How to add an alias to a Windows 2008R2 Cluster File Share

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

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.

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

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.

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