Re: BMC Support / On Site Visits

2015-01-21 Thread Ray Gellenbeck
1. The recent posts on this thread are a bit of a topic hijack. Let's reign it in? 2. The original hijack question was whether anyone had a positive experience with PD. The forum was silent to that question. You have the answer to that question. 3. The *original* question was a good

ITSM Asset Management - Status Values

2015-01-21 Thread Ray Gellenbeck
A client wants to add more Status values to the Asset record form (ITSM/ARS 8.1.01). I advised against the technical debt such a customization would carry, but worse, it appears that the Status field on the Asset form doesn't reference a menu, they are using the old Field ID7 with

Re: Need Suggestion

2015-01-21 Thread Janie Sprenger
My understanding of what you just said is that the FMS Incidents aren't going to be handled by people unless the SLA is breached; in which case there is an escalation of sorts that means someone has to do something with that Incident because the alarm hasn't cleared and there's actual work to do.

Re: ITSM Asset Management - Status Values

2015-01-21 Thread Janie Sprenger
The form AST:Attributes works in conjunction with AST and CMDB. Field ID 7 looks like the status field but you'll probably find your Status field on the AST:Attributes form in 8.1 On Wed, Jan 21, 2015 at 12:02 PM, Ray Gellenbeck ray.gellenb...@redmangollc.com wrote: A client wants to add more

Re: ITSM Asset Management - Status Values

2015-01-21 Thread Janie Sprenger
I get asked this question a lot too. Sometimes it comes down to understanding what lifecycle event they are trying to capture with the Status field so you can tell them what Status to use. I relate every Status value to a lifecycle event that happens to a CI/Asset. Generally speaking, once they

Re: Need Suggestion

2015-01-21 Thread Ray Gellenbeck
Greater minds than me have pointed out the main issues with the stated approach...I lived it in the old TelAlert and NetCool gateway days (shudder). 1. Notifications for alarms should be outsourced to the related application, not stuck onto Remedy. Remedy CAN do it, but it's main focus is

Re: ITSM Asset Management - Status Values

2015-01-21 Thread Rick Cook
Either way, it's one huge Matzoh ball. I would simply not go there. Of all the customizations people might want, the Status field is the one we should resist the most strongly. Rick Cook On Wed, Jan 21, 2015 at 12:07 PM, Janie Sprenger jrsrem...@gmail.com wrote: ** The form AST:Attributes

Re: ITSM Asset Management - Status Values

2015-01-21 Thread Ray Gellenbeck
Yes, but that form is not related to editing the Status values, that's just another one of the sub-forms I mentioned. That form's Status field is also ID7 and is also direct-entry values. The question still remains if there is a function in ITSM for editing Asset Status similar to how you can

Re: ITSM Asset Management - Status Values

2015-01-21 Thread Janie Sprenger
In that case, no - there isn't a configuration form for editing CMDB Status values that I have ever seen. On Wed, Jan 21, 2015 at 12:18 PM, Ray Gellenbeck ray.gellenb...@redmangollc.com wrote: Yes, but that form is not related to editing the Status values, that's just another one of the

Re: ITSM Asset Management - Status Values

2015-01-21 Thread Ray Gellenbeck
Thanks to both of you and I agree 100% Rick. The client has been strongly warned against this but I wanted to have my Plan B ready in case they ignore counsel. We'll see what they decide. ___ UNSUBSCRIBE or access

Re: ITSM Asset Management - Status Values

2015-01-21 Thread Pierson, Shawn
I want to chime in and concur with utilizing Status Reason, and while I’m not a big fan of it, that is something we’ve had to expand in our organization to account for hardware CIs in a terminal status. Examples include stolen, lost, recycled, etc. which are difficult to account for out of the

Re: Need Suggestion

2015-01-21 Thread Omega LiPO
I am in the Telco side. Those equipment will generate some huge amount of alarms. In the old day microMuse, now IBM got a product called netcool can based on the same type of alarm to generate 1 tickets, when the ticket is resolved, it help the counterpart, eg, hp openviiew to clear all those

Re: BMC Atrium SSO Question

2015-01-21 Thread BradRemedy
Hi Terri That is correct - I have the same setup as you. I just created a virtual environment for the Atrium SSO and gave it the hardware requirements as per the doc. Works perfectly. Cheers Brad On Tue, Jan 20, 2015 at 10:02 PM, Terri Lockwood teresa.lockw...@sungard.com wrote: ** Am

Re: BMC Atrium SSO Question

2015-01-21 Thread Terri Lockwood
Thank you Jon! TERRI LOCKWOOD • SENIOR SYSTEM ADMINISTRATOR • SunGard • AvantGard • 701 San Marco Blvd, Suite 1100 • Jacksonville, FL 32207 Office +1 (904) 281-8069 • Cell +1 (904) 627-8651 • teresa.lockw...@sungard.commailto:teresa.lockw...@sungard.com From: Action Request System discussion

Re: BMC Atrium SSO Question

2015-01-21 Thread Terri Lockwood
Thank you Brad. That’s what I was hoping to hear ;) TERRI LOCKWOOD • SENIOR SYSTEM ADMINISTRATOR • SunGard • AvantGard • 701 San Marco Blvd, Suite 1100 • Jacksonville, FL 32207 Office +1 (904) 281-8069 • Cell +1 (904) 627-8651 • teresa.lockw...@sungard.commailto:teresa.lockw...@sungard.com