Re: Support site, patch download issues?

2007-12-06 Thread Barber, Dave
Had a colleague check over this, the problem appears to be related to the browsers in use. For both of us, we get the Object error in firefox, and I get it in IE7. He's running IE6, and it works fine in there. We haven't experienced any such issues internally on either version of internet

Re: Write Access to Field

2007-12-06 Thread Gayford, Matthew C.
You're exactly right Joe. The field I'm writing to is a diary field I created, which is the one referenced in the error. Matt From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Joe D'Souza Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2007 12:20 AM To:

RES: Execute filter between specific time of the day

2007-12-06 Thread Tadeu Augusto Dutra Pinto
Why don't you create an Escalation object? Att, --- Tadeu Augusto Dutra Pinto - IT Web Services ATM Cinq Technologies http://www.cinq.com.br [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Fone: 41 3018-2833 - Cinq Fone: 41 2107-5736

Re: Error Handling

2007-12-06 Thread J.T. Shyman
I was hoping to avoid having to reinvent the wheel and pre-test every OOD test in CTM:People. Guess that can't be done unless AR 7.1 is in use with its error filter directive. J.T. Shyman Column Technologies -Original Message- From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList)

Re: Write Access to Field RESOLVED

2007-12-06 Thread Gayford, Matthew C.
It looks like something got lost in translation between the people form and the user form on the Support account - they had a read license listed on the User form but fixed a license on the people form. Setting the user form license option to fixed resolved the issue. Matt From: Action

Execute filter between specific time of the day

2007-12-06 Thread Darshana Jivan [MTN Network Solutions]
Hi, Can someone help me create a filter to execute from 7.00.00 AM to 7.00.00 PM. I have tried the following Qualification but it still fires of after 7.00.00 PM. I have tried many options Option 1 running on one filter - fires after 7.00.00 PM as well $TIME$ 25200 OR $TIME$ 68400

Help running batch file from AL

2007-12-06 Thread Mayfield, Andy L.
I am trying to run a batch file via the Run Process action on an active link. The active link is firing and it's attempting to run the batch file, but not successfully. A copy of Robocopy.exe has to be in the same directory as my batch file. I was wondering if executing via an active link

Re: Execute filter between specific time of the day

2007-12-06 Thread Chapman, Gary
Should Option 1 be $TIME$ 25200 AND $TIME$ 68400 From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Darshana Jivan [MTN Network Solutions] Sent: 06 December 2007 13:13 To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Subject: Execute filter

Re: Clients losing server connection ever 45 min

2007-12-06 Thread Rick Cook
Someone had reported a similar problem here recently, and it was traced to a timeout setting on the load balancer. I would check similar settings on the network architecture, too. Rick On 12/6/07, Olds, Kimberly M [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ** OK – I am desperate for some help so I am hoping

Re: Happy Trails, Pat Zandi!!

2007-12-06 Thread Reiser, John J
Congrats and thanks Pat. I don't know if I can take it. zandi's leaving ( not the list, I hope) and Lenny's leaving BMC (but he'll be on the list more often now.) Good luck to both of you. John J. Reiser Software Development Analyst Remedy Administrator/Developer Lockheed Martin - MS2 The star

Re: Question: ITSM 7.0 - Incident - Email Inbound

2007-12-06 Thread Rick Cook
Yes. You can do it using email templates or by just pushing the data in the emai fields (subject and body) to fields on a staging form, adding some default data to allow the Incident to be created, and then ensuring that someone does triage on it to get it properly categorized and assigned. Just

Re: Question: ITSM 7.0 - Incident - Email Inbound

2007-12-06 Thread T. Dee
Rick - what interface create form ? On 12/6/07, Rick Cook [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ** Yes. You can do it using email templates or by just pushing the data in the emai fields (subject and body) to fields on a staging form, adding some default data to allow the Incident to be created, and

Re: Happy Trails, Pat Zandi!!

2007-12-06 Thread patrick zandi
Then you've been zandified with zandification! On 12/5/07, Joe D'Souza [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ** Hello Patrick, Happy retirement! Thank you for all your contributions through these years. I enjoyed reading your posts and learnt a lot from them.. Cheers Joe -Original Message-

Re: Question: ITSM 7.0 - Incident - Email Inbound

2007-12-06 Thread J.T. Shyman
I've done it personally with another of my co-workers. Attachments can be grabbed without using templates if you are creative. There is a form called HPD:IncidentInterface_Create. You will need to push certain fields to it to create new incidents. Play with it on a test system to see which

Re: Question: ITSM 7.0 - Incident - Email Inbound

2007-12-06 Thread T. Dee
THANK YOU I'm going to take your advice and use templates. This is my first time setting this up. I know in the AR System Email Mailbox Configuration I have to setup Incoming email. We are using Microsoft Exchange - so for the Email Server Type should I use POP3, IMAP4, MBOX, or MAPI? Is

Re: Question: ITSM 7.0 - Incident - Email Inbound

2007-12-06 Thread J.T. Shyman
For MAPI you need to install Outlook or a similar client on your Remedy server, I believe. Most places don't like to do that and use POP/SMTP instead. J.T. Shyman Column Technologies _ From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of T.

Re: Question: ITSM 7.0 - Incident - Email Inbound

2007-12-06 Thread Rick Cook
I don't doubt that it can be done, J.T. But at some point in the customization continuum, pointing users to the web Requester interface is far less resource-intensive (development, training, etc.) than covering all of the ways email could be used and abused. Rick On 12/6/07, J.T. Shyman [EMAIL

Re: Question: ITSM 7.0 - Incident - Email Inbound

2007-12-06 Thread Shyman, Jonathan
I agree 100%. Not saying you shouldn't use templates or, as you pointed out the web requester console. Just that it can be done without templates.. J.T. Shyman Column Technologies mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Action Request System discussion

Re: Execute filter between specific time of the day

2007-12-06 Thread Lisa Westerfield
If it were me, I would create an escalation, or an escalation that fires the filter. - Original Message - From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) arslist@ARSLIST.ORG To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Sent: Thu Dec 06 07:13:04 2007 Subject: Execute filter between

Re: Question: ITSM 7.0 - Incident - Email Inbound (UNCLASSIFIED)

2007-12-06 Thread FRANK, GORDON CTR DISA JSSC
Classification: UNCLASSIFIED Caveats: NONE You can also do this through a Filter. Follow the following rough steps 1. Create an Inbound email address in the AR System Email Mailbox Configuration form - this email address should be one to one with the type of ticket you are submmitting

Re: Help running batch file from AL

2007-12-06 Thread Mayfield, Andy L.
Thanks for the advice. I think this is the right track, but I am having difficulty getting it to work. Right now my command line for the Run Process actions looks like this : C:\Update PA Assistant.bat There is a copy of Robocopy.exe the same directory, but it appears that it runs it

Re: Help running batch file from AL

2007-12-06 Thread Grooms, Frederick W
Try the following %ComSpec% /c C:\Update PA Assistant.bat As long as Robocopy is in the path of the PC it should work. Fred From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mayfield, Andy L. Sent: Thursday,

Page field wrap on Mid Tier?

2007-12-06 Thread Wheeler, Dylan
I haven't run into this before so I'm not sure, but do the pages wrap in a page holder on the mid tier? We're on ITSM 6, ARS 6.3, on the HelpDesk form we have added some new pages over the years. Just added another one in dev and it works in the user tool. About half the pages on one row, the

Re: Help running batch file from AL

2007-12-06 Thread Mayfield, Andy L.
I seem to get the same result. Again, it will run if I have a copy of Robocopy.exe in the c:\program files\arsystem\user folder, but does not if I remove it. Isn't using %COMSPEC% /c the same as using cmd.exe /c? Somehow Remedy is running the file as if it resides in the C:\program

Re: Question: ITSM 7.0 - Incident - Email Inbound

2007-12-06 Thread Gayford, Matthew C.
He's referring to the HPD:IncidentInterface_Create form. It serves as an intermediary for the HPD:Help Desk form. -Matt Matthew C. Gayford Technology Research Development Information Technology Systems Division University of North Carolina Wilmington (910) 962-7177 From: Action Request

Syntax Problems for a Run Process within an Escalation

2007-12-06 Thread Eric Cleereman (IT)
Hi All, I am trying to create a file on our ARS server, where the file's content is equal to foo. I am trying to do this using a run process from within an escalation. This is the command line for this action: @@:echo foo /RMD/home/flag When the escalation fires, /RMD/home/flag is

Re: Question: ITSM 7.0 - Incident - Email Inbound (UNCLASSIFIED)

2007-12-06 Thread T. Dee
Thanks Gordon, I like this. I know this is an odd question, but, when you say PARSE email do I need to have the database field ids in the email like the template solution or? THANKS On 12/6/07, FRANK, GORDON CTR DISA JSSC [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Classification: UNCLASSIFIED

Re: Syntax Problems for a Run Process within an Escalation

2007-12-06 Thread Grooms, Frederick W
An Escalation already runs on the server so the @@: is not needed Echo is an internal command to the shell so you may need to do: $SHELL -c echo foo /RMD/home/flag Fred From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On

Re: Question: ITSM 7.0 - Incident - Email Inbound (UNCLASSIFIED)

2007-12-06 Thread Shyman, Jonathan
I don't think this will work in 7. In 7 I've found it necessary to have the filter push to HPD:IncidentInterface_create and not to HPD:Help Desk because certain work flow won't fire properly otherwise. J.T. Shyman Column Technologies From: Action Request

Re: Page field wrap on Mid Tier?

2007-12-06 Thread Wheeler, Dylan
Thanks, that's what I thought, wasn't sure though as I never had that many pages on a holder. Not sure I'm ready to put 7.1 in production though, I'll probably just play around with the pages some :) - Dylan Wheeler Production Control Analyst Principal IT Operations Downey

User Tool Statistical Reporting

2007-12-06 Thread Amy Belile
Hi, listers. I am using the User Tool to create a report on the HPD:HelpDesk form (6.0) that will list all cases that were created or resolved in the past week on a certain CTI. I want to have a statistic that will tell me the average time it took to resolve all the cases. Any advice on how to

Re: User Tool Statistical Reporting

2007-12-06 Thread Wheeler, Dylan
You could use the status times and calculate the difference between create and status time of resolved. This is what our reporting guy uses when he does this type of reporting. The only gotcha we've had is quick tickets that go straight to closed. I put some workflow in for him that would set a

Re: User Tool Statistical Reporting

2007-12-06 Thread Thomas Bean
Amy, If you are creating a standard AR report in the windows user tool, go to the 'Statistics' tab and add the 'Average' operation on the following expression: 'Status*-History.Resolved.TIME' - 'Status*-History.New.TIME' The result should appear in HH:MM:SS format. HTH, Thomas -

Re: Remedy on zoned server?

2007-12-06 Thread Jean weird
Aaron, Try changing TCD-Specific-Port/ Pluin-port of the second server and restart it. Also check if you are not getting any licensing issues. -- Jean. On 12/6/07, Aaron Keller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ** Has anyone been able to set up two remedy servers on a zoned solaris 10 box? We

Re: Question: ITSM 7.0 - Incident - Email Inbound (UNCLASSIFIED)

2007-12-06 Thread FRANK, GORDON CTR DISA JSSC
Classification: UNCLASSIFIED Caveats: NONE PARSE is a selection in the Email Action field of the AR System Email Mailbox Configuration form. I know you need it to get this to work. Gordon M. Frank DISA\Version FNS -Original Message- From: Action Request System discussion

Re: Question: ITSM 7.0 - Incident - Email Inbound (UNCLASSIFIED)

2007-12-06 Thread Gayford, Matthew C.
Check out page 150 in Administering BMC Remedy Email Engine guide (Email-Engine-700.pdf), that should answer all your questions. You can use either the database field ID or the field name when doing this. -Matt Matthew C. Gayford Technology Research Development Information Technology

Re: Help running batch file from AL

2007-12-06 Thread Mayfield, Andy L.
Thanks Fred. I finally got it to work. This is what I had to do: %ComSpec% /c cd S:\Workgroups\APC\Subs\RTU-SCADA\LineSCADA\Line Group\PA Assistant\Support FilesS:Update PA Assistant.bat The C:\ path I was using in my example was for testing. I didn't want to have to deal with the real path

Re: Help running batch file from AL

2007-12-06 Thread Grooms, Frederick W
Another option if you don't want to (or can't) modify your batch file is to do multiple commands in the Run Process action. For Windows the separator is (in a CMD window do help cmd for more info). i.e.%ComSpec% /c cd \C:\Update PA Assistant.bat Will change to the root directory before

Re: Help running batch file from AL

2007-12-06 Thread LJ LongWing (Head)
%ComSpec% /c cd /d S:\Workgroups\APC\Subs\RTU-SCADA\LineSCADA\Line Group\PA Assistant\Support FilesUpdate PA Assistant.bat That should also work then...I added a /d to the CD which tells it to also change the drive, and then removed your S: _ From: Action Request System discussion

Re: Help running batch file from AL

2007-12-06 Thread Mayfield, Andy L.
Ah, that part gave me fits. I may try to modify it with your suggestion. That would seem to be the cleaner way to go. Andy L. Mayfield Sr. System Operation Specialist Alabama Power Company Office: 205-226-1805 Cell: 205-288-9140 SoLinc: 10*19140 From:

Re: Syntax Problems for a Run Process within an Escalation

2007-12-06 Thread Eric Cleereman (IT)
Thank you Fred. Your method worked exactly how I wanted. Eric _ From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Grooms, Frederick W Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2007 1:19 PM To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Subject: Re: Syntax Problems for a Run

Re: Synch Search Database

2007-12-06 Thread strauss
While building out my new ITSM 7 server for production, I gave sync search database a spin to see at what point it fails to work anymore. There is a finite limit to how many objects you can have on a server before it simply will no longer setup and sync a search database. ITSM 7 exceeds that

Re: Synch Search Database

2007-12-06 Thread T. Dee
Oh this explains why it didn't work for me. I wish I could see related workflow it would make it easier to trace things. So is there no way around this? Thanks. On 12/6/07, strauss [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: While building out my new ITSM 7 server for production, I gave sync search database

Re: Complete list of defects? open and closed?

2007-12-06 Thread T. Dee
Mary - did you get a response on this? On 11/28/07, Mary Dollus [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ** Thanks Michelle!!! Yep I used that as well… It does help some,,, but when this type of entry is in there Incident Management Support Console Questions that doesn't help much… that's for defect

Re: Synch Search Database

2007-12-06 Thread strauss
I lied. After seeing the size of the db backup after the failed sync drop by 200 mb to 667mb, I just had to see how many records were in object_search_details after the last successful sync. There were 76,658 records there after a successful sync following the installation of SLM. Christopher

Re: Friday Humor (U)

2007-12-06 Thread Warren Baltimore
You'd be suprised at what one can be held responsible for. Having worked in Employee Relations some years ago, I saw folks lose jobs for such items in email. Remember, email to a corporate account is the corporation's property, not the addressee Warren On 12/6/07, Mayfield, Andy L. [EMAIL

Re: Synch Search Database

2007-12-06 Thread strauss
Let's see: 1. Cut back on the number of BMC applications you buy and install, with a goal of keeping your object count down. 2. Buy someone else's application that does the same things with far less code. 3. Build your own custom apps and keep the code tighter than a tick. I think the custom

Re: Resetting Incident Number to 1

2007-12-06 Thread Mary Dollus
Below is the log entry that sets the number.. it's using $LASTID$ to get the Incident number... where can that be reset? Thanks again!!! ACTL Checking HPD:INC:GIN_010_SetINCNumber-P (10) ACTL - Passed qualification -- perform if actions ACTL 0: Push Fields ACTL To

Re: Synch Search Database

2007-12-06 Thread T. Dee
So has anyone been able to get the sync working for ITSM 7? On 12/6/07, strauss [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I lied. After seeing the size of the db backup after the failed sync drop by 200 mb to 667mb, I just had to see how many records were in object_search_details after the last successful

Re: Synch Search Database

2007-12-06 Thread T. Dee
So if I can ask ... what did you find in Incident that was really stupid? On 12/6/07, strauss [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ** Let's see: 1. Cut back on the number of BMC applications you buy and install, with a goal of keeping your object count down. 2. Buy someone else's application that

Re: Friday Humor (U)

2007-12-06 Thread Warren Baltimore
One wasbut it was a rather offensive situation that showed a complete lack of judgement (and class). Generally speaking, don't share stuff that may be objectionable (say like rank pornography) with members of your office thinking they too will see the sublime humor in whatever it is your

Re: Resetting Incident Number to 1

2007-12-06 Thread Drew Shuller
Mary, forgive me if I'm giving an answer you already know...wouldn't you reset whatever table schemaId=1247 is? Drew On Thu, 6 Dec 2007, Mary Dollus wrote: Below is the log entry that sets the number.. it's using $LASTID$ to get the Incident number... where can that be reset? Thanks

Re: Question: ITSM 7.0 - Incident - Email Inbound

2007-12-06 Thread T. Dee
Rick - I went into admin tool and exported the email template for HPD:IncidentInteface_Create - it is quite extensive. If I delete the fields that I don't need to use will this cause a problem when I email the template for Remedy to consume? Thanks! T. On 12/6/07, Rick Cook [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Synch Search Database

2007-12-06 Thread strauss
Look at the difference in results returned in a search on Assigned Group when 1. You select Assigned Group using the pull down menus in an Incident form (the way we've done it in Help Desk 3, 4, 5) 2. You paste the name of the same Assigned Group in just that field, and search They had workflow

Re: Complete list of defects? open and closed?

2007-12-06 Thread Mary Dollus
Hi Ty, Just the response from Michelle below…. The site is somewhat helpful; however I can’t see the full explanation of the defect sometimes. I guess it depends on how it was opened originally. And you have to specify an application, you just can’t use the keyword; but I guess if you did

Re: Resetting Incident Number to 1

2007-12-06 Thread Mary Dollus
Hi Drew, Well that's just it... Schemaid 1247 is the HPD:Help Desk form and the nextid field seems to contain the next 'request id' number.. however as you can see from the log below, it sets UPDATE arschema SET nextId = nextId + 1 WHERE schemaId = 1247 But that's the request id field...

Re: Help running batch file from AL

2007-12-06 Thread Mayfield, Andy L.
I tried that and it works great. Thanks for the tip. Andy L. Mayfield Sr. System Operation Specialist Alabama Power Company Office: 205-226-1805 Cell: 205-288-9140 SoLinc: 10*19140 From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:[EMAIL

Re: Error Handling

2007-12-06 Thread Carey Matthew Black
J.T. There is another way. As everyone has pointed out the first Error is a fatal event for the entire ARS operation. (Escalations, Modify, etc..) This however is only a default behavior of the canned ARS server/clients. So if you write a small ARS API client to do the work of the Modify (or if

Re: Resetting Incident Number to 1

2007-12-06 Thread Roger Justice
ITSM 7 has a new way of creating the IDs that allows them to be created prior to saving the tickets. The Request ID is still created as previously on the submit. I have listed below the forms that you will have to reset the NextID in the ARschema table. Remember if you create a URL for any of

Re: Resetting Incident Number to 1

2007-12-06 Thread Drew Shuller
Mary, I get it now, but I don't think I can help. A copy of Oracle SQL Developer will give you a view where you can see all the tables and the next record id, so you would be able to find 18429 and that may help solve the puzzle. One of the guys here says to recache the arserver and try again,

Mid-Tier Security / Brute Force hacks

2007-12-06 Thread Durrant, Michael M. - ITSD
Our security team posed this question to me earlier: What prevents someone from brute forcing a Remedy user account password? In response I said, U great question! When using the builtin NTLM authentication (Cross Ref Blank Password in Server Information - External Authentication)

Re: Atrium Integration Engine

2007-12-06 Thread Thad K Esser
Thanks for the feedback. My performance concerns come from reading the AIE user guide, page 22: While it is easy to add field mappings or extra rules for each field, remember that each item you add is compared against every record in your database. So, for example, if during a people

Re: Atrium Integration Engine

2007-12-06 Thread Thad K Esser
Speaking of Discovery, does anyone have any feedback on EMC's Smarts (http://www.emc.com/products/software/smarts/discovery_manager/) and how well it integrates with CMDB? Thanks, Thad Esser Remedy Developer Argue for your limitations, and sure enough, they're yours.-- Richard Bach Shyam

Re: Resetting Incident Number to 1

2007-12-06 Thread Mary Dollus
Thanks Drew Yep I looked at the db and looked at any table that looked like it might contain the incident number but couldn't find it. Isn't an H table just Status History records though? I'll post it if I find the answer... Thanks again for your responses Mary -Original

Re: Question: ITSM 7.0 - Incident - Email Inbound

2007-12-06 Thread Rick Cook
I would not delete any fields. If you must, put some dummy/default data in fields for which you don't have real data. You should check the associated data validation Filters all the way through the process to ensure that you have all of the data elements that you will need all the way through

Re: Friday Humor (U)

2007-12-06 Thread Opela, Gary L Contr OC-ALC/ITMA
And in order to prevent receiving a second offense, one must notify the source of the objectionable content in question lest the offender is left unbeknownst to the offense -- hence Sandra's request. Thanks, Gary Opela, Jr Sr. Remedy Developer Leader Communications, Inc. 405 736 3211

Re: Mid-Tier Security / Brute Force hacks

2007-12-06 Thread patrick zandi
Remedy does have this option -- forgot which version it starts with --- I believe 7.0 you can set the number of bad password attempts.. it then sets a flag in the AD server on your account. and even if the account is unlocked in AD it is not unlocked in Remedy yet. To reset it you need to change

Re: Resetting Incident Number to 1

2007-12-06 Thread Mary Dollus
Oh thank you Right in front of my eyes :) I knew it was simple :) You're a life saver... Thanks again! :) :) -Original Message- From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tucker, Rob Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2007 4:32 PM

Re: Mid-Tier Security / Brute Force hacks

2007-12-06 Thread Rick Cook
I think there is some basic functionality in ARS but it really gets beefed up in ITSM 7, and I think some more in ARS 7.1.0. There's no reason a smart guy couldn't build himself what Remedy built on those platforms, so you wouldn't need to install ITSM 7 to get the functionality contained

Re: Synch Search Database (UNCLASSIFIED)

2007-12-06 Thread HARTWICK, SCOTT G CTR DISA JSSC
Classification: UNCLASSIFIED Caveats: NONE I have it running successfully on 3 servers with over 31k objects on each. We are building a new ARS 7.1 server with ITSM 702p6, etc. Will let you know if it stops as it approaches 40k objects. I mentioned a few days ago, the problem with the sync

Re: RPC failure connecting with admin tool

2007-12-06 Thread Rahul AR User
Hello Aaron, Two things come to my mind. First, can you check the health of the server, whether is it running on full CPU and memory utilization. If your answer is yes then try to reduce the load on the server. Secondly, can you check a continuous ping to the server? I hope that if the first one

Re: Question: ITSM 7.0 - Incident - Email Inbound (UNCLASSIFIED)

2007-12-06 Thread BMax
Hi, Have you tried to do so in version 7? And a little question: You've said - this email address should be one to one with the type of ticket you are submmitting Do you mean that a separate(dedicated) mailbox is required? It doesnt matter what it's name(lets say the name is

Re: Friday Humor (U)

2007-12-06 Thread Will Du Chene
** I admit to being a bit curious... I am not trying to drag out the topic, but am just plain curious... In these environments, what are the guidelines for using the internet? I mean, can you surf out to a webmail site and view the contents of the list from an account such as Yahoo! Mail, or

Re: Mid-Tier Security / Brute Force hacks

2007-12-06 Thread Rick Cook
If the only access to the application itself is from within your network, one response you could give your security people is What's the potential damage if they do gain access? Seeing other teams' trouble ticket data (if that's all they would have access to) doesn't strike me as particularly

Re: Support site, patch download issues? (UNCLASSIFIED)

2007-12-06 Thread HARTWICK, SCOTT G CTR DISA JSSC
Classification: UNCLASSIFIED Caveats: NONE Works fine in Firefox 2.0.0.11. I was having trouble with the BMC download site before the last few Firefox updates, now it seems to work almost fine everywhere (they probably updated to 7.1p1). Prior to that I installed the IE rendering engine add-on

Re: Friday Humor (U)

2007-12-06 Thread J.T. Shyman
I'm going to ask a question that crossed my mind when I first read the comment from Sandra but I thought better of it at the time: What would the powers-that-be where anyone on this list works consider objectionable? The mild innuendo in my joke, the profanity in the joke prior to mine or both?

Re: Synch Search Database (UNCLASSIFIED)

2007-12-06 Thread strauss
I would not doubt that these kinds of problems exist in the BMC OOTB code - I have seen them for years, back to version 2 and 3 of the Help Desk application. Let us know what you find during your installation. I no longer have a ticket open on this - they closed it and logged a defect several

Re: Friday Humor (U)

2007-12-06 Thread Will Du Chene
** ...Will, I like your idea and it makes sense but Ive worked places where circumventing the IT departments security, i.e. by going through a tunnel to an outside mail server...Hhrrmm..__20060125___This posting was submitted with HTML in it___

ARS_Admin UI beginner

2007-12-06 Thread Mike
Hi, I'm just a beginner, so sorry for the dull questions. Starting with the Administrator program: - Sometime when I open a form, from clicking the application window, it does not show. But scrollbars appear on the main Admin window, and the new subwindow(MDI child) is far below the screen. ie

Re: Friday Humor (U)

2007-12-06 Thread Will Du Chene
** ...Will, I like your idea and it makes sense but I�ve worked places where circumventing the IT department�s security, i.e. by going through a tunnel to an outside mail server... Hhrrmm... Argh... D'oh! That's not exactly what I meant to suggest. Circumventing departmental policy usually ends