There should be no ramifications of altering the Tier 1-3 values. In fact the new BMC product catalog import data mechanism allos the import to be paused after the data is loaded in staging forms for the Tier 1-3 values to be changed.
ADDM hardcodes the Tier 1 to 'Software' and Tier 2 to 'Application'. Tier 3 is set according to the software found (eg 'Application Deployment Software' for Java, .net, etc and 'Application Server Software Platforms' for web servers such as tomcat. Cheers Peter > Tier 3 as "Third Party" is out-of-the-box functionality, and also > best-practice for integrations with BMC Discovery tools like ADDM. Also, > any product catalog updates (like the notification sent yesterday) will > tend to model themselves after the original categorizations. > > I am not an opponent of changing product categorizations to suit specific > functionalities, this is more of a friendly reminder that there are > ramifications to altering the OOTB install that should be considered. > > .:Mike:. > > From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) > [mailto:arslist@ARSLIST.ORG] On Behalf Of Mike Ilmer > Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2011 8:01 AM > To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG > Subject: Tier 3 for the product catalog > > ** > Hi, > > The we have the product catalog installed by previous consultants. The > catalog contains "Third Party" in the Tier 3 for all software entries. > (Software->Application->Third Party). > > Does anyone has catalog with the more appropriate "tier 3" information, > that would indicate what is this application for. > For instance "Database Server" for the Microsoft SQL Server, and "Client > Tool" for all MS Office products. > > Thank you, > Mike Ilmer > _attend WWRUG11 www.wwrug.com ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are"_ > > _______________________________________________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org > attend wwrug11 www.wwrug.com ARSList: "Where the Answers Are" > _______________________________________________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org attend wwrug11 www.wwrug.com ARSList: "Where the Answers Are"
