Instance ID

2007-09-10 Thread remedy arlist
Hi Arlist, I have ARS 6.03 installed on SQL 2000. Some of the instance Id's produced by Remedy inclueds characters like '[' (ex: SH00110A5FEA769fTbRgY[X4QgbTsG) which are unable to be resolved by SQL 2000. Please let me know if i can restrict the system to generate instance ID independent of '['

Instance ID

2007-09-10 Thread remedy arlist
Hi Arlist, I have ARS 6.03 installed on SQL 2000. Some of the instance Id's produced by Remedy inclueds characters like '[' (ex: SH00110A5FEA769fTbRgY[X4QgbTsG) which are unable to be resolved by SQL 2000. Please let me know if i can restrict the system to generate instance ID independent of '['

Re: Instance ID

2007-09-10 Thread Murtuza B
Known Issue. This was solved by CMDB 1.1 Patch 003 for me. I had this problem only while generating CMDB instance IDs though. If you are having it with plain ARS, then try a higher patch for ARS. Regards, Murtuza Bookwala From: Action Request System discuss

ITSM7 Assignment Structure

2007-09-10 Thread Don McClure
Good Morning Listers! We are developing Assignment rules for ARS7.1/ITSM7, and I hope this group can educate me as to observed behavior. Modifications are mild and few--ITSM is mostly OOB. By my understanding, assignment rules follow these behaviors, in this sequence: 1. Higher-number-of-lo

Re: ITSM7 Assignment Structure

2007-09-10 Thread Don Simmons
Don, A few questions: 1. Are you having the same results in each application? Change, Incident, etc. 2. Did you configure the applications to use the assignment engine? 3. Did you configure them to us Capacity, number or round robin? Don Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2007 07:39:19 -0500From: [E

Re: DSO Issue

2007-09-10 Thread Uday Joshi
Hi Frank, 1) Is anything changed which prevents connection to "destination server" of the DSO mapping 2) Try collecting the DSO log. In addition to the regular log file, there is one more *.log.default. This file contains detailed intermediate actions which take place during DSO transfer. I am g

Re: ITSM7 Assignment Structure

2007-09-10 Thread Don McClure
Hi Donanswers interspersed. 1. Are you having the same results in each application? Change, Incident, etc. A> Only current implementation is Incident. 2. Did you configure the applications to use the assignment engine? A> "Assignment Configuration" records are generated from wi

5.1.2 install problems

2007-09-10 Thread Barber, Dave
All, I'm attempting to install 5.1.2 onto a Win2k3 VMWare session as our development system. Ideally it should be connecting up to a SQL 2005 server. After reading through the archives, I've set the sp_dbcmptlevel for SQL 2000 (as per our 5.1.2 live system). However, it doesn't even get to th

Re: New Java Plugin Server Problems

2007-09-10 Thread patrick zandi
I think this might be related.. in my arjavaplugin.log I am seeing this.. 2007-09-06 09:02:39,986 ERROR [main] com.bmc.arsys.pluginsvr.legacy.PluginProxy (?:?) - Error while loading the native plugin hosting library arpluginjni java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: no arpluginjni71 in java.library.path

Re: 5.1.2 install problems

2007-09-10 Thread Joe D'Souza
It should be the other way round. Install your system on 2000, upgrade that to 2005 after shutting down the Remedy services, and then change the compatibility level of the SQL database to 2000. That should work. Joe -Original Message- From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList

Re: Notification Issue

2007-09-10 Thread Joe D'Souza
If you export out the record, with the resolution field, do you get a value in it? Is it a 0 length field? I think if I remember right, 0 length fields are not available in notifications.. Joe -Original Message- From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTE

Re: 5.1.2 install problems

2007-09-10 Thread Barber, Dave
We've got a few SQL databases (512 running on SQL 2k, 7 running on SQL 2k5), so I could be wanting to install it onto a SQL 2000 database, but its not even getting to that point. From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Beh

Re: Notification Issue: Resolved

2007-09-10 Thread Oza, Veeral
Hi Joe, Yes it is a length 0 field. To resolve this i wrote a phase override active link on HPD:Helpdesk to push Resolution on the same form on the click of the save button. Regards, Veeral Oza. From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) on behalf

Re: ITSM7 Assignment Structure

2007-09-10 Thread Don Simmons
A> "Assignment Configuration" records are generated from within ITSM's 'Application management Console' , basic config, item #7.From the application Administration Console there are Rules for each application. The rules allow you to configure the assignment process and either integrate

Re: 5.1.2 install problems

2007-09-10 Thread Joe D'Souza
ARS 5.1.2 should have no problems with SQL 2K5. What is the error you get on trying to connect? Joe -Original Message- From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Barber, Dave Sent: Monday, September 10, 2007 11:05 AM To: arslist@ARSLIST

Re: Notification Issue: Resolved

2007-09-10 Thread Joe D'Souza
That should work.. :-) Joe -Original Message- From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Oza, Veeral Sent: Monday, September 10, 2007 11:07 AM To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Subject: Re: Notification Issue: Resolved Hi Joe, Yes it is a length 0 fi

Re: 5.1.2 install problems

2007-09-10 Thread Barber, Dave
Getting to the point of selecting the database type (SQL Server, oracle, etc.), click on that and get "Cannot load database connection DLL". All the SQL servers are on other boxes, so its not a local SQL 2K5 thats halting progress. From: Action Request System di

Re: ITSM Data Model

2007-09-10 Thread Uday Joshi
Hi Frex, Sorry for responding late. But I came across some white paper explaining architecture of various module in ITSM. It does include ERDs. Example visit following link for Change management http://www.bmc.com/supportu/documents/57/47/65747/65747.pdf It may give some insight to the app

Re: Request ID "In Process"

2007-09-10 Thread Joe D'Souza
SLM and assignment processes are really not related in their functions so the installation of SLM should not really affect anything to the process of assignment. Its the success of the assignment process on raising a SR that an incident gets created and you get a Incident Id instead of the "In Proc

Re: ARERR [8760] Cannot establish a network connection to the AR System Plug-In server

2007-09-10 Thread Joe D'Souza
Have you applied patch 3 at the minimum? I think I remember this being a problem and ARDBCQuery.dll file was fixed on patch 3. This file had to be manually replaced during the installation of that patch.. Are you on patch 3 or above? Joe -Original Message- From: Action Request System dis

Re: 5.1.2 install problems

2007-09-10 Thread Joe D'Souza
Have you installed the MS-SQL client?? It looks like maybe you are missing the MS-SQL 25 client. The SQL client for 2K5 is just a dll file that gets installed and registered (I remember pulling some of my hair over this). You will not see anything in your Start Programs folder after the installati

Re: 5.1.2 install problems

2007-09-10 Thread Barber, Dave
Its just the raw Win2k3 install at the moment, no SQL clients at all. Could be right, ta for that! From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Joe D'Souza Sent: 10 September 2007 16:45 To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Subje

Re: New Java Plugin Server Problems

2007-09-10 Thread Jarl Grøneng
Your missing arpluginjni71 in java.library.path -- Jarl On 9/10/07, patrick zandi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ** > I think this might be related.. in my arjavaplugin.log I am seeing this.. > > 2007-09-06 09:02:39,986 ERROR [main] > com.bmc.arsys.pluginsvr.legacy.PluginProxy (?:?) - Error > whil

Re: Question: Finding Text

2007-09-10 Thread Thad K Esser
Based on what you said about the text always starting with "Street Address:", you could also use something like: ztmpfield = LTRIM(REPLACE($AddressField$,"Street Address:","")) Takes care of it without any other string manipulations. Or since you know the text "Street Address:" is alwa

OT: JDBC ARDBC Plugin

2007-09-10 Thread Thad K Esser
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Re: Question: Finding Text

2007-09-10 Thread Joe D'Souza
I don't think Tyron wants to replace but wants to capture the text appearing after the string "Street Address: " which is why the best way to do that is to take a SUBSTR() using the output of STRSTR() + LENGTH("Street Address : ") as the starting character position for taking the SUBSTR value of th

Re: Question: Finding Text

2007-09-10 Thread Thad K Esser
Ah. I was composing a response, and re-read the original post. I missed the bit about it being a zero-length field. Presumably, his field has data like: "Name: John Doe Street Address: 123 Main ave. City: Anywhere State: HI" I was thinking of it as only containing the line with "Street Add

Re: 5.1.2 install problems

2007-09-10 Thread Joe D'Souza
If you have the MS-SQL 2K5 server disk, just install the client component. It will not create any folder or anything but install a dll file that the ARS installation will use to connect to SQL 2K5 servers on your network. So when you give the installation the necessary information to connect to the

Request For Opinion/Knowledge: Patches

2007-09-10 Thread Durrant, Michael M. - ITSD
Could I please get peoples' opinions/experiences related to patches? Do you always run the latest and greatest or do you only fix it if it's broken? Do you keep your Mid-Tier and AR at the same patch levels? Do you have a "wait" time for releases - BMC releases it and you wait 6 weeks for bugs?

Re: DSO Issue

2007-09-10 Thread Robert Molenda
In addition to the comments below, start at #3, and ensure you can query the record(s) in the database, also check for "Retry" entries as I have seen DSO server (in the past) on restart try to process the retry records first. If the records look OK, and you can access the remote server(s) then

Re: Request For Opinion/Knowledge: Patches

2007-09-10 Thread Rick Cook
Three words: Don't. Buy. Trouble. If what you have is working, and there's nothing in the patch worth risking a smoothly operating system, I'd hold off until there's a need to upgrade. At that, I would wait about 2 weeks after a patch is released - if it's still out there after then, it's proba

Re: Question: Finding Text

2007-09-10 Thread Joe D'Souza
That's ok.. If the data is that way its easy to capture "123 Main ave." from the field using the functions I've described earlier.. Joe -Original Message- From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Thad K Esser Sent: Monday, September 10,

Re: Request For Opinion/Knowledge: Patches

2007-09-10 Thread Nall, Roger
Excellent words to live by, Rick. If it ain't broke don't fix it. Roger A. Nall Manager, OSSNMS Remedy T-Mobile USA Desk: 813-348-2556 Cell: 973-652-6723 FAX: 813-348-2565 sf49fanv AIM IM RogerNall Yahoo IM From: Action Request System discussi

Re: Request For Opinion/Knowledge: Patches

2007-09-10 Thread Robert Molenda
We use the ole-adage "If It Ain't broke-Don't Fix it" With the multitude of patches coming out, it is next to impossible for us to be "current" because of our "release cycle" is 9 weeks (unless an emergency arises) We ALWAYS keep Admin-Tool & Server versions in synch. AND since we are

Re: Request For Opinion/Knowledge: Patches

2007-09-10 Thread Joe D'Souza
That's usually the best way to go.. But with reference to Remedy and its ITSM suite of products, you might want to reconsider that stance, and review the release notes to check the fix lists.. some of the bugs fixed as a result of some of those patches were problems that would have hit you somewher

Re: Row level access with flashboards

2007-09-10 Thread Joe D'Souza
Hello Jason, I don't really have an answer to what you are facing but in case you do hear something about what you have observed, please do let us know. Its a nice to know sort of thing.. I may have time over this week to simulate what you are seeing so if you can give me a test case scenario of w

Time Translation - Qualification vs. Results

2007-09-10 Thread Haralson Kevin - kharal
I am running version 1.3.2007.22475 of the Remedy API for performing ticket searches. One of the criteria and results of the search is on a DateTime field. I understand that this data is stored within the database in UNIXTIME format at GMT. It appears that the Remedy API is performi

Mid Tier Authentication Failed.....

2007-09-10 Thread Kemes, Lisa
I able to log onto the Mid Tier ("user tool"). I'm also able to log in as another user just fine. But the user keeps getting Authentication Failed when logging onto the Mid Tier from her computer. I had her flush out her history in IE, Delete her Temp Files in IE and Delete her cookies in IE.

Re: Mid Tier Authentication Failed.....

2007-09-10 Thread L. J. Head
verify username and password case. _ From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kemes, Lisa Sent: Monday, September 10, 2007 2:44 PM To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Subject: Mid Tier Authentication Failed. ** I able to log onto the Mid Tie

Re: Mid Tier Authentication Failed.....

2007-09-10 Thread Bryan Waters
Delete and re-create profile? From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of L. J. Head Sent: Monday, September 10, 2007 4:51 PM To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Subject: Re: Mid Tier Authentication Failed. ** verify username and password case. _

Re: Mid Tier Authentication Failed.....

2007-09-10 Thread Joe D'Souza
You mean you can log in from one location but not from another? Joe -Original Message- From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Kemes, Lisa Sent: Monday, September 10, 2007 4:44 PM To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Subject: Mid Tier Authentic

Re: Mid Tier Authentication Failed.....

2007-09-10 Thread Kemes, Lisa
Done that, I remote controlled into her computer to make sure she was logging in correctly. Thanks! Lisa From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of L. J. Head Sent: Monday, September 10, 2007 4:51 PM To: arslist

Re: Mid Tier Authentication Failed.....

2007-09-10 Thread Kemes, Lisa
Yes From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Joe D'Souza Sent: Monday, September 10, 2007 4:53 PM To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Subject: Re: Mid Tier Authentication Failed. ** You mean you can log in from one

Re: Mid Tier Authentication Failed.....

2007-09-10 Thread Kemes, Lisa
You mean in the AR System right? Or do you mean to re-create a windows profile? From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bryan Waters Sent: Monday, September 10, 2007 4:53 PM To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Subject: Re:

Re: Mid Tier Authentication Failed.....

2007-09-10 Thread L. J. Head
if you are using AREA you could turn on detailed logging and find out why it's erroring out _ From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kemes, Lisa Sent: Monday, September 10, 2007 3:07 PM To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Subject: Re: Mid Tier Auth

Re: Mid Tier Authentication Failed.....

2007-09-10 Thread Joe D'Souza
What's the exact error that you get when you try to log in.. Is the authentication from LDAP? If so that user on a different domain? Joe -Original Message- From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Kemes, Lisa Sent: Monday, September 10

Re: Mid Tier Authentication Failed.....

2007-09-10 Thread Kemes, Lisa
We don't use LDAP to log into the Mid Tier. We just create our own user id's and password using the AR System User Profile form. From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of L. J. Head Sent: Monday, September 10, 200

Re: Mid Tier Authentication Failed.....

2007-09-10 Thread Eric Cleereman (IT)
Another thing to check. Can she logon to Mid-Tier using her login, when logged in from a different Windows profile on her PC? If not, her PC is likely the problem. If so, her Windows profile is likely the problem. A couple things I've seen that can cause this: - Locked files. A reboot will

Re: Row level access with flashboards

2007-09-10 Thread Robert Molenda
Interesting question!! I'm on 7.0.1 Patch 1, and did some testing with the HPD:Incident Management Console (and the management view within), and taking API+SQL Traces, the queries executed as defined by FB Variables, without any "extra" sql attached, (Field 1, 3, 112, 6... restrictions)

Re: Mid Tier Authentication Failed.....

2007-09-10 Thread Joe D'Souza
Can she log in from the regular Windows User Tool? Joe -Original Message- From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Kemes, Lisa Sent: Monday, September 10, 2007 5:21 PM To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Subject: Re: Mid Tier Authentication Fai

Re: Mid Tier Authentication Failed.....

2007-09-10 Thread L. J. Head
and you have tried resetting the user's password and logging on using that ID and password form other machines and it works fine? _ From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kemes, Lisa Sent: Monday, September 10, 2007 3:21 PM To: arslist@

ORUG (Oregon RUG, new name for Portland RUG) meeting 9/25

2007-09-10 Thread Thad K Esser
Hello, The next RUG meeting in Portland will be on Tuesday, September 25th. Kinetic Data and Turing SMI will be sponsoring. If you would like to attend, please go to www.remedyusergroups.com, sign up, and then register for the event (click on the event under "Attend Event" on the right, then

Re: v7.1 Mid-Tier with v6.3 patch 20 ARS server... connection problems?

2007-09-10 Thread Joe D'Souza
You restarted the AR Server I am assuming after resetting the password.. Joe -Original Message- From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Carey Matthew Black Sent: Friday, September 07, 2007 10:31 AM To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Subject: Re: v7.1

Problem with Migrator

2007-09-10 Thread Rick Cook
Here's a heads-up for those of you trusting enough to use Migrator to move your code about: I did a small migration this morning of just a few dozen forms (no data, no workflow). Migrator 7.0.1 p4 - Server 7.0.1 p2 on source server, 7.0.1 p4 on destination server. All of the forms were migrate

Re: Problem with Migrator

2007-09-10 Thread patrick zandi
what do you want for all that cash! They would do better just to admit defeat.. Engineering has no ability to make a good migration tool.. They just cannot do it.. -- Oh, you could try 7.1 but it is probably not compatible with anything but future versions.. I know you cannot use 6.X with 5.X or

Re: Problem with Migrator

2007-09-10 Thread Joe D'Souza
Doesn't General Access have the same ID irrespective? I thought that when these application groups are created they get created with the same ID across any server.. Is that not true? Joe -Original Message- From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] B

Re: Problem with Migrator

2007-09-10 Thread Rick Cook
Yes, it is true. Everybody but Migrator seems to have that concept well in hand... Rick On 9/10/07, Joe D'Souza <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > ** Doesn't General Access have the same ID irrespective? I thought that > when these application groups are created they get created with the same ID > a

Re: Problem with Migrator

2007-09-10 Thread Joe D'Souza
So what happens when you use it, it just randomly skips some permissions or is there some sort of a pattern? Joe -Original Message- From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Rick Cook Sent: Monday, September 10, 2007 7:28 PM To: arslis

Re: Loading people into the CTM:People form - customers

2007-09-10 Thread Joe D'Souza
Then this utility I have would not be of much use to you. I can mail it to you if you still want it though.. Joe -Original Message- From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Mary Dollus Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2007 8:02 PM To: ar

Re: Problem with Migrator

2007-09-10 Thread Rick Cook
The pattern is that it can't be trusted to do what it's supposed to do - move Remedy code and/or data from one server to another, and move ALL of it exactly - the first time it's told - so that a subsequent difference report of what it was just told to move doesn't show any appreciable differences

Re: New Java Plugin Server Problems

2007-09-10 Thread Axton
I think the two are unrelated. libumem is a set of memory allocation routines separate from those that libc provide that do a lot of checks and auditing that otherwise are not performed. Upon bad app behavior, applications are force to exit and optionally dump a core. The fact that using using l

HPD_HELP_DESK performance impact of adding fields

2007-09-10 Thread Ravi
Hi: I am in a environment with a fairly new Remedy 7.x implementation. Everytime we have a request for a new field, we end up adding the field in the main HPD_HELP_DESK form. What are the best practices around adding new fields. Specifically I am trying to address the following concerns 1. if

Re: HPD_HELP_DESK performance impact of adding fields

2007-09-10 Thread Roger Justice
Determine what you are using the fields to capture and then remember that if you are going to need to do reports with these fields how you will get the data into the report. I have learned that by creating a copy of the view you added the new fields to with its unique name upgrades can be handle

Re: Problem with Migrator

2007-09-10 Thread strauss
I would recommend that anyone having trouble with Migrator 7.0.x have a look at 7.1. I have moved a fair amount of workflow and data back and forth between 7.1 ITSM servers with it, and I find it vastly improved over all previous versions. I moved a number of customized forms and workflow objects

Re: v7.1 Mid-Tier with v6.3 patch 20 ARS server... connection problems?

2007-09-10 Thread Carey Matthew Black
Joe, Actually no. The admin tool did not say I need to, and I also changed the password on a v6.3 Mid-tier (patch 14?) and it connected just fine... so I think if the v6.3 Mid-tier can connect to the v6.3 server then that says something is working correctly. And when the v7.1.0 Mid-tier does n

7.1 Java API examples

2007-09-10 Thread Sebastiaan De Man
Hi All, I started playing around with the new Java API, it has changed a lot, but certainly for the better. If anyone is interested, I made two sample applications (Create an Entry, Retrieve and Update an Entry) which you can find here: http://arsystem.xqsr.com/2007/09/10/ars-71-new-java-api/ Th

Re: Row level access with flashboards

2007-09-10 Thread Jason Miller
Thank you both for the responses. It is good to know that I am not completely crazy. Robert, you may be on to something with the Mid-Tier user, especially if there isn't any SQL that limit the results to a real user's group list. I didn't get a chance today to work on it but post my results once I