Sounds like you and I are attempting to work with the same tech. I couldn't even get him to READ the original results file I sent him that showed that some permissions weren't being migrated. Instead, he asked me to delete my cached files - during the week I was doing migrations to other servers. Like I had an extra 2 hours per server to rebuild them. I almost look forward to issues with ITSM, because, despite the flaws in the product, the support experts are long-time Remedy support people like Steve Seitz and Jesse Richardson, who speak perfect English and are available during OUR working hours. They understand the product, the problem, and how to resolve it quickly, AND they respect the fact that I'm not a newbie who needs to have his time wasted being told how to log in - we can cut right to the chase. Pity that BMC doesn't seem to see the same value in that combination of skills that their customers do. Rick _____
From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Veronica Soriano Sent: Friday, September 14, 2007 7:57 PM To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Subject: Re: BMC Support ** My experience recently with Support of Migrator is going in the same direction as Warrens. I've answered the same questions over and over again. I've been sent in directions to resolve the issue with solutions for a version of AR Server that is not installed and won't be installed. The issue is being handled in India and I only have access to the tech at around 7 and 9am. I called tech support asking to speak with someone else and they said the next available rep would call me back... I get a call from the tech support person that has been working my problem all along the next day. Again, he asked the same questions and then emailed for me to send the same information I have sent over and over. So in response that this 'wasn't true'... my experience proves it is. Veronica Soriano [EMAIL PROTECTED] _____ Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2007 16:53:41 -0400 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: BMC Support To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG ** I have been in touch with an individual (not Doug) at BMC/Remedy concerning this thread. He called me two or three months ago concerning issues I was seeing in general. I sent him an email about the statement that was in Warren's email. I immediately got a call. I think my finger had barely come of the mouse button. He said that it wasn't true. BMC/Remedy support is making changes to address many of these concerns. I forwarded Warren's email to him along with the slew that came in over the last few minutes. I also suggested that BMC/Remedy make some kind of statement concerning support, escalation processes, etc to help us understand our rights. Dave _____ From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, September 14, 2007 4:42 PM To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Subject: Re: BMC Support ** Hi Warren, The Fast Track support is now an utter farce. We used to have Remedy's Express Support where we were contacted in 4 hours or less, usually far less. Now there are different tears of Fast-Track I am not sure but I think its like this... Low priority tear... whenever or 12 hours whichever comes last. Then the Medium tears 8 - 12 hours, then the High tears... 4-8 hours, and finally critical tears 4 hours or less. All of which has us shedding tears for the former service excellence we once experienced. When we looked at ITSM7 and ESS the point our BMC rep pushed was that we could count on their support. That may have been true in the past but now.... well when we had some troubles recently and could no longer wait on our fast-track support Bouyant's people stepped up to the plate as a courtesy. Good thing they couldn't be relied on like BMC to make us wait for an email. They just conference called and got to the root of the matter. Gidd you're a model of inefficiency lol. Lately under Jorge Batista they are making an effort, but the blame I believe falls higher up for this new Fast Track policy. Its awful business and awfully bad for the customer. Its not pushing customers to find a channel partner for support, but rather a new application entirely. They need wise up soon. Best Regards, Tom Altamore ----- Original Message ----- From: Warren Baltimore Date: Friday, September 14, 2007 3:10 pm Subject: Re: BMC Support To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG > Ron, > > That sounds eerily familar! > > I know that I'll be bringing this up at UserWorld. I hope > others do as > well.... > > BMC is doing a pretty good job of draining Remedy dry.... > > Really building up the good will guys! Way to go! > > Warren > > > On 9/14/07, Smith, Ron wrote: > > > > ** > > > > Warren, > > > > I feel your pain. I had an issue with setting up the Email > Engine for > > Incoming emails. It would just stop for no apparent reason. > I was using > > the MAPI protocol and Outlook 2000 as the mail client on the > server. I was > > told that all of the engineers for Email Engine were in India. > When it was > > email communication, it was in broken English. I escalated > this through my > > account rep to get someone to talk with on the phone. Not > much better with > > the accent, plus they only wanted to work with me at 7AM > Pacific time. That > > is the time I get to work, and like most people, you have some > things to get > > through just to start your day. I sent log file after log > file. Still no > > answer to my problem. I suspected that I needed to upgrade > the email client > > to Outlook 2003, but no one could ever give me a confirmation. > The > > interaction went on for about 3 months. I kept firing off > escalation emails > > to my account rep, and she kept escalating on their end. > Needless to say, > > on recommendation from my Email Administrator, I upgraded to > Outlook 2003 > > and the problem magically went away. Imagine that, solved my > own problem > > after 3 months of misery with support. So I am just a little > unhappy with > > the current state of support. > > > > > > > > Also, has anyone else noticed that if you call the support > line, you do > > not get the option to go to the area you are having a problem > with, but you > > get a dispatch tech that takes the information and sends it on > to Tier 1 > > support. Then the first response is an email. A problem that > can be > > resolved in about 20 - 30 minutes now takes going on 4 days > with only email > > exchanges. > > > > > > > > For what we pay, I don't feel very supported. > > > > > > > > Maybe they are listening. > > > > > > > > *Ron Smith* > > *Remedy/Web Developer* > > *Providence** Health System OR* > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > *503-216-7866* > > ------------------------------ > > > > *From:* Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto: > >__20060125_______________________This posting was submitted with HTML in it_ _______________________________________________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org ARSlist:"Where the Answers Are"
