Re: Feasibility of migration of ARS6.3 to ARS7.1 keeping Application Incident Mgmt and Change Mgmt v6.0

2008-06-23 Thread Shyam Attavar
Manish, I am not sure specifically if ITSM 6.0 version of the apps will have an impact if run under AR System 7.1.0. By and large this should work without any issues unless AR System 7.1.0 release notes state this and if so what pieces would be impacted. I am not fully clear, since I have not

Ticket not visible to the assigned group.

2008-06-23 Thread Anuj DUA
Hello, We have been reported by some users about the ticket not being visible to them after getting created - although the ticket creation time, Consolidate form field are showing the exact value of creation and Group info as well is correct. Is there any such behavior observed in any case.

Re : Ticket not visible to the assigned group.

2008-06-23 Thread Frex Popo
Hello Anuj,   Visible where? In the support console table for example?? Have you changed the cualification under table property in this table? Is the table showing only chunks of all the tickets created? Have you changed any of the active links attached to that table?   Regards frex --- En date

Re: RESOLVED - Question: ITSM 7 - Process Flow Bar - Disabled Items

2008-06-23 Thread T. Dee
Or the easier way would be to open VIS:ProcessAcceleratorItem and find the record you want and set it to Offline. The only thing is there are alot of different states in the Status Process Flow Bar so you have to make sure you have the right one. Ty On 6/20/08, Rick Cook [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Archiving Stopped?

2008-06-23 Thread Brittain, Mark
HI Chintan, Here is the qualification. I will look at the filter logs as you have suggested. ( 'Status' = Closed-Cancelled) AND ( 'Modified-date' = ($DATE$ - (((60 * 60) * 24) * 325))) Thanks Mark From: Action Request System discussion

Re: Need Stats on ITSM Licensing Usage

2008-06-23 Thread Gayford, Matthew C.
Hi Ranjith, You can use the Application Statistics Configuration form to set up logging for the applications installed on your server. Once you have it configured, statistics will be pushed to the application statistics form as a snapshot. You can report off the data in that form to get

Re: Need Stats on ITSM Licensing Usage

2008-06-23 Thread Barber, David
http://rrr.se/en/ - the rrrLicense tool is pretty good. Regards Dave -Original Message- From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Ranjith Sent: 23 June 2008 14:47 To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Subject: Need Stats on ITSM Licensing Usage **

Re: Forms in modified state

2008-06-23 Thread jham36
Make sure all you Remedy Admins are running the same version and patch of the Admin Tool. On Jun 17, 3:43 pm, Nall, Roger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If I remember correctly, this started back in the Dark Days. It was something they did and was supposed to be corrected after BMC took over but

Re: Archiving Stopped?

2008-06-23 Thread Reiser, John J
Mark, Have you recently added an escalation that may be updating the tickets? Even Closed ones? That would prevent the Modified Date from ever getting close to your qualification. Maybe you could change it to Status-History.Closed-Cancelled.TIME in place of the Modified Date. Just a thought.

ITSM - Storage

2008-06-23 Thread Fernando McKay
ARS users: Can someone comment about experiences related to the performance of ITSM 7.0.0X in development or small implementations without the use of an external storage? I appreciate any feedback... Regards, F.McKay ARS 7.1 patch 2 ITSM 7.0.03 patch 7

Re: Archiving Stopped?

2008-06-23 Thread Kelly Heikkila
Have you added any real data fields to your form recently? We have found that when the base form and the archiving form are not in sync, archiving stops without any errors/warnings. We are now adding Help fields to some of our admin/config areas in our products to show when the last

Re: MAPILogonEx Failed - Unable to login to MAPI (365,868 records on AR System Email Error Logs)

2008-06-23 Thread Hall Chad - chahal
We get this same error sporadically and cycling the Email Engine service always clears it up. We're on 7.0.1 patch 5, but had the same problem on 6.3. It's frustrating, I know. BMC has never figured out what the cause is. So we only use MAPI for incoming mail. We use SMTP for outgoing because it's

Re: Archiving Stopped?

2008-06-23 Thread Brittain, Mark
Hi John Kelly, There are plenty of records that qualify to be archived. So that is not the issue. Also there have not been any modifications made to the for. Once the forms get out of sync, is there a way to get them back in sync? I have tried disabling and enabling the archiving which Remedy

Re: Where is the background appearance information stored?

2008-06-23 Thread Uday Joshi
I tried extracting the proplong. Could not see anything which can be guessed as a bit map. Now I will experiment with a test form with and without background image and let me see whether there is any difference. Best Regards, Uday Joshi Delivery Manager - BSM Support Technology Infrastructure

SLM Installation question...

2008-06-23 Thread Richard Copits
I'm almost finished with the install of the 7.1 stuff - I hope. I'm trying to install SLM 7.1. I have checked to be sure there is an application license, that the collector selected is the tomcat webapps and am running the bmcslm-win32.exe executable. Everything up to now seems to have

Re: Feasibility of migration of ARS6.3 to ARS7.1 keeping Application Incident Mgmt and Change Mgmt v6.0

2008-06-23 Thread Mohan Panchangmath
Shyam, Can you let me know one thing? We have similar environment like yours and recently upgraded from CMDB 1.1 to 2.0.1 patch 5 following BMC's white paper. But now we see that we cannot relate Computer CI to another Computer CI or to a Printer CI from the Related Items tab like we could do

Re: Archiving Stopped?

2008-06-23 Thread Reiser, John J
Mark, I was going to ask if Archiving was disabled in the Admin tool but you stated that one of the forms had stopped archiving. And since it is a Unix server you probably don't need a reboot. I'm not sure where the archiving runs, as an escalation thread or the admin thread. Try changing the

Question: AssignEng ARERR - 102

2008-06-23 Thread T. Dee
I was wondering if anyone has seen or encountered this error before - it is repeating itself in the ARERROR.log. Suggestions / ideas? Mon Jun 23 12:27:02 2008 AssignEng : Name parameter (or name field in a parameter) is empty () ARERR - 102 THANKS!

SLM 7.1 Question

2008-06-23 Thread William Rentfrow
I have some weirdness with 7.1 I want a Service Target to do the following: 1.) Only apply if the issue is assigned to group X 2.) Give 2 hours to group X to move the Incident along 3.) Once the Incident is no longer assigned to group X - or if it is resolved - it is Met. 4.) Group X can

RES: Please connect with me :)

2008-06-23 Thread Tadeu Augusto Dutra Pinto
Hi Katherine.. I'd like to keep connect with you :) kisses! heheheh De: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) em nome de Katherine Hoffner Enviada: qui 19/6/2008 18:01 Para: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Assunto: Please connect with me :) ** I looked for

Re: SLM 7.1 Question

2008-06-23 Thread Scott Parrish
William, The reason the Service Target's status is Detached is that once the ticket gets reassigned the Service Target is no long appropriate because the Terms and Conditions state that the SLM should only be attached when the Assigned Group ID = Group X ID. To make this work the way you want it

Re: SLM 7.1 Question

2008-06-23 Thread William Rentfrow
AhMonday All I can say is Duh - I should have seen that. Thank you. From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Scott Parrish Sent: Monday, June 23, 2008 12:23 PM To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Subject: Re:

Re: OT: BBQ tour

2008-06-23 Thread Mayfield, Andy L.
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Database CI Configuration Advice

2008-06-23 Thread Louis Cobuccio
Good Afternoon List, I am looking for a little advice to see how you all are tracking Database CIs in the CMDB. We would like to track our databases using the CMDB for all of our platforms: Development, QA, UAT and Production. My question is should I create one CI for each platform or

Re: Database CI Configuration Advice

2008-06-23 Thread Danaceau, Chris
We've captured databases/data servers for each platform. They are, in fact, distict entities. Look at this from a Change Management perspective. You would execute a production change that was related to a database on that particular platform (i.e. modify a table). Presumably you would have

SLM Error....maybe others....

2008-06-23 Thread Richard Copits
Earlier I was trying to install SLM. I was running the zip file on a virtual server. when I ran BMCSLM-WIN32.EXE I got into the application but then got a General RIK error. Cause unknown -1. It turns out that the RIK is the Remedy Installation Kit and is a directory that is also in the

Question about Real field type in a form

2008-06-23 Thread Ravi
Hi: I am trying to store 12 digit number in a Real field. When I send the data via API, I send a value 633813768390. But when I query remedy database, this field value shows as [EMAIL PROTECTED] select NUMERIC_REP from aradmin.sprint_mns_worklog; NUMERIC_REP 633813768400

Re: Question about Real field type in a form

2008-06-23 Thread Jones, Jonathan Clark
I found this out the hard way not so long ago myself. Excerpt from BMC(r) Remedy(r) Action Request System(r) 7.0 Form and Application Objects For real fields, the representation in the database keeps a maximum of 10 digits worth of data. After 10 digits, the number is rounded, and the

Integer field sequence number

2008-06-23 Thread Ravi
Hi: I have a integer field in a form. I want this field to be populated with a number when a record is created and the number increasing by 1 for each new record. Like a sequence generator. Is there something out-of-box field? or do I have to build some workflow for this to happen? TIA Ravi

Re: SLM 7.1 Question

2008-06-23 Thread William Rentfrow
Actually this doesn't work perfectly either. If I create a new Incident and leave it in a status of New but assign it to group X on initial submit I get two copies of the ST registering immediately. That can't be right... From: Action Request System

Re: Integer field sequence number

2008-06-23 Thread Carey Matthew Black
Ravi, Why not use field 1's value? ( You may have a good reason, but sometimes it helps to know what your trying to do so that the best solution can be approached in the discussion. Instead of just answering the question with a simple. Nothing out of the box that does that, other than field 1.)

Re: Integer field sequence number

2008-06-23 Thread Brian Gillock
Ravi, Look at $LASTID$ keyword or the nextid field found in arschema. Brian -Original Message- From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ravi Sent: Monday, June 23, 2008 12:43 PM To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Subject: Integer field

Re: Integer field sequence number

2008-06-23 Thread Jones, Jonathan Clark
Hi Ravi, There's nothing out of the box with the exception of fieldid 1 (EntryID or RequestID depending on the version). You could, however, build a filter with a setfields action that fires only on submit Action: SetFields from SQL select max(fieldname) + 1 from formviewname Value $1$

DSL an Product Categorizations

2008-06-23 Thread Kathy Morris
Hi, I have read about DSL and it is is a library that contains records and of approved software used by an organization.? Previously I was told that the DSL drives the data for the Product Categorizations.? Did I misunderstand? I now have a list of Product categories...For example...

Re: Database CI Configuration Advice

2008-06-23 Thread Louis Cobuccio
Good point. Thank you Chris. -Original Message- From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Danaceau, Chris Sent: Monday, June 23, 2008 2:28 PM To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Subject: Re: Database CI Configuration Advice We've captured

Re: Ticket not visible to the assigned group.

2008-06-23 Thread Jason Miller
Anuj, Does your environment have Authenticate Unregistered Users turned on? We have seen where people login using a login name in a case other than how there login name is stored in the User form (upper, lower, mixed) . Since Remedy is case sensitive for the login name but most external

Re: Integer field sequence number

2008-06-23 Thread Gordon Frank
Another idea is to have a separate form for sequence numbers. You would have to do a submit/delete sequence so that you always maintain one record with the up-to-date sequence number. Gordon Frank Remedy Skilled Professional ITIL V3 Foundation Certified On Jun 23, 2008, at 3:42 PM, Ravi

Re: Product Categorizations

2008-06-23 Thread Kathy Morris
I have read about DSL and it is is a library that contains records and of approved software used by an organization.? Previously I was told that the DSL drives the data for the Product Categorizations.? Did I misunderstand? I now have a list of Product categories...For example...

Re: Integer field sequence number

2008-06-23 Thread Ravi
but the field 1 has value like 032|032. I was hoping it will be just 032. [EMAIL PROTECTED] select REQUEST_ID from aradmin.sprint_mns_interfaceview where TRS_TICKET_NUMBER='1124164'; REQUEST_ID ---

Re: Need Stats on ITSM Licensing Usage

2008-06-23 Thread Ranjith
Thank you On 6/23/08, Barber, David [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ** http://rrr.se/en/ - the rrrLicense tool is pretty good. Regards Dave -Original Message- *From:* Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of *Ranjith *Sent:* 23 June 2008

Re: Integer field sequence number

2008-06-23 Thread Grooms, Frederick W
It appears that the form you are working with is a Join form. On Join forms field 1 is a combination of the field 1(s) from both of the joined forms with a '|' separator character. If using field 1 from one of the 2 firms in the join works then you could do a set fields using either the LEFT or

Re: Need Stats on ITSM Licensing Usage

2008-06-23 Thread Rosemary
It is good, but be prepared for a phonecall from their salespeople after using the demo version. On 6/24/08, Barber, David [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ** http://rrr.se/en/ - the rrrLicense tool is pretty good. Regards Dave -Original Message- *From:* Action Request System discussion

Remedy Application Time

2008-06-23 Thread Masha Bench
Greetings Listers, Does Remedy have its own application time separate from the host server time? If it does, where can I change it? We use it only in one location and it seems like the time might be an hour off ever since the daylight savings. Thanx. Remedy 6.3 Masha Bench

SQL Server huge translogs and very poor performance

2008-06-23 Thread Brian Gillock
Hey Listers, Does anyone have any tips for maintaining transaction logs in SQL Server? Ours seem to growing at an insane rate and nothing our DBAs are doing is helping at all. And I'm continually getting time outs when trying to save workflow. And that is without any users.

Re: SQL Server huge translogs and very poor performance

2008-06-23 Thread LJ Longwing
About the only tip I can give you is this. Give yourself enough room for your transaction logs. They are growing for a reason...you could try turning on sql logging to see what your server is busy doing because the logs shouldn't be growing if your app isn't doing anything. Your DBA should be

Re: Remedy Application Time

2008-06-23 Thread Roger Justice
There are two times used, client time and server time and you will need to review each field to determine which is used. If a filer or server sets the time it is the server time. If an Active link sets the time it is using the client time. -Original Message- From: Masha Bench [EMAIL

Re: Self-Employed Remedy Professionals

2008-06-23 Thread Rabi Tripathi
Jim, I formed an LLC when I was thinking of starting a business unrelated to Remedy. For Remedy work, companies seemed to be ok with a 1099 contract with me, so I never bothered. I heard of some tax advantages of corp-to-corp arrangement, but I seemed to get plenty of deductions without that

SLM question

2008-06-23 Thread Saravanan Palaniappan
All, I am trying to understand the SLM module in ITSM. Can any one of us explain me about the Mesaurement criteria in SLM module. I am little confused with one of the parameter defined in the Mesaurement criteria called Exclude. What does Exclude means ? What exactly happens behind the