Re: BMC Foundation Data Loader

2007-11-28 Thread Don McClure
The basic structure of the BMC and EffectTech utilities are very similar. Each performs these (approximate) tasks: 1. Accept user inputs via spreadsheets (preferably Excel files) 2. Generate text files (*.csv) data files for their specific command/mappings/staging forms 3. Develop a

Re: BMC Foundation Data Loader (Update)

2007-11-28 Thread Don McClure
Concerning the BMC ITSM Data Management Tool: I have copied the entire directory structure to our server under same pathname, then re-checked settings in the batch/data files for consistency. Import completes successfully. Operation is with identical import tool (7.1.0.1) and exact same

Re: Multi-Tenancy and CTM:People

2007-09-19 Thread Don McClure
Hi J.T.-- We are using ARS 7.1/ITSM7latest, multi-tenancy, ca twenty-something companies (all within the University), and 120K+ authorized users. First--the checkbox 'Unrestricted Access' on CTM:People will override any company-level accesses. I have our support staff 'compartmentalized'

ITSM7 Assignment Structure

2007-09-10 Thread Don McClure
Good Morning Listers! We are developing Assignment rules for ARS7.1/ITSM7, and I hope this group can educate me as to observed behavior. Modifications are mild and few--ITSM is mostly OOB. By my understanding, assignment rules follow these behaviors, in this sequence: 1.

Re: ITSM7 Assignment Structure

2007-09-10 Thread Don McClure
Hi Donanswers interspersed. 1. Are you having the same results in each application? Change, Incident, etc. A Only current implementation is Incident. 2. Did you configure the applications to use the assignment engine? A Assignment Configuration records are generated from

Slightly OT: Engineers (was JOB: Remedy position in Kuwait (UNCLASSIFIED) )

2007-09-07 Thread Don McClure
And, software engineering (including Remedy development/configuration!) shares another point: The actual time to create/modify server object(s) may be very trivial compared to full-analysis- of-expected-results, so the change does what is required, AND NOTHING MORE (how many of us spend

Re: Strange ITSM 7 Behavior

2007-08-06 Thread Don McClure
Ron, First observation: Your basic configuration is indeed complete in the application's viewpoint. Limitations: - only requires one location to be listed in ITSM--your company may need more for your actual needs - only requires one support group--again, YMMV - only one support staffer is

Re: Time an Hour Behind on Midtier

2007-07-19 Thread Don McClure
and.per an earlier thread, on PCs running Vista, this timezone-entry being blank will let the client browser display ticket times as UTC rather than local time. Viva la Vista! dwm ** Kaiser Norm E CIV USAF 96 CS/SCCE [EMAIL PROTECTED] 19-Jul-07 4:08 PM Hmmm*it is blank, I think.

Re: timestamp

2007-07-12 Thread Don McClure
We have also encountered an inconsistency with MS Vista. Specifically: Experiment was: observe the same helpdesk record (HD 5.5) with: - Windows UT, XP -- timestamp correct and local - MT, IE 7.0, XP -- timestamp correct and local - MT, IE 7.0, Vista -- timestamp reading GMT (sorry,

Re: timestamp

2007-07-12 Thread Don McClure
Question ... Does the user you are testing Mid-Tier with have a AR System User Preference record? (And if so does it have the correct Time Zone?) From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Don McClure Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2007 12:35 PM

Re: ITSM 7 Requestor accounts

2007-06-29 Thread Don McClure
Philip, Our work with ARS7/ITSM7 has led us along similar lines--multi-tenancy, with a company/group strata within the University (33,000+ students and approx 300 support staff). By our experience: a ticket will always be visible to its submitter, regardless of company affiliation of that

Re: Odd Reporting behavior on 7.0

2007-05-29 Thread Don McClure
I have encountered this behavior, with the following environment: ARSYSTEM SQL SERVER * DL385 2 x Dual Core 2.6 ghz 10 gb RAM * Windows Server 2003 Enterprise x64 * SQL Server 2005 x64 * ARSystem Database REMEDY AR SERVER * DL385 2 x Dual Core 2.2 ghz 10 gb RAM * Windows Server 2003 Enterprise

Re: OT- Whatever happend to the Friday humor thread..

2007-05-15 Thread Don McClure
Good information--I was looking for a GMT Friday escalation... firing on: 'OPS:TensionHighNeedRefresh' = $Yes$ (from a current menu, of course). d ** Don W. McClure, P.E. Systems Engineer University of North Texas dwmac_at_unt.edu 940.565.3287 J.T. Shyman [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: ARS 7.0.01 Patch 002 -- User Tool, Specifically

2007-04-11 Thread Don McClure
Stephen, Concerning the User Tool -- do NOT uninstall 7.0.01 Patch 1 first, UNLESS THE INSTALLATION DID *NOT* INCLUDE CRYSTAL REPORTS. Specifically--it is the uninstallation of the Crystal Reports segment that contaminates the machine, unrecoverably (unless one has already captured a late,

Re: Who's in charge of support at BMC? ((one more)

2007-03-15 Thread Don McClure
And, I just received this line from a BMC tech rep concerning an open issue: snip Are we able to Close this ticket (the ticket status will not affect the bug in any way) with the bug attached to it? /snip This message only mentioned recording a known bug, and contained no other

Re: Windows User Tool 7.x Crystal Reports bug

2007-03-14 Thread Don McClure
David, I am interested in these observations as well. We did not rollout 6.3 other than MidTier against ARS 5.1.2, so I cannot address Stephen's concern directly. However, we have experienced the 'start-over' issue with UT 7.0.0 removal (with/without previous UT versions involved)--and have

Re: DST - Real Savings - Redemption Not Allowed !!

2007-03-02 Thread Don McClure
I also remember my agricultural heritage/interests.and the cousin who said: 'It is SO GREAT of the government to give my corn an extra hour of sunshine each day... should be a real help with growth!' ---groan... dwm Don W. McClure, P.E. Systems Engineer University of North Texas [EMAIL

Re: Mid Tier and Resource on Same Server

2006-11-16 Thread Don McClure
Multiple processors are most effective in multi-threaded environments-- which should help with all those packages(I believe Rick Cook's comments are well-positioned on this point, including workload of separating these packages onto separate hardware platforms). However, I cannot see 8 Gb as

Re: Crystal 11

2006-10-31 Thread Don McClure
** Lisa, These are the Crystal Report components of the 7.0.x User Tool. The size as installed on my machine is running 228.00MB. Welcome to the wonderful world of 7.0... Don McClure, P.E. Systems Engineer University of North Texas [EMAIL PROTECTED] ** "Kemes, Lisa" [EMAIL PROTECT

Re: Crystal 11

2006-10-31 Thread Don McClure
User Tool. The size as installed on my machine is running 228.00MB. Welcome to the wonderful world of 7.0... Don McClure, P.E. Systems Engineer University of North Texas [EMAIL PROTECTED] ** "Kemes, Lisa" [EMAIL PROTECTED] 31-Oct-06 1:44 PM Hello fellow listers! Not sure when

Re: Mid Tier - Long Applet Load Time

2006-10-17 Thread Don McClure
** Hi Jamie, Rick Cook mentions complete new architecture; subject re-work includes a change in use of java. Specifically, MT 5.1.2 and earlier relied on client-side java, with some JRE version-specific issues. Example: MT 5.1.2 would not work with Java 1.5.01 mentioned in your architecture, at

Re: Mid Tier - Long Applet Load Time

2006-10-17 Thread Don McClure
st(ARSList) [mailto:arslist@ARSLIST.ORG] On Behalf Of Don McClure Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2006 7:58 AM To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Subject: Re: Mid Tier - Long Applet Load Time ** Hi Jamie, Rick Cook mentions complete new architecture; subject re-work includes a change in use of java. Specifically

Re: saving data as csv file

2006-09-12 Thread Don McClure
** One might find other methods, but... Open the file with Excel--then select "Save as"...one of the choices is *.csv. HTH d Don W. McClure, P.E.Systems EngineerUniversity of North Texas[EMAIL PROTECTED] 940.565.3287 [EMAIL PROTECTED] 12-Sep-06 2:00 PM ** Hello, I am trying to convert an

Re: Pushing values to the CTM:People Form

2006-08-12 Thread Don McClure
Hello to all. I have recently encountered another situation with the CTM:People form which may be related to the stated issue: Data was exported from CTM:People, then attempt to re-import back to same form (both in-place/same box, and to another box sit ARS ITSM7). Migrator 7 fails with an

OT: Thursday humor, and Value Received

2006-07-13 Thread Don McClure
** These are great examples of both unintended consequences and customer treatment! rant Unfortunately, most customers receive the LESSER of the followingquantities for their purchase amount: a- the minimum a Marketeer promises in order to secure business; b- the minimum deemed 'acceptable' by

Re: Error while downloading documents

2006-05-14 Thread Don McClure
I have downloaded the documents successfully with: IE 6.0 -- WinXP SP2, latest patch--java 1.4.2_09 (Sun) Java 1.5anything has broken a number of services on our campus, I strongly suspect such is possible with BMC sites themselves. You might try reverting to Sun/java 1.4.2_09 or earlier, if your