OK, I normally don't blog about things I do at work, I really should as it would be handy to remember some of the techie things I learn along the way.
I thought this one would be simple:
Migrating data from a share to a cluster share on Windows 2008R2 but still allow user to access the data using the old share name.
Simple I thought copy the data and then create an CName alias so users can still access there data using the old share name, bingo, not having to worry if people how have created shortcuts using a UNC rather than a mapped drive etc....
Except that didn't work, something to do with the Client Access Point and lots of people saying do this reg hack and add this to get round this, these do work but not on a Cluster Share.
In fact I had come to to conclusion it didn't work, in fact I even read Microsoft Support confirmed this until I found this:
http://blogs.technet.com/b/askcore/archive/2010/08/24/using-multiple-client-access-points-cap-in-a-windows-server-2008-r2-failover-cluster.aspx
It works, simple, couple of points though.
1. If you have lots of shares each one will need a new IP, so probably not the solution for you.
2. On Windows 2012 you just need to run a command to add an alias, not annoying!
Hope this helps someone out, as the only way I found this solution on Google was by searching for Client Access Points as a last ditch attempt on a Friday afternoon.
Gavin
Friday, March 08, 2013
Tuesday, January 15, 2013
What order types do you have in Metatrader
When you open an order in Metatrader you have several different options on how and when the trade will be executed, in this post I aim to go through each one. The 4 main options you get in Metatrader are a Market order, a Pending order, a Stop Loss and a Take Profit, so what are these
Market Order
A market order is an order to buy or sell a currency at the current price, and would open a trade for you immediately; it is usually used in conjunction with a Stop Loss and Take Profit order.
A market order is an order to buy or sell a currency at the current price, and would open a trade for you immediately; it is usually used in conjunction with a Stop Loss and Take Profit order.
Pending Order
A pending order will open a trade at a certain price in the future; you have 4 options when setting up a pending order. You would probably use this after your technical analysis shows you that when price reaches a certain level you want to perform a buy or sell trade. This means if you are away from Metatrader you can still have trades fire rather than missing them. Always remember to have a stop loss with type of trade, keep them up to date, and cancel old trades as you don’t one to fire based on old information
Buy Limit
This is what price the buy order would be executed by Metatrader to your Broker.
Buy Stop
What the stop loss would be for the Buy Limit Order
Sell Limit
This is what price the sell order would be executed by Metatrader to your Broker.
Sell Stop
What the stop loss would be for the Sell Limit Order
A pending order will open a trade at a certain price in the future; you have 4 options when setting up a pending order. You would probably use this after your technical analysis shows you that when price reaches a certain level you want to perform a buy or sell trade. This means if you are away from Metatrader you can still have trades fire rather than missing them. Always remember to have a stop loss with type of trade, keep them up to date, and cancel old trades as you don’t one to fire based on old information
Buy Limit
This is what price the buy order would be executed by Metatrader to your Broker.
Buy Stop
What the stop loss would be for the Buy Limit Order
Sell Limit
This is what price the sell order would be executed by Metatrader to your Broker.
Sell Stop
What the stop loss would be for the Sell Limit Order
It can take a while to get the hang of pending orders, and I always seemed to get the stop loss wrong in some way, but these are all things you have to learn.
Stop Loss
Is how many pips you can let a trade go against you, before you close it, always ensure you have a stop loss, especially when setting up a Pending order, as the order might open when you aren’t about, and if the trade goes against you there is nothing to stop your losses.
Is how many pips you can let a trade go against you, before you close it, always ensure you have a stop loss, especially when setting up a Pending order, as the order might open when you aren’t about, and if the trade goes against you there is nothing to stop your losses.
Take profit
When you open a trade your analysis may indicate that price may move a certain amount of pips before reversing, so you may add that you want your order automatically closed at that price.
You can use all these order options while using your MT4 VPS
When you open a trade your analysis may indicate that price may move a certain amount of pips before reversing, so you may add that you want your order automatically closed at that price.
You can use all these order options while using your MT4 VPS
Tuesday, November 20, 2012
New Review of Forex Mentor Pro
Hello,
I have written a review of Forex Mentor Pro over on my Calmahosting blog, if you are looking for a Forex mentor then this site is well worth a look.
You can see the full review, here, but here is a copy of the intro...
I have written a review of Forex Mentor Pro over on my Calmahosting blog, if you are looking for a Forex mentor then this site is well worth a look.
You can see the full review, here, but here is a copy of the intro...
When I was first starting to look Forex I was looking for a way to earn some money on the side and you never know actually become a full time trader. I initially started off watching videos on youtube and reading the general articles you get about Forex.
These gave me a base to start from, but threw up more questions for me and I also quickly realised Forex trading was a way you could make money, it was also a way you could quickly loose money, so I started looking around for a comprehensive training course. I bought a couple that promised the usual quick riches , but I understood that to really start making and keeping money I had to learn how to trade for myself not just copy a process or install a fancy robot.
I can’t exactly remember how I came across upon ForexMentorPro and initially I had only had a look at the free weekly analysis that you get. In this you get a taster of what you get in the full blown analysis, and after a couple of weeks I thought what do I have to loose, joined up and have been very happy with it ever since. After all if it was rubbish I could get my money back with ClickBank guarantee........continue
I hope you enjoy the article and please feel free to leave any comments or questions.
Till next time.....
Gavin
Sunday, October 28, 2012
How to use Templates in MT4
Once you have your chart setup with all the indicators you use, the colours you like and the trend lines you want, you may be thinking that you really don’t want to waste time going through do this on every chart you open in MT4. This is where a template of your how you have configured your charts can help you, to have a constant look and feel to the charts you open.
With a MT4 template you can create a set chart parameters that can be applied to any other charts. that you open. In this template you can store the following;
• The chart type and colour
• Color diagram
• Chart scale
• OHLC (open-high-low-close) line shown or hidden
• The attached expert advisor and its parameters
• Custom and technical indicators with their settings
• Line studies
• Separators of days.
What you could do is create a template that includes indicators that you like to use,for example, a couple of moving averages and then change the colour of the lines and the candlesticks. You can then save this as a template and apply this to any charts that you then open. I have a number of templates that I have created, from very simple changes to colours to the more complicated.
Any templates you create are stored in the /TEMPLATES directory as TPL files, that can be found in the location you installed your copy of MT4 on your VPS or computer.
If you have a look in this folder, you will see a, DEFAULT.TPL, which is created during installation of the terminal, and will be used by any new chart that you open. You can never delete the DEFAULT.TPL, but you could change one of your templates to become the default, by just renaming it to DEFAULT.TPL. Once you have created your templates you can also copy them to any other installation you have of MT4 you have, say on a VPS, so you can have the same look and feel to MT4.
To go about creating a new template., firstly setup the chart how you want and then in your copy of MT4, on the toolbar goto "Charts — Template — Save Template..." and give it a name that you will remember.
To then apply this template to another chart, open up a chart, and go to
"Charts — Template” and either click load template and select the template you just created, or you should see it in the list of templates that are available.
If you want to remove the template, just goto "Charts — Template — Remove Template...", while on the chart you want to change and click the template to remove. You can also get all these options by just rick clicking on your chart.
As you can see getting to grips with templates in Metatrader can save you time and effort, allowing you to quickly set up the charts in any way that you like and apply the templates to any copy of MT4 that you have running, such as your VPS for MT4
I hope you have found this information useful and remember to visit us at Calmahosting.com for tips and tricks on how to use MT4.
With a MT4 template you can create a set chart parameters that can be applied to any other charts. that you open. In this template you can store the following;
• The chart type and colour
• Color diagram
• Chart scale
• OHLC (open-high-low-close) line shown or hidden
• The attached expert advisor and its parameters
• Custom and technical indicators with their settings
• Line studies
• Separators of days.
What you could do is create a template that includes indicators that you like to use,for example, a couple of moving averages and then change the colour of the lines and the candlesticks. You can then save this as a template and apply this to any charts that you then open. I have a number of templates that I have created, from very simple changes to colours to the more complicated.
Any templates you create are stored in the /TEMPLATES directory as TPL files, that can be found in the location you installed your copy of MT4 on your VPS or computer.
If you have a look in this folder, you will see a, DEFAULT.TPL, which is created during installation of the terminal, and will be used by any new chart that you open. You can never delete the DEFAULT.TPL, but you could change one of your templates to become the default, by just renaming it to DEFAULT.TPL. Once you have created your templates you can also copy them to any other installation you have of MT4 you have, say on a VPS, so you can have the same look and feel to MT4.
To go about creating a new template., firstly setup the chart how you want and then in your copy of MT4, on the toolbar goto "Charts — Template — Save Template..." and give it a name that you will remember.
To then apply this template to another chart, open up a chart, and go to
"Charts — Template” and either click load template and select the template you just created, or you should see it in the list of templates that are available.
If you want to remove the template, just goto "Charts — Template — Remove Template...", while on the chart you want to change and click the template to remove. You can also get all these options by just rick clicking on your chart.
As you can see getting to grips with templates in Metatrader can save you time and effort, allowing you to quickly set up the charts in any way that you like and apply the templates to any copy of MT4 that you have running, such as your VPS for MT4
I hope you have found this information useful and remember to visit us at Calmahosting.com for tips and tricks on how to use MT4.
Tuesday, October 16, 2012
How to use profiles in MT4
If your in MT4, you may want to work with different group of charts than the group of charts you are working on. You may think that you need to close and then open each individual chart, each time you want to change, but there is a quick way you can do this by setting up a profile of the charts you want to have open.
Whenever you open a profile, each chart with its settings is placed in the same location when the terminal was last used, or when the profile saving. All changes in all chart windows of the given list are automatically saved in the current profile.
The list of all chart windows of the current profile can be found in the "Window" menu. The name of the current profile is displayed in the status bar window and checked in the profile managing menu.
When you first install MT4 a default profile is created, which has 4 basic currency pairs stored in it: "EUR/USD", "USD/CHF", "GBP/USD", and "USD/JPY".
You can then manage your profiles are from a single menu that can get to by "
File — Profiles" menu commands,
Selecting the button in the "Standard" toolbar, or
By clicking with the mouse button on the current profile name in the status bar window.
To then use another profile, you just have to select the desired name from the list in this menu.
The new profile will be opened and become the current. The "Save Profile" command saves the current profile in its state by the moment of the beginning of the command execution under a new name. The new profile is a copy of the previous one and becomes the current. Profiles can be deleted using the "Remove Profile" command.
To get to the "Next Profile" you can use the command, Ctrl + F5 to open all available profiles one by one, and the "Previous Profile" and acceleration keys Shift + F5 allows you to search profiles in the reverse direction.
If you want more tips and tricks for MT4 have look at my hosted metatrader site.
Whenever you open a profile, each chart with its settings is placed in the same location when the terminal was last used, or when the profile saving. All changes in all chart windows of the given list are automatically saved in the current profile.
The list of all chart windows of the current profile can be found in the "Window" menu. The name of the current profile is displayed in the status bar window and checked in the profile managing menu.
When you first install MT4 a default profile is created, which has 4 basic currency pairs stored in it: "EUR/USD", "USD/CHF", "GBP/USD", and "USD/JPY".
You can then manage your profiles are from a single menu that can get to by "
File — Profiles" menu commands,
Selecting the button in the "Standard" toolbar, or
By clicking with the mouse button on the current profile name in the status bar window.
To then use another profile, you just have to select the desired name from the list in this menu.
The new profile will be opened and become the current. The "Save Profile" command saves the current profile in its state by the moment of the beginning of the command execution under a new name. The new profile is a copy of the previous one and becomes the current. Profiles can be deleted using the "Remove Profile" command.
To get to the "Next Profile" you can use the command, Ctrl + F5 to open all available profiles one by one, and the "Previous Profile" and acceleration keys Shift + F5 allows you to search profiles in the reverse direction.
If you want more tips and tricks for MT4 have look at my hosted metatrader site.
Monday, October 01, 2012
What to look for in the best VPS for Metatrader
We all want the best but it you don’t know what the best is then you could end up spending your money on a lemon. Looking for the Best VPS for Metatrader can be a daunting experience as the options seem to be endless, in this article I aim to show you what you should be looking for in your VPS
So what is a VPS?
A VPS or to give it is full title a “Virtual Private Server” is simply a computer that is running in a DataCenter, that could be anywhere, that you connect to remotely. What you connect to is a computer running on a “Virtual Platform”, and all this is, is a very powerful server that can run many computers on its hardware. The beauty of this that each computer thinks it has it’s own hardware, and has no idea it is running on the same server as all the other computers, and this makes it cheaper for you. If you want you can go for a dedicated server, but this will cost you a lot more than a VPS, for very little benefit.
Why do I need a VPS?
Having a VPS means that you can constantly be running an EA or robot on your copy of Metatrader without having to worry about power cuts or the internet going. This is because the datacenter that is hosting your VPS, will have multiple ways to access the internet, and backup power. It also means you can access the server from anywhere you can get an Internet Connection.
What Specifications should I be looking for?
I would initially look at getting 1GB of RAM, and once you have installed Metatrader look at ensuring you have done all the recommendations to speed up Metatrader, you should be able to up the amount of RAM you have fairly easily through you Hosted VPS provider.
You really only need 50GB of Hard Drive Space, as you shouldn’t be running anything else other than Metatrader on you VPS.
Your provider should also give you the ability to reboot or even rebuild your server from scratch all from within an easy to use web page.
If you are wondering how you access your VPS you can watch a video I made here.
One problem you will find is that many companies supplying the VPS Servers expect you to be running a Website from them and not Metatrader, so it is a good idea to find a company that specialises in Metatrader VPS Hosting as they will be better able to help you if you have a problem.
A hosted copy of Metatrader can really help you with ensuring you can access your trading platform anywhere in the world and also know that your Expert Advisors are always running. I hope this article has helped you get a better understanding of what you should be looking for in VPS for Metatrader.
So what is a VPS?
A VPS or to give it is full title a “Virtual Private Server” is simply a computer that is running in a DataCenter, that could be anywhere, that you connect to remotely. What you connect to is a computer running on a “Virtual Platform”, and all this is, is a very powerful server that can run many computers on its hardware. The beauty of this that each computer thinks it has it’s own hardware, and has no idea it is running on the same server as all the other computers, and this makes it cheaper for you. If you want you can go for a dedicated server, but this will cost you a lot more than a VPS, for very little benefit.
Why do I need a VPS?
Having a VPS means that you can constantly be running an EA or robot on your copy of Metatrader without having to worry about power cuts or the internet going. This is because the datacenter that is hosting your VPS, will have multiple ways to access the internet, and backup power. It also means you can access the server from anywhere you can get an Internet Connection.
What Specifications should I be looking for?
I would initially look at getting 1GB of RAM, and once you have installed Metatrader look at ensuring you have done all the recommendations to speed up Metatrader, you should be able to up the amount of RAM you have fairly easily through you Hosted VPS provider.
You really only need 50GB of Hard Drive Space, as you shouldn’t be running anything else other than Metatrader on you VPS.
Your provider should also give you the ability to reboot or even rebuild your server from scratch all from within an easy to use web page.
If you are wondering how you access your VPS you can watch a video I made here.
One problem you will find is that many companies supplying the VPS Servers expect you to be running a Website from them and not Metatrader, so it is a good idea to find a company that specialises in Metatrader VPS Hosting as they will be better able to help you if you have a problem.
A hosted copy of Metatrader can really help you with ensuring you can access your trading platform anywhere in the world and also know that your Expert Advisors are always running. I hope this article has helped you get a better understanding of what you should be looking for in VPS for Metatrader.
Friday, September 28, 2012
How you can install Metatrader on your VPS
Hello,
If are having trouble installing Metatrader on your VPS or just want to know where to start this video should help point you in the right direction.
Hope this helps, any questions let me know and have a look at our VPS for Metatrader available at Calmahosting
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