Plugins for vendor forms

2008-09-30 Thread Rakesh Kiruba
Hi All, We are using CROOM Plug-ins (ARDBC Plug-in) to create Vendor forms in Remedy 6.03.00 patch 018(Windows Box). Now we have planned to upgrade the Remedy Version to 7(Solaris Box). We would like to know, 1. Is it possible to create a vendor form without purchasing CROOM plug-in

Re: Plugins for vendor forms

2008-09-30 Thread Rohini Prasher
Hi Rakesh, For ITSM7 you need not to buy CROOM plug-in, inbuilt plug-in are available. I don't know whether it is same for ARS7 without ITSM. Regards, Rohini Prasher From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of

Attachment pools

2008-09-30 Thread Jay Sytangco
Hi All, Good day! For Copy to New, is there a way to also copy all attachments from attachment pools of the source record to the new record? Thanks. Regards, Jay ___ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at

Re: Attachment pools

2008-09-30 Thread Ben Chernys
Trap the Copy To New with an Active Link and set what you like. Cheers Ben Chernys - --- Original Message --- - From: Jay Sytangco [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Sent: Tue, 30 Sep 2008 02:42:02 Hi All, Good day! For Copy to New, is there a way to

Re: Plugins for vendor forms

2008-09-30 Thread Rakesh Kiruba
Hi Rohini, Thanks for your mail. I am not using ITSM, I am trying to configure LDAP plug ins instead of CROOM. Do you have any idea on LDAP and about its configurations? Kindly let me know on how to configure LDAP. Thanks and Regards, Rakesh Kiruba Virtusa (India) Pvt Ltd | Ph

License Usage

2008-09-30 Thread Rohini Prasher
Hi Listers, I need to take out license usage report daily, reporting that who used which license. Is there any utility to do the same? Regards, Rohini Prasher DISCLAIMER: ---

Excessive page faults using Remedy Admin tool

2008-09-30 Thread Julie L Kanakanui JLKANAKA
Hi all, We are in the process of setting up a new Remedy 7 environment and are experiencing a problem with excessive page faults while using Remedy Admin tool. Our environment is: ARS 7.1, patch 003 ITSM 7.1, patch 007 Mid-Tier 7.1, patch 001 Admin tool 7.1, patch 003 IIS 6 Apache/Tomcat

What's going on with TuringSMI?

2008-09-30 Thread Chapman, Gary
Hi All, Has anyone heard any rumours of a possible fallout between TuringSMI and BMC? We're attempting to renew support but are having a few issues. Cheers, Gary ___ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at

Re: What's going on with TuringSMI?

2008-09-30 Thread Shellman, David
Not sure about your question. However TuringSMI intended to purchase EMS. We got an email about a 2 weeks ago that the deal fell through. Dave From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chapman, Gary Sent:

Re: What's going on with TuringSMI?

2008-09-30 Thread Rick Cook
All I know about Turing is that they are apparently trying to be the big dog on the block, and have expanded from Europe into America. I think they have bought up a few firms in the past year or so. Rick On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 6:17 AM, Shellman, David [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ** Not sure

Re: Change Approvals on CIs

2008-09-30 Thread Matt Worsdell
It's been a little while but from memory you need to change one of the Phases to CI rather than IA in the Approval Process configuration.. You can't mix the approval types in the same phase. ITSM 7.0.3 patch 8 ARS 7.1 patch 4 ARS on Windows Remote Oracle DB My approvals don't seem to be

Re: What's going on with TuringSMI?

2008-09-30 Thread Rick Cook
My guess, based on experience, is that it may be nothing more than the paperwork not having gone through the process yet. With October 1 (tomorrow) being the renewal date for those, this time of year often saw things like this when I was doing pre-sales and such. Turing and BMC may even still be

Reset application service password - affecting arplugin?

2008-09-30 Thread Dan Gennidakis
Hi everyone, Having a problem with an ITSM 7.1 Env. The application service password was reset on the ITSM 7.1 server, as a result the arplugin will not load or run properly, arplugin.exe does not stay running and dies eventually on system startup. Arplugin affects many things like the AR

Change timezone so all times show in Eastern time

2008-09-30 Thread SUBSCRIBE arslist Melissa
How can I change the settings on AR Server (7.01) to display all times in Eastern time regardless of where the user is located? ___ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org Platinum Sponsor:

Re: What's going on with TuringSMI?

2008-09-30 Thread Davis, David CTR NAVSURFWARCENDIV Crane, Code 0552
I hate to speak out of school, but BMC has changed their Support terms for 3rd party support. As I read it, BMC will only allow 3rd party support if they (BMC) grant a waiver for that support to the BMC customer. It appears this is a new position as of the beginning of this year and waivers are

Re: What's going on with TuringSMI?

2008-09-30 Thread Chapman, Gary
Unfortunately our Support runs out today, and as they only told us today that they can no longer support us it does not leave to many options open. Cheers, Gary From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rick

Re: What's going on with TuringSMI?

2008-09-30 Thread Shellman, David
We change support from BMC/Remedy back in February. We went with EMS and had to go through the waiver process at that time. It was a pain but it was not a big hurdle and the waiver was granted. Dave -Original Message- From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:[EMAIL

Re: Change Approvals on CIs

2008-09-30 Thread Dip Patel
Check if the field 'Find Approvers On' is set to Associated CIs in the Approval Process Configuration Form. I guess the field is hidden in the form. Best Regards, Dipen On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 9:47 AM, Matt Worsdell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It's been a little while but from memory

Re: What's going on with TuringSMI?

2008-09-30 Thread Chapman, Gary
We changed a few years ago and have been with 2 different support companies since then. Also, the fact that BMC had asked us to go with a third party would suggest that this is not a factor. Cheers, Gary -Original Message- From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList)

Re: What's going on with TuringSMI?

2008-09-30 Thread Rick Cook
All I can say is that this seems to happen every year about this time. Don't panic, and talk to your sales rep. if you feel the need to get something done via support until it's fixed. Rick On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 7:06 AM, Chapman, Gary [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: ** Unfortunately our Support runs

Re: What's going on with TuringSMI?

2008-09-30 Thread Rick Cook
And the waiver/approval thing is not new. BMC has always had stringent rules on who can offer and use third-party support. The rules may morph over time, but like I said, this is an unfortunately normal set of events for this time of year. By the end of the week, it should be all sorted out.

Re: What's going on with TuringSMI?

2008-09-30 Thread Susan Palmer
TuringSMI and BMC renegotiated how they deal with the $$$. BMC collects them and doals them out to Turing. I just renewed for October 1st and bought 2 licenses. My timing was bad since they were in the middle of figuring it out. It turned out to be collaboration between Turing and my BMC

Re: What's going on with TuringSMI?

2008-09-30 Thread Susan Palmer
The waiver process as you call it has been in place for awhile but was a well concealed fact. We went through it last year filing it only 2 days before the 90 day deadline. The only reason I found out about it was that someone on the list alerted me to the process. Even though 90 days were

Re: Reset application service password - affecting arplugin?

2008-09-30 Thread Axton
I wrote up an article on the subject here, but it is slowly getting out of date, though the sections covered are still accurate. http://arswiki.org/wiki/Securing_ARS#Locking_Down_Built-in_ARS_Accounts Axton Grams On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 9:59 AM, Dan Gennidakis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ** Hi

Re: What's going on with TuringSMI?

2008-09-30 Thread Susan Palmer
This past year utilizing TuringSMI support vs 12 years with Remedy/bird/BMC support has been wonderful. Responsive and problems get resolved. I get no compensation for that endorsement just being a happy person. Susan On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 9:11 AM, Chapman, Gary [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: We

Re: Remedy Support page down?

2008-09-30 Thread Chapman, Dick
I thought I posted this but can't find it now I'm very sorry for the access problems. New forms for submitting and managing Issues were placed into production this past weekend, and we have reports that some downstream caching appliances have not re-cached the new forms correctly. If you are

Re: Remedy Support page down?

2008-09-30 Thread Axton
This is an inherent issue with how the mid-tier works (generating/storing js at the time a form is accessed). Any time a form definition changes, users are going to experience this issue. Is it possible for BMC departments to submit RFE's/defects to the product management teams? If so, would

Automated Unit Testing - C API Binaries

2008-09-30 Thread Rakesh Kiruba
Hi All, We need to have Automated Unit testing in Remedy. Remedy User tool will create C API Binaries - With this C API Binaries can we able to identify Code Coverage? Kindly help us on this. Thanks and Regards, Rakesh Kiruba Virtusa (India) Pvt Ltd | Ph (off): +91 - 44 - 42002700

Re: Change timezone so all times show in Eastern time

2008-09-30 Thread LJ Longwing
You hafta set all of your workstations to eastern timezone _ From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of SUBSCRIBE arslist Melissa Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2008 8:06 AM To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Subject: Change timezone so all times

Incident ID number

2008-09-30 Thread Koyb P. Liabt
Hi, AR System 7.1, ITSM. In HPD:HelpDesk, we want to reduce the database input of the 'Incident ID' from 15 to 12.? We also plan to modify the Incident ID from 15 to 12 in the HPD Ticket Generation form.? Our team just does not want to see all of the INC 0027 - they want to to trim it

Password Management - ARS 7.1 Patch 002

2008-09-30 Thread Jase Brandon
Hello All, I wanted to write and see if anyone else was having this issue or if you had found a resolution. Password Mgmt - 7.1 Patch 002 Remedy users using the USER tool are prompted to change their password as expected. Mid-Tier Users are not. I tested using the same user and password mgmt

Re: Incident ID number

2008-09-30 Thread Rick Cook
It can be done, but it is a much more substantial piece of customization than in previous versions. Proceed very thoughtfully. Rick On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 8:28 AM, Koyb P. Liabt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ** Hi, AR System 7.1, ITSM. In HPD:HelpDesk, we want to reduce the database input of

Re: Reset application service password - affecting arplugin?

2008-09-30 Thread Dan Gennidakis
Thanks Axton, The issue we have is slightly different, not sure if the arplugin needs the app service password entered in a config file. The arplugin is not loading for us as I said so this is the real issue. We are trying to see how arplugin relates to the application service password.

Tomcat crashing

2008-09-30 Thread anil RAI
Hi listers,   Tomcat is crashing after 2 hours of interval.   The error is   It causes Shutdown Tomcat.   It’s a  Approval Run Process Command. (Sig-Approvaed).      ERROR 1:     Sep 30 16:07:30 t1u014 arplugin[949]: [ID 755532 user.error] Approve : Operation cancelled due to error

Re: License Usage

2008-09-30 Thread Misi Mladoniczky
Hi, The full version of our RRR|License product can do that, but it is not the main focus of the tool. The information you want is in the user log, which is utilized by RRR|License. The numbers reported by RRR|License is the logged in hours of each user as a total, and during peak hours. It is

Re: Tomcat crashing

2008-09-30 Thread Joe DeSouza
Have you configured the heap size of Tomcat to optimize the available memory it can use? Joe - Original Message From: anil RAI [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2008 11:45:19 AM Subject: Tomcat crashing ** Hi listers, Tomcat is crashing after 2

Re: Incident ID number

2008-09-30 Thread Joe DeSouza
I agree with Rick.. The number one reason I would not do it just because the product is still evolving and a baby. BMC Remedy is constantly patching their ITSM products, or adding new functionality, and if what you do may get impacted is an unknown (depending on what they decide to patch or

Re: Remedy Support page down?

2008-09-30 Thread Joe DeSouza
I have noticed this to happen more often if a field is added or dropped from a table field.. We experienced a similar issue on our instance of Remedy yesterday too which is kind of coincidental considering I decided to check the status of some other existing ticket with Remedy and noticed they

Re: Friday Humor

2008-09-30 Thread Lai, Canhai
All politicians are liars. Corruptions happen. No free lunch possible - zero sum game - some gain and some lose on any policy. Your ideology determines who you want to vote for. But can we at least elect a capable person? What's wrong with electing an elite? A smart person with wisdom is

Re: Plugins for vendor forms

2008-09-30 Thread Joe DeSouza
What do you want to connect to? The LDAP directory (MS, Novel)? I do not know too much details about the Croom plugin but from what I had heard OR from what I remember, it catered more to cross database connects. For eg you could connect to a SQL database from Oracle or a Oracle database from

Re: Incident ID number

2008-09-30 Thread Kathy Morris
Is this?a minor?change? - We like this customization also to the Incident ID -?Remedy?told me that in 7.x this is doable and the number can be increased later if necessary. Is this so? -Original Message- From: Joe DeSouza [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Sent: Tue, 30 Sep 2008

Re: Incident ID number

2008-09-30 Thread Joe DeSouza
It is doable, but not really as minor a change as it used to be in the earlier versions of the ITSM apps where it more or less impacted just a single form. I would hold back from doing it as the cost of doing it is way more than the benefits of doing it which is virtually nothing but visual..

Re: Change timezone so all times show in Eastern time

2008-09-30 Thread Joe DeSouza
You will need to virtualize your work environment for that - meaning set your network timeserver to the east coast time or if a timeserver isn't present on your network, set each individual client PC that will connect to the AR Server to the East Coast Regional settings.. Off course the server

Re: Automated Unit Testing - C API Binaries

2008-09-30 Thread Joe DeSouza
If you want to test an application within the ARS, it is not strictly possible to perform what you intend - meaning perform 'Code Coverage' as these applications are not built using 'traditional' lines of code. ARS as you must be already aware is more like a 4th generation language.But there

Remedy Developer Job Opportunity

2008-09-30 Thread Nicole St.Louis
Title: BMC Remedy Developer Skills: Perform requirements analysis, design, installation and implementation of Remedy Softwrae We are looking for a BMC Remedy Developer with at least 3 -5 years of Remedy development experience. The Remedy Developer will lead the implementation of the desired

Re: Change timezone so all times show in Eastern time

2008-09-30 Thread Sabyson Fernandes
Maybe you could create an entry in the AR System User Preferences form for the users and specify the timezone within the locale tab to show as Eastern time. See the configuring AR System guide for more details. --- On Tue, 9/30/08, Joe DeSouza [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Joe DeSouza

Remedy Administrator Job opportunity

2008-09-30 Thread Nicole St.Louis
Title: Remedy Administrator Skills: Administer and maintain the ARS/Remedy System Candidate must have good interpersonal skills and the ability to interact well with diverse personalities and working styles. Candidate must have great customer relationship management skills. Candidate will

Re: Spam mail from my email account

2008-09-30 Thread Shellman, David
Susan, I confirmed that email I received went through the ARS List server. I will send additional info to gmail account instead of through the list. Dave From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Susan Palmer

Re: Change Approvals on CIs

2008-09-30 Thread Jones, Jonathan Clark
That did it. Thanks Matt. Thanks, Jonathan Jones Southern Company Services 205-257-4799 -Original Message- From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Matt Worsdell Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2008 8:48 AM To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Subject:

Re: ITSM 7 Data Management Tool --- Hangs

2008-09-30 Thread Rabi Tripathi
Basil, That's interesting. To have to go back to older dlls. My solaris server is far away, so I have to see if changing dlls for clients will work. Kelley, I was asked to upgrade to 9005, so I have given up trying 9003 to work against solaris server. 9003 works fine against my windows ARS

Any ITSP V 4 sites (NOT ITSM) on here who might have access to query their underlying DB???

2008-09-30 Thread Joe DeSouza
If I were to request you guys to run a query against your db to obtain the count resulting from a certain query, would you please be able to do it for me? The results of this count is not sensitive information.. The results should technically be 0, but I want to see if that's not the case with

Re: Server problems SOLVED

2008-09-30 Thread Shafqat Ayaz
Thanks Ben and all others who wrote to help The problem if you are interested in the solution was two filters which someone had written getting into a loop!! Disabling one of the filters fixed the problem. I would have thought the ARS Server would/should be able to handle this type of problem

Workflow problem

2008-09-30 Thread Shafqat Ayaz
Hi All I am noticing an error message in the arerror.log file. The message is as follows.   The value(s) for this entry violate a unique index that has been defined for this form: NTE:SYS-Group NT Control entry NTG00063532 fields: 100205 179 (ARERR 382)   Ok I understand what the entry

change request creation error

2008-09-30 Thread sivarama velicheti
Hi Group, -- Sivarama Velicheti * * * *** ** * - ___ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org Platinum Sponsor: www.rmsportal.com ARSlist: Where the

change request error

2008-09-30 Thread sivarama velicheti
Hi Group, I am running into an error when I am trying to create the change request. The error is as follows *The operationa categorization information is invalid for the specified company. Use the menusto select this information*. I never encountered such an error before. I did set

Re: Workflow problem

2008-09-30 Thread Joe DeSouza
Hello Shafqat, Usually turning on your SQL logs can tell you the cause of such errors.. turn them on and look at the last statements that were successfully executed by the database before the database rolled back transactions. Trigger the action or actions that cause that error as soon as you

Re: What's going on with TuringSMI?

2008-09-30 Thread Bradford Bingel
Heard a rumor that TuringSMI's BMC/Remedy unit was being acquired by another company . . . will check my sources and hope to confirm within 24 hours . . . _ From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chapman, Gary Sent: Tuesday, September

Re: Server problems SOLVED

2008-09-30 Thread Chintan Shah
A couple of days ago, our arserverd crashed too with exactly something similar but its not repetitive..so  we weren't able to figure out what happened. As the logs were not turned on, we could get much, but it died with Signal 10..not sure what that means. Shafqat, how did you identify the