BizTalk Architecture, High Availability and MSMQ Adapters : Questions

(Reminder: this blog is DEAD) Question from mail: steps to install the jde adapter for biztalk

EldarM — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 21:44:00 GMT

Can you please help me by giving me the steps to install the jde adapter for biztalk.
thank you
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I assume setup.exe or whatever is written in the docs for JDE adapter would work, but I don't work on BizTalk for more than a year now, so I'd recommend going to public newsgroups/forums with this question. There is a lot of people who may already know the answer and the BizTalk team monitors them and answers the questions there. Quote:

Just for reference, they (public newsgroups) are here, and the team monitors them.

(Reminder: This blog is dead) Hello Sir, I have developed a BizTalk2004 application.

EldarM — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 19:25:00 GMT

Reminder: this blog is dead. Please, try one of the BizTalk team members listed on the left for your questions.

Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2006 5:10 AM
To: Eldar Musayev
Subject: (BizTalk Architecture, High Availability and MSMQ Adapters) : Regarding BizTalk Maps - Post Deployment
Importance: High

Hello Sir,

I have developed a BizTalk2004 application. It has one orchestration, 2 schemas and 1 map. I have deployed that application into a production machine. I have packaged it using BTSInstaller and installed it in that production machine.

After a month, I have changed the map in my local machine. Now I need to replace the map in that production machine also. How can I do that without reinstalling the whole package?

I need to replace the map only.

Is there anyway like compEif.exe?

Please suggest me.

Thanks and Regards,
Nallasivan

I am not sure about this specific question, although, I think, it may be possible. Except that you should keep in mind, that a lot of artefacts are compiled, not interpreted. As a reminder, I have moved from BizTalk team months ago, so you may be better off asking some current BizTalk team members. Or, even better, try the newsgroups support. Did you see my previous post? Quote:

*** Addded 3:13pm:
Got the response from the team:

Hi Eldar, please refer him to PSS or the public newsgroups.
--mike

Just for reference, they (public newsgroups) are here, and the team monitors them.

(Reminder: This blog is dead) Mail: How i Load balance Biztalk 2004?

EldarM — Mon, 26 Jun 2006 20:42:00 GMT

Sent: Monday, June 26, 2006 7:13 AM
To: Eldar Musayev
Subject: (BizTalk Architecture, High Availability and MSMQ Adapters) : How i Load balance Biztalk 2004?
Importance: High

I need help on configuring Biztalk 2004 load balancing.
I am not talking about NLB.
Is there any configuration in Biztalk for load balancing?
Please do revert back at the earliest.
Regards,
Nilesh Roy.

First of all, there is no single switch "load balance", you simply need to understand what you are doing. See the previous posts on this blog, it's explained there in fine details.

Very short: you don't have to load balance BizTalk server because bu itself it is stateless. You just throw more boxes in a row, and that's it. But individual adapters is a completely different story, and - don't forget! - BizTalk is supposed to connect to virtually anything. It means that adapters may have a very different set of idiosynchrazies. That's what you have to load balance, and each of them may require a different approach to load balance. It's not BizTalk that you have to load balance, it's the transports that you use and adapters for those transports. Makes sense?

So, load balancing BizTalk depends on what you connect to and how. Again, see previous posts on that. Also, you may have to load balance SQL Server with message boxes. Basically, you add more machines with message boxes, and that's it. In BizTalk 2006 you may also make primary message box dedicated to routing, that improves the throughput. See Lee's blog on that.

And, I'll forward you email to BizTalk team (remember? I am not there anymore!). They'll answer you more if they have something to add, but considering that your question is very generic, that's probably it.

*** Addded 3:13pm:
Got the response from the team:

Hi Eldar, please refer him to PSS or the public newsgroups.
--mike

Just for reference, they (public newsgroups) are here, and the team monitors them.

Q from the mail:

EldarM — Fri, 17 Feb 2006 19:44:00 GMT

I have a problem with the application that I'm developing, and I think that the approach described on your post might help me. You talk about several differences between the Large API, and the normal API of the message queue. The Large API is documented, if yes do can you send me a link to it, if it is available of course ?

Yes, see BizTalk docs on MSMQT adapter. It's actually very simple and almost identical to MSMQ API. Also, there is the sample in SDK.

One last question, if I understant what I've read when using this API the limit is the physical memory of the machine that is sending the messages ?

That's correct, but realize that memory is also used by other programs and OS, so it's rather available memory. The numbers of what we tried successfully are in the posts.

From the mail: BRE (Rules Engine) question

EldarM — Fri, 08 Apr 2005 01:47:00 GMT

I am not Rules Engine guy, but I've checked with them, and here it is:

Hi, how could I implement a rule like this in the BRE of BiztalkServer2004 (not splitting it, into separate rules):

1)
IF (condition1)
THEN (action1)
ELSEIF (condition2)
THEN (action2)

Answer: Has to be separate rules:
IF (condition1)
THEN (action1)
IF NOT(condition1) AND (condition2)
THEN (action2)

2) IF (condition1) THEN
         IF (condition2) THEN (action2)
         IF (condition3) THEN (action3)
   END IF

Is there any way to call a rule within another one?

Answer: No, one rule cannot directly call another rule.

IF (condition1) AND (condition2)
THEN (action2)
IF (condition1) AND (condition3)
THEN (action3)

OR

IF (condition1)
THEN Assert/Update(some object that is used in conditions 2 and 3)
IF (condition2)
THEN (action2)
IF (condition3)
THEN (action3)