: How metadata management takes place in ABinitio?

A: it is possible with help of EME. it follows UNIX file structure.


Q: Which file should we keep it as a look up file, large file or less data records file & why?

A: We should always use small file (i.e., file with less no. of records) as lookup. The reason is -
This file will be kept in main memory (RAM) from the starting to ending of the script/graph run.
Hence less the file size, more performance from server.

Q: How do you join two files with different layouts?


A: Use a Fuse component

Q: Phase verses Checkpoint


A:
Phase is a stage in a graph that runs before startup of next stage.
Check point is intermediate stopping point of the graph to save guard against failure.
We can arrange phase without check points.
We don’t assign checkpoint without phases.

The major difference between these two is that phasing deletes the intermediate files
made at the end of each phase, as soon as it enters the next phase. On the other hand,
what check pointing does is...it stores these intermediate files till the end of the graph.
Thus we can easily use the intermediate file to restart the process from where it failed.
But this cannot be done in case of phasing.

Phase does not create temp files in the host directory whereas checkpoint creates .temp
file in host directory of the operating system.
Phases are used in case to use the resources such as memory, disk space, and CPU cycles for
the most demanding part of the job. Say, we have memory consuming components in the
straight flow and the data in flow is in millions, we can separate the process out in one phase
so as the cpu allocation is more for the process to consume less time for the whole process to
get over.

In contrary, Checkpoints are like save points while we play a PC game. These are required if we
need to run the graph from the saved last phase recovery file (phase break checkpoint) if it
fails unexpectedly.

Use of phase breaks which includes the checkpoints would degrade the performance but
ensures save point run. Toggling Checkpoints could be helpful for removing checkpoints from
phase break.

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