Re: Massive upgrade challenge!!

2011-01-27 Thread Viki_kulkarni
hi, Thanks to all of you things are looking good for the upgrade. Now I have a slight doubt about the way licenses will be utilized? If we are moving from ARS 5.0 to ARS 7.5 by gradual upgrade with steps at 6.3, 7.1 and then 7.5 what is the license implications and from which stage are we to get

Re: Massive upgrade challenge!!

2011-01-27 Thread Viki_kulkarni
hi, Thanks to all of you things are looking good for the upgrade. Now I have a slight doubt about the way licenses will be utilized? If we are moving from ARS 5.0 to ARS 7.5 by gradual upgrade with steps at 6.3, 7.1 and then 7.5 what is the license implications and from which stage are we to get

Re: Massive upgrade challenge!!

2011-01-27 Thread Viki_kulkarni
hi, Thanks to all of you things are looking good for the upgrade. Now I have a slight doubt about the way licenses will be utilized? If we are moving from ARS 5.0 to ARS 7.5 by gradual upgrade with steps at 6.3, 7.1 and then 7.5 what is the license implications and from which stage are we to get

Re: Massive upgrade challenge!!

2011-01-27 Thread Viki_kulkarni
hi, Thanks to all of you things are looking good for the upgrade. Now I have a slight doubt about the way licenses will be utilized? If we are moving from ARS 5.0 to ARS 7.5 by gradual upgrade with steps at 6.3, 7.1 and then 7.5 what is the license implications and from which stage are we to get

Re: Massive upgrade challenge!!

2011-01-27 Thread Viki_kulkarni
hi, Thanks to all of you things are looking good for the upgrade. Now I have a slight doubt about the way licenses will be utilized? If we are moving from ARS 5.0 to ARS 7.5 by gradual upgrade with steps at 6.3, 7.1 and then 7.5 what is the license implications and from which stage are we to get

Re: Massive upgrade challenge!!

2011-01-27 Thread Viki_kulkarni
hi, Thanks to all of you things are looking good for the upgrade. Now I have a slight doubt about the way licenses will be utilized? If we are moving from ARS 5.0 to ARS 7.5 by gradual upgrade with steps at 6.3, 7.1 and then 7.5 what is the license implications and from which stage are we to get

Re: Massive upgrade challenge!!

2011-01-27 Thread Viki_kulkarni
hi, Thanks to all of you things are looking good for the upgrade. Now I have a slight doubt about the way licenses will be utilized? If we are moving from ARS 5.0 to ARS 7.5 by gradual upgrade with steps at 6.3, 7.1 and then 7.5 what is the license implications and from which stage are we to get

Re: Massive upgrade challenge!!

2011-01-27 Thread Viki_kulkarni
hi, Thanks to all of you things are looking good for the upgrade. Now I have a slight doubt about the way licenses will be utilized? If we are moving from ARS 5.0 to ARS 7.5 by gradual upgrade with steps at 6.3, 7.1 and then 7.5 what is the license implications and from which stage are we to get

Upgrade licensing?

2011-01-27 Thread Viki_kulkarni
hi all, Just a quick question: if we are upgrading from ARS 5.0.1 to ARS 7.5 but step upgrades at ARS 6.3, ARS 7.1 and then ARS 7.5 P004 then how is the licensing handdled i mean do we have to buy licenses of all the intermediate versions as well? our requirement is that we need to do all these

Re: Upgrade licensing?

2011-01-27 Thread Misi Mladoniczky
Hi, If you have a support contract with BMC, you will not need to buy anything. If you have been out of support for a period, you will probably be able to pay to catch up, and reinstate your support-status with BMC. As for supported products, you need to get up to 7.1 in order to have a

Re: Selecting entries on a List View table using a touch device

2011-01-27 Thread L G Robinson
Hi Ian, Thanks for the suggestion. That would probably work. However, another lister has pointed out (and I have confirmed) that we have bigger problems on touch devices... drop-down character menus don't work either. The menu will drop down but you can't select a menu item by tapping it. The

Need advice: Change how SLM's are getting detached

2011-01-27 Thread Terje Moglestue
I got a request to change how SLM's are detached - I am struggling to find the right solution. Problem: The incident got a set of SLM's attached. The support engineer changes some of the conditions for the SLM - therefore an new set of SLM will attach. Let's say the support engineer updated

Re: License Question...

2011-01-27 Thread Roberts, Chas
Thanks, David. So to be perfectly clear… Would these “requesters” need licenses (other than the free “read” license) if they only submit their own requests, check status on their requests, look at existing tickets, and update tickets they have submitted, assuming “Submitter Mode Lock” is

Re: Flashboards: Order by date in Developer Studio

2011-01-27 Thread Alberto Mel.
Thank you very much 2011/1/24 David Durling durl...@uga.edu Alberto, Sorry if I'm misunderstanding, but it sounds like you need to find whatever FB: form in dev studio you want to sort by date, open it up, and under Form Form Properties specify the sort order (and maybe specify what

Re: Strange ARS Timeout Problem

2011-01-27 Thread LJ LongWing
Ok..I just completely re-read the original post...all indications save one are that during that 5 minute interval the application server lost connectivity with the DB server. The only exception to that appears to be the escalation thread which continued processing during that 5 minute

Re: License Question...

2011-01-27 Thread Easter, David
Let me lead off by again reiterating that a license is not necessarily programmatic – i.e. a license does not mean that something is entered into AR System. It means you are legally enabled to utilize the product under the terms of your purchase contract. So to answer the question, yes – you

Re: License Question...

2011-01-27 Thread Roberts, Chas
Thanks, David. Now I am confused. Isn’t the purpose of the “Submitter Mode Locked” to enable “Requesters” to interact (including providing supplemental information) with tickets they have “Submitted”, without the cost of a license? Not tickets that others have “Submitted”, but only where

Resolved: ARS Email Engine 7.6

2011-01-27 Thread Reiser, John J
I fixed the problem with the new email engine. If there is an ARTask connected to the email it will not be sent by the AR Email Engine 7.6.03. Even with the patched emaildaemon.jar file. When I closed my BMC Support ticket they said they would pass the info on to engineering. --- John J.

Re: Need advice: Change how SLM's are getting detached

2011-01-27 Thread Roger Justice
You will need to use the new criteria to complete the already attached Service Target. There is no way to detach a service target after it has been created. -Original Message- From: Terje Moglestue te...@moglestue.com To: arslist arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Sent: Thu, Jan 27, 2011 9:30 am

Re: Selecting entries on a List View table using a touch device

2011-01-27 Thread Grooms, Frederick W
BMC lists Safari 3.2.3 on Macintosh OS X 10.5 in the browser compatibility matrix for 7.6.03. Is there some sort of list of differences between Mobile Safari and Safari 3.2.3? Also the matrix lists Adobe Flash Player 10.1.82.72 or higher is required (which of course the iPad does not have).

Re: Need advice: Change how SLM's are getting detached

2011-01-27 Thread Weigand, John
Terje, The behavior you describe is correct. Once a Service Target has completed processing it will not be removed from the ticket. The reason is this: the service level goal that was being tracked has either been Met or Missed and that metric should remain attached to the ticket. In your

ARS Client 7.5 p7 silent install

2011-01-27 Thread Tom Hamill
Hello, We are unable to perform a –R (record) using the setup.exe When we do so and run through the wizard and start the install process it freezes and stops at the second bar (on the progress bar) We have attempted this multiple times and performing a record to produce our own options file

Re: Selecting entries on a List View table using a touch device

2011-01-27 Thread John Sundberg
(Adv: Kinetic Request) Larry, Responding to: Just wondering if there is a better way. If interacting with Remedy via iPad is important -- please contact me off-list. Kinetic Request is designed to do exactly what you are asking for. Side note: Mobile access typically needs specific

OT - Best answer ever!! RE License Question...

2011-01-27 Thread Sanford, Claire
Dear Listers... This has to be the best answer to a question ever!! What if I wanted to catch salmon??? Farmed or wild?:) From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:arslist@ARSLIST.ORG] On Behalf Of Easter, David Sent: Thursday, January

Re: Resolved: ARS Email Engine 7.6

2011-01-27 Thread strauss
...so you cannot upgrade a system that uses ARTasks (that's just about any ITSM system prior to 7.6.03) to 7.6.03 without having it choke on them, probably because some idiot java programmer (the only kind BMC employs now, I am convinced) jumped the gun on when that capability could be

Re: License Question...

2011-01-27 Thread Thad Esser
David, First off, I want to thank you for taking the time to help the community understand these issues. I'm sure the topic isn't as complicated as we make it out to be, so having you shed light on things is appreciated. I understand that having a Self Service (fishing) license grants the

Re: License Question...

2011-01-27 Thread Easter, David
From the Configuration Guide: The Submitter Mode options are Locked—Enables users who have their name in the Submitter field to modify requests without a write license. This does not apply to users with a Restricted Read license who cannot modify requests under any circumstances. In the

Re: License Question...

2011-01-27 Thread Jason Miller
Nice metaphor! I am going to keep that one in my back pocket. Jason On Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 8:21 AM, Easter, David david_eas...@bmc.com wrote: You are purchasing the business license rights to use the Self-Service * applications* (SRM and RKM) in a defined manner - namely to allow end-users

Re: OT - Best answer ever!! RE License Question...

2011-01-27 Thread Jason Miller
Maybe sardines for WWRUG11 instead of Twinkies? :) On Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 9:11 AM, Sanford, Claire claire.sanf...@memorialhermann.org wrote: ** Dear Listers... This has to be the best answer to a question ever!! What if I wanted to catch salmon??? Farmed or wild?:)

Re: License Question...

2011-01-27 Thread Roberts, Chas
Hi David, Thank you. So in the case of custom in-house developed ARS applications licenses are required to be purchased for those who need update access to tickets they did not submit, in effect limiting the licenses required to only those individuals, rather than some percentage of the total

Re: OT - Best answer ever!! RE License Question...

2011-01-27 Thread strauss
Sticking with the genre of hopelessly over-processed food items set by Twinkies: fish sticks (partially thawed). Christopher Strauss, Ph.D. Call Tracking Administration Manager University of North Texas Computing IT Center http://itsm.unt.edu/ From: Action Request System discussion

Re: OT - Best answer ever!! RE License Question...

2011-01-27 Thread Doug Blair
** Technically speaking, at floor-to-cieling distance, it's fairly difficult to tell the difference between the Twinkie which is still stuck in a certain San Jose chandelier and a fish stick! Let us be forever thankful for the Twinkie's indestructible plastic wrapper.On Jan 27, 2011, at 12:40 PM,

Re: OT - Best answer ever!! RE License Question...

2011-01-27 Thread Jason Miller
Even better! You're not going to throw out such a suggestion and skip out on us again this year? (I know not always our decision) On Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 10:40 AM, strauss stra...@unt.edu wrote: ** Sticking with the genre of hopelessly over-processed food items set by Twinkies: fish sticks

Re: License Question...

2011-01-27 Thread Easter, David
I guess it depends. Are you fishing, keeping the fishing rod in your hands at all times, and just handing the fish you catch over to someone else? (i.e. you are always the submitter and no one else is ever logging into SRM/RKM)? Or are you standing behind someone and helping them cast, then

Re: License Question...

2011-01-27 Thread Brock, Anne
And just as a reminder (although Dave is the official voice of BMC) - Free read/submit is intended as a convenience for people - usually end users - to submit their own tickets; if they then need to add an update they can. One should not try to get around this by, for an example, having a help

Re: License Question...

2011-01-27 Thread Andrew Fremont
Hi all, I did not understand the license... well, but the fishing model really help me here... This is a great thread, as I learn something new today. Thanks Andrew. On Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 11:42 AM, Brock, Anne anne_br...@bmc.com wrote: And just as a reminder (although Dave is the official

Incoming email, floating license use, and filters updating on behalf of users

2011-01-27 Thread David Durling
Maybe this is a good time to throw this out since license use is being discussed - Is there a way to use workflow to find out how many floating licenses are currently in use? And if so, can this information be determined per license pool? I want to allow staff working tickets be able to

Re: Incoming email, floating license use, and filters updating on behalf of users

2011-01-27 Thread David Durling
Thanks, David! We're just about to move from 6.0 to 7.5, so I admit I had not investigated it much on 7.5 yet... This might do the trick. I see that the License Usage form even lists the Group ID of the floating pool. I presume an attempt to recognize license restrictions using methods

Change Management process question

2011-01-27 Thread Martinez, Marcelo A
I'd like to ping the list on how do you/your company tracks unauthorized changes in Change Mgmt. [An unauthorized change could be one that lacks all necessary approvals; testing documents; or has incomplete Chg Mgmt requirements]. For example, a support group enters a change request for Feb 4,

Re: License Question...

2011-01-27 Thread Roberts, Chas
Hi Anne, Actually, I was under the impression that Dave was not “…the official voice of BMC…” (based upon his sig-line which clearly indicates his opinions are his own); I simply thought he’d have the answer to this question regarding proper licensing requirements. What I am trying to

Annoying issue with 7.6.03 - ITSM - Classic View

2011-01-27 Thread Chowdhury, Tauf
All, This issue is only affecting Firefox. Whenever I try to click Search/New Incident/Change/Problem from either the consoles or the home page, the new tab opens and by default, it seems that the Best Practice View opens for a second but then switches to the Classic View. However, the moment

Re: Strange ARS Timeout Problem

2011-01-27 Thread ZHANG, ERIC L
** Good idea. I just put a cron job on the ars server that runs traceroute db_server every minute and appends the output to an output file. Waiting for the next timeout. -Original Message- From: LJ LongWing [mailto:lj.longw...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2011 9:18 AM

Re: Strange ARS Timeout Problem

2011-01-27 Thread Axton
I'm not following how you got to broken db connections. If arerror.log does not show the sql connection dropped, it didn't. Oracle connections are stateful, meaning that if that link drops, that session is dead. If arerror.log doesn't indicate broken sessions to the db, chances are things are

Re: Strange ARS Timeout Problem

2011-01-27 Thread Dennis Ruble
Eric, You might add a nslookup command to your cron job to see if a dns lookup is failing. A dns failure will give the same ARS symptom as a network outage because it is an operation that the server must complete before communications can happen. Good luck, Dennis ZHANG, ERIC L

OT - Best answer ever!! RE License Question...

2011-01-27 Thread Misi Mladoniczky
Hi, I have bought a fishing rod, and want to eat canned tuna, not canned applications... Is the sole user of the system be a fish? /Misi I guess it depends. Are you fishing, keeping the fishing rod in your hands at all times, and just handing the fish you catch over to someone else?

Re: License Question...

2011-01-27 Thread LJ LongWing
Chas, I have a custom in-house built system that utilizes read licenses extensively. The application is a Quote/Order system, here is how it works. The sales users create their own quotes and do everything they need with their own records, once the quote reaches a certain stage it is

Re: Need advice: Change how SLM's are getting detached

2011-01-27 Thread Kelly Deaver
** We have a similar issue with priority changes. If the incident was in Medium and the response target was met then as far as we are concerned response is met. If we determine it should have been low, it shouldn't start another SLT for Low. Met is met. If it was missed at medium because as in the

Re: Need advice: Change how SLM's are getting detached

2011-01-27 Thread Weigand, John
SVTs attach / detach according to the criteria specified in the Terms and Conditions (TC). If Priority is part of the TC, then if it changes then the SVT will behave accordingly. If you have implemented SVT Groups then the detach / attach of SVTs in that group will do what you want. The data

Re: Strange ARS Timeout Problem

2011-01-27 Thread Nair, Rajesh SISPL
Not sure if this can help. We had the same issue as system used to give intermediate timeout issue and only similarity was the time out used to happen at a fixed time always. Is this the case with you also? ?? We found out that some views were running @ the specified time and system used to go