OT: An unexpected fork in the road...

2013-04-04 Thread Easter, David
Hi All, I watched the movie Moneyball a few nights ago. Billy Beane (general manager for the Oakland A's) had advice for delivering bad news - just give it to 'em straight. So here goes. As of April 5th, I'm no longer an employee of BMC Software, Inc. While my disclaimer has

OT: BMC going private

2013-04-01 Thread Easter, David
I'm sure many of you have seen the news articles on BMC going private - e.g. Exclusive: Buyout firms team up to take BMC Software private - sourceshttp://finance.yahoo.com/news/exclusive-buyout-firms-team-bmc-152725678.html. I just wanted to assure everyone that this will be nothing but a

Re: query regarding fixed license allocated to 'Orchestration Admin'

2013-03-20 Thread Easter, David
I think (but am not sure) that's a user for integration with Atrium Orchestrator / Cloud Lifecycle Management. Did you install your system via the Pre-configured Suite Stack Installer? The SSI includes default users needed for Proof-of-Concept (POC) demos, but if you're not using all of the

Re: License considerations for custom approval process

2013-03-20 Thread Easter, David
Ø approval engine is an exception to the normal write license requirements. Clarification. Currently, that exception is only granted when Approval is utilized within a BMC provided solution (e.g. Incident, Change, SLM, etc.). When used with custom / bespoke applications, the exception is not

Re: Monitor license usage - for individual user

2013-03-18 Thread Easter, David
Additionally, while one can't turn on license usage tracking for just one user; one could turn on the Historical License Usage function and then search the form for that particular user. This will only track, however, write licenses and not read licenses. -David J. Easter Manager of Product

Re: Issues with 8.x support doc site?

2013-03-12 Thread Easter, David
Steve, Unfortunately, BMC's legal department has classified BMC documentation as BMC Intellectual Property. This means that only authorized BMC employees can distribute documentation - and then only through methods approved by BMC. Please remove any BMC documentation from a public site

Re: [EXTERNAL] Web Reports not working

2013-03-11 Thread Easter, David
While there are no specific plans to update the internal technology used for web reporting at this time, if it is found that a new capability within web reports that is of value to AR System customers requires such an upgrade, it would be considered. Note that it is not that 2.5.1 should be

Re: Doug Blair (WWRUG11,12,13... MC and all around nice guy) Update

2013-03-07 Thread Easter, David
Great news, indeed. Wonder what they picked as a version number... -David J. Easter Manager of Product Management, AR System BSM Atrium Solutions Management BMC Software, Inc. The opinions, statements, and/or suggested courses of action expressed in this E-mail do not necessarily reflect

Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: Doug Blair (WWRUG11,12,13... MC and all around nice guy) Update

2013-03-06 Thread Easter, David
Please remind the doctors to utilize the overlay feature so that the origin “Doug Blair” objects are not lost due to modifications during his upgrade. -David J. Easter Manager of Product Management, AR System BSM Atrium Solutions Management BMC Software, Inc. The opinions, statements, and/or

Re: iPad App

2013-03-05 Thread Easter, David
There isn't a Remedy User client for iOS, but as mentioned there are iOS apps that enable you to interact with AR System powered applications. A good place to start is the main mobility web page on www.bmc.comhttp://www.bmc.com where you can learn more.

Re: AR System SP4

2013-03-04 Thread Easter, David
You don't mention which version - but I'm assuming 7.6.04 SP4? In any case, the compatibility matrices can be found here: http://www.bmc.com/support/reg/remedy-compatibility-tables.html 7.6.04 supports version 1.5.0_12 and higher. -David J. Easter Manager of Product Management, AR System BSM

Re: ITSM Web reports with parameters

2013-03-04 Thread Easter, David
There's also this one: https://communities.bmc.com/communities/thread/51218 It contains info both about the enhancement in 7.6.04 SP2 that enables generating reports for an entered range of dates as well as reference to the white paper than enables you to modify ITSM reports using an external

Re: Converting Overlays to Granular Overlays - before or after ITSM 8.1 upgrade?

2013-02-28 Thread Easter, David
Ultimately, it's your call whether you want to take advantage of them or not - and when you wish to do so. That said, there is a specific reason that you may wish to convert your existing overwrite overlays to additive overlays prior to upgrading the applications. Without granular overlays,

Re: RequestID of Remedy Group

2013-02-28 Thread Easter, David
Version 7.6.03. From the What's New Guide: Hierarchical group relationships for access control You can now define a parent-child relationship between access control groups to simplify permissions management. When this is defined, and when the object properties allow for permission inheritance,

Re: ARS with Tomcat 7

2013-02-21 Thread Easter, David
1. The Tomcat included with AR System is provided as a convenience and is not intended to convey a required version - or that the provided Tomcat must be used at all. If it is determined that the currently provided version fails to provide the minimum necessary functionality, it may be

ITSM Suite version 8.1.00 is Generally Available.

2013-02-21 Thread Easter, David
Remedy ITSM Suite version 8.1.00 (which includes AR System version 8.1.00) is now Generally Available and can be downloaded by customers with a current maintenance contract from EPD. For AR System, the following links may be of interest: Enhancements in version

Re: Service Packs and Patches

2013-02-19 Thread Easter, David
Also note that this the numbering policy is documented here: Time-based Support Policy (Effective for Releases from September 1, 2011 to present)http://www.bmc.com/support/prod-support-policy-time-based.html BMC Software uses a three-level numbering scheme with formats VV.RR.SP (formerly

OT: Tuesday Funny

2013-02-12 Thread Easter, David
Many times how I feel reviewing RFEs and Ideas on BMC Communities... :) http://xkcd.com/1172/ -David J. Easter Manager of Product Management, AR System BSM Atrium Solutions Management BMC Software, Inc. The opinions, statements, and/or suggested courses of action expressed in this E-mail do

Re: Download latest patches

2013-02-08 Thread Easter, David
The EPD site has been enhanced to only show those products that you have under contract with BMC. It may be possible that you have not purchased entitlement to BMC Analytics for BSM or Remedy Knowledge Management 7.6.04 which is why you cannot currently see them. If want to do a trial

Re: 8.1 out for linux Core ITSM

2013-02-06 Thread Easter, David
Just to clarify, ITBM application ITSM application - so your subject line might be a bit misleading. IT Service Management applications (Service Desk, Change, Asset, Knowledge Management, SRM, etc.) have not yet reached GA for version 8.1.00. Nor has AR System version 8.1.00 or Atrium Core

Re: SRM in 7.6.04

2013-02-01 Thread Easter, David
with the end-use licenses or do I need to get that quote from my sales rep? From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:arslist@ARSLIST.ORG] On Behalf Of Easter, David Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2013 10:45 PM To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Subject: Re: SRM in 7.6.04 ** Yes, SRM requires

Re: SRM in 7.6.04

2013-01-31 Thread Easter, David
Yes, SRM requires additional licensing. You'll need Service Management Specialist licenses for the administrator(s), analysts or back end technicians. Or, if you've purchased the Suite User bundle, a user utilizing that bundle also has SRM rights. For the end-users you'll need to purchase

Re: Remedy ITSM 7.6.4 - SRM

2013-01-30 Thread Easter, David
It's 8.0.00 - but you could use the instant Remedy OnDemand demo available: http://go.bmc.com/forms/ESM_ROD_Trial_Sept2012 You do have to put in all your contact info, but once you do it immediately becomes available - i.e. you do not have to wait for sales person to contact you or have it set

Re: Notify limitation?

2013-01-28 Thread Easter, David
If you're referring to Alert, there's this from the What's New in 7.6.03 guide: In addition, the size of the Alert Text field in the Alert Events form has been increased to 4000 characters. Notify actions that use the alert method can now send alert messages up to 4000 characters long. -David

Re: Overlays and Original Forms (Easy Question)

2013-01-28 Thread Easter, David
It’s not so much the forms as it is the views… In the 7.6.04 and 8.0.00 release, all fields in a form are added to the view overlay and are editable when you created a view overlay. This behavior masks even the base fields from any upgrades or hotfix. In other words, if you have a view

Re: How fast is the uptake of Windows Server 2012?

2013-01-25 Thread Easter, David
try to do a 7.6.04 with it since they just hate how windows server 2012 works now (GUI/IHM) but it's more a human factor :) Laurent. On 24 Jan, 2013,at 10:36 PM, Easter, David david_eas...@bmc.com wrote: Hi All, BMC would like to better understand how fast Windows 2012 is being implemented

Re: License question

2013-01-24 Thread Easter, David
/licenseze to how the server is configured. Jason On Wed, Jan 23, 2013 at 1:57 PM, Easter, David david_eas...@bmc.commailto:david_eas...@bmc.com wrote: The ITSM Suite user license bundle that you'd need is the Service Management Specialist. -David J. Easter Manager of Product Management, AR System BSM

How fast is the uptake of Windows Server 2012?

2013-01-24 Thread Easter, David
Hi All, BMC would like to better understand how fast Windows 2012 is being implemented by BMC Remedy / Atrium customers. So I have a few quick questions: 1. Is anyone currently using Windows Server 2012 in production with AR System 7.6.04 or 8.0.00? 2. Is anyone planning to move to

Re: License question

2013-01-23 Thread Easter, David
The ITSM Suite user license bundle that you'd need is the Service Management Specialist. -David J. Easter Manager of Product Management, AR System BSM Atrium Solutions Management BMC Software, Inc.   The opinions, statements, and/or suggested courses of action expressed in this E-mail do not

Re: Remedy encryption premium security

2013-01-21 Thread Easter, David
1. Yes, if you wish them to be able to utilize the premium encryption setting. If you only wish to use the standard setting, then no. 2. Yes - as defined in the documentation: Security Policy-Select a security policy: _ Optional-Clients with and without encryption installed can communicate with

Re: Moving from ARS 7.6.03 to 7.6.04 (UNCLASSIFIED)

2013-01-18 Thread Easter, David
Moving from AR System 7.6.03 to 7.6.04 is a maintenance level upgrade, so it should not be too much effort. If you'd like to also take advantage of overlays, you may want to schedule in a little extra time to get it over with in preparation for future upgrades, but it's optional until you

Re: Knowledge Management 7.6.4 license?

2013-01-17 Thread Easter, David
. Take care and thanks Hbr Sent from one of Howard's iPads On Jan 16, 2013, at 2:57 PM, Easter, David david_eas...@bmc.com wrote: Hi Howard, No user licenses come with the module. User capacity is purchased separately from the application. It is not correct to say the RKM User licenses

Re: Knowledge Management 7.6.4 license?

2013-01-16 Thread Easter, David
Hi Howard, No user licenses come with the module. User capacity is purchased separately from the application. It is not correct to say the RKM User licenses are paper - they are not. You require an AR System user license to be able to perform administration or analyst functions within

Re: ITSM 7.6.04 and Atrium SSO - License usage

2013-01-10 Thread Easter, David
Just to clarify, by the way, when you provide your credentials to Atrium SSO you haven't used any licenses. It's when you connect to another application (e.g. an AR System powered application like ITSM) that Atrium SSO is used to authenticate the login request - and then everything behaves

Re: ServiceNow as SRM replacement?

2013-01-10 Thread Easter, David
Not sure if any of the ITSM Independent Consultants on ARSList were interviewed for this article, but it's a recommended read for those considering ServiceNow. ServiceNow: Disaffected Customers Mark The Peak Of Its Hype Cycle

Re: How do I check for a flashboard license?

2013-01-09 Thread Easter, David
To clarify, it was AR System version 7.5.00 where this occurred. This is confirmed in the compatibility matrix: Known Issues for Remedy Applications and Products [...] 3. In AR System 7.5.00 and higher, unlimited flashboards no longer require an additional license add-on In versions prior to

Re: Rép : Re: Re: RANT: Downloading Patches for AR System and related / dependent applications...

2013-01-09 Thread Easter, David
FYI, the “old PDF” compatibility is still available until the new SPAC utility can be enhanced to provide the same information as the PDF. http://www.bmc.com/support/reg/remedy-compatibility-tables.html -David J. Easter Manager of Product Management, AR System BSM Atrium Solutions Management

Re: Plugin Server

2013-01-04 Thread Easter, David
The 7.6.04 Java Plug-in Server supports a 64-bit JVM. From What's New: BMC Remedy Action Request System 7.6.04https://docs.bmc.com/docs/download/attachments/165478929/ARS_WhatsNew_7604.pdf?version=1modificationDate=1348031492000 - 64-bit JVM support for Java plug-in server and Full Text

Re: Plugin Server

2013-01-04 Thread Easter, David
- From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:arslist@ARSLIST.ORG] On Behalf Of Easter, David Sent: Friday, January 04, 2013 3:58 PM To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Subject: Re: Plugin Server ** The 7.6.04 Java Plug-in Server supports a 64-bit JVM. From What's New: BMC Remedy Action

JOB: Lead AR System Product Manager - India (Pune)

2012-12-19 Thread Easter, David
Hi All, If you've always dreamed about being able to influence the future of AR System, here's your chance. I'm looking for a technical Product Manager to help drive development of AR System in Pune, India. While I prefer a candidate with strong product manager experience, I'm open to

Re: Any tool similar to Abydos Analyser!!

2012-12-14 Thread Easter, David
Merging functionality from Analyser into Dev Studio is being discussed for a future release, yes. Thanks for creating the idea, Thad! We moved the idea into the AR System forum rather than the BMC Social forum where you originally posted. We've done some internal review of the gaps

Looking for a few good partners/customers to try out AR System / CMDB Java

2012-12-14 Thread Easter, David
Hi All, At WWRUG12, we announced that we're looking for a few energetic customers or partners to help us test the final move of AR System from a C++ based system to a Java based system. A few enthusiastic folks signed up, but recently some of them have been forced to leave the program.

Re: The New BMC Chat (what version of ARS and ITSM will it work on)

2012-12-10 Thread Easter, David
The naming is a little confusing. Just think of it this way: BMC Chat - upper-case Chat. This is the product that was obtained from the my-eService acquisition and in the doc link that Prof. Strauss forwarded. It is intended primarily to provide a Virtual Chat agent for end users as well as

Re: The New BMC Chat (what version of ARS and ITSM will it work on)

2012-12-10 Thread Easter, David
Chat (what version of ARS and ITSM will it work on) Dave Thanks for the info, however, what does the customer support notice (11/26/12) talk about? It states BMC Chat 8.0, product ITSM 8.0, 7.6.04 Howard Sent from my iPhone 5 On Dec 10, 2012, at 10:56 AM, Easter, David david_eas...@bmc.com

Re: Basics of Collision Detection Tool config

2012-12-10 Thread Easter, David
BMC Remedy Change Management 7.6.04 User Guide 31-Jan-2011 PDFhttp://documents.bmc.com/supportu/documents/43/86/174386/174386.pdf Chapter 5, page 176: The Collision Detection tool (under Advanced Functions in the left navigation pane) determines if there are other change requests scheduled

Re: How to pull the ITSM application License Report

2012-12-07 Thread Easter, David
If you want historical information, you'd need to use the Historical License Usage feature in the product - not the License Usage report... https://docs.bmc.com/docs/display/public/ars8000/Recording+data+in+the+license+usage+forms#Recordingdatainthelicenseusageforms-15127

Re: Monitoring

2012-12-06 Thread Easter, David
There is also: - BMC Remedy Health Advisor: https://communities.bmc.com/communities/docs/DOC-20770 - BMC Availability and Performance Management: http://www.bmc.com/products/offering/performance-and-availability-management.html The BPM product has a KM-Module specifically for AR System. The

Re: Using a BIRT Editor to Create or Modify Web Reports

2012-12-04 Thread Easter, David
There are currently no short term plans to support later versions. I do not expect that later versions will work since the editor version is limited by the version of the embedded engine. Later editors will potentially insert constructs that are not recognized by the AR System web reporting

8.0.0 SP1 now 8.1.00 - deferred to CY2013

2012-12-04 Thread Easter, David
Hi All, For those that hadn't yet figured it out, 8.0.0 SP1 was not released as originally planned in November. Wanted to informally let everyone know that the content that was in 8.0.0 SP1 has been reclassified as a minor release, 8.1.00. With the change in classification, the release

Re: 8.0.0 SP1 now 8.1.00 - deferred to CY2013

2012-12-04 Thread Easter, David
From: Easter, David david_eas...@bmc.com; To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG; Subject: 8.0.0 SP1 now 8.1.00 - deferred to CY2013 Sent: Tue, Dec 4, 2012 4:58:02 PM Hi All, For those that hadn't yet figured it out, 8.0.0 SP1 was not released as originally planned in November

Re: Using a BIRT Editor to Create or Modify Web Reports

2012-12-04 Thread Easter, David
To: arsl...@googlegroups.com Cc: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG; arslist@ARSLIST.ORG; Easter, David Subject: Re: Using a BIRT Editor to Create or Modify Web Reports Hi David... Can BMC Analytics be used with custom applications? On Tuesday, December 4, 2012 11:35:22 AM UTC-5, Easter, David wrote

Re: Using a BIRT Editor to Create or Modify Web Reports

2012-12-04 Thread Easter, David
@ARSLIST.ORG; arslist@ARSLIST.ORG; Easter, David Subject: Re: Using a BIRT Editor to Create or Modify Web Reports I have a client who would like to use Analytics with a custom application and not the ITSM Suite. Should they contact the local Sales Rep for a price on Business Analytics

Re: sizing requirements 8.0 -- how to get

2012-11-30 Thread Easter, David
It was fixed yesterday afternoon by IDD. So it was happening, but was corrected. -David J. Easter Manager of Product Management, AR System BSM Atrium Solutions Management BMC Software, Inc. The opinions, statements, and/or suggested courses of action expressed in this E-mail do not

Re: sizing requirements 8.0 -- how to get

2012-11-30 Thread Easter, David
for Architecture.. so 8 is using what 7 said. On Fri, Nov 30, 2012 at 10:00 AM, Easter, David david_eas...@bmc.commailto:david_eas...@bmc.com wrote: ** It was fixed yesterday afternoon by IDD. So it was happening, but was corrected. -David J. Easter Manager of Product Management, AR System BSM

Re: sizing requirements 8.0 -- how to get

2012-11-30 Thread Easter, David
@ARSLIST.ORG] On Behalf Of Easter, David Sent: Friday, November 30, 2012 6:22 PM To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Subject: Re: sizing requirements 8.0 -- how to get ** 8.0.00 isn't really much different than 7.6.04 in terms of architecture or resource usage - so the 7.6.04 doc can still be used for general sizing

Re: EXTERNAL: Re: compatibility list problems

2012-11-29 Thread Easter, David
) [mailto:arslist@ARSLIST.ORG] On Behalf Of Easter, David Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2012 9:08 AM To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Subject: Re: EXTERNAL: Re: compatibility list problems ** Works fine for me as well in Firefox 16.0.2: [...] -David J. Easter Manager of Product Management, AR System BSM

Re: BMC Support/EOL

2012-11-29 Thread Easter, David
End-of-Support for ITSM / AR System 7.6.03 is 16th Jan 2014. It is currently in limited support. -David J. Easter Manager of Product Management, AR System BSM Atrium Solutions Management BMC Software, Inc.   The opinions, statements, and/or suggested courses of action expressed in this E-mail

Re: Blue (new) license agreement issues...

2012-11-27 Thread Easter, David
Sounds to me like there may be information missing on both sides, but here's the raw information. Under Suite (blue) licensing, license entitlement is sold in bundles. So for the Service Desk User bundle, you get the following entitlements: AR User Fixed Incident Mgmt Fixed Problem Mgmt Fixed

Re: When is a Floating Application License Consumed

2012-11-27 Thread Easter, David
FYI, Option #2 would very likely be interpreted by BMC Legal as an attempt to circumvent the EULA, so I would not recommend doing it. I understand that the spirit of the idea is to address the issue with the Overview Console which will itself be addressed in a later version. However, the

OT: Posting BMC Communities responses to Twitter

2012-11-26 Thread Easter, David
I've started re-tweeting my responses to BMC Communities when appropriate - so if you wish to know when I've posted something to BMC Communities, you can follow me on Twitter: @davidjeBMC Anyone can do the same, BTW. There's a little Twitter button at the bottom of each thread you can click

Re: Lic Ques

2012-11-19 Thread Easter, David
ADDM is not part of the Atrium CMDB license, no. BMC Analytics licensing is not part of the BSM Dashboards license, no. Probably best for you to contact your BMC sales representative or partner to discuss your licensing needs. These products can be made available together as part of offered

Re: Architecture for ARS 7.6.04 ITSM7.6.04 - 32bit vs 64bit OS

2012-11-19 Thread Easter, David
Answered on BMC Communities... https://communities.bmc.com/communities/message/280344#280344 -David J. Easter Manager of Product Management, AR System BSM Atrium Solutions Management BMC Software, Inc. The opinions, statements, and/or suggested courses of action expressed in this E-mail do

Re: Regarding installation of BMC Remedy Developer Studio

2012-11-19 Thread Easter, David
Remedy Developer Studio is not a product sold separately from AR System. You cannot purchase just Developer Studio. Developer Studio is a component that comes as part of a BMC Remedy AR System purchase. It does not come with a Remedy Application license. Not exactly sure what was meant by

Re: ARS 8.0 database versions for Linux

2012-11-15 Thread Easter, David
Officially, BMC Remedy AR System version 8.0.00 supports a minimum of Oracle 11gR1 as the database. http://www.bmc.com/support/reg/remedy-compatibility-tables.html [cid:image003.jpg@01CDC310.921C1760] -David J. Easter Manager of Product Management, AR System BSM Atrium Solutions Management

Re: When is a Floating Application License Consumed

2012-11-13 Thread Easter, David
It's in the documentation... When a user who is assigned a Floating license logs in to AR System, the user is given a Read license. When the user attempts to perform a search, modify, or submit operation, AR System checks for an available Floating license, and the following occurs: - If a

Re: Does AR System 8 now support the menu bar in mid-tier?

2012-11-09 Thread Easter, David
No – nothing has changed between 7.6.04 and 8.0.00 in that area. Note, however, there have been no requests to port it over to the Mid-Tier that I’m aware of either, so if this is something you feel should be done, I’d suggest posting it as an idea on BMC Communities and find out if others

Re: WWRUG12 - Get Over It Parody lyrics

2012-11-06 Thread Easter, David
. Dave On Oct 18, 2012, at 8:20 PM, Bruce Sisk siskbr...@peoplepc.commailto:siskbr...@peoplepc.com wrote: ** Sounds angry... Sent from my iPad On Oct 18, 2012, at 11:12 PM, Easter, David david_eas...@bmc.commailto:david_eas...@bmc.com wrote: ** For those that couldn't hear (or understand

Re: ARS Wiki

2012-11-02 Thread Easter, David
https://docs.bmc.com/docs/display/public/ars8000/PDFs Ready-made PDFs of this space The following table provides ready-made PDFs that contain snapshots of the content in this space. Ready-made PDFs are created for new releases and service packs at the time of their release. Although these PDFs

Re: ARS 7604 Custom App and Reporting Issues

2012-11-01 Thread Easter, David
Ø Setting a remote DB is not recommended for ARS setup. That is not an accurate statement as it is phrased. The vast majority of our customers install AR System server on a different machine then where their database is running - and that is the recommended configuration. If you meant

Re: New Columns To Web Report Designer

2012-10-26 Thread Easter, David
Yes. It is the only version of the Eclipse provided BIRT editor that will create reports that work properly inside of web reporting found in version 7.6.04. This does not change in version 8.0.0x, by the way. -David J. Easter Manager of Product Management, AR System BSM Atrium Solutions

Re: Remedy - SAML Integration

2012-10-26 Thread Easter, David
If you’re referring to Single Sign-On authentication, Atrium SSO also supports SAML in version 8.0.00: https://docs.bmc.com/docs/display/public/sso80/Using+SAMLv2+for+authentication -David J. Easter Manager of Product Management, AR System BSM Atrium Solutions Management BMC Software, Inc.

Zero Downtime (ZDT) idea available for voting on BMC Communities

2012-10-24 Thread Easter, David
For those who attended the Zero Downtime (ZDT) prototype proposal presentation at WWRUG12, we've created an idea in the AR System area of the BMC Communities to enable you to voice your support (or disapproval) and vote it up (or down) in priority.

Re: Dev Studio Client Tool tips Tricks Panel

2012-10-23 Thread Easter, David
Perhaps a document on BMC Communities? -David J. Easter Manager of Product Management, AR System BSM Atrium Solutions Management BMC Software, Inc. The opinions, statements, and/or suggested courses of action expressed in this E-mail do not necessarily reflect those of BMC Software, Inc. My

Re: bmc atrium orchestrator

2012-10-22 Thread Easter, David
The chapter on integrating Atrium Orchestrator with AR System can also be found here: https://docs.bmc.com/docs/display/public/ars8000/BMC+Atrium+Orchestrator+integration -David J. Easter Manager of Product Management, AR System BSM Atrium Solutions Management BMC Software, Inc. The opinions,

Re: ARS 8.0 Documentation

2012-10-22 Thread Easter, David
https://docs.bmc.com/docs/display/public/ars8000/PDFs Ready-made PDFs of this space The following table provides ready-made PDFs that contain snapshots of the content in this space. Ready-made PDFs are created for new releases and service packs at the time of their release. Although these PDFs

Re: Automation of license tracking in Remedy

2012-10-22 Thread Easter, David
There are at least two options available: 1. You can enable Historical and Current Licensing usage. 16-Jan-2009 What's New: BMC Remedy Action Request System 7.5.00 PDFhttp://www.bmc.com/supportu/documents/84/15/98415/98415.pdf Current and historical license usage To provide data for

Re: OT - WWRUG12 - tongue in cheek!

2012-10-18 Thread Easter, David
And had you stayed around a bit longer, you would have heard that the version after that will be done totally in curseshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curses_%28programming_library%29. But don't tell anyone else! ;-) -David J. Easter Manager of Product Management, AR System BSM Atrium Solutions

WWRUG12 - Get Over It Parody lyrics

2012-10-18 Thread Easter, David
For those that couldn't hear (or understand) the lyrics being sung at the celebration - here they are! Get Over It lyrics Songwriters: Henley, Don; Frey, Glenn Lewis; Parody by David J. Easter I read ARSList and what do I see? A lotta people cryin' for the W-A-T They point their crooked little

Re: New Columns To Web Report Designer

2012-10-04 Thread Easter, David
If it is an OOTB report provided by BMC, you can take advantage of the white paper describing how to modify OOTB reports: Using a BIRT Editor to Create or Modify Web Reports White Paper https://docs.bmc.com/docs/download/attachments/165478929/ARS_UsingBIRTEditor_7604.pdf -David J. Easter

Re: Self Service User Licenses (named or floating)

2012-10-02 Thread Easter, David
: Self Service User Licenses Awesome...so my self service users will never see any not enough license error messages... Thanks for the quick reply. Michael Hocks (651) 366-4091 mike.ho...@state.mn.us Sent from my iPhone On Oct 1, 2012, at 5:21 PM, Easter, David david_eas...@bmc.com wrote: Self

Re: BOXI needed for ITSM 8.0, 7.6.04

2012-10-02 Thread Easter, David
Hi Drew, Your question is a little twisted, so will try to answer and clarify. ITSM 7.6.03 and higher provided OOTB reports using the web reporting capability within AR System - not Crystal/BO. Prior to that, the reports were Crystal/Business Object based reports. You can create new

Re: Self Service User Licenses

2012-10-01 Thread Easter, David
Self-service licenses are paper licenses that represent entitlement - there's no place that you have to enter them. -David J. Easter Manager of Product Management, AR System BSM Atrium Solutions Management BMC Software, Inc.   The opinions, statements, and/or suggested courses of action 

Re: BMC Analytics For BSM 7604

2012-09-26 Thread Easter, David
Just to clarify, the necessary version of Business Objects is included with BMC Analytics. The license for Business Objects comes with the entitlement for BMC Analytics. You can also choose to purchase the 'premium' version of users to gain entitlement to the full Enterprise license key

Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: New Remedy Release 8.0 - Great feedback about product from one key customer of BMC Software

2012-09-26 Thread Easter, David
It is available, so something is missing for you. You may want to check with your sales representative and make sure that it’s on your support contract. EPD will only display products that are available on your contract. -David J. Easter Manager of Product Management, AR System BSM Atrium

Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: New Remedy Release 8.0 - Great feedback about product from one key customer of BMC Software

2012-09-26 Thread Easter, David
Yes – Patch 001 released at exactly the same time as 8.0.00. Obviously, the recommendation is to load Patch 001 right after installing / upgrading to 8.0.00. -David J. Easter Manager of Product Management, AR System BSM Atrium Solutions Management BMC Software, Inc. The opinions,

Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: New Remedy Release 8.0 - Great feedback about product from one key customer of BMC Software

2012-09-26 Thread Easter, David
release? Regards, Jose Manuel Huerta http://theremedyforit.com/ On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 9:43 PM, Easter, David david_eas...@bmc.com wrote: ** Yes - Patch 001 released at exactly the same time as 8.0.00. Obviously, the recommendation is to load Patch 001 right after

Re: Sort of OT: SRM and Work Order Management version 8.0

2012-09-25 Thread Easter, David
Just to clarify, the end-user facing UI has changed significantly in version 8.0.00. The back-end administration portion of the product has not changed too much from 7.6.04. -David J. Easter Manager of Product Management, AR System BSM Atrium Solutions Management BMC Software, Inc. The

Re: Sort of OT: SRM and Work Order Management version 8.0

2012-09-25 Thread Easter, David
Yes, but I’d still recommend going the other way. Better to be trained on 8.0.00 and disregard some of the features that aren’t in 7.6.04 rather than learning 7.6.04 and not knowing about what’s in 8.0.00. -David J. Easter Manager of Product Management, AR System BSM Atrium Solutions

ITSM Suite 8.0.00 (including AR System 8.0.00) has reached General Availability

2012-09-24 Thread Easter, David
The announcement is stuck in the back office for some reason, but version 8.0.00 of the ITSM Suite (including the applications within the Suite) reached General Availability on 21 September 2012 (last Friday). The links to What's New Enhancements in version

Re: RUG Hotel Question

2012-09-20 Thread Easter, David
Yes, it’s city / downtown. https://maps.google.com/maps?q=fairmont+hotel,+san+josehl=ensll=37.6,-95.665sspn=53.791654,79.013672t=hhq=fairmont+hotel,+san+joseradius=15000z=13 There are several tourist attractions very close by and there’s the Light Rail mentioned a couple of times to get to

Re: RUG Hotel Question

2012-09-20 Thread Easter, David
http://www.fairmont.com/san-jose/map/map-and-directions/#3 -David J. Easter Manager of Product Management, AR System BSM Atrium Solutions Management BMC Software, Inc. The opinions, statements, and/or suggested courses of action expressed in this E-mail do not necessarily reflect those of BMC

Re: RUG Hotel Question

2012-09-19 Thread Easter, David
Depending on your threshold for inconvenience, the VTA Light Rail Service has a stop very close to the Fairmont - so you could choose a hotel anywhere along the Light Rail route. You'd obviously need to then pay for light rail and budget your time appropriately, but it is an additional bit of

Re: RUG Airport Question

2012-09-19 Thread Easter, David
I would not recommend taking the train from SFO to San Jose. You’ll have to navigate three different systems [BART, CalTrain and the Light Rail (or a bus)] to get to the Fairmont. If you really need to fly into SFO, I would take an airporter shuttle service (like SuperShuttle) or something

Re: Analytics 7.6.04 and MySQL

2012-09-17 Thread Easter, David
Just to clarify, BMC Analytics is a BMC product. It is correct, though, that it is based on an OEM from Business Objects / SAP. -David J. Easter Manager of Product Management, AR System BSM Atrium Solutions Management BMC Software, Inc.   The opinions, statements, and/or suggested courses of

Re: Analytics 7.6.04 and MySQL

2012-09-17 Thread Easter, David
According to the documentation, MySQL can be used for the SAP Business Objects Enterprise XI Central Management System Repository database. BMC Analytics for Business Service Management Installation and Administration Guide http://documents.bmc.com/supportu/documents/70/70/227070/227070.pdf

Re: Remedy on Demand Question

2012-09-14 Thread Easter, David
Remedy On Demand supports multi-organizational tenancy, yes. It's the same code that is used for on-premise installations, so it supports the same user-facing feature set. -David J. Easter Manager of Product Management, AR System BSM Atrium Solutions Management BMC Software, Inc. The

Re: Remedy on Demand Question

2012-09-14 Thread Easter, David
: Friday, September 14, 2012 7:36 AM To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Subject: Re: Remedy on Demand Question ** Hi David, Thanks. Does it alsosupport DSO with an on premise instance of a customer? Regards, Karthik On 14 September 2012 19:43, Easter, David david_eas...@bmc.commailto:david_eas...@bmc.com wrote

Re: Remedy on Demand Question

2012-09-14 Thread Easter, David
John, It's not a yes or a no because the question isn't a yes or no question. Can I drive 150 mph on a road? Yes. Should I drive 150 mph on a road? Yes, if it's a race track but no if it's a residential street. Should I drive my 1974 Ford Pinto at 150 mph even on a race track? Probably

Re: Akamai and ARS 7.6.04 Client

2012-09-13 Thread Easter, David
The BMC Remedy AR System User client does not include nor have any direct association with Akamai Netsession Client. If present on your systems, it was installed by some other entity besides the Remedy User Client installer. -David J. Easter Manager of Product Management, AR System BSM Atrium

Re: Thoughts regarding a separate DB for custom DB objects

2012-09-06 Thread Easter, David
Just thinking somewhat inside the box - but wouldn't overlays do the majority of this for you? Any custom objects you create would be well known/documented as would any modifications to BMC base objects. The base BMC objects would remain on the system unchanged. If you really then wanted to

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