Yeah, we actually tried this little task with both a def file and an XML file created in the Admin tool from a packing list. No dice on either. It did work when I referenced a non-existent file at one point... But that just took a long time and then gave me a definition file with everything from the server in it (175+ MB)
I would also like to see a right click on a workflow object with some sort of "Send to Packing List" option so I can quickly dump new things into my Packing List without having to actually open an existing Packing List. -scott On Friday, March 07, 2008, at 12:41PM, "Carey Matthew Black" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Scott, > >Actually... let me see if you can try something for me and see if we >can get that to work... > ><warning> >This is a sore topic for me. I have tried to get BMC to understand how >dumb I think this feature is, but they appear to not share my concern >for it. ></warning> > >In the admin tool open the packing list of interest. >Go to the "Packing List" menu and select "Generate XML". > >You need to use this "XML" file as the input to the admin tool command >line. NOT an ARS def file (in xml format). [ The def file does not >work, but it is what most people think should work. Most people do not >ever look at the "Packing List" menu because it only shows up when you >open a packing list , and the terminology is just "XML file" instead >of the "special file generated from the menu of the packing list >object via the admin tool".] > > >My two cents.... > >I should be able to mention the NAME of the packing list and not have >any cached copy of it before the command line is called. > >And in my dream world... I can use a packlist as defined on a >different ARS server too. ( Yes that means that I may need to pass in >two usersnames and passwords, but I am ok with that. ) > >So ... Picture this... > ><dreaming> >Create a packing list on your Dev server. >From the command line export those objects from Production. >Import them to your Test server. >Then import your Dev objects (presumably different from Production) to >your Test server. > >You now have a way to maintain one list, on dev, of objects that are >in a "release" and a way to use that list to normalize your Test >server. ></dreaming> >-- >Carey Matthew Black >Remedy Skilled Professional (RSP) >ARS = Action Request System(Remedy) > >Love, then teach >Solution = People + Process + Tools >Fast, Accurate, Cheap.... Pick two. > > > > >On Fri, Mar 7, 2008 at 9:57 AM, Scott Philben <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> We found out an interesting bit of information yesterday about the command >> line uasge of the aradmin.exe command. On page 557 of the 6.3 Advanced book >> Remedy claims the following: >> >> >> To parse an XML packing list, and export all the objects defined in that >> packing list, use the following command format: >> >> aradmin -u <user_name> [-p <password>] -x <server_name> -e <target_file> -l >> <packing_list.xml> >> >> >> Well, when we tried to use that command to dump out a packing list worth of >> stuff nothing seemed to happen. So I opened an Incident with BMC and come to >> find out that the XML packing list thing does not appear to work in any >> environment that they can find. I think this is kind of odd since I believe >> that this option has been available since at least 5.1.2. I might be wrong. >> >> So anyway, don't try to dump stuff out of your system via an XML packing >> list file (not that you wanted to anyway since I can't find any reference of >> anyone else in history having the same problem and posting about it on the >> interwebs). >> >> >> _______________________________________________________________________________ >> UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org >> Platinum Sponsor: www.rmsportal.com ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are" >> > >_______________________________________________________________________________ >UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org >Platinum Sponsor: www.rmsportal.com ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are" > > _______________________________________________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org Platinum Sponsor: www.rmsportal.com ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are"
