Re: ITSM 7.0

2007-08-29 Thread Sachin Salvi
David, Should we try an upgrade or treat this like a new product? A new prduct, given the architechure, group and role change. Should we bring all modules up at the same time or use a phased implementation of Asset, Change, Service Desk, SLM and Flashboards? I would start with Service Desk and

Re: LDAP with multiple hostname

2007-08-29 Thread John Atherly
What are you LDAP too Active Dir, Lotus Notes, .? John Atherly American Power Conversion [EMAIL PROTECTED] 401-789-5735 Ext. 2120 1-800-788-2208 Ext. 2120 sujan nellikkandy

Re: Field ID is not related to this form....

2007-08-29 Thread Kemes, Lisa
I really thought that was going to do the trick. After deleting 472 .arf files and 523 .arv files (with all of their folders), I'm still getting this error message. :( -Original Message- From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Grooms,

Re: Field ID is not related to this form....

2007-08-29 Thread Opela, Gary L Contr OC-ALC/ITMA
Have you tried it from a different computer? Are you using a preference server? Thanks, Gary Opela, Jr Sr. Remedy Developer Leader Communications, Inc. 405 736 3211 -Original Message- From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kemes,

Re: Capture Computer Name USER is runing on

2007-08-29 Thread Wilson, Bruce B
You guys rock! I did a set fields with PROCESS$ %COMSPEC% /c echo %COMPUTERNAME% It worked really well. New Problem: I am using my home page Window-Loaded to trigger this workflow. That means every time the user loads the home page in the user client, the workflow is triggered. I am wondering

SV: Field ID is not related to this form....

2007-08-29 Thread lars . j . pettersson
Try to search in which form id 536870993 exist, maybe a push action ? SELECT s.name,fieldName FROM field f , arschema s WHERE f.fieldID = 536870993 and s.schemaid = f.schemaid order by s.name asc L ars -Ursprungligt meddelande- Från: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList)

Re: ITSM 7.0

2007-08-29 Thread john rosquist
I agree with Sachin's comments. I just stood up all the modules in a phased/offset approach. The customer really only absorbed incident and SLA to any significant degree. Today, they are fully operational on those two modules and are able to reproduce all their previous functionality in

Re: Init-Form vs Home Page Window-Loaded/Open logic (was Capture Computer Name USER is runing on)

2007-08-29 Thread Carey Matthew Black
Bruce, First a bit of house cleaning... A new question gets a new subject. :) I think you have a few choices to make. A) The Init-Form will work for User Tool clients. But last I looked it is not supported by the Mid-Tier. ( Then again... the solution you have does not work on the Mid-Tier

Modify Form View Properties Accessible Menu Items

2007-08-29 Thread Jorge Polo
Hello everyone: I am having problems trying to display the search and advanced search buttons on the HPD:Helpdesk form (Helpdesk Application 5.6). In the administrator tool I opened my HPD:Helpdesk form then I clicked on Form- current view - properties and on the menu access tab I checked

Re: Modify Form View Properties Accessible Menu Items

2007-08-29 Thread Carey Matthew Black
Jorge, Make sure your setting the correct form view's properties. ( There are several views on that form if my memory is correct.) -- Carey Matthew Black Remedy Skilled Professional (RSP) ARS = Action Request System(Remedy) Love, then teach Solution = People + Process + Tools Fast, Accurate,

Re: Field ID is not related to this form....

2007-08-29 Thread Fannin, Teresa
Another idea is to create a field with that id on your form again. See if that is the problem. You can always remove it again. Teresa From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) on behalf of Opela, Gary L Contr OC-ALC/ITMA Sent: Wed 8/29/2007 8:44

Re: ITSM 7.0.2 Patch 5

2007-08-29 Thread Robert Molenda
Well, thanks to virtualization we do this in a SANDBOX prior to running 'setup.exe' on the Development server. Clone DEV -- SANDBOX Enable all Server Events Run 'setup.exe' Disable all Server Events Export all entries in the Server Events form to excel. ARInside and Panacea will also

Workflow naming for multi-tenancy

2007-08-29 Thread William Rentfrow
Has anyone come up with a workflow naming convention that includes multi-tenancy as part of the naming? For example, In previous version of application being customized for the ACME corporation you might have named a new active link on the HPD:HelpDesk form something like this:

Re: ITSM 7.0.2 Patch 5

2007-08-29 Thread Rick Cook
Well, an update to .dll files is a lot less disruptive to the business (in general) than one that updates the software that enforces business processes. And if companies like yours can use VM to get this data, BMC, which also uses VM, can do the same. Which they should. Rick On 8/29/07, Robert

Re: Custom ARDBC Plugin

2007-08-29 Thread arthurj
Yup, we're on 6.3p20 but the OS is Solaris 8 Arthur Axton Grams wrote: We are also comparing different versions. I am 7.0.1p3, looks like you are 6.3p20. On solaris, you can check for leaks using mdb (assuming solaris 9+). 1-enable the use of libumem, set the following environment

Re: Workflow naming for multi-tenancy

2007-08-29 Thread Robert Molenda
In the 'old days', we used Prefixing as you have mentioned. Now we have chosen to use Postfixing instead, this allows the Work-flow-object (AL,Filter,guide..) to be listed next to each other in the admin tool. When customizing, we might DISABLE the OTB object, then clone it (Save as) and

Re: Modify Form View Properties Accessible Menu Items

2007-08-29 Thread Jorge Polo
I really appreciate your help. I did set the properties the same on all views. I marked checked all the accessible menu items on all views to see if any change would occur and there is no change. -Original Message- From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:[EMAIL

Re: Workflow naming for multi-tenancy

2007-08-29 Thread Peter Romain
With the arrival of ITSM7 it seems to me that the amount of customisation being demanded is very small it doesn't matter so much anymore whether pre or post fixes are used. In my experience BMC upgrades do enable disabled objects so it's necessary to have a method of disabling them again later.

Re: Modify Form View Properties Accessible Menu Items

2007-08-29 Thread Carey Matthew Black
Jorge, Then I see two other possibilities... 1) Mid-Tier cache needs to be flushed. (You did not indicate which client your using) 2) I seem to vaguely remember a bug about these properties being set/not set in the an admin tool v6.3 patch xx (something). Maybe you are fighting that bug? --

Gaps in Request ID sequence

2007-08-29 Thread remedy
Hello, Has anyone got a good explanation of why gaps may appear in the Request ID sequence? I performed a minor rollout on Monday evening, with only a couple changes to workflow on the form in question. I can't think of anything that I could have done that would cause the gaps to appear. Note

Re: Gaps in Request ID sequence

2007-08-29 Thread Mike White
We're running 6.0.1, patch 1497 and see the same thing. I've always suspected failed submits as the culprit (submit failed after NextID retrieved and incremented), but I've never chased it down. Our applications tolerate it. Mike White Office: 813-978-2192 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Gaps in Request ID sequence

2007-08-29 Thread Gatewood Kelly
Lee, If you happen to have the next ID block size set, then gaps can occur no matter which version of ARS or ITSM applications you are using. If you using the ITSM 7.0 applications and above, I believe that the application now requests the request ID when the request is initially opened and then

Re: Gaps in Request ID sequence

2007-08-29 Thread Opela, Gary L Contr OC-ALC/ITMA
It is true with ITSM VII that remedy does set a field whenever you open the ticket, before saving it. It is not the column 1 record id field, it is a different field. If you close a ticket without saving it, then there is a gap created in this. As for the C1 core request id, you can get gaps by

Re: Gaps in Request ID sequence

2007-08-29 Thread remedy
Thank you, We are using a custom app, and there is no workflow to get the Next ID prior to a submit. The Next Request ID Block Size is set to one. Remedy has not crashed. These gaps seem random, sometimes one missing, sometimes several missing in a row. Funny though that it only seems to be

Re: Gaps in Request ID sequence

2007-08-29 Thread Matthew Kunkel
Additional C1 gaps can occur in version 6.3-7.x if you have the parameter Next-ID-Commit: T set in your conf file. This causes a database commit to occur after selecting and updating nextid in arschema (before creating the actual record). Thus if the actual record creation rolls back, the

Re: Modify Form View Properties Accessible Menu Items

2007-08-29 Thread Jorge Polo
The client I am using is 6.03.00 patch 20. I was told to delete my .arf and .arv files. Are these files in my workstation or the server or both? What is the reason for the creation of these files?. I flushed the mid-Tier cache and I still have the same problem. -Original Message- From:

Re: Gaps in Request ID sequence

2007-08-29 Thread Joe D'Souza
Les, Kelly, Matt and Gary are on the mark for OTB ITSM apps where the request is created on opening of a 'New' incident or problem or change or solution form from the application interface. On custom applications however, it can happen if there is a push field action that creates records on your

Multiple CTI's ( Asset, Problem, Resolution) and data driven Notifier

2007-08-29 Thread Reiser, John J
Hello Listers, ARS 6.3 Patch 21 MS SQL Server 2000 Home-Grown Helpdesk This is more of a conceptual question. Do you store multiple CTI's in the HD Ticket? I don't have access to ITSM forms so I don't know if they use joins or are all of the CTI's regular character fields on the same form. I

HELP - EMAIL Hosed

2007-08-29 Thread Jase Brandon
Hello All, Help Desk 6.0 ArServer 7.01.01 Patch 003 Hello All, My email is hosed, have 4K emails backed up. I have restarted the email engine several times to no avail. Also tried starting email from the cmd line, that used to work, but now... nothing... if I restart the ARServer service will

Re: HELP - EMAIL Hosed

2007-08-29 Thread Candace DeCou
Try performing a Stop on the service -then a Start. I've seen the email engine not cooperate on a straight 'restart'. You shouldn't loose all your queued emails on a restart of the server. I would also look for KM25486 from Remedy - from versions 5.x through 6.x at least I continue to have

Re: HELP - EMAIL Hosed

2007-08-29 Thread Ben Cantatore
Not sure what the problem is in your case, but the emails should queue. In fact, I recently patched and due to a typo during the patching process had the email pointing to the incorrect port. Some time had passed before the problem was detected. Once I edited the EmailDaemon.properties file

Re: HELP - EMAIL Hosed

2007-08-29 Thread Rick Cook
Might also check to see if the credentials of the user on the Email Service are still valid - sometimes the passwords are accidentally set to expire. Rick On 8/29/07, Candace DeCou [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ** Try performing a Stop on the service -then a Start. I've seen the email engine not

Re: HELP - EMAIL Hosed

2007-08-29 Thread Craig Carter
No, you should not lose queued email messages since they are simply sitting in the form waiting to be processed. The default Email Engine action on startup is to cache all of the email addresses, etc. If you have a large number of accounts, it takes a while for the email engine to start

Re: HELP - EMAIL Hosed

2007-08-29 Thread Ron Legters
Like several other posters so far, I would check the credentials on the Email Service log-in. I've had several occasions over the years where even though the password hadn't expired or changed, just re-entering it for the log-on as in the Service properties and re-starting the service got the

Re: HELP - EMAIL Hosed

2007-08-29 Thread john rosquist
what does the email error log (form) say? John - Original Message From: Jase Brandon [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2007 6:13:29 PM Subject: HELP - EMAIL Hosed ** Hello All, Help Desk 6.0 ArServer 7.01.01 Patch 003 Hello All, My email is

Re: HELP - EMAIL Hosed - RESOLVED

2007-08-29 Thread Jase Brandon
Hello All, Guess What? Exchange Server was getting pounded and was dropping connections. Sorry for pressing the red button I should have checked the obvious first ! *sheepish grin* Thanks for all the help! Jase Brandon Remedy Administration/Development Customer Support Systems Group

Re: Capture Computer Name USER is runing on

2007-08-29 Thread Tyrone Dee
I use the Init-Form as well to capture the version the user is running, their last login date/time, etc. It works great because the users don't know about the Form that you are opening to capture information so they have no way of closing it, etc. The syntax is: Init-Form: FORM NAME Put that

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Re: Gaps in Request ID sequence

2007-08-29 Thread Rakshit Bhandary
Hi, Did u check into the API logs? I have seen a behaviour in Remedy 7.0 where everything goes on fine (workflow processing) and a request ID is created, but in the end there will be an API error in the end and the whole transaction is rolled back. After this system automatically redoes