A link to that utility can be found here: https://communities.bmc.com/communities/docs/DOC-22934
On Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 10:42 AM, Longwing, LJ CTR MDA/IC < lj.longwing....@mda.mil> wrote: > Tony, > You may want to search the BMC Communities. I seem to remember a utility > coming out that would remove everything from a 7.6.04 overlay that wasn't > actually modified on an 8.x server. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto: > arslist@ARSLIST.ORG] On Behalf Of SUBSCRIBE ARSLIST theReel > Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2013 11:41 AM > To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG > Subject: Re: Converting Overlays to Granular Overlays - before or after > ITSM 8.1 upgrade? > > Thanks for that David, > > The new granular overlays are a great step forward and should make > upgrading/patching even easier in the future. > > In this case my reason for wanting to do the re-engineering at a later > date is that we are considering doing an in-place upgrade. So if we can > leave our overwrite overlays in place it would reduce the amount of down > time we need to perform the complete upgrade of AR system & ITSM &SLM from > 7.6.04 to 8.1 in one go. Overlays can then be re-engineered in stages over > the next few weekends. > > We are also considering upgrading only AR System to 8.1 the first weekend, > then re-engineering the overlays and then upgrading the Applications. > Staging servers with the Delta migration tool method are also being > considered of course. > > You say it may save time doing it prior to the upgrade so there is less to > review post upgrade but my thinking is that it would take less time to do > one review of all the customisations post install. > > I see pros and cons to all approaches so I guess it is choosing what suits > best. > > Thanks > Tony > > > _______________________________________________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org "Where the > Answers Are, and have been for 20 years" > > > _______________________________________________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org > "Where the Answers Are, and have been for 20 years" > _______________________________________________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org "Where the Answers Are, and have been for 20 years"
