You should be careful of using the last login user. While this may work for
most CIs, there could be ones that are shared machines and the Last Login would
not be accurate. There is an field in SCCM called TopConsoleuser0 that can be
used instead from an SCCM table called v_GS_SYSTEM_CONSOLE_U
Try to blow away any rows that these users have in the AR System Search
Preference form. I’ve seen this happen before when users would get new browsers
or we would upgrade our mid-tiers. You might also want to set them up to run in
compatibility mode in IE to version 9, or use another browser Bu
After 3 days, Remedy Jesus has risen from his slumber. What a great time it
was! It made me feel better about the future of the product.
-Original Message-
From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList)
[mailto:arslist@ARSLIST.ORG] On Behalf Of Doug Blair
Sent: Monday, October 13,
using?
rp
On 9/29/2014 8:29 AM, Ortega, Jesus A wrote:
**
Has anyone run into an issue with Spoon 4.1 Steps that lookup values on a DB
where you cannot assign a DB connection? When you use the Connection Drop Down
on a Database Lookup, there is nothing in the list. If you click on New, it
will
Has anyone run into an issue with Spoon 4.1 Steps that lookup values on a DB
where you cannot assign a DB connection? When you use the Connection Drop Down
on a Database Lookup, there is nothing in the list. If you click on New, it
will take you to the database connection form. Even if you creat
Should we be worried that BMC has to resort to suing the competition, rather
than innovate and beat them fair and square. Is this a sign that BMC is very
worried about what Service Now is doing to them?
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[mailto:arsl
The same happened to me. After talking to my support vendor, we concluded that
there is different behavior in FTS depending on how you loaded your articles.
If you load them using UDM (DMT), then FTS picks them up right away. If you
load them using AR Import, like I did, FTS never picks up the n
discussion list(ARSList)
[mailto:arslist@ARSLIST.ORG] On Behalf Of Ortega, Jesus A
Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2014 8:52 PM
To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG<mailto:arslist@ARSLIST.ORG>
Subject: Re: ITSM 8.1 SP1 - Content missing ?
**
When is BMC going to take all of this new-found, private investor money and
st
When is BMC going to take all of this new-found, private investor money and
start spending it on Quality and Assurance Testing? Rome is burning and the
Barbarians are at the gates (SNOW). Every time that I read an ARSlist post like
this I can't help but think that BMC is not helping our cause, b
I saw this issue yesterday when I was trying to set up SSO on my midtiers. We
are using a load-balancer as well, but the problem was not being caused by
that. The problem is that SSO is set up to use Areahub and two associated
plugins, which are arealdap.dll and areasso.dll. It seems that Remed
Dee, What version are you running? If it is AR System 8.1.x, read on.
There is a bug in the 8.1.x that causes too many TCP connections to open, in
the thousands, and causes plugins to start failing in such a way as you are
seeing. Our LDAP was the first to go, then ARDBC, and so on. I had to get
Very nicely said, Shawn.
I worked in a place where the Remedy ITSM system was not properly staffed and
was having several outages on a daily basis. A lot of money had been invested
into the system and the results were not what they expected. When I joined that
company, I was given notice that
If it were easy to do, people like us wouldn't have jobs. You have to keep in
mind that with Service Now your customizations are done with Java, not a nice
GUI like ARS. When Service Now promises you a Zero Down Time migration we all
know that there is still the long implementation path to work
Basically Pentaho has Jobs (Data Exchanges) and Transformations (CI/AR Data
mappings). Once you have converted your AIE jobs to AI using their conversion
utility in the AI Client install, you can access those jobs from the Mid-Tier
in the Atrium Integrator console. If you need to restart a job,
iscussion list(ARSList)
[mailto:arslist@ARSLIST.ORG] On Behalf Of Ortega, Jesus A
Sent: 24 February 2014 22:40
To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG<mailto:arslist@ARSLIST.ORG>
Subject: ITSM Process Designer on 8.1
**
I probably won't get a reply to this question since not many use Process
Desig
I probably won't get a reply to this question since not many use Process
Designer, but I will try anyway. Has anyone successfully implemented ITSM
Process Designer 8.3.x with ARS/ITSM 8.x? I know that there are a lot of horror
stories about Process Designer and 7.6.04, so I contacted my support
k W"
> wrote:
>
> Are you talking about the ITSM application 8.1.01 or the base ARS 8.1.01
> corrupting overlays?
>
> Fred
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList)
> [mailto:arslist@ARSLIST.ORG] On Behalf Of Ortega,
ITSM application 8.1.01 or the base ARS 8.1.01
corrupting overlays?
Fred
-Original Message-
From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList)
[mailto:arslist@ARSLIST.ORG] On Behalf Of Ortega, Jesus A
Sent: Friday, February 14, 2014 4:11 PM
To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG
Subject: Re: 8.1
We just spoke to our support organization and they told us "Do Not install AR
System 8.1.01" if you downloaded it before today. They said that it will
corrupt your overlays. We were just about to do it and luckily we did not. BMC
apparently is pulling it off the EDP site and replacing it with a
I guess it's good that BMC is private now or else their stock price would have
started tanking after this news. Good move, BMC.
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From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList)
[mailto:arslist@ARSLIST.ORG] On Behalf Of Jeff Lockemy
Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2014
There is a defect open for this : SW00462392, but BMC considers this a RFE.
Thank you for the information about what they did. It makes it a bit more clear
about they did it, but it still does not help me sell the upgrade. The is more
to it than just the process itself. This change impacts a la
does not correspond with ITIL configuration Management logic. You should be
able to use another CMDB field to drive this, even if you have to create one.
-Original Message-
From: Ortega, Jesus A
mailto:jesus.ort...@lyondellbasell.com>>
To: arslist mailto:arslist@ARSLIST.ORG>>
Se
MDB 8.1 Status bug?
** Can you provide an example of when you use the Asset Lifecycle Status in a
reconciliation job. I have never had a customer include this in their request
of fields used in the Identity or Merge jobs.
-Original Message-
From: Ortega, Jesus A
mailto:jesus.
I have run into a potential bug in Atrium 8.1. BMC, in its infinite wisdom,
decided to disperse a lot of fields that were once on BMC.CORE:BMC_BaseElement
to BMC.CORE:BMC_ComputerSystem and a new form AST:Atributes. Additionally, they
renamed BMC.CORE:BMC_ComputerSystem AssetLifecycleStatus to s
We are using Kelverion integrate SCOM 2012 using SCORCH and Help Desk 7.6.04,
but we found out that the web service integration will no longer work in 8.1.
So now we need the API version, but they want us to pay extra for it, even
though we bought Integration pack. They forgot to tell us this wh
Hugo,
This advice assumes that you are working on Windows and using a CSV:
Start over again with a new data mapping. Place the file in your expected
location, but take out the TBL file from that location and just leave the csv.
Create the new data mapping and point it to the file location, like
I am not sure how it fixes it, but there seems to be some corruption that
happens to the user's search preference, especially if it was migrated from the
older version. The error usually pops in the consoles because the first thing
that the console workflow does is to pull data for the logged in
This happened to me when upgrading to 7.6.04 SP2. Our particular error, Caught
exception :Object doesn't support property or method, was being caused by the
AR System Search Preferences form. Apparently any user search preferences that
were created previous to the upgrade were causing the issue.
uck to you (and may you be wise enough to not scare off good luck when it
comes sniffing your way...)
Natalie Stroud
SAIC @ Sandia National Laboratories
ARS-ITSM Reporting Specialist
Albuquerque, NM USA
nkst...@sandia.gov<mailto:nkst...@sandia.gov>
ITSM 7.6.04 SP2 - Windows 2003 - SQ
"What do you want to reply to this?"
Tell your management that the you were talking to the sales guy and he also
told you he had a goose who would poop golden eggs. Should you go ahead and cut
a Purchase Order for the Goose? It must be for real.
This reminds me of a sales guy telling my boss, in
Someone was just telling me on the ARSlist that BMC Support had really made a
turnaround and was doing much better. Kathy's email seems to indicate otherwise.
From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList)
[mailto:arslist@ARSLIST.ORG] On Behalf Of Kathy Morris
Sent: Wednesday, October 02,
I’d be a musician on a cruise ship. I’d be doing two things that I love and
getting paid for it.
From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList)
[mailto:arslist@ARSLIST.ORG] On Behalf Of Howard Richter
Sent: Thursday, September 26, 2013 2:20 PM
To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG
Subject: Re: Fun -- if
is done via the same workflow that Jesus's
suggestion uses, but you don't have to do a modify all on 40K records. The
people sync console updates them with a direct SQL statement and skips the ones
that have already been sync'd.)
Jason Bess
From: "Ortega, Jesus A"
mailto:
Kathy,
there is a bug in the workflow that sends them to BMC_Person, especially if you
are creating them through an import process or and interface. The way I fix
them is save the CTM:People record for the person in question with a status of
Offline, save, then back to Enable, save. This causes
Hello Patchsk. Can you explain a bit more about how they moved attributes from
CMDB to Asset forms? Do you mean that they moved some attributes out of the
Base Element Class to the BMC_ComputerSystem forms and other Classes, or are
the Attributes completely out of the CMDB base forms and are now
BMC has no shame. They know that they are on thin ice with this community due
to their horrible support and shoddy product workmanship as of late. David has
always been an good advocate for them and has really tried hard to convince us
that they are not as bad as we think they are. Hopefully Dav
Yeah, AIE is very finicky after an upgrade or refresh from production to
another environment. Once those jobs get corrupted, it's hard to get them back
in order. Did you keep your old 7.6.0.0 environment around as a backup? If so,
you might consider uninstalling/reinstalling AIE and you can expo
This happens a lot when installing in a server grouped environment. The
armonitor.cfg has to have the AR server name, not the server group name, in the
command lines that make up the armonitor.cfg. Sometimes the server-grouped
name gets set in the armonitor.cfg file instead of the AR servers. Y
Having it in Houston would be nice if it were in the Galleria Area of Houston.
There is of course the Galleria mall, lots of shopping there and some places to
go see within a few miles., Houston has a great variety of food. We were voted
the fattest city for a reason. There is a lot to eat aroun
Since we have Citrix in-house, I open up Citrix receiver in meetings and open
it up IE in Citrix and go to the mid-tier. It really makes my users jealous to
see me working on Remedy with my iPad. I actually did that at a RUG once and
Doug Mueller was there. When he saw it he was dazzled that I h
I've seen this error from time to time in Change Management and sometimes in
Incident.
Alert: Caught exception :Invalid property value.
It happens by user and usually flushing the cache on the mid-tiers clears it
up. However, on one occasion I had a user that could not be fixed by this
method. T
Greetings fellow Remedy Islanders,
I am currently working on a project to move our Asset Management functions out
of the SAP dark ages and into Remedy's Asset Management. In doing the gap
analysis we found that there is not native functionality in Remedy to upload
Barcoded inventory into the sys
SList)
[mailto:arslist@ARSLIST.ORG] On Behalf Of Ortega, Jesus A
Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2012 4:14 PM
To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG
Subject: Re: ARS 8.0 Midtier using Tomcat 6 and ISS
I had issues with 7.6.04 SP3 MT and IIS 7.5, under Windows Server 2008 R2. I
had to make sure to download the latest 6
deploying it.
Allan Mertner
BMC Software
From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList)
[mailto:arslist@ARSLIST.ORG]<mailto:[mailto:arslist@ARSLIST.ORG]> On Behalf Of
Ortega, Jesus A
Sent: 05 November 2012 22:33
To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG<mailto:arslist@ARSLIST.ORG>
Subject: Has anyo
I had issues with 7.6.04 SP3 MT and IIS 7.5, under Windows Server 2008 R2. I
had to make sure to download the latest 64 bit ISAP_Redirect.dll from Apache.
After doing so, I had to do the following:
- In Server manager, Roles, Web Server, I had to add two roles for Web Server:
ISAPI Ext
I am working on project to deploy ADDM 8.3 and ADDM 9.0 just came out. We are
at a point where we can easily upgrade our development environment with 9.0.
The main selling point is that we can set ADDM to ignore PCs, thus saving time
in trying to figure out which computers on a subnet need to be
Did anyone hear any good rumors at the RUG concerning the reports that BMC was
hiring Bank of America to help it get sold? I'm sure that after a few too many
drinks some of the BMC folks probably let go some secrets concerning this.
Jesus Ortega
Senior II, Implementation Engineer
LyondellBasell
he link to point to the correct location anytime the path changes.
Jason
On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 2:17 PM, Ortega, Jesus A
mailto:jesus.ort...@lyondellbasell.com>> wrote:
Yes it does. And it may even require 2 version of it if you are planning to run
AR system as 64 bit. This is because certain
Yes it does. And it may even require 2 version of it if you are planning to run
AR system as 64 bit. This is because certain components do not run under 64 bit
yet, such as email engine. Then you would have to have two JRE installs into
separate directories. During the installation of AR system,
; C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet
> Files
>
> Close the browser and relogin to remedy.
>
> On Thursday, August 2, 2012 3:05:44 PM UTC-7, Ortega, Jesus A wrote:
>>
>> **
>>
>> I tried to flush the cache several times. I even trie
t; View files --> and select all and delete.
> The above steps basically takes you to the below folder:
> C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet
> Files
>
> Close the browser and relogin to remedy.
>
> On Thursday, August 2, 2012 3:05:44 PM UTC-
ectly for the day and
another hit the other server. More then likely they will not get the error.
Also is ip miulticasting setup. I have seen this error in multiple env with
loadbalancers on the mid tier side. It is always a settings issue in tomcat.
On 8/2/12, Ortega, Jesus A wrote:
meout settings?
On 8/2/12, Ortega, Jesus A wrote:
> That's what we're hoping for. It seems similar and it does replace a
> lot of the java script files. Thanks for the information.
>
> Jesus Ortega
> Senior II, Implementation Engineer
> LyondellBasell Industries
> Off
va libraries?
Joe
From: Ortega, Jesus A<mailto:jesus.ort...@lyondellbasell.com>
Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2012 4:12 PM
Newsgroups: public.remedy.arsystem.general
To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG<mailto:arslist@ARSLIST.ORG>
Subject: Re: Caught Exception Object Expected - 7.6.04 Mid-tier
**
Yes,
hen I encounter a problem,
I attempt reproducing it on IE.. If it cannot be reproduced on IE, then
technically you do not have much of a case, you could try bringing it up with
BMC Support, but there is no guarantee they would consider it as a priority
issue..
Joe
From: Ortega, Je
Greetings ARSListers,
I really don't like bothering everyone on the list with questions of this type,
but I need some help. First of all I have a 7.6.04 ARsystem \ITSM SP2 system
and have Mid-tier 7.6.0 SP3. . I am running a load balanced, server grouped
environment on Windows 2008 R2, and Tom
Claire did you ever get this resolved?
I found that my OOTB Mid-tier 7.6.04 SP3, 64-bit, was also running very slow
and memory consumption was really high. I am only running 10 gb of Ram on my
servers. I got together with one of the company Tomcat Gurus and he suggested
that I add a file calle
Back in the California days the level one support actually could help resolve
some incidents. They had a knowledge of the product and good institutional
knowledge. Now the call center in Pune, or wherever it is in India, seems to
recruit college kids who know nothing about Remedy and read from s
Hello Mike,
Long time no speak. You can have several mid-tiers and several AR servers. It
sounds like you can do with just one AR server and one mid-tier with only 500
users. If you want to do two mid-tiers, that will give your users a decent
amount of horsepower. Both mid-tiers have to have y
I am trying to install with the stack installer as I write this. I don't like
that it makes you install using 64 bit JRE, unlike the regular AR system
installer that gives you a choice in case you want to use MAPI for emails. I am
thinking of just doing the AR system installer 7.6.04 SP3 and the
Try to look at your getlist setting in AR System Administration\server
information\config\Max entries for Getlist. If you have it set to 0, that could
be your issue. I have it set to 1. Also, make sure that "Allow Unqualified
Searches" is unchecked. Those two things taken together cause unre
You could buy a mansion in Tijuana and commute in every day using the drug mule
tunnels.
Jesus Ortega
Senior II, Implementation Engineer
LyondellBasell Industries
Office: 713 309-4914
Cell: 281 546-0735
-Original Message-
From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList)
[mailt
I can see why they ran off the other guy.
Jesus Ortega
ITSM Technologist
LyondellBasell Industries
Office: 713 309-4914
Cell:281 546-0735
From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList)
[mailto:arslist@ARSLIST.ORG] On Behalf Of Candace
Sent: Monday, March 26, 2012 9:44 AM
To: arslist@ARS
Lars,
It will change the support group name, not the ID, on many of the ITSM forms
and update functional roles for the people in that group. However, it does not
update any templates that are using that group. So, if have any change, work
order, or Incident templates where use that support group
One more thing to try is to have a limit on you users' requests. All the tuning
in the world will not help if you are letting your users run amok in the
system. The same thing happened to us with Tomcat killing our server and
causing daily crashes. When I got to this job, there were no restricti
The same thing happens to us on AM and it also happens on Change Management and
the only way to fix it is by flushing the mid-tier cache. We have ITSM 7.6.0
and Mid-tier 7.5.7. Usually it is only seen on one mid-tier.
I opened up a case with BMC on the matter and have an engineer, Dan Barbera,
l
Greetings,
I am in the process of refreshing my development database from production and I
know that there is a lot of housekeeping after the fact. So I looked on the BMC
Communities site to see if there was a tool for helping with that. I found the
Remedy Restore Application 1.6 that is suppose
@ARSLIST.ORG
Subject: Re: java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: Java heap space.
I think we ended setting ours to 1 rows as well and don't think we've had
any issues since.
From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList)
[mailto:arslist@ARSLIST.ORG] On Behalf Of Ortega, Jesus A
Sent: Wednesday,
I have been having this problem for two months and have a critical ticket
opened with BMC. We were on MT 7.5.3. It took almost two months to talk to a
US based engineer and get the proper support. They had me do a number of things:
- Patch the mid-tier to 7.5.7,
- Decrease perm size to 128 and m
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