Comments for PerformancePoint Blog http://performancepointblog.com A Blog about PerformancePoint, SQL Reporting Services and all the nummy BI technologies that interact with them Mon, 08 Mar 2010 19:02:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 Comment on More Good Stuff Ahead: The All-up BI VPC 9.2 by Russell http://performancepointblog.com/2010/02/more-good-stuff-ahead-the-all-up-bi-vpc-9-2/comment-page-1/#comment-766 Russell Mon, 08 Mar 2010 19:02:00 +0000 http://performancepointblog.com/?p=168#comment-766 Alan it looks like this is indeed a problem. The files will be replaced as soon as they make it through our standard "web publishing protocol" - ETA unknown. Alan it looks like this is indeed a problem. The files will be replaced as soon as they make it through our standard “web publishing protocol” – ETA unknown.

]]> Comment on More Good Stuff Ahead: The All-up BI VPC 9.2 by Russell http://performancepointblog.com/2010/02/more-good-stuff-ahead-the-all-up-bi-vpc-9-2/comment-page-1/#comment-765 Russell Mon, 08 Mar 2010 15:04:12 +0000 http://performancepointblog.com/?p=168#comment-765 Alan, I've pinged the owner to see if he's gotten any other reports of a corrupt distro. If there is a problem & it has been corrected, I'll post again here. You've tried re-downloading that file, I assume? Alan, I’ve pinged the owner to see if he’s gotten any other reports of a corrupt distro. If there is a problem & it has been corrected, I’ll post again here. You’ve tried re-downloading that file, I assume?

]]> Comment on More Good Stuff Ahead: The All-up BI VPC 9.2 by Alan http://performancepointblog.com/2010/02/more-good-stuff-ahead-the-all-up-bi-vpc-9-2/comment-page-1/#comment-764 Alan Sun, 07 Mar 2010 14:35:01 +0000 http://performancepointblog.com/?p=168#comment-764 I tried unzipping and linking all 42 parts, but it keeps dying on me at part 29. Anyone get the image to unzip? Any idea what I might be doing wrong? Goes along fine with WinRAR and then just locks up on part 29 and freezes. I tried unzipping and linking all 42 parts, but it keeps dying on me at part 29. Anyone get the image to unzip? Any idea what I might be doing wrong? Goes along fine with WinRAR and then just locks up on part 29 and freezes.

]]> Comment on More Good Stuff Ahead: The All-up BI VPC 9.2 by Russell http://performancepointblog.com/2010/02/more-good-stuff-ahead-the-all-up-bi-vpc-9-2/comment-page-1/#comment-763 Russell Sun, 07 Mar 2010 14:29:43 +0000 http://performancepointblog.com/?p=168#comment-763 You'll need to give at least 6 GB of RAM to this image. The main SQL instance (.\geminibi) does not have Max Memory set, so it will consume tons of RAM. I capped it at 1.8 GB and others have gone as low as 1 GB with decent results. I generally run the image with 8 GB. If you plan on demo-ing this image, I'd also suggest you get very familiar with warming up all the reports, documents, powerpoint decks, etc. that you'll show during the demo. If you hit one of these and they're not cached, you will sit there spinning for *a while*. You’ll need to give at least 6 GB of RAM to this image. The main SQL instance (.\geminibi) does not have Max Memory set, so it will consume tons of RAM. I capped it at 1.8 GB and others have gone as low as 1 GB with decent results. I generally run the image with 8 GB.

If you plan on demo-ing this image, I’d also suggest you get very familiar with warming up all the reports, documents, powerpoint decks, etc. that you’ll show during the demo. If you hit one of these and they’re not cached, you will sit there spinning for *a while*.

]]> Comment on More Good Stuff Ahead: The All-up BI VPC 9.2 by Dan English http://performancepointblog.com/2010/02/more-good-stuff-ahead-the-all-up-bi-vpc-9-2/comment-page-1/#comment-761 Dan English Sat, 06 Mar 2010 12:02:49 +0000 http://performancepointblog.com/?p=168#comment-761 The VHD was made available on Monday on the partner site. It is loacted under Sales & Marketing -> Sales Demos -> Product Demos. If you don't have the necessary hardware to run this then you will want to look at using the online demonstration site instead http://mssalesdemos.com/. I tried running it off a external drive and gave it 2.5 GB since I only have 4 GB of RAM and it was basically useless. You definitely need the right hardware to be able to run this and an Internet connection for some of the demos (I believe the ones with the mapping functionality using MapPoint and Virtual Earth). The VHD was made available on Monday on the partner site. It is loacted under Sales & Marketing -> Sales Demos -> Product Demos.

If you don’t have the necessary hardware to run this then you will want to look at using the online demonstration site instead http://mssalesdemos.com/.

I tried running it off a external drive and gave it 2.5 GB since I only have 4 GB of RAM and it was basically useless. You definitely need the right hardware to be able to run this and an Internet connection for some of the demos (I believe the ones with the mapping functionality using MapPoint and Virtual Earth).

]]> Comment on More Good Stuff Ahead: The All-up BI VPC 9.2 by Mark Stacey http://performancepointblog.com/2010/02/more-good-stuff-ahead-the-all-up-bi-vpc-9-2/comment-page-1/#comment-760 Mark Stacey Sat, 06 Mar 2010 10:30:51 +0000 http://performancepointblog.com/?p=168#comment-760 Do you have the URL for the download? I log in and search, but nothing Do you have the URL for the download? I log in and search, but nothing

]]> Comment on New large DW and OLAP sample databases available: Contoso! by Free Datasets, Data Warehouse and OLAP Databases for your use - Ella Maschiach's BI Blog http://performancepointblog.com/2010/01/new-large-dw-and-olap-sample-databases-available-contoso/comment-page-1/#comment-741 Free Datasets, Data Warehouse and OLAP Databases for your use - Ella Maschiach's BI Blog Sun, 14 Feb 2010 08:10:40 +0000 http://performancepointblog.com/?p=157#comment-741 [...] Russell Christopher's blog:The new large DW and OLAP sample databases of Contoso for SQL Server 2008, SQL Server [...] [...] Russell Christopher's blog:The new large DW and OLAP sample databases of Contoso for SQL Server 2008, SQL Server [...]

]]> Comment on More Good Stuff Ahead: The All-up BI VPC 9.2 by Dan Evans http://performancepointblog.com/2010/02/more-good-stuff-ahead-the-all-up-bi-vpc-9-2/comment-page-1/#comment-728 Dan Evans Mon, 08 Feb 2010 16:19:38 +0000 http://performancepointblog.com/?p=168#comment-728 Russell, Very true. I'm considering moving to Hyper-V on my laptop in order to support 64-bit. Just got to find the time to rebuild... In the mean time, I've been using VirutalBox from Sun. Pretty sad that I have to use a 3rd party emulator to run a Microsoft VPC :( Russell,

Very true. I’m considering moving to Hyper-V on my laptop in order to support 64-bit. Just got to find the time to rebuild…

In the mean time, I’ve been using VirutalBox from Sun. Pretty sad that I have to use a 3rd party emulator to run a Microsoft VPC :(

]]> Comment on More Good Stuff Ahead: The All-up BI VPC 9.2 by Uzzie http://performancepointblog.com/2010/02/more-good-stuff-ahead-the-all-up-bi-vpc-9-2/comment-page-1/#comment-725 Uzzie Mon, 08 Feb 2010 04:03:13 +0000 http://performancepointblog.com/?p=168#comment-725 Russell, how soon the VHD will be available? I can't wait to get my hands in it. Russell, how soon the VHD will be available? I can’t wait to get my hands in it.

]]> Comment on More Good Stuff Ahead: The All-up BI VPC 9.2 by Russell http://performancepointblog.com/2010/02/more-good-stuff-ahead-the-all-up-bi-vpc-9-2/comment-page-1/#comment-721 Russell Sat, 06 Feb 2010 22:56:14 +0000 http://performancepointblog.com/?p=168#comment-721 Regardless of the host's bitness (you are W7 x64), VirtualPC (x86 or x64 version) will only will run a 32-bit guest. So, you're hosed since MOSS 2010 only comes in a 64-bit flavor. I run 2008 Server R2 w/ Desktop Experience on most of my boxes. The only machines that get Windows 7 are my laptops. I don't see much of a difference between the two since I don't game that much. Regardless of the host’s bitness (you are W7 x64), VirtualPC (x86 or x64 version) will only will run a 32-bit guest. So, you’re hosed since MOSS 2010 only comes in a 64-bit flavor.

I run 2008 Server R2 w/ Desktop Experience on most of my boxes. The only machines that get Windows 7 are my laptops. I don’t see much of a difference between the two since I don’t game that much.

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