Issue while accessing form prefix with '+' through Mid-tier

2010-12-08 Thread Vidhi Sharma
Hi, We are using Midtier 7.6.03 with Tomcat6. We have created one form +Test and try to access this form via Midtier. We are getting an error 'Form does not exist.' Also the form name gets modified to 'Test'. Please suggest how to resolve this issue. Regards, Vidhi

Re: Issue while accessing form prefix with '+' through Mid-tier

2010-12-08 Thread BradRemedy
Hi Vidhi I assume you are using IIS7? Is so, the IIS7 request filter rejects URL's containing + characters. You need to turn off what they call the doubleEscaping feature in IIS7. To do this, on your midtier server, do to the command prompt and enter the following:

Re: Incident Management and Tasks

2010-12-08 Thread Boyd, Rebecca
Anne, What version of ITSM are you using? We're on 7.5. Rebecca On Tue, Dec 7, 2010 at 2:03 PM, Ramey, Anne anne.ra...@nc.gov wrote: ** There is a patch for ITSM to allow you to do this. For ITSM 7.0.03, it is patch 9002. Anne Ramey *** *E-mail

Tomcat versions

2010-12-08 Thread Rick Cook
Is anyone using Tomcat v7 for anything related to Remedy? Is there a compelling reason to use it over v6 with an ARS/ITSM 7.5 setup? Rick ___ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org attend wwrug11

Running two versions of the Remedy ODBC driver on the same PC - is it possible

2010-12-08 Thread Jiri Pospisil
++ Please Read The Disclaimer At The Bottom Of This Email ++ All, I am trying to find out if it is possible to run two different versions of the Remedy ODBC driver on the same PC. It seems

Re: Running two versions of the Remedy ODBC driver on the same PC - is it possible

2010-12-08 Thread Walters, Mark
Each version of the User Tool will install (if the option is selected) its own ODBC driver. If you have multiple versions installed you can switch between them by editing this registry key; HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\ODBC\ODBC.INI\AR System ODBC Data Source\Driver This should point to the

Re: Running two versions of the Remedy ODBC driver on the same PC - is it possible

2010-12-08 Thread Walters, Mark
There's also some keys in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ODBC\ODBCINST.INI\AR System ODBC Driver that need to be changed to point to the the appropriate location. Mark From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:arsl...@arslist.org] On Behalf Of Jiri Pospisil Sent: 08 December

MidTier and SHA-256

2010-12-08 Thread Frank Caruso
I have been asked to research whether BMC MidTier supports SHA2 (SHA-256). I want to think that this is not going to be a limitation of the MidTier but more on the web server/JSP engine being used, and I think that will be the answer I get from BMC, but wanted to get the lists' input. We are

Re: Running two versions of the Remedy ODBC driver on the same PC - is it possible

2010-12-08 Thread Jiri Pospisil
Mark, Thanks for the info. I was hoping we will be able to have two separate ODBC data sources, each called differently so that users can just pick the one they want to use when running their reports from Crystal. Is that something that can be achieved? Thanks Jiri From: Action Request System

Re: Issue while accessing form prefix with '+' through Mid-tier

2010-12-08 Thread Grooms, Frederick W
You need to URL encode the form name (Change your form name in the URL replacing the + character with %2b) i.e. http://{Web Server}/arsys/forms/{ARS Server}/%2bTest Here is a set of URL encoding characters Special Character URL encoded ---

Re: Change Mgmt 7.0.03

2010-12-08 Thread Martinez, Marcelo A
I will modify the filter to exclude the QUERY Operation. Thanks for the Suggestion Rod! I was looking at the workflow objects guide for the different operations but couldn't find it. Thanks again, Marcelo -Original Message- From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList)

SRM 7.6 - 'Request on Behalf of' to be 'read only'

2010-12-08 Thread Mr. Tee
Hello ARS-LIST, SRM 7.6 User Guide explain this about “Creating requests on behalf of other users”: Creating requests on behalf of other users You can create requests on behalf of other users if the SRM administrator created an

JOB: Remedy Developer - MITRE

2010-12-08 Thread Florie, Jim
MITRE is seeking a Remedy Developer who will be responsible for Remedy development and integration to support MITRE's internal IT organization. Location: McLean, VA or Bedford, MA Job Functions: *Architect software solutions in BMC Remedy Action Request System (ARS) up to 7.x *Configuration

ITSM 763 and Case Issues

2010-12-08 Thread Frank Caruso
ARS 763 Oracle 11g (case sensitive) ITSM 763 Discovered an issue with how ITSM 763 handles help files. There is work flow that contains RunIf statements looking for the occurrence of HTTP in a string. If not found then the work flow adds the server default web address to the on-line help URL

Upgrade suggestion

2010-12-08 Thread Nall, Roger
ARS 7.1 patch4 SQL2k WIN2003 We are going to be upgrading to ARS 7.5 patch 7 and SQL 2008 at the same time. All hardware will be new. I am looking for suggestions on how to handle the change in ARS and SQL at the same time. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks, Roger Nall Manager, SA

Business Holidays / Hours Global Support Groups

2010-12-08 Thread Kathy Morris
Hi All, We have 1 Support Group that is located in the US and Romania. I was wondering... what is the logic in Remedy for setting up Business Holidays across international support groups. For example: The Remedy Support Group is in the US and in Romania, China, London. The business

JSP to monitor functionality

2010-12-08 Thread LJ LongWing
I have an urgent need to be able see if our server is online through JSP. Suggestions? ___ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org attend wwrug11 www.wwrug.com ARSList: Where the Answers Are

Re: MidTier and SHA-256

2010-12-08 Thread Axton
Looks like more of a problem with IIS since the certificates should be handled by the front-end that the user hits. This looks like a good compilation of related information: http://blogs.technet.com/b/pki/archive/2010/09/30/sha2-and-windows.aspx On Wed, Dec 8, 2010 at 8:39 AM, Frank Caruso

Remedy Table

2010-12-08 Thread Koyb P. Liabt
Hi, Which Remedy table has the Support Organization, Support Group, and the Location? ___ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org attend wwrug11 www.wwrug.com ARSList: Where the Answers Are

Re: JSP to monitor functionality

2010-12-08 Thread Axton
Hit the mid-tier configuration page; if it loads, then the container/jvm are working. If you want to go beyond that, create a jsp that performs the desired checks and returns the output in a format that you can parse, like xml. On Wed, Dec 8, 2010 at 10:45 AM, LJ LongWing lj.longw...@gmail.com

Re: Remedy Table

2010-12-08 Thread Eli Schilling
Koyb, That information is stored in the ARSchema table within the database, specifically the SchemaID column. The schema ID's are generated during the install and my vary by implementation. If you're using SQL, you can do something like: Select Name, SchemaID from ARSchema Where Name IN

Re: JSP to monitor functionality

2010-12-08 Thread LJ LongWing
I have recently been having issues where the Tomcat is 'functional' from a Tomcat perspective, but you can't log onto the app server, getting the following error. What I'm trying to do is write a jsp that will see if a URL 'returns a value'.specifically I'm planning on using a login URL to get to

Re: JSP to monitor functionality

2010-12-08 Thread tristan.rop...@t-online.de
** Hi,You can use for example Nagios, an open software solution.CheersTristan -Original Message- Date: Wed, 08 Dec 2010 17:45:01 +0100 Subject: JSP to monitor functionality From:         LJ LongWing lj.longw...@gmail.com To:           arslist@ARSLIST.ORG ** I have an urgent need to be

Re: Upgrade suggestion

2010-12-08 Thread Craig Carter
Roger, We're doing the same thing now and we successfully tested the following scenario (from 7.0.1 to 7.5 P6): Build the new server(s) with version you want to go to (SQL 2008 and ARS 7.5). Back-up your existing server. Perform an upgrade-in-place of SQL Server 2003 to 2008 and apply updates,

Re: JSP to monitor functionality

2010-12-08 Thread Axton
Why not have the load balancer load the home page, authenticate, and check the response code. If 200, then status is ok, if 500 series, then fault the node. I assume that when the error below occurs in the mid-tier logs, you are getting 500 responses in the browser. The response code is really

Re: JSP to monitor functionality

2010-12-08 Thread LJ LongWing
That's the problem, I can't have the load balancer 'log on', they need a URL that returns a 200 or 500 period. So I am looking for some automated way to log on automatically on the back end and verify that everything is functional, if it is, return a 200, if not, 500.and a redirect changes it

Re: JSP to monitor functionality

2010-12-08 Thread Axton
You could write a servlet to do the work like this: - Handle the incoming request - Issue an HTTP request to the desired form/resource, create the authentication context, etc. - Parse the HTTP response headers for the response codes - I use the plural headers because when you

Re: Upgrade suggestion

2010-12-08 Thread William Rentfrow
First of all - I'd recommend considering (if you haven't already) going directly to 7.6.03. We just did a lot of testing on 7.5 - and there is good stuff there too - but 7.6.03 is even better in many respects. William Rentfrow Principal Consultant, StrataCom Inc.

OT: Webinar on bridging Ruby and Java (AKA BMC Remedy Java API)

2010-12-08 Thread John Sundberg
This webinar is being put on by one of the contributors to JRuby. I have attended a couple of his presentations before - and he is an excellent educator. If you have any interest in bridging Ruby and Remedy -- this may be of help.

Re: JSP to monitor functionality

2010-12-08 Thread LJ LongWing
Axton, I took that suggestion and was able to put together a very simple servlet that does a URL check URL url = new URL(URLs); HttpURLConnection connection = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection(); the URL in question gets passed in through a config file, and

Re: JSP to monitor functionality

2010-12-08 Thread Axton
Cool beans. Another tool in your tool belt :) On Wed, Dec 8, 2010 at 7:56 PM, LJ LongWing lj.longw...@gmail.com wrote: ** Axton, I took that suggestion and was able to put together a very simple servlet that does a URL check URL url = *new* URL(URLs);

7.6.03 Incident management

2010-12-08 Thread rey s
Hi All, currently we have HP service desk and we will be moving towards 7.6.03 remedy ITSM applications. I have been to BMC training for 7.5 version and there was lesson taught about creating form views. Our management needs 3 different custom views in HPD:Helpdesk form. Can i create custom

Re: Upgrade suggestion

2010-12-08 Thread Misi Mladoniczky
Hi, I have done this many times myself using the following procedure: 1. Install a clean new version of the AR Server on your new machine 2. Export/import def-files 3. Use rrrChive to move all data from your old machine to the new machine 4. Test the new machine 5. Do a SYNC-operation using

Re: Skins in 7.6.03

2010-12-08 Thread Richard Matovu
Hi Nicola, I have also been playing around with it and not much success. Did you or anyone else manage to get it working. Please help. Thanks, Matovu Richard Matrich Email: rich...@matrich.net Web: http://www.matrich.net/ On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 1:58 PM, Nicola Bowman