Sure: just to be clear though, you create a separate Sid called junk and create a basic remedy ars itsm suite and the just repoint to the real db. Why not ? I have done it! Make sure not to point and loose your real db
Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 11, 2013, at 16:19, "Sanford, Claire" > <claire.sanf...@memorialhermann.org> wrote: > > ** > I’m going to hijack this thread for a moment!! > > Would this work for me with all of my Service Pack install woes! > > 1) Stand up a new server > 2) Install service packs as overwrite and not upgrade > 3) Then point to existing DB? > > I am so gun shy after having these installs fail 8+ times. I have my test > machine that is “fresh” I have not had a failure on it yet. So would this > work? > > > > ITSM 7.6.04 SP2 > ARS 7.6.04 SP3 > Oracle 11.2.0.3.0 - 64bit Production > Win 2008 Server > > Claire Sanford > Information Systems Division > Memorial Hermann Healthcare System > claire.sanf...@memorialhermann.org > > > > From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) > [mailto:arslist@ARSLIST.ORG] On Behalf Of Jason Miller > Sent: Friday, October 11, 2013 3:00 PM > To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG > Subject: Re: 7.6.04 ver switch from 32 bit to 64 bit > > ** > I like that idea! I was going to recommend building a new 64-bit ITSM server > with a new junk DB. Once the server is build you cut it over to the existing > DB. With your method the installers won't need to do any of the DB work that > done during a fresh install; just build the app server. > > Jason > > > On Fri, Oct 11, 2013 at 5:29 AM, patrick zandi <remedy...@gmail.com> wrote: > ** > I had a thought.. this might be a time to do a server group... > Build a fresh box -- 64bit, add as a server group > Rebuild Original box -- add back in to server group. > Make one the Admin / integration / Reconcil server the other main customer > -- > > no outages, and now you have redundancy / failover > > Just a thought. > > > On Fri, Oct 11, 2013 at 8:17 AM, Misi Mladoniczky <m...@rrr.se> wrote: > Hi, > > I would do a fresh install, and point the installer to your database copy. > > Best Regards - Misi, RRR AB, http://www.rrr.se (ARSList MVP 2011) > > Products from RRR Scandinavia (Best R.O.I. Award at WWRUG10/11/12/13): > * RRR|License - Not enough Remedy licenses? Save money by optimizing. > * RRR|Log - Performance issues or elusive bugs? Analyze your Remedy logs. > Find these products, and many free tools and utilities, at http://rrr.se. > > > Looking to get some advice if there would be any problem with copying > > registry entries and directory structure when switching over from 32 bit > > Win 2003 environment to 64 bit Win 2008. Plan is to use a copy of the > > existing database, copy over registry and directory strcture to the new > > appl server and then reinstall just Remedy 7.6.04. > > > > Alternatively, thinking of using a DB copy and doing a fresh install with > > BMC_LOADAPP_SKIP set so that the applications are not loaded into the DB. > > We're currently already on 7.6.04 version, this is just to switch operating > > systems and to switch to a 64 bit impementation. any advice appreciated!! > > > > _______________________________________________________________________________ > > 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" > > > -- > Patrick Zandi > _ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are" and have been for 20 years_ > > _ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are" and have been for 20 years_ > _ARSlist: "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"