Classification: UNCLASSIFIED Caveats: NONE Just wondering... Since I'm investigating such an upgrade - oops, "migration" - for my employer, is it possible and/or recommended to upgrade the ARS portion to 7.x and defer the ITSM migration to another time? I want to take advantage of advanced Admin functions without trying the ITSM part until I get an assistant.
Also in consideration is that one year after my predecessor did a 5.x - 6.x ITSM upgrade, I'm still cleaning up their system. Mike L. -----Original Message----- From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Candace DeCou Sent: Friday, July 20, 2007 4:35 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: ITSM 7 - Upgrade advice? ** Oh absolutely Rick -I agree with you 100%. I've been administrating/configuring (and doing other things ala Remedy) for about 10 years and I installed the 7.x ITSM suite in all its gory...I mean glory, took one look, couldn't figure out how to make myself Admin and said -oooooops, now I need training. Had to scramble to discover the APP-Admin user, couldn't determine easily what licenses to apply for users, apps - oh my...it was a mess. Lucky for me they put the project on hold. And I had previously sailed through an entire upgrade of full-ITSM from 5.0 to 6.0 without hardly breaking a sweat and managing it as a one-woman show from beginning to end. Hmmmm, now where did you guys say that info on MS Service Suite was? LOL - Have a grand weekend all :-) Candace ________________________________ From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rick Cook Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2007 9:53 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: ITSM 7 - Upgrade advice? ** Julie, that is one big project you're undertaking. I don't know what your exposure to the ITSM 7 suite is, but if that and/or ITIL are pretty foreign to you, I would definitely recommend getting some help, at least to get things set up and running. The main reason is that only BMC and its consulting partners can take the class that shows how to install and configure the ITSM 7 applications, and it isn't something that even an experienced Remedy developer would be able to easily do on one's own. There are some good posts on ITSM 7 from some guys and gals who've been there - you can search the archives from any number of places, including www.arslist.org, though some find other front-ends easier to use. Rick On 7/19/07, Julie L Kanakanui JLKANAKA <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: ** We are starting to plan our upgrade from 6.3 to 7.x. (as well corresponding ARS and CMDB upgrades, and, to make things interesting, a move from Oracle db to SQL). I know there are a lot of posts here with questions/answers/advice. Was wondering if anyone had suggestion on how best to peruse those? And/or I am also looking at BMC support site and have found some webcasts as well as WBT's that look interesting, so if there any suggestions on other good information on that site, that would be welcome. One thing we are trying to determine sooner than later is whether we will need consultant assistance with this or if we can do most on own (1 admin with 2 yrs of experience, 1 new one). Thank you, Julie __20060125_______________________This posting was submitted with HTML in it___ __20060125_______________________This posting was submitted with HTML in it___ Classification: UNCLASSIFIED Caveats: NONE _______________________________________________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org ARSlist:"Where the Answers Are"
