The only problem I would raise with this approach follows.
- The data structures are very different between the two releases - The business rules that are enforced against requests are very different between the two releases - In order to DSO data between the two releases, you are going to have to account for every discrepency between the above two items My prediction is that this will lead to a maintenence nightmare in the short term, taking away from time that would be better spent performing the upgrade. To put into the context of a scenario: You set up both servers; you set up the DSO between the two server; you fight a never ending battle of problems with the DSO feed between the two servers; you burn all your time firefighting instead of doing an upgrade. I'm not saying it's impossible to take this approach, but I see far too many possiblities for problems and would therefore discourage it. Axton Grams On 1/7/07, George Jungle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
** we're talking months... i.e. < 6. What's going to take the longest is migrating interfaces. Hence the need..... On 1/6/07, Axton < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > ** "Because of the speed that we need to get this new system in place > (business need)" > > What is the need (window)? > > Axton Grams > > On 1/5/07, George Jungle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > ** Hi all, > > > > I've been given an interesting task. We are implementing a new Remedy > > platform (ARS 7.1 + ITSM 7.0 + CMDB 2.0) which will supersede our > > existing Remedy platform (ARS 5.1.2 + customised ITSM 5). > > > > Because of the speed that we need to get this new system in place > > (business need), we're going down the path of constructing a bridge between > > the 2 systems to help in the migration of both users and interfaces. We've > > decided that DSO is the best tool to use in providing this bridge to help > > replicate Incident/Problem dockets between both systems (only to provide > > visibility, excludes transactional data around auditing history, SLAs, > > notifications etc...) and Change dockets from the 5 -> 7 systems. > > > > This will involve developing or understanding the mapping between the > > business processes/workflow between the ITSM 5 & ITSM 7 systems. > > > > My question is, has anyone attempted this type of connectivity using > > DSO and mapping the ITSM instances before or can anyone provide any helpful > > words of advise about potential pitfalls? > > > > Appreciate the help. > > > > George > > __20060125_______________________This posting was submitted with HTML > > in it___ > > > __20060125_______________________This posting was submitted with HTML in > it___ > __20060125_______________________This posting was submitted with HTML in it___
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