BMC Server 7.1 - Have to upgrade to Patch 007 - What to backup?

2009-10-07 Thread MCarnevale
Hello, We currently are running ITSM suite and it is currently patched. I have my Server 7.1.00 with no patches installed onto it. I want to install patch 007 to my server but I am not aware of what will be changed or what should we backup or save prior? We have some customization and want to

Re: BMC Server 7.1 - Have to upgrade to Patch 007 - What to backup?

2009-10-07 Thread Garrison, Sean (Norcross)
Having been through the nightmares of upgrading a remedy server several time here are the things to consider: 1. Make sure you do this in a lower environment and test, test test. There may be bugs in the patch. Never count on a server patch to be 100% bug free. I have been bit by this one

Re: End of Life for BMC(R) Remedy(R) User (Windows-based client)

2009-10-07 Thread Tony Worthington
Analytics for BSM provides just this. A pre-built ootb B/O Universe. Granted, you would need to design your custom forms in B/O. Maybe someone could write a tool to translate a Remedy form into a Universe... Tony Worthington | Sr. Technical Analyst | Kohl?s Department Stores N56 W17000

Re: BMC Server 7.1 - Have to upgrade to Patch 007 - What to backup?

2009-10-07 Thread Joe DeSouza
Mike, If you are just going to upgrade the ARS version, you do not have to worry about loosing customizations. You are much better off with Patch 007 or for that matter most of any patches that were released after the unpatched version. That being said backup of the database is always handy in

Advanced Search Question

2009-10-07 Thread John Kelley
Hi List Is there any way to find out what the Average character count of the notes field in Incident Management tickets which have been submitted? What and can that be run in an Advanced search statement? Thanks ARS 7.1 patch 6 Oracle 10g JK

Qualifications in AR Reports

2009-10-07 Thread Charles Baldi
Hello all, I am trying to do is build an AR Report using the ReportCreator form and have the user run it from the Reports console (accessed from the ITSM apps) or from the ReportSelection form. I have created a report OK and specified a qualification, but whenever I run the report the

Re: Advanced Search Question

2009-10-07 Thread Misi Mladoniczky
Hi, What you can do is to create a display-only-integer-field called 'NotesLength'. Then you create a filter that runs on GetEntry that assigns a value to this field. The value should be LENGTHC($Notes$) or some such thing. After this you create a basic AR System report that counts this field.

Re: Advanced Search Question

2009-10-07 Thread jham36
The only thing I can think of would be to export the data from the notes field into excel. Then you can use the LEN function to calculate the number of characters in the notes field for each record. Add them up and divide by the number of records. James On Oct 7, 11:54 am, John Kelley

Re: Advanced Search Question

2009-10-07 Thread Thad K Esser
Its not an advanced search, but if its a one time thing, SQL works: select avg(length(Detailed_Decription)) from hpd_help_desk note: yes the db name of the field is missing the 's' in description. *sigh* Thad Esser Remedy Developer Now... Just where did I put that cheese...? |

Re: BMC Server 7.1 - Have to upgrade to Patch 007 - What to backup?

2009-10-07 Thread strauss
If you have made any customizations to the User or Group form (never recommended but sometimes necessary) they will be overwritten. Any AR System form will probably be updated (views overwritten at a minimum) as well, so if you customized the mail form or something else, you will need to back

FW: ASP/HTML field with URL link SOLVED

2009-10-07 Thread Martin, Robert
Fortunately, nobody replied so at least I didn't waste anybody's time. But for the benefit of anyone rummaging thru the archives, I totally misconstrued the problem. It had nothing to do with url links. It was a dumb mistake on my part. I'd go into details but it is too embarrassing.

Re: BMC Server 7.1 - Have to upgrade to Patch 007 - What to backup?

2009-10-07 Thread MCarnevale
Ugh, haha, I was told by BMC that there shouldnt be any changes really to affect me but I wanted to be certain and see what the rest of the community said. I do have CAC integration for mid-tier and now that Sean said it might affect that and also have LDAP integration. wow...nothing is ever

Update Record and not change Modify Date

2009-10-07 Thread Sanford, Claire
Other than going in the wrong way and doing it at the DB level, is there a way for me to update/change 30K records without changing the last modified name and date fields? We are starting to do things the right way and are making the distinction between a Laptop and a Desktop Computer in an asset

Re: Update Record and not change Modify Date

2009-10-07 Thread LJ Longwing
If you export the records to ARX, modify the arx file, and then re-import the file back in after the changes, you should be able to get it done without the dates changing as long as you re-import it with those fields mapped -Original Message- From: Action Request System discussion

ARSmarts v2.1 : batch definition export, search in XRef, and much more......

2009-10-07 Thread support
Dear List, We are pleased to announce the release of version 2.1 of ARSmarts. The main new functionalities in ARSmarts v2.1 are: _*Export definitions in batch*_: using the new batch mode of ARSmarts v2.1, you can create .def files from any number of ARS servers in one single operation. You

Re: BMC Discovery

2009-10-07 Thread Kathy Morris
Is anybody able to get the serial number from UNIX Solaris machines into BMC's Foundation Discovery? In a message dated 10/6/2009 3:04:01 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, tauf.chowdh...@frx.com writes: ** OK. So after you are logged into the Discovery application, how are you

Re: Advanced Search Question

2009-10-07 Thread Joe DeSouza
I am wondering why AVG would be a better statistics as opposed to MAX which would be more useful for sizing purposes.. Joe From: Thad K Esser tkes...@regence.com To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Sent: Wed, October 7, 2009 12:27:44 PM Subject: Re: Advanced Search

Re: End of Life for BMC(R) Remedy(R) User (Windows-based client)

2009-10-07 Thread patrick zandi
Freedom is having the choice.. If they remove the UT, Remedy will be eventually will be swallowed up and disappear by someone else. People like choices, I used to give my son choices, you can have a bubble bath, or a regular bath. But ... you are going to have a bath! If you dictate what the