Re: 5.x User Client Against 7.x AR Server

2007-01-23 Thread Dave Barber
Biggest question would be why would you want to use a 5.x client against a 7.x server?. I can sorta understand using a later client (at my last place we had a good few people using the 6.3 client against our 5.1.1 server, as it handled search results considerably better), but not the other way

Re: 5.x User Client Against 7.x AR Server

2007-01-23 Thread Kern, Robert SBA
As to why this might (w/o really wanting it to) happen ... I think especially at larger international environments, also with people connecting to different Remedy systems from different providers within the same company, it can happen that there some users still have old clients ... *shrugs* It

Including web source code on Mid-Tier 6.3

2007-01-23 Thread BROTONS Oscar
** Hello all, I have a form with a web view who includes some extra jsp, javascript and html code in the tab source of form definition. With Mid-Tier 6.0, when deploying, a jsp page is generated that includes the extra source defined. But on Mid-Tier 6.3 no jsp pages are generated and the

Re: Including web source code on Mid-Tier 6.3

2007-01-23 Thread Cesar Torres
All the code is in the container in the mid-tier server. What OS are you using on the Server? BROTONS Oscar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ** ** Hello all, I have a form with a web view who includes some extra jsp, javascript and html code in the tab

Re: Including web source code on Mid-Tier 6.3

2007-01-23 Thread BROTONS Oscar
The Mid-Tier server is a Windows XP. I not understand what you mean about the container. With Mid-Tier 6.3 there are not jsp pages for forms, there are generated on demand. -Original Message- From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of

Re: How to start using field 112 after 200k rows

2007-01-23 Thread David Sanders
Hi Bill I agree with earlier comments that this, to me, looks like it will be a performance killer. Not only the LIKE scan on the assignee group field, but the workflow to constantly scan children for permission changes, or push from child tickets to their parents. Field 112 Assignee Group is

upgrading view form on DB2 db

2007-01-23 Thread Luisa Carena
Hi, ARS 5.1.2 on SQL8 I've a view form on a DB2 db external. I can read all record. Now I want update a record from remedy user but i've this error: ARERR [552] Failure during SQL operation to the database : OLE DB provider 'MSDASQL' reported an error. (SQL Server 7399)OLE DB error trace

Re: How to start using field 112 after 200k rows

2007-01-23 Thread Lammey, Peter A.
For Active links that you include in a Active Link Guide that loops through a table, add '$ at the end of the name of all the active links. This should solve your active link looping issue. Thanks Peter Lammey ESPN MIT Technical Services Applications Management 860-766-4761 -Original

Re: 5.x User Client Against 7.x AR Server

2007-01-23 Thread Kyle Whitley
I wanted to know for a lot of the reasons Robert mentioned. I always thought it was better to use an older client against a new server (5.1.2 client against 6.3 server) not vice versa. Is this not true? Thanks Kyle Kern, Robert SBA wrote: ** As to why this might (w/o really wanting it to)

Re: How to start using field 112 after 200k rows

2007-01-23 Thread Rem Valenzuela
I'm using a custom application and we are working on getting the same thing implemented. I don't know if you are using an out of the box app so my answer may make some kind of sense, it may not. Nonetheless, why not use computed groups? I've got some screwy requirements that are making me

Re: Reg: MS Vista OS

2007-01-23 Thread Carey Matthew Black
Pavan, Please open a support issue with Tech support about this. On 1/16/2007 I was informed (by Tech support) of the following: At this time it is expected that Vista will be added as a supported platform for version 7.0.1 of the User Tool within 90 days of the release of the operating

.exe vs .msi

2007-01-23 Thread Kemes, Lisa
Is BMC ever going to release Remedy User as .msi files instead of .exe? .msi files are easier to log each instance of what is going on when installing. Lisa ___ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at

Mid-tier 7 authentication

2007-01-23 Thread Niklas Asplund
Hi Has anyone had problems with special characters in passwords when logging in with mid-tier 7?? I have installed Mid-Tier 7.0.1 against my ARS 6.3 Server, and now when I try to login with a user that has a password including some swedish characters (åäö for example) I'm seeing errors in the

Re: Including web source code on Mid-Tier 6.3

2007-01-23 Thread Grooms, Frederick W
Put all of your code into a .jsp file on the web server.In the Admin tool open the form and do Form - Current View - Properties - the Appearance tab. You have 2 buttons of Edit Web Header Content and Edit Web Footer Content. Put in an HTML include statement like: SCRIPT

Mid-Tier Performance

2007-01-23 Thread Ashley Henderson
All, Does anyone have some type of documentation for enhancing the performance of Mid-Tier version 6.3? We are getting slow response from our server and are trying to determine if this is the actual size of the server that is the problem of if it is a configuration issue. Thanks, Ashley

Re: Including web source code on Mid-Tier 6.3

2007-01-23 Thread BROTONS Oscar
** I don't have appearance tab on Form - Current View - Properties .. I think the most of my problem is because my remedy server is 6.0 and with mid-tier 6.3 this feature is not compatible. The code I'm adding has as main purpose to merge a remedy form and different static HTML forms. The

Re: Reg: MS Vista OS

2007-01-23 Thread Mike White
It's bad, Matt. World-class bad. I've now learned: If you reach the point that you need to open a ticket with BMC, you're pretty-much done for. If you need to research a topic, stick to arslist or Google. Trying to find documentation in that black-hole of a website can frustrate even the most

Re: 5.x User Client Against 7.x AR Server

2007-01-23 Thread Axton
I've always assumed the opposite in the case of the user tool. Axton Grams On 1/23/07, Kyle Whitley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I wanted to know for a lot of the reasons Robert mentioned. I always thought it was better to use an older client against a new server (5.1.2 client against 6.3

How do I notify support of changes to the worklog?...

2007-01-23 Thread GoDario27
Hi, I have a need to notify the support group (or individual if one is assigned) of updates made to the worklog by someone else (either the submitter or another tech). This will be done for our HD, CHG, and CTs, eventually. Currently, I'm testing: ( 'zTmpNotificationMethod' != $NULL$ ) AND (

RE : Mid-Tier Performance

2007-01-23 Thread Frex Popo
Some of the things you can try ... These notes are for ARS 7.0. Hope they help, Mid-tier Configuration Settings http://itsm7rtm/arsys/shared/config/config.jsp Cache Settings ØUncheck the perform check box. Having this box checked makes the mid-tier check to see if any changes

Re: 5.x User Client Against 7.x AR Server

2007-01-23 Thread Rick Cook
As have I. If my client can't perform certain functions because they don't yet exist on the server version, that's probably not a problem, since I'm not supposed to have that functionality anyway. If my server has functionality my client can't process, that's a potential problem. I always

Java JDK/SDK versions under ARS 5.1.2

2007-01-23 Thread strauss
Does anyone who is still running ARS 5.1.2 in production on Windows 2000 have it running properly over a 1.4.2_13 JRE/JDK?? How about the 6.3 mid-tier?? Our security people are frothing at the mouth over some new Java exploit and want us to be on Java 1.4.2_13, which is what we have been

Re: Java JDK/SDK versions under ARS 5.1.2

2007-01-23 Thread Grooms, Frederick W
We were running the 5.1.2 Mid-Tier with 1.4.2_07 with no problems. Unfortunately we since upgraded to Mid-Tier 6.3 so I can't answer for the _13 patch with 5.1.2. Mid-Tier 6.3 has not had any problems with 1.4.2_13. Fred -Original Message- From: Action Request System discussion

PC and Monitor relationship failure importing data into cmdb 1.1 AM 6.0

2007-01-23 Thread L Feulner
ARS 6.3 AM 6.0 CMDB 1.1 Oracle 10g I am having problems creating relationships in cmdb 1.1 between monitors and pcs. The data is being imported into cmdb, not from another remedy form. I am not getting the monitor instance id for the import into BMC_Components. Here's what I've done.

Re: Java JDK/SDK versions under ARS 5.1.2

2007-01-23 Thread Bruce Scott
We are about to update to 1.4.2_13 as we are using 5.1.2 server and mid-tier, however I have to finish testing to see what issues we face by not upgrading to 6.3 p 20 or 7.0.1 p 1 before the DST shift. I expect to have an answer for you by the end of the week. Otherwise, I have seen most of the

Re: 5.x User Client Against 7.x AR Server

2007-01-23 Thread Dave Barber
Ditto. I was trying to convince my prior employers management to start rolling out the 6.3 client as soon as possible, to ease the application migration. As I said earlier, I had a few major users of our apps running the 6.3 client against our 5.1.1 server, and before I left, I'd done a little

OLE help required

2007-01-23 Thread Pascale Boyer
Hi all, I need some help on the use of OLE. This is what we need to do. We need to automatically open a specific URL in IE. This part is easy and already done. Where I need help is that we need to capture the information contained in the open window from that URL and copy it into a field in

Re: Reg: MS Vista OS

2007-01-23 Thread Easter, David
The AR System 7.0.01 Windows User Tool is being tested against the 6.03 server as part of Vista compatibility testing. It is currently expected that this testing will be completed by late February / early March. At that time, Vista will be added to the compatibility matrix for AR System 7.0.01.

Re: 5.x User Client Against 7.x AR Server

2007-01-23 Thread Chris Cook
I know that using a 5.x user tool against a 6.x server will cause issues with passwords. It seems that when a password field is set it isn't decoded properly, so the next time the user record is saved, the new, unknown password is saved to the record. Not sure if this is replicated in 7.x but

Re: 5.x User Client Against 7.x AR Server

2007-01-23 Thread Kyle Whitley
I stand corrected...thanks Kyle Rick Cook wrote: ** As have I. If my client can't perform certain functions because they don't yet exist on the server version, that's probably not a problem, since I'm not supposed to have that functionality anyway. If my server has functionality my client

Re: EXT AUTH - Authentication service not responding

2007-01-23 Thread Nick Hromyak
I will lookup how to do an ARPLUGIN debug. I did setup the logs, and it doesn't appear to be slowed down or hanging. Would the AREA / LDAP access affect or slowdown Remedy users (users with passwords)??? It seems like it wouldn't, but what do I know??? Thanks. I am just trying to think what

Re: 5.x User Client Against 7.x AR Server

2007-01-23 Thread Rick Cook
There was an issue when going from = 5.0 client/server combos to 5.0client/server, because a few of the APIs got updated in 5.0.1, and some things like Groups were stored and referenced slightly differently. Apart from that, the advice is sound. If both are at 5.1.2 or above (and if not, WHY

Re: ARSperl and Remedy 7.0

2007-01-23 Thread Jeffrey Toothman
I'm trying to setup ARSperl with ARServer 7.0. I downloaded 6.3 ARServer and copied the API directory. The Makefile.pl is set up to use the 6.3 api directory. This is the output from make test.. Does anyone have any ideas of what could be going wrong? $ make test PERL_DL_NONLAZY=1

RAID info in CMDB

2007-01-23 Thread Cindy Sapochetti
Hi Listers - Is anyone storing RAID information (RAID level, adapter, bios, etc.) in the CMDB? If so, what class did you use for this? Just trying to get some ideas Thanks, Cindy ___ UNSUBSCRIBE or access

Re: ARSperl and Remedy 7.0

2007-01-23 Thread Thilo Stapff
For some reason ARSperl cannot connect to your server. Does the AR server respond to ping? Does the server use a specific TCP port? In this case you need to set the ARTCPPORT environment variable. Did you enter the correct username/password when running Makefile.PL (you can verify this by

Re: EXT AUTH - Authentication service not responding

2007-01-23 Thread Opela, Gary L Contr OC-ALC/ITMA
If the arserver is having issues talking to your directory server, then it will tie up the fast threads used to authenticate users via LDAP or whatever, which will in turn lock up users trying to authenticate via remedy, I think. It really sounds like your directory server is flaking out, or

Re: BMC Support Web Site Performance

2007-01-23 Thread Rick Cook
I just wish they would stop treating the entire site like it's a development or test server, and that they would stop thinking that the users (i.e. customers) signed up for a constant Beta program disguised as an informative site. Do they not have any kind of environment on which to make sure

Re: BMC Support Web Site Performance

2007-01-23 Thread Tony Worthington
Yup. Slow. And I won't even mention the fact that I lost access to download product again. oops. -tony -- Tony Worthington [EMAIL PROTECTED] 262-703-5911 Jack Samson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) arslist@ARSLIST.ORG 01/23/2007 10:55 AM

Re: BMC Support Web Site Performance

2007-01-23 Thread Axton
The patches still aren't available. I'm looking at the 7.0.01 server for solaris and all the directories are empty. I wonder why it takes several days to copy a couple hundred mb of data. If you look at the modify time of the files in the ftp server for 7.0.01p001, the modify times range from

Re: BMC Support Web Site Performance

2007-01-23 Thread Jack Samson
Why does BMC ignore and not address this publicly? This is terrible! From: Axton [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Subject: Re: BMC Support Web Site Performance Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2007 12:12:13 -0500 The patches still aren't available. I'm looking at the

Re: BMC Support Web Site Performance

2007-01-23 Thread Dave Barber
Performance is pretty bad, overall design is terrible. You've got to wade through a massive list of products that you haven't bought to get docs/white papers on those that you do have. Its only recently that I've started looking at it again, probably the last time was a good 6 months back at my

Re: Trace a user to an IP address?

2007-01-23 Thread Jim Ashton
Thanks to all for your suggestions re. this question. I overlooked the inclusion of IP addresses in the API log when I was checking logs as an option, which prompted the question initially. Hooking into the login process and capturing additional data seems the most logical approach, and I

Re: BMC Support Web Site Performance

2007-01-23 Thread Axton
Maybe we should all put a support ticket in to BMC requesting overnight delivery of the patches on physical media since the software is not available online. Maybe it will seem worthwhile to invest in the design/infrastructure of the patch distribution services. Axton Grams On 1/23/07, Axton

Re: Patch 20

2007-01-23 Thread W Scott Russell
I have found that if you are doing a file replace method, several lib files are missing from the bin, api/lib and email lists. As well as, the server-readme.txt is not complete. On 1/19/07, Sarah Lake [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello listners, Has any one applied patch 20 to Ars 6.3? Any

Re: Patch 20 - Install Issues

2007-01-23 Thread W Scott Russell
Frank, Looks like they missed extracting icu.tar, xalan.tar and xerces.tar. These libraries need to be extracted from the installer tarball and then extracted to the bin and api/lib directories for the server. The icu.tar also needs to be extracted to the root of the email engine. Scott On

Re: EXT AUTH - Authentication service not responding

2007-01-23 Thread Nick Hromyak
Thank you to everyone who has read and replied to my problem. The problem showed up again today from 8:57 a.m. through 9:17 a.m. I have confirmed during these time periods that our AD (LDAP) servers are not overburdened with authenitcation or other issues. I am not clear about the network

Re: BMC Support Web Site Performance

2007-01-23 Thread David Yearsley
I found a Solaris sever version under installers. Axton [EMAIL PROTECTED] Jan 23, 2007 10:21 AM ** Maybe we should all put a support ticket in to BMC requesting overnight delivery of the patches on physical media since the software is not available online. Maybe it will seem worthwhile to

Re: EXT AUTH - Authentication service not responding

2007-01-23 Thread Rick Cook
No, that's the point of multi-threading; if one List thread is running a long process, incoming processes only queue up to a small extent (I once heard it was a max of 5 requests per thread in queue, but that may have changed since I heard it) behind that one before spilling into the next

Re: BMC Support Web Site Performance

2007-01-23 Thread Uday Joshi
It could be because unlike other patches everyone is eagerly waiting for patch 20 and their server is not handling the peek load. It may be interesting to find out how BMC reacts to this. Best Regards, Uday -Original Message- From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList)

Re: BMC Support Web Site Performance

2007-01-23 Thread Lucero, Michelle - IST contractor
So, I guess it's safe to say that although the files show as listed (at least for Windows, anyway); that the downloads simply aren't ready for prime-time? I attempted to download the same file for over an hour until it finally timed out. I think I'll try from home late tonight. Maybe, we

OT-Interesting article on BMC

2007-01-23 Thread Sanford, Claire
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/headline/biz/4490397.html (this is not the entire article - click on the link for that) Jan. 23, 2007, 11:14AM By BRAD HEM Copyright 2007 Houston Chronicle TECHNOLOGY Software maker racks up profits after the bust, but its stock price is still short of its

Re: BMC Support Web Site Performance

2007-01-23 Thread Easter, David
FYI, BMC is aware of this situation and is troubleshooting the performance issue. Currently, it appears that the issue may be with very high utilization of the internet circuits used by BMC. This is impacting everything across the site. BMC is currently trying to isolate the problem and resolve.

Re: Email Engine used for paging

2007-01-23 Thread Andy Wilkerson
I would agree with the statement below. Since you are sending the text via e-mail I would contact the vendor. That is the provider that you are trying to send to. The will be able to see what they are getting from you and what happens to it. I used to call the paging providers regularly. Back

Re: Problem when converting macro to open window active link action

2007-01-23 Thread yo yo
Hi Shafqat Thank you for the hint. The 1005 field is related to the advanced search bar. Using this field, I was able to hide and unhide the bar. I was also able to add an active link on from B (fired by a button on form B), that populates the advanced search bar. A set fields was used to do

ARS outsource

2007-01-23 Thread Chris Cook
Hi All - I'm looking for vendors who specialize in the ARS platform and Applications, and who can supplement staff on projects, service request, maintenance work, and who could take on on-going systems administration responsibilities (break/fix upgrades, possibly configuration). Anybody

Re: Email Engine used for paging

2007-01-23 Thread Shellman, David
Vytek was purchased by CalAmp. TelALert is still available and an excellent product for sending messages by TAP, SNPP, SMPP, SMTP and others if the provider has provisions for the standard messaging protocols. Dave -Original Message- From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList)

Re: EXT AUTH - Authentication service not responding

2007-01-23 Thread Nick Hromyak
I have also noticed that the users who are getting the EXT AUTH error all have a floating license. No I am not out of floating licenses at the time of the errors. **Pulling hair out** ___ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist

Re: ARS outsource

2007-01-23 Thread Shellman, David
Be prepared to get flooded with messages from partners. You can start with looking at the Listing of BMC Partners through the following web page: http://www.bmc.com/BMC/Partners/CDA/hou_Partner_Generic/0,3319,5377102_5 379132,00.html I'm guessing you would be looking under: Service

Run-time error '91' when using OLE automation action to page a user

2007-01-23 Thread Renaude Roy-Drouin
Hi all, I'm using an OLE automation action that is fired by a button in order to page a user. In the test environment, this works fine. But in the production environment, some users are complaining that they're receiving a Run-time '91' : Object variable or With block variable not set when

Anyone run ITSM 5.5 against ARS 7.0.1?

2007-01-23 Thread Kyle Whitley
Just wondering if anyone has ran the ITSM 5.5 applications on ARS 7.0.1? We plan on upgrading the apps, but this would happen after the ARS is upgrade across all our servers. Thanks Kyle -- Kyle Whitley IT System Support Professional Office of Information and Instructional Technology (OIIT)

Re: 5.x User Client Against 7.x AR Server

2007-01-23 Thread Kyle Whitley
Thanks for the advice everyone. This is something we don't plan on doing, but if worst came to worst, I would like to know if the client would work. Thanks Kyle Rick Cook wrote: ** There was an issue when going from = 5.0 client/server combos to 5.0 client/server, because a few of the

Re: ARS outsource

2007-01-23 Thread Bradford Bingel
You might also want to provide some additional information, such as: - Technical description of your current environment (servers, OS's, DB's, Remedy products, versions, etc.) - Where the work is to be performed (city) and a description of any offsite options - Brief description

Has anyone installed the CMDB Patch 4?

2007-01-23 Thread Brandy Hunter
Good day, Has anyone installed the CMDB patch 4? If so, what advise can you share with me and my team or what issues did you encounter? Server: AIX 5.3 ARS version: 6.3 patch 17 (patch 20 is currently being tested) Oracle: 9i Thank you in advance for any information. Brandy Hunter

Error 9350

2007-01-23 Thread Frank Caruso
Network protocol/data error when performing data operation. (9350) Getting this after a 9093: User is currently logged in ... This is thrown up in the MidTier (Version 6.03.00 patch 015) on Solaris\Sybase ARS(6.03.00 patch 20) You get the 9093 first and then the 9350 regardless of how you

Accessing CLOB Datatype via Oracle DBLink in View Form

2007-01-23 Thread Mike Gould
Hi Gang, I'm getting an error when I try to add a CLOB field to a View Form that is accessing a remote table via an Oracle database link. It looks like Oracle doesn't support this functionality in database links. Has anyone figured out a method to expose a remote database's CLOB data in a View

Re: EXT AUTH - Authentication service not responding

2007-01-23 Thread Nick Hromyak
I don't know what you mean regarding my config about floating licenses. I have 20 floating, and I had 19 in use. We have another 100 fixed, and 62 of those are in use. I had around 24 Read licenses in use as well. What is the default to set for not found 2? We do have read licensed only