SSO implementation

2010-05-05 Thread Remedy Maniac
dear list, is anyone willing to help on such implementation? I have the choice: - either the CAS authentication using the CAS client provided by Yale University - or the SSO class provided by BMC itself Both need better settings as they do not work. I have ARS 7.5 + Tomcat latest I have no

Re: Load Balancer Recommendations 7.5 AR Server Environment

2010-05-05 Thread David Abry
So one hardware load balancer can be used for both the ARServer and Mid-Tiers? Thank you all for your response!! Regards, Dave Abry On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 10:37 PM, Axton axton.gr...@gmail.com wrote: ** When using appliances like F5's LTM, there is no need to purchase multiple load

Remedy login, port number issue/question

2010-05-05 Thread Kevin Begosh
So I have an environment with 2 AR Servers that are *virtual* servers and are sitting behind a Load balancer. If I log into either one of those servers individually I do not have to put the port number, but when I log in using the alias for the load balancer it requires that I put the port number

Windows UserID

2010-05-05 Thread Veeral Oza
Hi, I am stuck at this requirement and was wondering if this is feasible to implement: 1) When an Incident is resolved, an email goes to the customer to submit a survey, with a survey link. 2) The link opens the survey form in the brower without the user authenticating in the midtier. A

Re: Windows UserID

2010-05-05 Thread Veeral Oza
Forgot to mention environment: ARS 7.0 ITSM 7.0.3 Midtier: 7 on Apache-Tomcat on a Windows machine. Oracle 11g database. On Wed, May 5, 2010 at 6:05 PM, Veeral Oza veer...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, I am stuck at this requirement and was wondering if this is feasible to implement: 1) When an

Re: Windows UserID

2010-05-05 Thread Rick Cook
How about prepopulating the userid from the ticket when the survey is created? If that data is unavailable, how would the survey be directed appropriately? Rick -Original Message- From: Veeral Oza veer...@gmail.com Date: Wed, 5 May 2010 18:07:31 To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG

Re: Windows UserID

2010-05-05 Thread Veeral Oza
Hi Rick, The ticket data is available and the requester details are populated in the survey. However, there is also a requirement to capture windows login id of the user submitting the survey. Regards, Veeral On Wed, May 5, 2010 at 6:10 PM, Rick Cook remedyr...@gmail.com wrote: How about

Re: Windows UserID

2010-05-05 Thread Rick Cook
Is there any way that the user could be sent a link to a survey that isn't theirs? And if grabbing the user if is so important, why not ensure a login to take the survey. Seems like a long path to satisfy a dubious requirement. Rick -Original Message- From: Veeral Oza

Re: Q:License Policy Change?

2010-05-05 Thread Murnane, Phil
Craig: This is the first I've heard of this. Is your account rep a newbie? If so, I'd suspect an education defect. Or looking at the situation logically, if this were their policy, then why would BMC grant any license that had no expiration date? Surely they would require us to enter a new

Re: Load Balancer Recommendations 7.5 AR Server Environment

2010-05-05 Thread Axton
With the F5 LTM's you can host hundreds of farms using a single device. Axton These statements represent my opinions and nothing more. On Wed, May 5, 2010 at 7:07 AM, David Abry davidla...@gmail.com wrote: ** So one hardware load balancer can be used for both the ARServer and Mid-Tiers?

Re: Remedy login, port number issue/question

2010-05-05 Thread Axton
You need to configure the load balancer to handle rpcbind traffic. This can be done by redirecting udp and tcp ports 111 to the Remedy servers in addition to the port Remedy listens on. This assumes you have the portmapper enabled for Remedy on each of the virtual machines. Axton Grams These

Windows UserID

2010-05-05 Thread John Baker
Hello, The HttpServletRequest method getRemoteUser() will only return one if a user has been authenticated by the JEE engine, and the user hasn't, so it won't. It'll work if you've got SSO installed. I would assume there's no standard way to get it through JS either as that would provide a

Re: Windows UserID

2010-05-05 Thread Axton
With Apache you can use the Apache module mod_auth_kerb to negotiate the security context (which sets and environment variable with the username). mod_auth_kerb will require some configuration and requires that you have a KDC available (active directory is the most common). If you are using

Re: Windows UserID

2010-05-05 Thread Axton
Of course, the best way to approach this is by using some type of transparent authentication to access the mid-tier server, then rely on that to provide the information. Axton Grams These represent my opinions and nothing more. On Wed, May 5, 2010 at 8:22 AM, Axton axton.gr...@gmail.com wrote:

Re: Email text being stripped

2010-05-05 Thread Nichols, Wesley
I believe multi-line field values need to be denoted with [$$ and $$] if I remember correctly. Wes From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:arsl...@arslist.org] On Behalf Of Boyd, Rebecca E. Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 2010 5:37 PM To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Subject: Email text

Re: Remedy login, port number issue/question

2010-05-05 Thread Kevin Begosh
yes we have portmapper running as well as a port hardcoded on both servers. So could we essentially hard code the load balancer to bind to our specific port, lets say 10 every time is passes the traffic? Is that what needs to be done so the users do not have to put that port in? On Wed, May 5,

Re: Email text being stripped

2010-05-05 Thread Darrell Reading
That sounds right, if I remember correctly as well. :P Darrell Reading Systems Engineer Phone 479.204.5739 dere...@wal-mart.com Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. 805 Moberly Lane, MS-0560-68 Bentonville, AR 72716 Save Money. Live Better From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList)

Re: Windows UserID

2010-05-05 Thread Rick Cook
Yes, I get that. What I don't understand is the reason for the requirement, and why that is the only way to satisfy it. Rick -Original Message- From: Veeral Oza veer...@gmail.com Date: Wed, 5 May 2010 18:15:48 To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Subject: Re: Windows UserID Hi

Re: Windows UserID

2010-05-05 Thread Nichols, Wesley
Veeral, Here is the javascript code to do what you are asking. However, there are a host of security protocols that come into play to allow it to work in a browser. The mid-tier server will most definitely need to be in the trusted list. You may also need to customize other

Re: Windows UserID

2010-05-05 Thread Rick Cook
OK, let me see if I can be more clear in my objections. Your management, for some unexplained reason, wants to know who is filling out the surveys. You are trying to satisfy that requirement technically. I am trying to address it from a business perspective, and that almost always starts with

Re: Windows UserID

2010-05-05 Thread Tanner, Doug
You nailed it Rick! Also once filled out it cannot be resubmitted/retaken Doug From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:arsl...@arslist.org] On Behalf Of Rick Cook Sent: Wednesday, May 05, 2010 10:17 AM To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Subject: Re: Windows UserID ** OK, let me see if

Re: Windows UserID

2010-05-05 Thread Lammey, Peter A.
What if the user really felt that the services provided were very unsatisfactory and that was highlighted by their survey results and management wanted to the organization to contact the user (if they elect to by some means) to clarify what their expectation was that was not met. Most of the

Re: Windows UserID

2010-05-05 Thread Rick Cook
Peter, that's a valid point, but he said that the user's information is already in the survey - from the Incident. That is what prompted my initial question of why they needed further validation of that user's identity. Rick On Wed, May 5, 2010 at 7:33 AM, Lammey, Peter A.

Re: Windows UserID

2010-05-05 Thread Lammey, Peter A.
Ah I see...then you are right. No added identification is needed if there is a incident tied to that survey with a Customer identified there. Thanks Peter Lammey ESPN IT Packaging and Automation 860-766-4761 From: Action Request System discussion

Re: Email text being stripped

2010-05-05 Thread Boyd, Rebecca E.
Thanks! That worked. From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:arsl...@arslist.org] On Behalf Of Darrell Reading Sent: Wednesday, May 05, 2010 9:31 AM To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Subject: Re: Email text being stripped ** That sounds right, if I remember correctly as well.

Re: Windows UserID

2010-05-05 Thread Dennis Ruble
There are also companies with support organization compensation tied directly to customer satisfaction surveys. In any environment like this where the focus is squarely on customer sat with support effectiveness measured against it and a process of continuous improvement built around it, the

Re: Windows UserID

2010-05-05 Thread Rick Cook
That's true, Dennis, but again, if that's going on, the organization has bigger problems...like employees who would steal from them. You can make something foolproof, but you can't make it damnfool proof. How much would the cure cost vs. the disease? Rick On Wed, May 5, 2010 at 8:04 AM, Dennis

Re: Windows UserID

2010-05-05 Thread Veeral Oza
Hello all, Thanks a lot for all your replies. I totally agree with everyone. There is no justification from business which explains this requirement. And if there is, then I am not aware of it. Having said that, I look at it as a technical challenge to implement this requirement. I saw a few

Re: Remedy login, port number issue/question

2010-05-05 Thread Axton
No, you need to forward udp/111 and tcp/111. That port is used for the rpc port bind. rpcbind is the mechanism that says rpc program 390620 is running on tcp or udp port X (i.e., the user tool connects to port 111 if you don't specify a port to request the port remedy runs on). This is how a

Re: Q:License Policy Change?

2010-05-05 Thread Craig Carter
Hi Phil, Yes, our account was just recently transferred over to her but when I asked, she said she would check and get back with me. When she did, she stated the policy was stated in the purge agreement document. Bottom line for us is we're being told to submit this purge form with renewal

Re: Announcing BMC Remedy Action Request System 7.6.03 Beta Customer Program!

2010-05-05 Thread LJ LongWing
So David, Is this the next version, previously assumed to be 8?.is 7.6.03 the last version to include the User tool? From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:arsl...@arslist.org] On Behalf Of Easter, David Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 2010 9:58 PM To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG

Re: AR System 7.5 and ITSM 7.6 Upgrade Effort Estimates

2010-05-05 Thread Hulmes, Timothy W Mr CTR US USA IMCOM
We just Recently went from ARS7.1/CMDB2.1/ITSM7.0.03 to ARS7.5/CMDB7.6/ITSM7.6 in a test environment. The ARS portion took 40 minutes, the CMDB portion took 4 hours and the ITSM portion.are you ready for this 23 hours. I kid you not. Tim -Original Message- From: Action Request

Re: SSO implementation

2010-05-05 Thread Axton
Some things that drive how to approach the design: - What are you using as the infrastructure for SSO (MS Active Directory, Siteminder, Oracle, etc.) - What web server are you using - What platform are you on Axton Grams The opinions, statements, and/or suggested courses of action expressed in

Re: Announcing BMC Remedy Action Request System 7.6.03 Beta Customer Program!

2010-05-05 Thread Easter, David
Ø is 7.6.03 the last version to include the User tool? I can't fully answer that question, unfortunately, at this time. However, I would say that folks would be well served to assume that it is - and then be pleasantly surprised if it continues to be included in later releases. Whether this

Re: ADV: Announcing BMC Remedy Action Request System 7.6.03 Beta Customer Program!

2010-05-05 Thread Mike Gould
David, Thank you for the information on the new release and Beta program. Question... - AR System 7.6.03 represents a revision of the minor release number of AR System and thus is governed by the BMC Product Support Policy. Can you tell us what the supported releases of AR System will

Re: Announcing BMC Remedy Action Request System 7.6.03 Beta Customer Program!

2010-05-05 Thread Susan Palmer
Hi David, Then according to support guidelines, v7.0.1 would become unsupported upon official release of 7.6.x, correct? Thanks, Susan On Wed, May 5, 2010 at 11:21 AM, Easter, David david_eas...@bmc.com wrote: ** Ø is 7.6.03 the last version to include the User tool? I can’t fully

Re: Announcing BMC Remedy Action Request System 7.6.03 Beta Customer Program!

2010-05-05 Thread Easter, David
Correct. -David J. Easter Sr. Product Manager, Enterprise Service Management BMC Software, Inc. The opinions, statements, and/or suggested courses of action expressed in this E-mail do not necessarily reflect those of BMC Software, Inc. My voluntary participation in this forum is not intended

Re: Announcing BMC Remedy Action Request System 7.6.03 Beta Customer Program!

2010-05-05 Thread Easter, David
Ø Can you tell us what the supported releases of AR System will be once 7.6.03 is released? Will it be 7.6.03, 7.5.00, and 7.1.00? Or does 7.6.03 replace 7.5.00 and will 7.00.01 remain a supported version? The former. Supported releases would be 7.6.03, 7.5.00 and 7.1.00 - with 7.1.00

Re: Windows UserID

2010-05-05 Thread Grooms, Frederick W
In your Connector entries in Tomcat's server.xml file (in the conf directory) add enableLookups=true Connector port=8080 maxHttpHeaderSize=8192 URIEncoding=UTF-8 maxThreads=150 minSpareThreads=25 maxSpareThreads=75 enableLookups=true redirectPort=8443

Re: AR System 7.5 and ITSM 7.6 Upgrade Effort Estimates

2010-05-05 Thread Ramey, Anne
That's what we are looking at upgrading from/to. How much data do you have (so I can guess-timate how long our upgrade might take)? Anne Ramey E-mail correspondence to and from this address may be subject to the North Carolina Public Records Law and may be disclosed to third parties only by

Re: AR System 7.5 and ITSM 7.6 Upgrade Effort Estimates

2010-05-05 Thread Scott Hammons
Tim, Was your test environment a good representation of the production environment? By this I'm mostly referring to the number of objects in the CMDB and/or ARS DB. I'm just curious on what size your data set was for your test. This is important in estimating the time it would take to

Compatibility Matrix

2010-05-05 Thread Atul Vohra
Hi, Question: Is ARS 7.5 compatible with Windows Server 2008? Also will appreciate if I could get compatibility matrix for ARS 7.5. Thanks Atul ___ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org attend

Re: AR System 7.5 and ITSM 7.6 Upgrade Effort Estimates

2010-05-05 Thread David Charters
I have done 6 of them so far and with customizations, data, install, bug fixes, Notification adjustments, new configurations etc.. The average has been about 3 months. Now of course this greatly depends on how good your 7.1 data is and how many customizations you have. -Original Message-

Re: Compatibility Matrix

2010-05-05 Thread David Charters
Yes Windows Server 2003 and above, Oracle 10G and above, and MSSQL 2003 and above. -Original Message- From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:arsl...@arslist.org] On Behalf Of Atul Vohra Sent: Wednesday, May 05, 2010 4:56 PM To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Subject:

Re: Compatibility Matrix

2010-05-05 Thread Rick Cook
And you can download the compatibility matrix from BMC support, just as we have done. --Original Message-- From: David Charters Sender: Arslist To: Arslist ReplyTo: Arslist Subject: Re: Compatibility Matrix Sent: May 5, 2010 2:03 PM Yes Windows Server 2003 and above, Oracle 10G and

Re: Compatibility Matrix

2010-05-05 Thread Atul Vohra
Will do SIR!!! Atul Vohra -Original Message- From: Rick Cook [remedyr...@gmail.com] Date: 05/05/2010 05:07 PM To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Subject: Re: Compatibility Matrix And you can download the compatibility matrix from BMC support, just as we have done. --Original Message--

Re: Compatibility Matrix

2010-05-05 Thread Atul Vohra
Thanks. The reason I asked is: I am trying to install ARS 7.5 on Windows 2008 and am getting the error no space to install. I know we have enough space. I have done the following to configure the DEP feature • From the Windows Start menu, click Control Panel, and then double-click

Re: Compatibility Matrix

2010-05-05 Thread Rick Cook
Are you using the 32 bit version of 2008? 64 bit on Windows is not supported. Rick -Original Message- From: Atul Vohra a...@protechsoftwareinc.com Date: Wed, 5 May 2010 18:37:06 To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Subject: Re: Compatibility Matrix Thanks. The reason I asked is: I

Re: Compatibility Matrix

2010-05-05 Thread Atul Vohra
I just down loaded the compatibility Matrix from BMC and it states: Platform Minimum Operating System version 32 or 64 bit x86 PC Compatible Windows 2003 (32 or x64) [Server, Advanced Server, Datacenter, Enterprise,

Re: Compatibility Matrix

2010-05-05 Thread Lyle Taylor
Are you running a 32-bit JVM? You need to be using a 32-bit JVM. Also try running the installer in Compatibility mode (say Windows XP SP3, or similar). Lyle -Original Message- From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:arsl...@arslist.org] On Behalf Of Atul Vohra