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Why BTS 2006 Host Process can be Clustered ?

High Availability in BTS is provided using host instances in the same Biztalk Server group . so why do we need to Cluster BTS Host Process ?

1- Concurrency

Problem Statement :  If an adapter handlers running inside an unclustered host process , this means that this adapter is running simultaneously on all the host instances. so let's say that all instances are accessing a shared resource , so we have a concurrency violation access issue here .

a typical example is FTP Adapter that is using FTP Protocol : so if all instances are accessing the same FTP location using FTP protocol , this will lead to concurrency problems since FTP protocol doesnt put any locks on the accessed files.

solution : make the FTP adapter clustered so we got high availability and in the same time , removing concurrency issues.

2- Ordered Delivery

Problem Statement : in case of MSMQ adapter for example : it delivers the messages in the order that messages have been received . so if we have two MSMQ running in two host instances we might lose this order delivery behaviour.

Solution : make only one adapter running at a time and getting high availability for that adapter by clustering the adapter.

for how to Implement the Clustering Itslef : http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/biztalk/2006/library/bts06clustering/cd301e18-ca9a-4b33-b57d-f03bff750521.mspx

# posted by test2512 @ 2:12 PM 0 comments

How To change the Database Server Location and DB Names for BizTalk Server

Foe BizTalk Server 2004: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/operations/htm/ebiz_ops_backuprestore_prqu.asp

For BizTalk Server 2006: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa559835.aspx

# posted by test2512 @ 5:08 PM 0 comments

Never ever change snk files during development

assembly 1 is signed with snk 1 . alot of apps are using assembly 1. a developer for some reasons created a new snk file and resigned the assembly and redeployed it. i know that all of us know that all apps will not work. but this really happens alot with developers. i faced it alot with my developers in the last month so i decided to write about it.

snk is not a configuration that we can change . think about it like a critical change where all the behaviours of the application will change.

# posted by test2512 @ 11:05 AM 0 comments