Improving log file analysis skills

2012-01-26 Thread Mr. Tee
Hi ARS-LIST, Does any of you have any experiences in how to improve your skills in log file analysis - as I haven't found any BMC training or anything on how to learn how to do learn these skills - which I think is very important in order to troubleshoot all kind of problems for workflow etc.? I

Mid-tier issues

2012-01-26 Thread John Baker
Axton It is correct that Tomcat doesn't implement the entire JEE specification, but Mid Tier doesn't use the entire spec. It's a Java Servlet application. John ___ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.

Re: Improving log file analysis skills

2012-01-26 Thread Misi Mladoniczky
Hi, Log file analysis in general is a broad topic. Here are a presentation I have made as various RUG:s concerning AR log files and performance tuning: http://rrr.se/doc/WWRUG09_RRR_LogFilePerformanceTuning.pdf We also have a commersial log file analysis tool to help you on your way. Be

Re: Mid-tier issues

2012-01-26 Thread Axton
Yep. On Thu, Jan 26, 2012 at 2:32 AM, John Baker wrote: > Axton > > It is correct that Tomcat doesn't implement the entire JEE specification, but > Mid Tier doesn't use the entire spec. It's a Java Servlet application. > > > John > > __

Re: Improving log file analysis skills

2012-01-26 Thread Axton
Understanding what is in the logs is an important first step. What I mean by this, is understand what all the fields in the log file mean (e.g., TID, RPC ID, Queue, Client-RPC, USER, log entry, etc.) in addition to what types of entries are written to each of the log types. Once you have this dow

Re: Improving log file analysis skills

2012-01-26 Thread patchsk
Trust me once you are into remedy world, you will learn log analysis knowingly or unknowingly sometimes with the situations demanding. The more problems you are involved with troubleshooting, the faster and better you will get experience with log file analysis. So once you get basic understandin

Need to build a reporting server

2012-01-26 Thread Hari Vishwakarma
Hi All, I have a requirement to set up a reporting server for our remedy production server.Purpose is to reduce the load on the production server, and for every request made for reporting, will automatically route to that reporting server, and the enduser fetch the report without knowing the backg

Re: Need to build a reporting server

2012-01-26 Thread Tauf Chowdhury
When you say reporting server, are you planning on using BMC analytical or are you planning on setting up a specific remedy AR box just for reporting? You're real bottleneck will be the database. On the AR side you have to set a value in the max get list setting to limit the number records returned

Re: Need to build a reporting server

2012-01-26 Thread Hari Vishwakarma
Hi All, We are planning to set up the reporting server by either of the following: 1. Setting up a specific remedy AR box just for reporting---> if we are going this way, what are the prerequisites required(remedy licenses are required?) and how this can be achieved? 2. We are thinking of settin

Re: Need to build a reporting server

2012-01-26 Thread patchsk
1. If i want to setup a reporting server, then shall i need new hardware? --> There is an option where you can install multiple instances of remedy in a single server but not many people use that. Better to have a separate hardware for this or atleast have a new virtual machine. 2.Shall i n

Re: Need to build a reporting server

2012-01-26 Thread Axton
I would like to ask, "Why do you want a Remedy server for reporting purposes?" Remedy is not very good at reporting. There are tools out there that are good at reporting (no bias) such as Business Objects. The things Remedy and these reporting solutions have in common is a database server. Both

Disable Self-Approval on 7.6.4

2012-01-26 Thread NULL
I would like to disable the ability of a Change approver to approve his own created Changes. I looked into the Self-Approval rule and set the qualification to ($Submitter$ != $\USER$) but the change approver can still approve his own tickets. Please advise on how how I can accomplish this. __

Atrium Integrator questions

2012-01-26 Thread remedy lee
Hi, I'm familiar with AIE but not with AI. I have a client that has a database (Oracle) with all their purchase records. They created a view to gather the columns I need to push to the CMDB. This view does not have a Product Type or something to identify what the item is other than Description.

Re: Disable Self-Approval on 7.6.4

2012-01-26 Thread patrick zandi
what is a NULL -- care to identify one's self ? or do you plan on remaining > /dev/null On Thu, Jan 26, 2012 at 3:13 PM, NULL wrote: > I would like to disable the ability of a Change approver to approve his > own created Changes. I looked into the Self-Approval rule and set the > qualification

JOB:Senior Remedy Configuration Engineer - Altanta, Georgia

2012-01-26 Thread Garrison, Sean (Norcross)
Below is a job opening here at Fiserv for a what we on the list would probably call a "Remedy Admin". This person will not be doing any development per se but will be responsible for setting up servers, migrating code changes, troubleshooting issues, etc. This position will require carrying a

Re: Archiving strategy on ITSM 7.6 +

2012-01-26 Thread Matthew Kunkel
Two options we have seen from BMC are DSO and custom scripts, both require custom mappings for each of ~1000 regular forms. Additionally, structure changes would need to be maintained in custom mappings when customizations, patches, and upgrades are installed. Since BMC no longer includes th

Re: Disable Self-Approval on 7.6.4

2012-01-26 Thread Mueller, Doug
The challenge you are having is that you are using the wrong feature. The Self-Approval rules are about rules that cause the entry to be approved based on you being the submitter not about rules preventing you from being an approver. So, Auto Approve rules are about rules to say that the process

ITSM 7.5: Reporting Off form "HPD:Help Desk Assignment Log"

2012-01-26 Thread Rabi Tripathi
Hi listers, I'm trying to make sense of records on this form to get meaningful reports on amount of time incidents remained assigned to groups (and perhaps individuals too). If you have done that, or you understand the fields and the logic behing when and how new records are generated for the sa

Re: ITSM 7.5: Reporting Off form "HPD:Help Desk Assignment Log"

2012-01-26 Thread Andrew C Goodall
What I know. 1. In ITSM 7.5 there is a defect - for which there is a hotfix the assignment record does NOT update under certain conditions when user takes the incident to resolved or closed. 2. The assignment record is not added until the completion of the assignment, i.e. when assignment cha