******* Adieu *******

Hmmm!!!!!

Writing a farewell mail is a tough job you know. At least for first timers like me. Sadly Google miserably fails to help!! Well I just kept staring at my monitor wondering how all the 4.5 years have passed like a flash. I never thought this day would also come. But here it is……

Still remember my first day vividly, I came here as a boot camper, wide eyed with a starlit gaze and scared about the corporate world. Employee ID – 53280 that’s what I was branded. Life on Earth became Heaven on Earth for me when I received my first paycheck here. Honestly the first think I did was take out the whole salary from the ATM machine and stare at it the whole night. I didn’t know how to spend so much money (pun intended, my salary was not much). :)

IPL season 3 has just ended and today I stand Not Out after completing my half century in Birlasoft. Yes, I have completed 52 months in Birlasoft. I started off as an MCA trainee, today as I look back I have treaded a long and arduous path.

Frankly, it is difficult for me to end this relationship with Birlasoft. Today, I am what I am because of Birlasoft.
I gained some of my best buddies here.
I gained the love of my life and now my wife here.
I gained the best mentors here.
I gained the best team members here.
I gained all my knowledge here.

Thanks are in order for a lot of people who have made an indelible impression on my life @ Birlasoft. Starting with Abhishek Gupta and Mandip Vats who selected me from Campus. The journey wouldn't have been possible without the great support from all my Managers / Mentors, R. Srikanth, Samrat Choudhury, Augustine Sunand and Ashutosh Goyal who had the trust and faith on me that I could achieve and deliver beyond their expectations.

I can probably write another 2000 words on my experiences with Birlasoft. Don’t worry guys n gals, I won’t bore you with it. I would reserve it for my blog. But they say, Duniya Gol Hai……kya pata kab …..kaha….kaunse mod par hum dobara milenge…….. :)

Until then wish all of you all the very best for all your endeavors, be it personal or professional. :) :)

I will share my new mobile number as soon as I get it. I can always be reached on srinammisra@gmail.com

Some News

Long time no see...... Well there's some news from my end..... I have finally decided to call it quits at Birlasoft. I had been associated with Birlasoft for 4.5 long looong loooooong years. It was a mixed bag for me......I had some very good as well as some unfortunate experiences over there.....Well the experiences will make the content of another blog post......but sometime later.....

Currently I am going to enjoy this sabbatical away from work with some cooking.......reading.....travelling.....

Recommended Portal Server Reboot Order

I work in a project where we also have control over the servers. Each time patches are installed or for some godforsaken reason if the portal environment shows signs of breathing its last.......What do we do ?......

Voila!!! Restart the servers so that we delete all connection pools and have an environment as good as new. In medical parlance....restarting the servers is like giving CPR to a dying person....
Oh!! By the way, recently I had seen a man performing CPR on a monkey that was eloctrucuted infront of our office.
Coming back to the CPR procedure.....I mean the server reboot order, Oracle WCI/BEA ALUI/Plumtree has a specific order to it which unfortunately is not present in any of the Admin guides available. Thats the reason I decided to document it for your benifit.

Shutdown

1. Portal server
2. Other component servers
3. Database server

Startup

1. Database server
2. Other component servers
3. Portal ServerPortal servers depend on the database server being up.

It is required that the database server is up first and shut down last.

My personal experience with portals says that, one should shut down the main portal server first but refrain the temptation of restarting it first. The main portal server should be started up the last with the other component servers being turned on before that.