Re: example for an external webservice in 6.3

2010-07-11 Thread patchsk
How to create an external web service is a large topic. There are several tools like soapUI, Altova etc..you can use for easy development. If your intention was to consume an external webservice with a remedy filter rather than to learn creating an actual web service, You can use samples from

Re: ARS split db problem

2010-07-11 Thread patchsk
Look for the following: 1. In ar.conf file see if the db entry is changed or pointing to correct db . 2. In oracle there is a tnsname.ora file to store the db sid, check the similar sqlserver component for the correctness of the entries if any. 3. Are you using any load

Re: AR System 7.5.00 Patch 005 and 7.1.00 Patch 010

2010-07-09 Thread patchsk
Hmm...I just applied revised patch5 just yesterday. Seems more work to me ahead. On Jul 9, 10:42 am, Guillaume Rheault guilla...@dcshq.com wrote: WOW Where does the buck stop? Guillaume From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList)

Re: AR System 7.5.00 Patch 005 and 7.1.00 Patch 010

2010-07-09 Thread patchsk
original: 7.5.00 Patch 005 201005111542 revised: 7.5.00 Patch 005 201006240200 On Jul 9, 1:05 pm, Mike Gould mjgo...@gmail.com wrote: What are the version strings for the original Patch 005 and the revised Patch 005? -Mike On Fri, Jul 9, 2010 at 3:58 PM, Easter, David

Re: Pushing Multiple Records with Escalation

2010-07-08 Thread patchsk
Clicking a radio button is a client side action. Escalations are server side so you can not combine escalation and radio button click. This has to be done through ActiveLinks. However you can write a filter to do pushfields-create new entry and then trigger this filter via escalation or via radio

Re: Checking on selection of more than one row in a table without walking it.

2010-06-19 Thread patchsk
One way or the other you end up doing table walk to get the number of selected rows. The colcount or any other table functions act on a whole table not just selected rows. On Jun 19, 5:50 am, Adam Niedzwiecki adam.niedzwie...@bt.com wrote: Hello, Is there any way to find out if more than one

Re: Licensing / Form Corruption Issue

2010-06-18 Thread patchsk
Not sure if this could help in your case.. In AR7.5p3 we had an issue related to user licensing not application licensing though. ARSystem randomly does not issue GRANT WRITE ACCESS even though user has floating license on login resulting in error message like No write license , do not have

Re: View form records to table field

2010-06-17 Thread patchsk
I guess you could directly use a view form inside a table field instead of inserting into another regular form and then referencing unless you have a specific reason. On Jun 17, 4:36 am, NNMN naveen...@gmail.com wrote: Hi ARSers, I am checking for all possible views on this below mentioned

Re: troubleshooting flashboards help

2010-06-17 Thread patchsk
Did your arsystem configured for LDAP with ActiveDirectory across different domains or authentication chaining mode? Flashboards work through midtier so all it uses is midtier password,remedy application password which is in ar.conf, along with your regular authentication which is stored inside

Re: Its been too long

2010-06-17 Thread patchsk
try this $OPERATION$ = QUERY On Jun 17, 1:01 pm, Kathy Morris kathymorris...@aol.com wrote: well, I went to go code, and I forgot the execute on action to set the   fields read only when the user toggles (F3)  from new screen mode to  the search mode. I tried execute on OPERATION LIKE

Re: VERY SLOW - Administrator Tool 7.1 Patch 008 ARERR 92

2010-06-16 Thread patchsk
The places you can start looking at is: 1. Network -- try tracert to the arserver from your client machine and see the output. -- Also do the tracert to the db from arserver if it is a remote db. 2. DB -- Check with dba if anything other than remedy is keeping it busy?

Re: Plugin server keeps dying with signal 8

2010-06-16 Thread patchsk
When you tried to start arplugin manually did you check if the LD_LIBRARY_PATH is set and is same as what remedy is using during the startup? Did you see any lines in the plugin log even after setting the log level to DEBUG? On Jun 16, 11:11 am, William Rentfrow wrentf...@stratacominc.com wrote:

Re: Capacity Planning

2010-06-16 Thread patchsk
If possible have a demo version installed and create a couple hundred demo tickets with the maximum lengths that you can anticipate including worklogs, attachments and then from the db you could calculate the average row size in the primary table and all the supporting tables including the index

Re: ARS benchmark testing tools

2010-06-15 Thread patchsk
In our organization we wrote custom java remedy apis and java clients for remedy webservices to do the load testing and to find any memory leaks. You could also use soapUI for loadtesting via remedy web services. There are some commercial products available too. Here is some info

Re: When installing a fresh AR System server: Question regarding patches

2010-06-15 Thread patchsk
Incase of arsystem the read me file(the patch tech bulletin) in the patch folder states AR System patches are cumulative. On Jun 14, 10:53 pm, Steinar Halland s...@steria.no wrote: Thanks Joe! Didn't find any explicit statements in documentation(perhaps because   its obvious?) that it was

Re: Adding a default value to a look up field

2010-06-15 Thread patchsk
I am not sure if I am not getting your issue correctly. I just tried on a field which has a search menu attached to it. I added a default value and it took it. Are you testing in mid-tier then see if cache is cleared or not. On Jun 15, 7:41 am, Aldrich, Joshua joshua.aldr...@njvc.com wrote: Good

Re: Mid-Tier 7.5 Patch 4/5

2010-06-15 Thread patchsk
We are in a Solaris environment with midtier patch4, arserver patch3. We did not see any problems with the midtier. With patch4,now you can flush the cache per server instead of all the ar servers attached to the midtier. Where as with the arserver we saw several issues and are now planning to

Re: {Remedy ARS} Remedy Mid-Tier Patch 8 upgrade issue

2010-05-25 Thread patchsk
Verify if enough memory is available in the server in the first place, most probably you should because you are just doing an upgrade unless any unwanted/locked processes consuming huge amounts of RAM. Do you share midtier box with any other applications? Also see in the logs if there are any

Re: {Remedy ARS} Email messages in the AR System Email Messages are not sent

2010-05-25 Thread patchsk
There is no out of the box limit on the number of entries in the email messages form. I guess with a default installation email engine processes 100 entries per min. Check your process list and see if email process/daemon is still running or crashed. On May 25, 12:13 am, Ramagiri

Re: {Remedy ARS} Moving URL location in email. ARS 7.5 ITSM 7.6

2010-05-20 Thread patchsk
We had a similar issue where users complained that URL is on the top. We had to build workflow to create the URL and set it to a field on the same form where notifications are originated and included that field in the selected fields list of the notification. On May 19, 11:10 am, Andre Hughes

Re: {Remedy ARS} ARS 7.5 Patch 4 - Issue with Server Side Logging

2010-05-17 Thread patchsk
How about enabling the logs from server side? Can you try adding these parameters to the ar.conf file and see if they work? Debug-mode: Escalation-Log-File: PATH to the log file SQL-Log-File Filter-Log-File: API-Log-File: etc.. On May 17, 7:59 am, Conrad Pereira consulta...@gmail.com wrote: Hi

Re: {Remedy ARS} Pop up windows do not close in Mozilla

2010-05-17 Thread patchsk
What patch version of midter are you in? We experienced similar behaviour with patch3 and then we moved to patch4. It resolved the issue. On May 17, 2:08 am, SriSamSri Appecherla appecherla@gmail.com wrote: Hi Listers, I am logging into Remedy through the web. When I use Mozilla, I find

Re: {Remedy ARS} Remedy libumem on Solaris

2010-05-17 Thread patchsk
We at Verizon are in solaris with oracle and remedy on 7.5 upgraded from 6.3 My experience with libumem is very positive and the performance was also good. We did not observe any noticeable memory growth after implementing libumem. It is very easy to configure to use with remedy, just add a

Re: {Remedy ARS} DSO

2010-05-17 Thread patchsk
We have a similar DSO setup for the reporting box. Only difference is other than the forms we do not store any workflows in reporting server also we do not use it as a hotbackup. But may be the following could be helpful for u r questions as there is no out of the box configuration that I know of.

Re: Finding memory leaks in the AR System

2010-04-08 Thread patchsk
:28 pm, Robert Halstead badbee...@gmail.com wrote: Do you see the memory leak on just deneral usage of the midtier?  Or is there a specific action to replicate? Is this through the mid-tier interface, or webservice call? On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 3:22 PM, patchsk vamsi...@gmail.com wrote

Re: Finding memory leaks in the AR System

2010-04-07 Thread patchsk
We have seen memory issues too on Solaris5.10, ARSystem 7.5patch3. BMC has found three memory leaks related to be caused by webservice calls i.e., ARXMLGE api calls after a long investigation. Regular user tool we did not see much issues. They supposed to fix it with patch005. Also libumem

Re: Finding memory leaks in the AR System

2010-04-07 Thread patchsk
It is under limited availability and is going through UAT as per our support rep. We are expecting around end of this month, but she can not speak for sure as it depends on their test results. On Apr 7, 1:52 pm, Robert Halstead badbee...@gmail.com wrote: patchsk, We do utiize the midtier a lot

Re: Help!

2010-03-24 Thread patchsk
Just a thought. Ex: you have server A,B,C You could probably write dblinks to the incident forms in b,c in server a. Then create view forms on server a for server b,c with those db links. And use these view forms to create a join of Incident form on A, viewform_B, viewform_C, and then use this

Re: RPC Timeout Errors

2010-02-06 Thread patchsk
Turning on devcache mode will increase the performance on a dev env. But with just one/two developers doing code changes I don't think it is the real cause. RPC errors usually due to server crashes are due to server busy. Some places to look for: 1.Malloc error seems to be some memory related.

Re: Problem with email engine

2010-01-18 Thread patchsk
Check in the filter logs. Usually there will be some email engine related filters get fired when a notification is created. And it may also tell you if there is any code skipping notification filter. On Jan 18, 3:29 am, Miguel Suarez Gomez msuarezgo...@gmail.com wrote: Yes, I'm using a custom

Re: Email engine

2009-11-12 Thread patchsk
Install 7.3 in a different folder and you should be able to use both in parallel. But you can have protmapper only for one instance. For the RMI port you can change it in EmailDaemon.properties file in AREmail folder. On Nov 12, 3:26 am, Gianluca Nieri gianl...@gianlucanieri.com wrote: Hi, I

Re: Error while importing the form

2009-11-11 Thread patchsk
After you import the form try to export just the view and import it in the new box. see the sql log files it may have more information like where exactly its failing. On Nov 11, 12:26 am, Vikram Reddy betholi.vik...@gmail.com wrote: I am getting an error msg when i try to import the form in

Re: ARS 7.5 Patch 001 ? or Patch 002? or Patch 003?

2009-11-11 Thread patchsk
We are on solaris and patch003 in pre-production and seems to be fine. We did not see any crashes with patch002 also. Ask them to give a debug build and it will have more information on why its crashing. On Nov 10, 5:06 pm, Raj ravi6...@gmail.com wrote: Hello All, We have our current test

Load Balancer setup with remedy

2009-11-11 Thread patchsk
Hi, We are trying to setup Load balancer in our new environement. We created a 'remedyvip' for loadbalancer and created rules to route the traffic to rem1/rem2 arservers which use 44629 as the tcp port. But we don't want to use the port number with the vip. That is any connection coming to

Re: Load Balancer setup with remedy

2009-11-11 Thread patchsk
discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:arsl...@arslist.org] Im Auftrag von patchsk Gesendet: Mittwoch, 11. November 2009 10:07 An: arsl...@arslist.org Betreff: Load Balancer setup with remedy Hi, We are trying to setup Load balancer in our new environement. We created a 'remedyvip' for loadbalancer

Re: Ports and Queues - Thread Settings ?

2009-11-09 Thread patchsk
Hi Raj, There is no easy and straight answer to find the optimum number of threads. It is different for each app and environment. You need to start with a min number of threads and increase one or two at a time till you find the number which fits perfectly to your environment. Use api and thread

Re: installation problem of ARSystem 7.5

2009-10-30 Thread patchsk
Or you can try the silent mode installer, which is very nice if you already know all the parameters. It doesn't need any xserver, you just need to setup all the parameters in Options.txt and the installer will read from there. No user interaction needed after the installer starts. On Oct 30,

Re: ARS 7.5 Patch 002 crash

2009-10-27 Thread patchsk
Is it a new installation? Check if your old '/usr/lib/locale/C/LC_MESSAGES/arsystem.cat' was replaced with the new one from 7.5. We have seen DSO crashing while logs turned on and the reason turned out to be old arsystem.cat file. On Oct 26, 10:09 am, John Sundberg john.sundb...@kineticdata.com

Re: Can we restore a Database to another Database ?

2009-10-20 Thread patchsk
You can make a change in the ar.conf file to point to the test instance. Oracle-Two-Task: ProdDB change to Oracle-Two-Task: TestDB. Incase if the db and arserver are in the same box then you have to change Oracle-SID. I am not sure what the parameter to change for SQL server. On Oct 20, 11:04 

Re: sun4v architecture

2009-09-28 Thread patchsk
We just bought T3000 couple of months ago and installed arserver 7.5 and is under testing. So far no issues. On Sep 28, 11:51 am, Axton axton.gr...@gmail.com wrote: Is anyone running ARS on a sun4v architecture?  This architecture is used for the coolthreads boxes (T2000, T5120, T5440, etc.).  

Re: Web service problem - alternative solution or workaround ???

2009-09-28 Thread patchsk
Hi Sean, We are on 6.3 p24 and seen very similar issues. Workaround: Always create a new web service from scratch, no SaveAs from other services. And while creating new service, always give the service name before selecting the primary form, i.e., immediately after open up of

7.5p2 midtier on 6.3 p24 arserver -- any issues?

2009-09-28 Thread patchsk
Hi, We are planning to upgrade all our env to 7.5 p002, but we are little behind the schedule and would like to finish midtier upgrade before arserver upgrade. Does any one tried with this/any known issues with viewing the forms, workflow or webservices etc..? We just found one issue: ActiveLink

Re: Web service problem - alternative solution or workaround ???

2009-09-28 Thread patchsk
Hi Sean, Recently we too faced with this issue and we are very close to your env, 6.3 p24. When we do save as to an existing service to create a new one we seen these issues. Also when you try to create a new service, enter the web service name immediately after opening the new window, before

Re: workflow and email logging on-form?

2009-09-25 Thread patchsk
Or in the same note, you can write workflow on AREmailMessages form on entry Submit/Delete push fields create an entry in the buffer form. ___ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org Platinum

Re: Manually Deploy Midtier 6.3 using Tomcat Manager

2009-06-02 Thread patchsk
Download the midtier arsys.war file and place it in webapps folder under tomcat install directory. And restart the tomcat. It should take care of expanding the war file. On Jun 2, 2:39 pm, Suwanski, Ron rsuwan...@devry.com wrote: Can anyone point me to the Context path and XML to manually deploy

Re: Remedy: Would like to Learn

2009-03-13 Thread patchsk
This is one of the long awaited requests from remedy developers. BMC is not very flexible on this aspect as compared to others. You can not download manuals/softwares untill you have a support contract id, for which your company has to or intend to buy remedy products. Also there aren't any

Re: Weird menu problem

2009-03-03 Thread patchsk
Just a check point: Are you using single midtier or several midtiers under a Load Balancer? For the second one you need to flush the cache for all midtiers. Also try removing the cache from your IE. Eli Schilling wrote: Hi list, So I have a form that contains 13 character fields, each of which

Re: 7.1 mid-tier

2009-03-01 Thread patchsk
We are currently testing 7.1patch006 midtier with 6.3 ars server in solaris, tomcat. So far no issues, BMC compatibility matrix also says 7.1 midtier is compatible with 6.3 arserver. On Mar 1, 11:33 am, adrian conway adrianconway1...@gmail.com wrote: Has anyone run the 7.1 mid-tier pointed to a

Re: Implementing data driven notifications

2009-02-27 Thread patchsk
Hi Shyam, Yes, I am thinking of more towards multidimensional matrix. And possibly independent of any particualr app, like a separate module. So user can specify the form, filtering condition could be any combination of fields and values...to get notified, more data driven. Will contact you once

Re: ARS 6.3 Compatability Matrix

2009-02-25 Thread patchsk
They removed 6.3 compatibility matrix from their site, because it is not officially supported anymore. I requested them by creating an issue and they sent an excel of 6.3 compatibility. I will forward it to you in a private message. If it same as 7.x or not depends on the component you are looking

Re: OLE Automation Help

2009-02-06 Thread patchsk
Here you can find more examples. http://www.buoyantsolutions.net/Download_OLE.html I guess you need to have Microsft Word or other componenets installed in the end user computers to have OLE run. ___ UNSUBSCRIBE or

Re: Setting up Remedy Redundancy Server

2009-02-05 Thread patchsk
My2Cents: 1. Production Failover: We have Server A and Server B with Veritas Cluster (VCS). VCS maintains a shared drive like setting that arserver installation files and oracle dababase will reside on share drive with Server A active. Due to any hard ware problem if Server A fails,

Re: Help with web services

2009-02-05 Thread patchsk
Not sure how can that be done. But in similar scenarios where the setfields failing we wrote some perl and java clients to consume webservice and then invoked those programs in activelink/filter set field with Process.

Re: Remedy Jobs-where to find????

2009-02-02 Thread patchsk
Hi Surya, You can also search www.indeed.com. It basically queries all other job sites,so you don't need to search individually. Except Monster I don't why. Most of jobs these days I am seeing in remedy are for citizens/ security clearance. All the best.

Re: Opening a record through a Mid-Tier URL

2009-01-28 Thread patchsk
You can do something like this. Create two temp fields( Here for ex: Name: field1 id = 536870924, Name: field2 id = 536870923 ) And use a url like below

Re: Opening a record through a Mid-Tier URL

2009-01-28 Thread patchsk
Sorry the url got cropped. use a url like this: http://midtier.providence.org/arsys/servlet/ViewFormServlet? form=IS+Surveyview=Dialogserver=arsprod username=SurveyEntrypwd=survey F536870923=301 F536870924 = tester On Jan 28, 11:36 pm, patchsk vamsi...@gmail.com wrote: You can do

possibility of Server group without load balancer?

2009-01-28 Thread patchsk
We are planning to upgrade our arsystem form single server to a server group. I went through the white paper and the following question still remained as unclear Can someone give information on what is the role of a load balancer in a server group. Can we have a server group with out load balancer

Re: Using a single username/password to access form from multiple hosts

2009-01-27 Thread patchsk
All he needs is submitting/viewing tickets. No updates are needed. So I guess using fixed license is waste of money. Also I am not sure but I guess if 10 users login at a time it will use 10 fixed licenses even though they use same user name. ReadRestric is free and unlimited. You can use it even

Re: Using a single username/password to access form from multiple hosts

2009-01-26 Thread patchsk
You can create a user account and assign read restrict user license to it. Remedy allows a read restrict user to login from a number of clients in parallel at a time. Since you need this from web, you can pass this readrestrict user name and password to the midtier servlet using the form url. A

Re: best method to hide attributes in a cmdb class

2009-01-23 Thread patchsk
Hi Lyle, Thanks for the answer. It make sense. But what if the company is using only Change Management and CMDB. -- I guess even with just ChangeManagement and CMDB some basic Asset forms will be installed and all the Asset Classes will be available and we can use those to work with CI. What

Re: best method to hide attributes in a cmdb class

2009-01-23 Thread patchsk
This is the solution I am looking for. Yes the second option will be more appropriate in my scenario, because we don't have AM license. I will see if I can hide it on the base form itself or these changes are related to only a particular subclass, then I will try to create another interface and

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