Re: One Server from Server Group getting SQL error

2014-10-29 Thread Rick Cook
I wonder if rebooting simply cleared the DB connection locks. I guess time will tell, if the issue recurs. Rick Cook On Wed, Oct 29, 2014 at 6:03 AM, Brian Goralczyk bgoralc...@gmail.com wrote: ** Just to update the list. We haven't found the smoking gun yet, however; rebooting the db

Re: Mercurial

2014-10-21 Thread Rick Cook
You know that 8.x has version control built into it? Rick Cook On Tue, Oct 21, 2014 at 9:43 AM, Warren R. Baltimore II warrenbaltim...@gmail.com wrote: ** Anyone use Mercurial for Version Control? ARS 7.6.04. Opinions? Warren Baltimore _ARSlist: Where the Answers Are and have been

Re: Set Field If syntax when matching on another form

2014-10-17 Thread Rick Cook
I'm pretty sure that the query optimizers make the actual listed syntax irrelevant, but I like to be consistent for appearances sake. It's really a matter of preference. Rick Cook On Fri, Oct 17, 2014 at 8:20 AM, Peter Romain p.romain.arsl...@parsolutions.co.uk wrote: ** I’ve always used

Re: Open question to BMC on troubleshooting without the WUT

2014-10-16 Thread Rick Cook
Good ideas, Joe! Perhaps the arserver -v (or whatever it is now) that returns the version would fit the bill - quick return, confirms that the server is up, and almost zero performance impact. Rick Cook On Thu, Oct 16, 2014 at 11:19 AM, Joe D'Souza jdso...@shyle.net wrote: ** How about

Re: ENGAGE 2014 Commentsry

2014-10-13 Thread Rick Cook
The OCD among us already hate SIRI for misspelling Commentary. Rick Cook On Mon, Oct 13, 2014 at 7:34 AM, Joe D'Souza jdso...@shyle.net wrote: Quiet day at the RUG? Or is it just a delay on the list emails this Monday? Cheers Joe -Original Message- From: Action Request System

Re: Hude Login ID Conversion

2014-09-29 Thread Rick Cook
I might suggest reading in the documentation about the Authentication Alias, if you haven't already. Using that might be an alternative to changing out all of the values. Don't forget you also have Login ID in pending Change approvals and such. Those records can be tricky to transition. Rick

Re: Diary field usage

2014-09-29 Thread Rick Cook
Yes, they are not the best practice any more. Best practice is to accumulate records in a back-end form and use a PK/FK relationship to tie them to a master record (i.e. Work Logs to an Incident. Reporting can be challenging, but a join at the reporting level should make things easier. Rick

Re: Remedy 8.x, Force, Footprints Career Opportunities in DC, VA and MD metro area

2014-09-25 Thread Rick Cook
Are you still hiring for these positions? Rick On Sep 11, 2014 8:23 PM, Eric Chasteen eric.s.chast...@gmail.com wrote: ** Hello ARSlisters, I am looking for multiple Remedy 8.x, Remedyforce, and Footprints Developers and Administrators to work full and part time in the DC, VA, and MD metro

Re: BMC sues SNOW

2014-09-25 Thread Rick Cook
Most patents these days aren't for new concepts, but slight - sometimes almost imperceptively so - tweaks in the way something is done. We'll see how these come out, but I think the poster who suggested that this was more a marketing ploy than anything might be more on the mark than most. Rick

Re: Mid-Tier doesn't remember $LASTID$

2014-09-25 Thread Rick Cook
Is there a server group involved, or are these standalone servers? I ask because the sticky bit setting for Mid-tier changed in 8.x. Rick On Sep 25, 2014 6:15 PM, Joel Sender jdsen...@earthlink.net wrote: ** Although I’ve opened a ticket at BMC, maybe someone in our community has solved

Re: BMC sues SNOW

2014-09-23 Thread Rick Cook
the only competitor suing them adds weight to the claim. Rick Cook On Tue, Sep 23, 2014 at 8:44 AM, John Sundberg john.sundb...@kineticdata.com wrote: ** That is a “stolen quote” … Many people say that line. Indirectly - it is saying - nothing is invented - just new interpretations

Re: ARERR 102

2014-09-18 Thread Rick Cook
If memory serves, Field 102 is the Password field. Does that lead you toward a solution? Rick Cook On Thu, Sep 18, 2014 at 7:33 AM, Remedy Support sahilbmcrem...@gmail.com wrote: ** Hello All, I have deleted a field from the form and added a new field. While importing def file from one

Re: Atrium Explorer scalabilities

2014-09-13 Thread Rick Cook
This sounds like a limitation in your Java memory, not a tool or browser limitation. Rick Cook On Sat, Sep 13, 2014 at 3:49 AM, Mike Ilmer mike.il...@tdameritrade.com wrote: ** Hello List Do you have any recommendation for the Atrium Explorer configuration. The issue I have is when

Re: Resolved Tickets

2014-09-11 Thread Rick Cook
Yes. Rick Cook On Thu, Sep 11, 2014 at 6:36 AM, Roger Nall arslist.n...@gmail.com wrote: ** For all of you working with ITSM Remedy, can a Resolved ticket be re-opened? Thanks, Roger A Nall _ARSlist: Where the Answers Are and have been for 20 years_

Re: Peculiar sort order of character menus returning *LARGE* number of menu items..

2014-09-08 Thread Rick Cook
Joe, I had a similar problem a few years back with sorting values in some ITSM fields. Have you checked the Database search order (deep in the bowels of ITSM config)? It needs to be set consistently, especially with Oracle. Rick Cook On Mon, Sep 8, 2014 at 11:29 AM, Joe D'Souza jdso

Re: Version compatibility

2014-08-28 Thread Rick Cook
I can confirm this. I've used v8.1 Dev Studio against 7.6 servers without issue. I would use the latest version/SP of Dev. Studio you can get, unless there are any known issues with that against your server version. Rick Cook On Thu, Aug 28, 2014 at 7:19 AM, Grooms, Frederick W

Re: Remedy Developer required for a leading bank in pennington, NJ/Addison, TX

2014-08-28 Thread Rick Cook
is not an option due to family obligations in the Seattle area. Thanks for your interest, and I look forward to hearing from you on this. Rick Cook On Thu, Aug 28, 2014 at 11:44 AM, Shikher Seth shikher.s...@artechinfo.com wrote: Job Title: Senior Remedy Developer Location: Pennington, NJ/Addison, TX

Re: AIE Data Mapping doesn't display fields

2014-08-13 Thread Rick Cook
Thanks, Rudiger. That worked for the SQL side. Now I just gotta get the forms on the AR System side. Rick Rick Cook On Wed, Aug 13, 2014 at 1:59 AM, Rüdiger Tams ruedi...@tams.de wrote: ** Hello Rick, on the AIE console in configuration database field menues you need to load

AIE Data Mapping doesn't display fields

2014-08-12 Thread Rick Cook
into the Exchange. The problem is that when I open the Data Mapping from the AR Data Mapping Console, the Primary Key and Data Field Mapping tables are blank. What am I missing? Rick Cook ___ UNSUBSCRIBE or access

Re: OT: Contract vs FTE

2014-08-07 Thread Rick Cook
I've spent my 18 years in Remedy doing both FTE and Consulting work. There are some obvious differences, like the amount of travel, but the biggest differences are in the scope of work. As a consultant, you usually have a defined timeline, and you work with the customer to define a scope that

Re: EXTERNAL: RUG UserWorld WWRUG Engage where were they when?

2014-08-01 Thread Rick Cook
Perhaps the person who put them there could confirm which hotel banned us? ;-) Rick On Aug 1, 2014 10:13 AM, Shellman, David dave.shell...@te.com wrote: ** Dan, The photo of the Twinkies on the light fixture in the photos from RUG 2005 is also a clue that the event was on the west coast.

Re: Mid-Tier 8.1 upgrade and Copy to New

2014-07-31 Thread Rick Cook
I think Copy-to-new could be done, as long as it didn't try to do too much. Look at the functionality in the Interface Create forms, and use that as a basis point for both what you can do and what you should do. Don't copy core fields, entry ID, relationships, etc. Copying

Re: calling javascript through Remedy

2014-07-31 Thread Rick Cook
Or you could just change the field properties to display the field as a drop-down instead of an open character field. That would force the user to only select from available menu entries. Rick On Thu, Jul 31, 2014 at 9:48 AM, Jason Miller jason.mil...@gmail.com wrote: ** There is quite a

Re: Installing Atrium Integrator on 7.6.04 system

2014-07-30 Thread Rick Cook
] *On Behalf Of *Rick Cook *Sent:* 28 July 2014 16:49 *To:* arslist@ARSLIST.ORG *Subject:* Re: Installing Atrium Integrator on 7.6.04 system ** Follow-up question, Carl. We are wanting to use AI to move data between non-ITSM servers and a separate Data Warehouse. Our scenario would work like

Re: ENGAGE

2014-07-30 Thread Rick Cook
It's probably customizable in the same way that FrontRange is technically customizable, but only using a proprietary BPML programming interface. That's not as easy to learn or quick to work in as the AR System interface, nor is it as flexible or as extensible. I've yet to see a faster prototype

Re: Installing Atrium Integrator on 7.6.04 system

2014-07-30 Thread Rick Cook
and then read and write data directly to the database tables. This obviously doesn’t trigger any workflow. Cheers Peter *From:* Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG] *On Behalf Of *Rick Cook *Sent:* 30 July 2014 15:34 *To:* arslist@ARSLIST.ORG

Re: Installing Atrium Integrator on 7.6.04 system

2014-07-30 Thread Rick Cook
and that saved OK. I don’t know why your transformation won’t save. I guess you’ve tried removing the steps one by one to see if one of the steps is causing the issue? *From:* Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG] *On Behalf Of *Rick Cook *Sent:* 30

Re: BMC Experts and Jr Level Welcome!!!

2014-07-30 Thread Rick Cook
Well, I'm no one to throw rocks here, but I did find it interesting that he posted it twice. Most of us catch our mistake the first time. :) Hope he learns from it as have the rest of us who've done it. Rick On Wed, Jul 30, 2014 at 11:04 AM, LJ LongWing lj.longw...@gmail.com wrote: **

Re: ENGAGE

2014-07-29 Thread Rick Cook
-engage-2014/custom-20- 2bc888d975f2496db5d3f819b9735209.aspx But that's weird... Since breakouts continue from 6 to 9 PM on tuesday... So or you go stalk the Engineers (and potentially miss 2 breakouts), or you attend the breakouts (and miss the candy)? On 29 Jul, 2014,at 01:26 AM, Rick Cook

Re: ENGAGE

2014-07-29 Thread Rick Cook
? Where are the little customers and big customers explaining how they do things with Remedy? This sounds like a lot of Marketing types there to sell me stuff. And stop pushing The Cloud! -scott On Jul 29, 2014, at 11:49 AM, Rick Cook remedyr...@gmail.com wrote: ** Looks like they updated

Re: FireFox/Mid-Tier 7.6.04

2014-07-29 Thread Rick Cook
Assuming you're on some 7.6x version, we've seen some faults like that one (though not that particular one) in the mid-tier that require some patches/hotfixes to address. Have you tried flushing your mid-tier cache? Rick On Tue, Jul 29, 2014 at 9:17 AM, Sanford, Claire

Re: ENGAGE

2014-07-29 Thread Rick Cook
and seeing how he integrates things with Remedy? Where are the little customers and big customers explaining how they do things with Remedy? This sounds like a lot of Marketing types there to sell me stuff. And stop pushing The Cloud! -scott On Jul 29, 2014, at 11:49 AM, Rick Cook

Re: Installing Atrium Integrator on 7.6.04 system

2014-07-28 Thread Rick Cook
discussion list(ARSList) [mailto: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG] *On Behalf Of *Rick Cook *Sent:* 26 July 2014 01:24 *To:* arslist@ARSLIST.ORG *Subject:* Re: Installing Atrium Integrator on 7.6.04 system ** Wow, I forgot about that. That might be the deal breaker there. What was the reason that custom

Re: ENGAGE

2014-07-28 Thread Rick Cook
I want to know why they moved the bulk of the breakouts from morning, when peoples' minds are fresh, to evenings, when they are fried and people want to unwind. For people coming from the West coast, lots of these will end very late on our body clocks. Wow. Rick On Mon, Jul 28, 2014 at 3:48

Re: ENGAGE

2014-07-28 Thread Rick Cook
And with so many evening sessions, where does the Evening with Engineering or the other evening activities go? Will they even have them? Rick On Jul 28, 2014 4:24 PM, Jason Miller jason.mil...@gmail.com wrote: ** Not impressed. My first impress is welcome back BMC Marketing World. We

Re: ENGAGE

2014-07-28 Thread Rick Cook
-engage-2014/custom-20-2bc888d975f2496db5d3f819b9735209.aspx But that's weird... Since breakouts continue from 6 to 9 PM on tuesday... So or you go stalk the Engineers (and potentially miss 2 breakouts), or you attend the breakouts (and miss the candy)? On 29 Jul, 2014,at 01:26 AM, Rick Cook

Re: ENGAGE

2014-07-28 Thread Rick Cook
(and potentially miss 2 breakouts), or you attend the breakouts (and miss the candy)? On 29 Jul, 2014,at 01:26 AM, Rick Cook remedyr...@gmail.com wrote: ** And with so many evening sessions, where does the Evening with Engineering or the other evening activities go? Will they even have them? Rick

Re: ENGAGE

2014-07-28 Thread Rick Cook
the Engineers (and potentially miss 2 breakouts), or you attend the breakouts (and miss the candy)? On 29 Jul, 2014,at 01:26 AM, Rick Cook remedyr...@gmail.com wrote: ** And with so many evening sessions, where does the Evening with Engineering or the other evening activities go? Will they even

Installing Atrium Integrator on 7.6.04 system

2014-07-25 Thread Rick Cook
, the BSM Interoperability Matrix indicates that 7.6.04 SP2 is required at all levels to have AI installed at all, the retrofit question aside. Can anyone confirm or refute that? We're on 7.6.04 SP1, and I fear that we're stuck with AIE until we upgrade. Thanks. Rick Cook

Re: Installing Atrium Integrator on 7.6.04 system

2014-07-25 Thread Rick Cook
since it only worked with CMDB and none of the ITSM fors. AI for 8+ is fully integrated and works with all forms in ARS. -Original Message- From: Rick Cook remedyr...@gmail.com To: arslist arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Sent: Fri, Jul 25, 2014 12:39 pm Subject: Installing Atrium Integrator

Re: How to execute AI jobs from workflow

2014-07-24 Thread Rick Cook
) [ arslist@ARSLIST.ORG] On Behalf Of Rick Cook [remedyr...@gmail.com] *Sent:* Wednesday, July 23, 2014 18:23 *To:* arslist@ARSLIST.ORG *Subject:* Re: How to execute AI jobs from workflow ** Create New. However, I wonder if the Run If qualification ($Name$ = 'Name') AND ('Type' = $Type$) would

Re: How to execute AI jobs from workflow

2014-07-24 Thread Rick Cook
using this same field and ID for years an now when I create new or update old workflow I end up changing the field name to get around it. Jason On Thu, Jul 24, 2014 at 11:17 AM, Rick Cook remedyr...@gmail.com wrote: ** That's the conclusion I came to as well, Phil. Removing

How to execute AI jobs from workflow

2014-07-23 Thread Rick Cook
I know that Event driven AI jobs are possible, because the documentation says so. And in spite of that, the system architecture does seem to allow them. However, I am finding it elusive to actually do. I have a Transformation that I can run successfully manually. I put that into a Job that I

Re: How to execute AI jobs from workflow

2014-07-23 Thread Rick Cook
new? Fred -Original Message- From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG] On Behalf Of Rick Cook Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2014 5:01 PM To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Subject: How to execute AI jobs from workflow ** I know that Event driven AI jobs

Re: Bug in 8.1 Patch 003 Installer

2014-07-18 Thread Rick Cook
Is this one of those times where you tweak the application properties Form to trick the installer? Rick On Jul 18, 2014 4:31 AM, John Peters remedyn...@gmail.com wrote: ** Hi The installer seems to be complaining that it cant find the armonitor file.. well it wouldnt on a mid tier server

Re: Bug in 8.1 Patch 003 Installer

2014-07-18 Thread Rick Cook
details? The installer seems to assume you are on an arserver not a mid tier ... Cheers JP On Fri, Jul 18, 2014 at 12:39 PM, Rick Cook remedyr...@gmail.com wrote: ** Is this one of those times where you tweak the application properties Form to trick the installer? Rick On Jul 18, 2014 4

Re: Drag drop attachments not working in ARS 7.1 WUT

2014-07-15 Thread Rick Cook
on file though. -Rick *From:* Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG] *On Behalf Of *Rick Cook *Sent:* Monday, July 14, 2014 4:00 PM *To:* arslist@ARSLIST.ORG *Subject:* Re: Drag drop attachments not working in ARS 7.1 WUT ** With some files

Re: Drag drop attachments not working in ARS 7.1 WUT

2014-07-14 Thread Rick Cook
With some files on some OS, you can't DnD directly. You have to drag the file to the Desktop, then from the Desktop to the attachment field. It's a Windows issue. Rick On Mon, Jul 14, 2014 at 3:55 PM, Rick Westbrock rwestbr...@24hourfit.com wrote: ** Hi all- I have a few users (myself

Re: Filter set fields Web Service action setting field id 8 to null on error

2014-07-08 Thread Rick Cook
I had a similar problem. The answer was not found in the field mapping. IIRC, there was a problem with the Web service call itself. A plug-in or server issue. Rick On Jul 8, 2014 11:50 AM, Campbell, Paul (Paul) p...@avaya.com wrote: ** OK, I have a strange condition happening, we have some

Re: Not so important RANT: CTM:PeopleTravelProfile data could be better organized..

2014-07-01 Thread Rick Cook
That's still not as bad as having the Y2K Compliant? field in the Asset forms. Still. Rick On Jul 1, 2014 9:29 AM, Joe D'Souza jdso...@shyle.net wrote: ** This form has a all eggs in one basket kind of a design which I personally do not think is quite as useful as if the data was separated

Number prefix on attachment file name.

2014-06-25 Thread Rick Cook
I am pushing an attachment from the 7.6.04 HPD:Work Log form to an attachment field on another form (same server). Once there, I copy the Attachment file name to a character field for display. The problem is that the character field then contains something like 3223;815;AttachmentName instead of

Re: Number prefix on attachment file name.

2014-06-25 Thread Rick Cook
... On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 10:38 AM, Rick Cook remedyr...@gmail.com wrote: ** I am pushing an attachment from the 7.6.04 HPD:Work Log form to an attachment field on another form (same server). Once there, I copy the Attachment file name to a character field for display. The problem

Re: Number prefix on attachment file name.

2014-06-25 Thread Rick Cook
action, it sends the File name without the prefix data. Saves me a lot of STRSTR and SUBSTR finagling. Rick On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 10:13 AM, LJ LongWing lj.longw...@gmail.com wrote: ** not that I know ofI've always had to strip it :) On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 10:48 AM, Rick Cook remedyr

Re: Reconciliation speed

2014-06-23 Thread Rick Cook
Drop the indexes on the destination forms? Rick On Jun 23, 2014 9:47 AM, William Rentfrow wrentf...@stratacominc.com wrote: ** Hi - We're trying to get our recon jobs faster. We have hundreds of thousands of CI's in certain classes and we will have over a million in some other classes.

Walking a table field using web services

2014-06-17 Thread Rick Cook
I'm missing? Rick Cook ___ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org Where the Answers Are, and have been for 20 years

Re: Walking a table field using web services

2014-06-17 Thread Rick Cook
attachment each? Fred *From:* Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG] *On Behalf Of *Rick Cook *Sent:* Tuesday, June 17, 2014 4:45 PM *To:* arslist@ARSLIST.ORG *Subject:* Walking a table field using web services ** I have a bit of a puzzler that perhaps

Re: Remedy Developer Performance Metrics

2014-06-05 Thread Rick Cook
Totally with you, JD! Rick On Thu, Jun 5, 2014 at 6:50 AM, JD Hood hood...@gmail.com wrote: ** The thought of trying to measure something as fungible as development -- given that there is usually more than nine way to skin a cat in Remedy -- tends to make me believe the idea stems from a

Re: FW: Remedy Developer Performance Metrics

2014-06-04 Thread Rick Cook
To me, Charlie seems like a PM type who, by his own admission doesn't understand how to measure development in Remedy. That's ok, no one else really can, either, except by results over a long period of time. To people like Charlie, who do an important job that I'm not trying to denigrate, there

Re: Remedy Developer Performance Metrics

2014-06-03 Thread Rick Cook
Charlie, I don't mean this in a RTFM kind of way, but you would do yourself a service by searching for and reading the previous threads on the topic. I think they would answer your questions. Rick On Jun 3, 2014 4:03 PM, Charlie Lotridge lotri...@mcs-sf.com wrote: ** LJ says 'performance

Re: John Atherly passed away

2014-06-02 Thread Rick Cook
I didn't know him, but I know people he worked with. If they liked him (and they did), he was good people. Rick On Jun 2, 2014 2:23 PM, David Durling durl...@uga.edu wrote: I didn't know John personally, but am sorry to hear such news about one of our community. It is sobering, and I'll pray

BMC Support page - b0rked?

2014-05-28 Thread Rick Cook
this. Rick Cook ___ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org Where the Answers Are, and have been for 20 years

Re: BMC Support page - b0rked? - Solved

2014-05-28 Thread Rick Cook
of the Heartbleed issue, which I did successfully. Is this something different? Thank you, Michelle -Original Message- From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG] On Behalf Of Rick Cook Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2014 11:49 AM To: arslist

Atrium Integrator Issue

2014-05-28 Thread Rick Cook
I am playing with AI (on an 8.1 sandbox), and can't get past an issue. I created a database connection to the local Remedy server, and am now using it in the ARInput step to draw data from it. I can select the Connection in the dialog, and I can subsequently see and select the form names in the

Re: Atrium Integrator Issue

2014-05-28 Thread Rick Cook
:* Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG] *On Behalf Of *Rick Cook *Sent:* Wednesday, May 28, 2014 4:40 PM *To:* arslist@ARSLIST.ORG *Subject:* Atrium Integrator Issue ** I am playing with AI (on an 8.1 sandbox), and can't get past an issue. I created

Re: Fast v.s. List Threads

2014-05-01 Thread Rick Cook
Why, it's for your safety, and to serve you better. You don't hate security and America and puppies, do you? Rick On Apr 30, 2014 11:56 AM, Jason Miller jason.mil...@gmail.com wrote: ** Thought I would share this on the List. I put my ranty pants on for this one (no really, notice the

Re: Fast v.s. List Threads

2014-04-30 Thread Rick Cook
To be slightly more technical than William, the fast threads handle all single API process requests, like a submit, and the list threads handle multiple API requests. Rick On Apr 29, 2014 2:35 PM, Andrew Fremont andrewfrem...@gmail.com wrote: ** Hi, What are the main differences between the

Re: OT: Friday Humor

2014-04-11 Thread Rick Cook
And painful for those of us who have been there. Rick On Apr 11, 2014 9:53 AM, Pargeter, Christie :CO IS cparg...@lhs.org wrote: ** If you haven't seen this one it is funny and safe for work http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYu_bGbZiiQ *Christie Pargeter | Sr Technical Analyst | tel

Re: Web Service CIs

2014-04-03 Thread Rick Cook
If you are asking our opinion of the strategy, I am opposed to it. Services are the what, not the how. I might add that management requirements should be the same. Tell me what you need, and let me figure out how. If they want to track this via Services, create one or more that describes the

Re: Web Service CIs

2014-04-03 Thread Rick Cook
Request System discussion list(ARSList) [ mailto:arslist@ARSLIST.ORG arslist@ARSLIST.ORG] *On Behalf Of *Rick Cook *Sent:* Thursday, April 03, 2014 9:27 AM *To:* arslist@ARSLIST.ORG *Subject:* Re: Web Service CIs ** If you are asking our opinion of the strategy, I am opposed to it. Services

Re: CMDB 7.6.04 to CI or not CI, that is the question...

2014-04-03 Thread Rick Cook
Make each update a single CI, and map relationships to the devices that have that update installed. Rick On Apr 3, 2014 10:05 AM, Sanford, Claire claire.sanf...@memorialhermann.org wrote: ** We are in the process of doing an integration with TADDM and Remedy CMDB and need to know how other

Re: Server ID changed?

2014-03-31 Thread Rick Cook
Server ID is based on the MAC address of the primary NIC. Any chance that changed? Rick On Mar 31, 2014 5:48 AM, Dave Barber daddy.bar...@gmail.com wrote: ** We've got an old 6.3 server running on Solaris; after a restart this morning due to database issues, it is now coming back as

Re: Integration SCCM and CMDB

2014-03-25 Thread Rick Cook
Microsoft provides interfaces with the tools. Have you tried them? Rick On Mar 25, 2014 5:59 PM, Koyb P. Liabt tekkyto...@aol.com wrote: ** Hi, I am trying to bring data from SCCM into the CMDB. Would it be better to use AIE, or a script, write a program to bring the computer system,

Re: Development: AR Server Configuration

2014-03-24 Thread Rick Cook
Kathy, it uses the lower of the client or server numbers. Check your user preferences. Rick On Mar 24, 2014 12:44 PM, Kathy Morris kathymorris...@aol.com wrote: ** Hi All, On the development server, I modified the server configuration max entries GetList entries to 15,000. However, for

Re: Web Service Insert error

2014-03-19 Thread Rick Cook
a trace of every Web Service transaction that happens, be it a success or failure. Joe -- *From:* Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG] *On Behalf Of *Rick Cook *Sent:* Monday, March 17, 2014 12:18 PM *To:* arslist

Re: BMC Remedy and Flash

2014-03-19 Thread Rick Cook
And James, if you're referring to the zero-downtime upgrade that's been talked about and demonstrated as a POC by BMC, that's scheduled for a future release. We hope that means the next one, but that's still TBD. Rick On Tue, Mar 18, 2014 at 3:49 AM, Zandi remedy...@gmail.com wrote: 24/7 is

Re: Web Service Insert error

2014-03-19 Thread Rick Cook
Regular Form. Rick On Mar 19, 2014 7:42 PM, LJ LongWing lj.longw...@gmail.com wrote: ** What type of form is the form that is calling the web service? On Mar 19, 2014 8:32 PM, Rick Cook remedyr...@gmail.com wrote: ** Thanks, Joe, I had forgotten about that file. I dug through

Re: Web Service Insert error

2014-03-19 Thread Rick Cook
Yes. Rick On Mar 19, 2014 7:55 PM, LJ LongWing lj.longw...@gmail.com wrote: ** And Short Description is one of the field that's involved in the web service? On Mar 19, 2014 8:50 PM, Rick Cook remedyr...@gmail.com wrote: ** Regular Form. Rick On Mar 19, 2014 7:42 PM, LJ LongWing

Re: Web Service Insert error

2014-03-17 Thread Rick Cook
attributed to Steve Jobs :-) On Mar 14, 2014, at 9:45 AM, Rick Cook remedyr...@gmail.com wrote: I have two Remedy systems, a 7.6.04 ITSM box and a 7.1 custom one. I have two web services that allow a custom bare bones ticketing system on the custom server to interact with the ITSM server, so

Re: Web Service Insert error

2014-03-17 Thread Rick Cook
system was on but I can try to find out, I fear it was a 7.1 system. Cheers Joe -Original Message- From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:arslist@ARSLIST.ORG] On Behalf Of Rick Cook Sent: Friday, March 14, 2014 10:45 AM To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Subject: Web

Web Service Insert error

2014-03-14 Thread Rick Cook
don't say anything useful either. Rick Cook ___ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org Where the Answers Are, and have been for 20 years

Re: Web Service Insert error

2014-03-14 Thread Rick Cook
(ARSList) [mailto: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG] On Behalf Of Rick Cook Sent: Friday, March 14, 2014 9:45 AM To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Subject: Web Service Insert error I have two Remedy systems, a 7.6.04 ITSM box and a 7.1 custom one. I have two web services that allow a custom bare bones ticketing

Re: List of Vendors and Solutions

2014-03-07 Thread Rick Cook
I'm pretty sure that would be considered closely-held sales material, Carol. Rick On Fri, Mar 7, 2014 at 8:02 AM, Carol Carnevali carol.carnev...@broadridge.com wrote: Where can I find a list of Vendors who have built solutions on Remedy ARS? I am interested to know if someone has built a

Re: Questing on accessing our Remedy/ITSM system outside of the corporate network

2014-02-20 Thread Rick Cook
I would consider the VPN strategy, or perhaps an email interface. Exposing the Mid-tier outside the DMZ can be done safely, but requires cooperation with your network security team. Rick ** Yup, same here. We had a little internal rift internally between a few teems. Team X decided that

Re: Why does the ARS Service take so long to start?

2014-02-19 Thread Rick Cook
Users and groups are cached at startup. I am sure there are other factors, but I know that's one variable. Rick On Feb 19, 2014 4:58 AM, Pierson, Shawn shawn.pier...@energytransfer.com wrote: ** Since I have nothing better to do (just kidding, I'm swamped) I wanted to see if anyone on the

Re: Why does the ARS Service take so long to start?

2014-02-19 Thread Rick Cook
Which is why object relationships should only be enabled on non-production servers. Rick On Feb 19, 2014 1:13 PM, Joe D'Souza jdso...@shyle.net wrote: ** This one is true - it is because on Oracle, during the startup, the database is read in chunks (100 rows at a time if I recall right)

Re: Friday Special, The First Post to the ARSList

2014-02-17 Thread Rick Cook
I began in late 1996 as a Remedy Administrator so green that my experience with Remedy could be measured in hours. Trim fields in 3.0 allowed me to look like I knew something useful, as I made literally the worst GUI design ever into a usable form. Rick On Feb 17, 2014 9:21 AM, Sanford, Claire

Re: CMDB 8.1 Status bug?

2014-01-16 Thread Rick Cook
Did you also notice that the form structure changed in CMDB 8.x? Rather than a relatively flat structure, what you have now is nested joins (as deep as 6 levels) that mirror the structure of the CDM. So that, at least in part, explains the more relational data structure you're seeing. I can see

Re: OT: Is anyone on the ARS List getting emails from this site?

2014-01-16 Thread Rick Cook
I got one. Kinda wondering the same thing. Why not use LinkedIn or one of the existing sites? Rick On Thu, Jan 16, 2014 at 9:49 AM, Joe D'Souza jdso...@shyle.net wrote: ** Is this Referral Key site legit? Or is it some sort of a spam? Joe -- *From:*

Re: Kelverion Integration Pack for BMR Remedy ARS

2014-01-14 Thread Rick Cook
I confirm what Jim said, Jesus. I was the Remedy resource who got the AR 7.1/7.5 interface with SCOM working for Microsoft, and when I came back to do the 7.6x/ changes, they were transitioning to the Opalis tool for configuring the interfaces between all of their SC tools and outside apps. That

Multiple level join forms

2014-01-03 Thread Rick Cook
that the searches increase exponentially (or at least logarithmically) in time as the complexity increases. The two base forms are pretty well-indexed - about six each, I think. Rick Cook ___ UNSUBSCRIBE or access

Re: Job Description for an FTE Sr. BMC ITSM Developer

2013-11-19 Thread Rick Cook
Who's willing to work for $45/hr all inclusive in East Undershirt, Wyoming. Rick On Nov 19, 2013 1:30 PM, Pierson, Shawn shawn.pier...@energytransfer.com wrote: ** You left off five years of experience with ITSM 8.1. Thanks, *Shawn Pierson * Remedy Developer | Energy Transfer

Re: How can I change Current Host Id for AR System?

2013-11-19 Thread Rick Cook
It is generated by the MAC address of the primary NIC on the AR Server. Change the NIC and you get a new Host ID. Rick On Nov 19, 2013 8:55 PM, Andrey Blednykh blednyk...@mail.ru wrote: ** How can I change Current Host Id for AR System? Andrey. _ARSlist: Where the Answers Are and have been

Re: Oracle people change password without warning

2013-11-12 Thread Rick Cook
Yeah, that should be covered by an RFC, so that the process is orderly at least. Rick On Tue, Nov 12, 2013 at 8:50 AM, LJ LongWing lj.longw...@gmail.com wrote: ** Alan, It is my understanding that changing the PW in the conf file, and restarting remedy will re-encrpyt the password once

User cannot find Task Templates

2013-11-04 Thread Rick Cook
Groups; Task seems pretty straightforward. He also has Change Master permissions, FWIW. Rick Cook ___ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org Where the Answers Are, and have been for 20 years

Re: 8.1 upgrade

2013-11-04 Thread Rick Cook
We thought that when we saw that statement, too, Roger. After digging into it, 7.6.04 P5 contains the same upgrades in parallel with 8.1 P1. So we can upgrade from 7.6.04 P5 to 8.1 P1. Rick On Nov 4, 2013 10:10 AM, Roger Justice rjust2...@aol.com wrote: ** There has also been a statement

Re: Change Management

2013-10-28 Thread Rick Cook
Depends on how things get done in your shop. The RFC is usually created by the person who can best speak to the change being requested. That may be a manager, BA, or developer. No wrong answer there, as long as the approver is someone different than the requester and/or Assignee. Rick On Oct

Re: OT - All time great error messages - Just for fun!

2013-10-18 Thread Rick Cook
My favorite is from the old DEC mainframes from the 1970s. It was simply ? Rick On Oct 18, 2013 6:50 AM, Jonas Stumph Stevnsvig arsl...@stevnsvig.com wrote: ** My favourite error message: Bad user. Replace and strike any key. (From a dos program with a list of entries, navigated with up

Upgrading AR System 7.1 to 8.1

2013-10-17 Thread Rick Cook
overlay status to the forms, but if they'll never be upgraded by BMC, I fail to see the requirement of that. Rick Cook Sr. Remedy ITSM Architect TeleCommunication Systems Inc. ___ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives

Re: Trying to validate work log not to allow Blanks

2013-10-07 Thread Rick Cook
Kinda what I usually say about these requests, too. You're trying to apply a software solution to a human problem. Have management address the human problem, and you won't need the software to fix it. And to paraphrase Joe, it's an exercise in futility to make something foolproof, because they

Re: Moving from Oracle to SQL

2013-10-02 Thread Rick Cook
You have GOT to be kidding, Kiran. I would rather pull my own fingernails out than use Migrator to move 1 TB of data. That utility (I won't glorify it by calling it an application) is an antique in need of a long-overdue re-architecture. It is reliable enough for small jobs, but I have learned

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