Adding Bug to Task board for TFS 2012 for SCRUM process template

Add Bug in Task Board for a process template based on SCRUM.

Below steps need to be done.

1. Add required fields to Bug WITD. For TFS 2012, Activity field is sufficient.
2. Add Bug To Task category and remove Bug from Requirement category.
3. Add workflow states of Bug WI in commonprocessconfig.

Thats all.

Movie review - Thamilukku en moondrai aluthavum

After a long hiatus, back to my blogspot.

Watch Thamilukku en moondrai aluthavum movie for sheer pleasure. Full of fun. Genre is thriller. Movie carries an awesome storyline with good characters.

Nakul has proved his mettle as an actor once again, in my honest opinion. His mom, Oorvasi, has done an extraordinary acting as usual.

Enjoyed to the hilt.

Tatasky set top box No Signal issue

Yesterday, Tata sky set top box stopped working on its own.

While powering on the set top box, it was not responding. Only red and orange(or yellow) lights were glowing. Ideally while we press Power button in the tata sky remote, green light will start glowing.

Unplugged, SAT-in, power card and audio, video jacks. Replugged them all. Still issue persisted.

Checked for loose connection from Dish. Could not find any such loose connection.

Did a chat online with tatasky. Raised a request.

Installer came and did the following.

Remove the power cord from set top box, while keeping other cords in. In tata sky remote control, he pressed back button 4 times and pressed 2485 numbers in the order. Then inserted the power cord in to the set top box. Software started to update. And thats it.

This was purely a software issue with the set top box.

Possibly when an update was being done, power went off in my home and the software update was stuck.

Vazhga Valamudan

Vazhga Valamudan :)

Dec 24

Got this drafted long long ago. Just posting it today :)
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The day started in office :-) I was working in 2 pm - 11 pm shift on Thursday (23rd Dec). At around 9 o clock I got a work. I had to install Avicode in QA servers for DU(Deloitte University). I had installed it long long back. So I had to refresh my memory. I had the document.

The task is of two parts.
1. Installation of the software in the server.
2. Assigning a license to the server from the interface.

I completed the installation of the software in two servers(non share point). While assigning the license I assigned production license. I was using the production interface. I had no clue I had to a different URL for non-production. One of my X managers came to the rescue. Was in a conference call for 2 hours sharing the screen. Somehow revoked the license from few servers and assigned them to four more share point servers.

It took 2 am on 24th Dec to complete this task. In the mean time I went to Barista and had two Frappe and a veg puff :-) Had to drop a colleague also at home.

Reached home around 2 am and started reading "Theodore Boone" by 'John Grisham'. Slept while reading. I prefer this type of sleeping because I don't like forcing sleep. It should come on its own :-) Slept from 3 - 7 am. After that I could not sleep. I had to attend a class by 10.30 am. So got ready and started riding on my Suzuki Access 125. Petrol was low. But I was sure it is sufficient to ride till I reach the end point. When I was on the way to Kondapur I met with a slight accident. I was very lucky that it was only slight. But this is the first accident after purchasing my bike in Oct 2009. A car was on my right. He suddenly took a left without any indication. The back of the car hit the front of my Access. I lost control and was dragged toward the left side of the road. On my left was a bullet :-) The dragging bike hit the bullet. And my bike started dragging toward the middle of the road now. But I got balance now :-) I did not apply brake when all this happened. It all happened within a second. I need to say fraction of a second. Obviously the "bullet" guy should be angry with me. Fortunately nothing happened to him also. I slowed down. He did not say a word to me understanding that it was not my fault. He overtook the car and hit hard on the window of the driver seat. He was driving alone. By this time I also wanted to give left and right to the car driver. So I over took him on the left and honked horn like anything. Finally he decided to stop the car. He came out. He was such an idiot. Before talking to me he went around his car and confirmed that no damage was done to his car. Then he came to me. I told him he should not drive like this. He told that he was in a hurry and also told he has to reach f__king office in time. He literally used the F word. I knew he was tensed when I made him stop the car. I said "God bless you","Get lost". He went a little ahead and turned back saying something. I told "Get lost".

PF withdrawal amount explained well

Nice blog on how much money you will get on PF withdrawal.

http://www.humlog.net/finance/calculation-of-epf-amount-with-interest

Year New Happy

:) everyone to year new happy you Wish