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SQL Server Indexing

Having trouble with MapGuide Enterprise and SQL layers?  It could be that you (or your IT dept) hasn't yet applied Service Pack 1 for SQL Server 2008.  There were some indexing fixes in there that are required for MGE 2011, and will help significantly for MGE 2010.  The subsequent update contains more index fixes, but shouldn't be required, as it isn't yet being pushed out.

So, about me.

Hi,

Nate here again.  I promised more about myself, but rather than take up valuable Geospatial space here, take a look at my freshly updated profile for the full version.

MapGuide, logs and multiple users

In MapGuide 2010, enhanced logging was made available. The MapGuide WIki has the full set of details, but here's my summary.  There's a new section in serverconfig.ini: LogsDetail, in the General Properties.  For reference, here's the descriptive section:

What does this all mean? 

• You can extract a lot more detail about use, errors, and what is going on inside your MapGuide site.
• You stand a chance of filling your drive with logs (up to 100 mb/hr is possible at level 3)
• You can tie usage to users, bringing me to the second part of this post. (depending on how you have logons set up, they may or may not be anonymous users)

MapGuide in a multiple processor/core environment is relatively lightweight when not being called upon.  However, depending on the implementation of the site (lots of layers, imagery at all scale ranges, etc), users sometimes will complain of slow performance.  The admin will go to the task manager, and lo, with just that user, CPU usage overall is low.  This is becuase Mapguide assigns each user to a thread, and each thread to a CPU or processor.  This is great for sites with many users.  If you want to maximize performance for a small user base, you'll be better off following good practices as if you were expecting a large number of concurrent users, rather than expecting to leverage all cores at once.

MapGuide 2011 - from trial to licensed

Hi Everyone,

This is my first post - I'll keep it on topic for now, and post a little about myself next time around.

As the title indicates, some users have been having trouble when licensing MapGuide 2011.  We found that the addition of a LICPATH.LIC file in \MapGuideEnterprise2011\Server will resolve any Invalid License errors that you may be getting either in a browser or from Studio.

The most important thing to note is that the value after SERVER in the LICPATH.LIC must match the LicenseServerPath value in your serverconfig.ini.  All the other usual caveats apply, such as you need to have a valid, active license, and you need to edit serverconfig.ini with the serial number and license server path, and of course, restart the MGE service so that it picks up the new licensing details.

There's a Technical Solution on the Autodesk site with all the details: http://usa.autodesk.com/getdoc/id=TS15367639.

Welcome to our new blogger - Nate

A warm GIS Exchange welcome to our newest blogger for GIS Exchange - Nate Moore.  Nate is the Lead Product Support specialist at Autodesk in the US for the GIS products.  He brings a wealth of knowledge to the team and will be a great asset to this blog.   
Welcome Nate!