Re: Gmail and AREmail Engine

2011-09-27 Thread Rick Sharp
We use mailenable POP3 as intermediate incoming email engine. Configure this as outgoing email with IP, port, and username and password setup in mailenable. Google mailenable as its freeware. For outgoing, you need an active SMTP source of some type, and is allowable via your network routing

Re: Plugin Server issue

2011-09-27 Thread Rick Sharp
Have you tried using FQDN (server plus domain name) or using IP in place of server name? Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T -Original Message- From: "Rodriguez, Rafael J x23718" Sender: "Action Request System discussion list(ARSList)" Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2011 16:24:55 To

Re: Where are the WWRUG11 document SOLVED

2011-09-26 Thread Rick Cook
I would also recommend opening up each one and doing a "Save As...", so that you get a real file name, instead of something like "0d9d0522-4b9d-4c91-8179-16b736cd3fcb.pdf". Rick On Sun, Sep 25, 2011 at 1:50 PM, Elry wrote: > Thanks Misi... > > I don't th

Re: Passwords in URLs

2011-09-23 Thread Rick Cook
I thought they fixed that? Could you hide the error in the message catalog as a workaround? Rick On Sep 23, 2011 4:59 PM, "Thad Esser" wrote: > Hi, > I'm pretty sure there's no resolution to this, but I wanted to ask the list > anyway. A user (using the user to

Re: OT: Age old debate - categorizations

2011-09-23 Thread Rick Cook
One thing to keep in mind is that there isn't one perfect way to do this. Like ITIL, there are some rules and some guidelines, but the rest should be based on what works for your company. So let's keep this a sharing of ideas, and not let it descend into a Holy War of any kind. Rick

Re: Age old debate - categorizations

2011-09-23 Thread Rick Cook
Configuration Items, which user accounts are not. Rick On Sep 23, 2011 10:12 AM, "Brian Pancia" wrote: > Rick - very interesting. I have a situation right now where there is huge > debate on what to track in each of the apps. Do requests belong in Incident > Management? The debate i

Re: Age old debate - categorizations

2011-09-23 Thread Rick Cook
ntended for anything more than Incident. Rick On Fri, Sep 23, 2011 at 9:27 AM, Brian Pancia wrote: > ** > > Rick's white paper can be found here: > > ** ** > > https://communities.bmc.com/communities/docs/DOC-3231#comment-3060 > > ** ** > > Rick gr

Re: Age old debate - categorizations

2011-09-22 Thread Rick Cook
The "I want you to Opcat1 the Opcat1 on my Opcat3" method is actually from my white paper. There are some frills and dressings therein, though. Rick On Sep 22, 2011 9:05 AM, "Martinez, Marcelo A" wrote: > Rick, > I am interested in reading your whitepaper. I will go l

Re: Age old debate - categorizations

2011-09-22 Thread Rick Cook
I would suggest that you read my white paper on the subject. It is available on the BMCDN. Rick On Sep 22, 2011 8:31 AM, "Brian Pancia" wrote: > This topic comes up every once and awhile on arslist. I talked to a few > people at WWRUG that have really struggled with this. I wou

Re: For those who know Mike McCourt

2011-09-16 Thread Rick Cook
prayers! Rick On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 10:54 AM, Tami Palacky wrote: > glad to hear it! i was going to ask you this am if there was an > update. > > On Sep 14, 12:15 pm, Rick Cook wrote: > > Good news! Mike is recovering from surgery. He still has a road to full > > recov

Re: User Tool and win7

2011-09-16 Thread Rick Cook
t (if at all), and forms crash it. Just go to the browser and be done with it, except when you have to use the UT. Rick On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 3:45 PM, Vaibhav Singhal wrote: > ** > Hi List, > > As far as I know, User Tool is not supported on Win7. > But, if UT installation direct

Re: Mingle360: MingleStick Registration

2011-09-15 Thread Rick Cook
I was able to create a profile a few days ago myself. My question is what made the Mingle people think that a Facebook integration was a higher priority than a LinkedIn one, since this is primarily a business, not social, device. My FB account is mostly for personal contacts. My LinkedIn account

Re: License_Cache

2011-09-15 Thread Rick Cook
Two questions, Dave. 1) What version/platform? 2) Have you tried using the Mid-tier for this? On 7.6.04, we are finding differences in functionality between the two interfaces that were probably not intentional. Rick On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 5:15 AM, David Abry wrote: > ** > All, >

Re: For those who know Mike McCourt

2011-09-14 Thread Rick Cook
Good news! Mike is recovering from surgery. He still has a road to full recovery, and will be in the hospital for another couple of weeks, but his body appears to be cooperating. Thanks to all for thoughts and prayers. Rick On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 9:30 AM, Rick Cook wrote: > A few days

Re: Change Management Installation

2011-09-14 Thread Rick Cook
Installing Atrium Core prior to ITSM is not optional. You don't have to USE or license the CMDB, but it must be in place or your installation won't work. Rick On Wed, Sep 14, 2011 at 6:01 AM, Kemes, Lisa wrote: > ** > > We ONLY want to install Change Management. I can

Re: Mingle360: MingleStick Registration

2011-09-13 Thread Rick Cook
nkies, and only slightly less edible. They may be more accurate when thrown as well. Not that anyone would or should DO that (especially if they have your personal info on the murder weapon), I'm just saying... And now you know why yours truly is NOT the Director of Communication. Rick O

Re: Mingle360: MingleStick Registration

2011-09-13 Thread Rick Cook
w I would do it. I don't have any inside info that says that's how it will really work. Rick On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 12:30 PM, Nathan Aker wrote: > ** > > Don’t know but I got one also, was wondering where it came from. Nate.** > ** > > ** ** > > *Nathan Aker

For those who know Mike McCourt

2011-09-13 Thread Rick Cook
A few days ago, Mike suffered a sudden brain aneurism. He is in the hospital, and is scheduled to undergo surgery soon. If anyone out there has thoughts or prayers they would like to direct toward Mike and his family as they go through this, both they and his Rapid Technologies "family" would app

Re: EXTERNAL: Re: "Outside of Reserved Range" warning?

2011-09-09 Thread Rick Cook
ility programs that could assist you with choosing the next field ID for a form. Lots of ways to skin that cat. So which system you use isn't nearly as important as using one that works for you. Rick On Fri, Sep 9, 2011 at 6:31 AM, Andrew C Goodall wrote: > It would be nice if BMC helped driv

Re: SRM Configuration/Setup

2011-09-07 Thread Rick Sharp
Consider a better product we use, www.kineticdata.com. Super tool and very friendly and smart support staff. Former Remedy developers creating solutions solely for Remedy! You will be happy you called them. We are customers of 3 years now. Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T -Original Message-

Re: Hcnfyfdgic

2011-08-29 Thread Rick Cook
I am also surprised that no one blamed "auto-correct". Rick On Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 1:37 PM, Alejandro Canon wrote: > ** > > I´ve enjoyed reading this thread… J > > Thanks for giving us some “Monday Humor” > > By the way, be careful if: > > **

Re: Hcnfyfdgic

2011-08-29 Thread Rick Cook
The weird part is that I bet Lenny could still answer the question. And it's not the most unintelligible question the list has received. Rick On Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 12:21 PM, Meyer, Jennifer L wrote: > That 'splains lots. > > I've got a secure pass-thingy on my phon

Re: change management notifications - where requestor same as implementer

2011-08-25 Thread Rick Cook
Andrew, my understanding is that to change one of the existing notifications, the easiest way is to create a new one that has the same name as an existing one. Workflow will look at your custom one and ignore the OOB one. Rick On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 3:14 PM, Andrew C Goodall wrote

Re: Remedy Inconsistency

2011-08-25 Thread Rick Cook
CMDB 7.6.04 form corruption issues when in a server group, but only on a Linux platform - Windows seems to do just fine. The short-term workaround: don't customize the CMDB in a server group on Linux. Support is working hard on a solution. Rick On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 9:24 AM, strauss

Re: Remedy Inconsistancy

2011-08-25 Thread Rick Cook
doozy) addressed and adequate QA done to ensure that things work at all, but it would be nice to have some tightening up of the design and architecture of the application suite. Rick On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 8:33 AM, Lyle Taylor wrote: > ** > > I griped about this a few years back, too.

Re: "To Do" List for new Developer?

2011-08-24 Thread Rick Cook
dictate how you will roll BMC/Remedy/ITSM out in your company. Because of that, it would help us help you if you could focus your question a little more narrowly. Thanks! Rick On Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 7:05 AM, Sam Cerrato wrote: > I'm not sure if this is where this request shoul

Re: Enable trace (SQL and Filter logs) for single user

2011-08-16 Thread Rick Cook
Yes. The User tool allows that, though you have to be logged in as a user with the permissions to run those. Rick On Aug 16, 2011 9:08 PM, "Mikhail Kovrizhnykh" wrote: > Hi All, > > Is it possible to enable SQL and Filter logs for single user? > ARS 7.1. >

Re: Improving the performance of the Midtier 7.6, SP1

2011-08-15 Thread Rick Cook
BMC has a mid-tier performance White Paper that covers just what you are looking for. It is available on their web site. Rick On Mon, Aug 15, 2011 at 3:42 AM, Tristan Roppel wrote: > Midtier 7.6 SP1 > Apache Tomcat 5.5 > > Hi folks, > > can anybody give me hints in or

Re: WWRUG11: Discounts end on August 15th, content being filled in, We have History and the Future

2011-08-09 Thread Rick Cook
Just signed up today. Will be staying at nearby Hyatt, because I can use points to pay for the room. Thank you for the discount code for the conference! Rick On Aug 7, 2011 2:00 PM, "Daniel Bloom" wrote: > Hi Everyone, just a reminder that we are only 6 weeks out from the >

Re: ARERROR.LOG entries

2011-08-08 Thread Rick Cook
makings of one of those fixes that gets accidentally left out of a subsequent patch/SP/hotfix, so keep your eyes and ears open for errors like this even if you think you are current. Rick On Mon, Aug 8, 2011 at 9:41 AM, strauss wrote: > ** > > The culprit is HPD:INC:ChkModClose_020_Get

Re: ARERROR.LOG entries

2011-08-08 Thread Rick Cook
- CTM:PPL:ChkUnrestrictedAccess-Fail2_596 - CTM:PPL:ChkUnrestrictedAccess-Fail_596 - CTM:PPL:LOGINCannotSubmitLogin_151_E - CTM:PPL:LICENSECannotSetCreate_151_E - CTM:PPL:VerifyPasswordAccess_151_E Rick On Mon, Aug 8, 2011 at 7:20 AM, strauss wrote: > ** > >

Re: ARERROR.LOG entries

2011-08-08 Thread Rick Cook
cause the last time I saw something like that. Rick On Mon, Aug 8, 2011 at 7:04 AM, strauss wrote: > Our ITSM 7.6.04.01 system is now live, and of course it immediately started > spitting an error we have never seen in testing: > > Sun Aug 07 18:44:06 2011 : Action Request System(R)

Re: Integrating with CTM:People vs. BMC_People

2011-08-02 Thread Rick Cook
so has the benefit of allowing customers who use a CMDB apart from ITSM the ability to easily do so without giving up the ability to track people/CI relationships. Seems a sound strategy to me. Thoughts? Rick On Tue, Aug 2, 2011 at 12:38 PM, strauss wrote: > ** > > Does this filter p

Re: ARX File Reader Utility

2011-07-29 Thread Rick Cook
To track the last time the Cubs won a World Series. Rick On Jul 29, 2011 9:12 AM, "John Sundberg" wrote: > > > Question -- has ANYBODY -- EVER -- used any date in BC? > > And if so -- why? > > > > -John > > > On Jul 29, 2011, at 11:50 AM, Kirill Ei

Re: Atrium 7.6.04 SP1

2011-07-29 Thread Rick Cook
3800810. Rick On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 7:31 PM, Brett Azzopardi < brett.azzopa...@planwell.net> wrote: > ATTN: Rick Cook > > Hi Rick, > > I am having issues with BMC support associating my issue to the similar if > not replicated problem that you had. Can I please as

Re: Atrium 7.6.04 SP1

2011-07-26 Thread Rick Cook
It was Red hat 6. Not sure of the exact version. Rick On Jul 26, 2011 7:28 PM, "Brett Azzopardi" wrote: > Sorry Rick, > > One last question, was it due to the Environment you were installed it on? Did you also use RHEL v6.1? > > > Kind regards, > &g

Re: Atrium 7.6.04 SP1

2011-07-26 Thread Rick Cook
In one of the installation XML files there is a setting that needs to be reset. BMC should know about it, because they have been working the same issue with us. Rick On Jul 26, 2011 6:28 PM, "Brett Azzopardi" wrote: > Hi all, > > I am having some serious trouble installing At

Re: java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: Java heap space.

2011-07-26 Thread Rick Cook
Did you also put the other settings in the performance document in place? Rick On Jul 26, 2011 11:53 AM, "Michele Mizell" wrote: > When I bump the max setting up to 1.5 GB the tomcat service doesn't > startup. > > > > > >

Re: Developer Studio Documentation

2011-07-25 Thread Rick Cook
On its way to you under separate cover. Rick On Jul 25, 2011 3:28 PM, "Sanford, Claire" < claire.sanf...@memorialhermann.org> wrote: > Does anyone have a copy of > > BMC Remedy Action Request System 7.6.04: Introduction to Application Development with BMC Remedy Develope

Re: java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: Java heap space.

2011-07-25 Thread Rick Cook
You can bump your max setting up to 1.5 gb. That should help. Rick On Jul 25, 2011 8:32 AM, "Michele Mizell" wrote: > All, > > We are intermittently receiving "java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: Java heap > space" in our midtier logs. > > We have 2 Load Balanced s

Re: Ticket data content issues (Healthcare Industry)

2011-07-22 Thread Rick Cook
password protect the fields. Lots of ways to skin that cat. Rick On Jul 22, 2011 9:09 AM, "Shane Buchholz" wrote: > I have had a request from our security officer to find out if there are any specific security concerns we should be aware of in relation to processing Incident tickets in

Re: Migration in reverse

2011-07-20 Thread Rick Cook
Well, you should start with the 64-bit Java. BMC states that it is 40-45% slower than the 32-bit Java. Rick On Jul 20, 2011 8:22 AM, "Larry Barnes" wrote: > I have a development server running ITSM 7.6.04 on a VM with 8 gig of > ram and is running SQL 2008 on a separate server

Re: ITSM ERD

2011-07-13 Thread Rick Cook
f his dog. Rick On Wed, Jul 13, 2011 at 7:35 AM, Axton wrote: > ** Generating an ERD for Remedy applications is going to be problematic. > ERDs make some assumptions that don't necessarily apply to Remedy > applications: > - Data normalization (apps that operate on a nor

Re: BMC Software Acquires Aeroprise

2011-07-07 Thread Rick Cook
...and one that took a lot longer than I thought it would. They were BMC in all but name for the past few years anyway. Made perfect sense to tie the knot, and I wish the happy couple years of success! Rick On Jul 7, 2011 9:39 AM, "arslist" wrote: > I'm surprised it isn

Re: Support Company Access Configuration - Infinite loop!

2011-07-06 Thread Rick Cook
Like I always say, you can't spell BMC without QA. Oh, wait, I guess you can.... Rick On Jul 6, 2011 7:08 AM, "Logan, Kelly" wrote: > Hi Guillaume, > > I agree that code review would be great, particularly to maintain coding practices (like using guides instead of Goto l

Re: Active Links Not Loading in Dev Studio

2011-06-30 Thread Rick Cook
We saw something like this when there was a mismatch between Remedy and Oracle over whether the DB was configured to be Unicode. Might check that. Rick On Jun 30, 2011 7:48 AM, "rajat sharma" wrote: > Hi All, > > Active links are not getting loaded in the deveoper studio i

Change 7.6, Defined Search for task not working

2011-06-30 Thread Rick Phillips
Hi, ARS 7.5 p6 ITSM 7.6 On the change console, the defined search for all closed tasks shows no records in the table field. Users who are members of a group with thousands of closed tasks see none in the console. Has anyone seen this before? tia, Rick

Re: WWRUG 11 - and Kinetic Calendar fun

2011-06-29 Thread Rick Cook
Yeah. The project was not extended, due to a paperwork snafu. I am working with Rapid right now, helping out the folks at Union Pacific in Omaha. Rick On Jun 29, 2011 10:10 AM, "John Sundberg" wrote: > 3 weeks has passed - I assume impossible with BMC Calendar ??? > > -

Re: ARS 7.6.0.4 Midtier and ARS 7.1 Server

2011-06-29 Thread Rick Cook
Sure, Jiri. It is in BMC's own documentation, a white paper called Performance Tuning for BSM. You can find it in the AR System 7.6 documentation. Rick On Jun 29, 2011 9:15 AM, "Jiri Pospisil" wrote: > Rick, > > Could you share the source of this information? > I am

Re: ARS 7.6.0.4 Midtier and ARS 7.1 Server

2011-06-29 Thread Rick Cook
What size heap were you using before? Rick On Jun 29, 2011 8:41 AM, "Wilson, Jeffrey M" wrote: > Unfortunately, we need the extra heap space for some things that we are doing within our custom data visualization apps. We started getting outofmemory errors on our 7.1 midtiers which

Re: ARS 7.6.0.4 Midtier and ARS 7.1 Server

2011-06-29 Thread Rick Cook
Jeff, are you sure you need the extra heap space the 64 bit Java will give you? BMC states that the 32 bit jvm is about 45% faster than the 64 bit. Your choice, just want to be sure you see the cost from both sides. Rick On Jun 29, 2011 8:29 AM, "Wilson, Jeffrey M" wrote: >

Re: Remedy User Tool has 20 second delay after a period of inactivity > 40 minutes

2011-06-29 Thread Rick Cook
Does the user have any floating licenses attached to it? And if so, what is your floating license timeout? Rick On Jun 22, 2011 3:58 PM, "remedymarv" wrote: > ARS Prod 7.5 gives a pause/delay after > 40 min of inactivity in the user too > > Hi, first post! I recently inh

Re: arserver.exe is consuming 100% cpu - possible DB corruption? (Long Post)

2011-06-28 Thread Rick Cook
There is also a hotfix for 7.1 involving some embedded spaces in Filter Run If quals that was causing similar problems. Wouldn't put it past the devs to reintroduce a problem that was fixed in a previous version. In fact, I just fixed one of those yesterday. Rick On Jun 28, 2011 7:

Re: arserver.exe is consuming 100% cpu - possible DB corruption? (Long Post)

2011-06-28 Thread Rick Cook
We saw on ESX 3.5 that adding CPUs actually slowed performance, due to a bug in how the processors were accessed. Dropping to 1 or 2 helped a lot, as did upgrading to v4. Rick On Jun 28, 2011 5:33 AM, "Reiser, John J" wrote: > Mark, > I've been working with BMC Support

Re: arserver.exe is consuming 100% cpu - possible DB corruption? (Long Post)

2011-06-27 Thread Rick Cook
2 questions: How many CPUs are allocated to the VM? What version of VM software are you using? Rick On Jun 27, 2011 2:30 PM, "Reiser, John J" wrote: > Hello Listers, > ARS 7.6.03 > MS 2003 Enterprise > MS SQL 2005 (remote) > Total home grown system. No OOTB modules. &g

Re: changing the next Field ID -- team wants to know

2011-06-21 Thread Rick Cook
Just build a custom form that looks at $USER$ and assigns the nextId from the form with a prefix set by the workflow. Rick On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 9:17 AM, patrick zandi wrote: > ** I have some Team Members who want to set Field ID;s -- unique for them.. > --- > 3 Virtuals, with 3

Re: Urgent Contract opening in New York, NY

2011-06-10 Thread Rick Cook
Darn it! Didn't mean to respond to the list! Sorry about that. Rick On Jun 10, 2011 10:54 AM, "Rick Cook" wrote: > David, I have that experience, along with CM 7.1 and 7.5. What rate are you > paying for 1099, and does that include expenses? > > Rick Cook

Re: Urgent Contract opening in New York, NY

2011-06-10 Thread Rick Cook
David, I have that experience, along with CM 7.1 and 7.5. What rate are you paying for 1099, and does that include expenses? Rick Cook On Jun 10, 2011 10:33 AM, "Frankfater, David" wrote: > We have an immediate 6 to 8 week contract in the city for someone who has ARS 6.3 / Change M

Re: WWRUG 11 - and Kinetic Calendar fun

2011-06-08 Thread Rick Cook
Who on earth would want to set this up to be seen in BMC's antiquitated calendar? Rick On Jun 8, 2011 1:49 PM, "arslist" wrote: > John, > > I have to add the following to your post, and the calendar functionality > does look interesting .. > > > > Disclaim

Re: Looooooooooong update times on ARSCHEMA

2011-06-08 Thread Rick Cook
, my research showed using any number greater than zero (or one) outside of the parameters I outlined actually DIMINISHED performance. Rick On Jun 8, 2011 12:35 PM, "Guillaume Rheault" wrote: ___ UNSUBSCRIBE

Re: Looooooooooong update times on ARSCHEMA

2011-06-08 Thread Rick Cook
could see the potential for performance improvements. Rick On Jun 8, 2011 12:13 PM, "Guillaume Rheault" wrote: > Well, contention on the ARSCHEMA table affects all tables related to Remedy forms, since as you know the ARSCHEMA table stores the nextId for any Remedy form, and th

Re: Looooooooooong update times on ARSCHEMA

2011-06-08 Thread Rick Cook
How would that affect a form that isn't getting new inserts more than occasionally? The nextId setting only affects inserts. Rick On Jun 8, 2011 10:31 AM, "Guillaume Rheault" wrote: > Hi Alkan, > > Have you set the Next Request ID Block Size to 10 or 20 (or even 100) ?

Re: New Product Catalog Data Import - Disappointed!

2011-06-08 Thread Rick Cook
BMC does have a QA department, don't they? Rick On Jun 8, 2011 6:09 AM, "Peter Romain" wrote: > Hi, > > BMC just released new Product Catalog data based on ADDM discovery data. > > I was hoping to use this data immediately as we need to reconcile ADDM > data

Re: ITSM change management approver func role risk

2011-05-31 Thread Rick Cook
Andrew, it might be easier to enforce that with process rather than software. Make it a basic rule that one cannot approve one's own RFCs. The CAB can enforce it. Rick On May 31, 2011 10:11 AM, "Andrew C Goodall" wrote: > > > > > All, > > > > ITSM 7

Re: Asset Management. Cannot access to records if I am not a Remedy Administrator

2011-05-30 Thread Rick Cook
It sounds like your system isn't recognizing licenses. I would look at it from that angle. Rick On May 30, 2011 10:01 AM, "Sergio Tomillero" wrote: > Hello, > > Since some days ago I am having an strange error which I do not find a > solution. I log into Remedy and

Re: OVERVIEW CONSOLE BLANK

2011-05-25 Thread Rick Cook
Still need java and flash, even for the client. Rick On May 25, 2011 5:45 AM, "Patel, Fazila" wrote: > The User is not logging on via the Web. > > Kind Regards, > > Fazila Patel > Remedy Administrator > > Siemens IT Solutions and Services (Pty) Ltd > Infr

Re: OVERVIEW CONSOLE BLANK

2011-05-25 Thread Rick Cook
Does the client have Flash installed? Rick On May 25, 2011 5:07 AM, "Patel, Fazila" wrote: > I am having a strange problem on one of the User's PC. When opening the overview console, it is blank. It does not bring up anything. I have deleted all arf & arv files from the

Re: OT: Duke Nuken Forever

2011-05-24 Thread Rick Cook
In the words of the Dukester, "It's time to kick ass and chew gum. And I'm all outta gum." Rick On May 24, 2011 2:56 PM, "Pargeter, Christie :CO IS" wrote: > This wonderful game is brought to you by the failed Raptur

Re: OT: Duke Nuken Forever

2011-05-24 Thread Rick Cook
It was supposed to release May 8. But it was delayed. Again. Rick On May 24, 2011 2:41 PM, "Chowdhury, Tauf" wrote: > I know some of you fans exist out there from a previous post... so yes, > Duke Nukem Forever will be released June 14 for all major consoles :) > > Hell

Re: anyone know how to add custom approval phases

2011-05-24 Thread Rick Cook
Totally agree. Why build a data driven system and then not use it most of the time? Either replace the selection lists with menu data or don't. Rick On May 24, 2011 11:52 AM, "Andrew C Goodall" wrote: > Confirmed it works in 7.5.01 - pretty sweet, that's a load off my

Re: anyone know how to add custom approval phases

2011-05-24 Thread Rick Cook
We use that feature to create phase names that match the process names used by the CAB. Makes administering the phases much easier without having to refer to a translation table for different terms defining the same thing. Rick On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 8:40 AM, Andrew C Goodall wrote: > Gen

Re: anyone know how to add custom approval phases

2011-05-24 Thread Rick Cook
You just create your own phase names by typing them in the field instead of using the menus. Then those phase names are available in the Mappings form. Rick On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 8:21 AM, pritch wrote: > Hi Andrew, > > Take a look at the Approval Process Configuration form. The e

Re: ARSList

2011-05-23 Thread Rick Cook
Dan is rebuilding servers. Should be done in a couple of weeks. Should be some mirror sites in place, like Matt Reinfeldt's. Rick On May 23, 2011 2:50 PM, "Shafqat Ayaz" wrote: > Hi > i am trying to access the arslist site but keep getting connection refused. can anyone

Re: Friday humor

2011-05-22 Thread Rick Cook
And another person has been shown to be less wise than he thought he was. May we be wiser in the days to come. Rick On May 22, 2011 7:17 AM, "pritch" wrote: > Guess we're all still here. > > On Sat, 21 May 2011 16:29:54 +, "Sanford, Claire" > wrote: >

OT:Re: Farewell Dear Friends !

2011-05-05 Thread Rick Phillips
personally. Please be just as kind and helpful to my successor, Rick Deloney. So Long, Dwayne Martin _attend WWRUG11 www.wwrug.com <http://www.wwrug.com/> ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are"_ _attend WWRUG1

Re: Performance rating on the Change Module and why is it a mandatory field to complete a change ticket?

2011-05-03 Thread Rick Cook
Performance ratings can be used as part of the risk assessment for a Change. I question why it is required, too, but we just put a default value of 3 in and called it good for now. Rick On May 3, 2011 8:09 AM, "Mike Ilmer" wrote: > Hi List, > > My users asking what is the

Re: Customization Approval Process Question

2011-05-03 Thread Rick Cook
Isn't that what the Change Management process is for? The CAB decides what is worth pursuing. Rick On May 3, 2011 6:59 AM, "Sanford, Claire" < claire.sanf...@memorialhermann.org> wrote: > When you have a customer that wants a customization made, do you have a special r

Re: RFE (No Plans to Implement)

2011-04-28 Thread Rick Cook
It was for some type of trigger that would function on client-side actions. Filters are just too limiting, we don't care what Doug says. ;-) Rick On Apr 28, 2011 10:18 AM, "Axton" wrote: > Request For Enhancement > > On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 11:37 AM, Joe Martin D&

Re: Incident Owner

2011-04-25 Thread Rick Cook
Yeah, we're going to keep it high level - one record for each ESD, and company specific, so that we don't have to change them later if we add more companies. Rick On Mon, Apr 25, 2011 at 10:50 AM, Danny Kellett < danny.kell...@strategicworkflow.com> wrote: > ** > >

Re: Incident Owner

2011-04-25 Thread Rick Cook
Thanks, Danny, that's what I was missing! Appreciate the help, all! Rick On Mon, Apr 25, 2011 at 10:28 AM, Danny Kellett < danny.kell...@strategicworkflow.com> wrote: > ** > > Hi, > > > > Its not the assignment engine. That only assigns within a group to the &

Re: Incident Owner

2011-04-25 Thread Rick Cook
Hmmm...we are currently using an all manual process for assignment - the Assignment engine isn't configured at all. Perhaps that's part of the problem. Rick On Mon, Apr 25, 2011 at 10:19 AM, Danny Kellett < danny.kell...@strategicworkflow.com> wrote: > ** > > This

Incident Owner

2011-04-25 Thread Rick Cook
I am seeing something I am not sure I believe. In IM 7.5, the Incident Owner fields appear to be pre-populating with the information from the initial Assignee. According to ITIL, this should be the Submitter at the Service Desk (assuming that isn't the End User). Am I missing something?

Re: Detect Attachment change

2011-04-25 Thread Rick Cook
What if you disabled all but the Add button, and made the actual attachments read only except for Submits? That would provide an audit trail of versions of the attachments. Rick On Apr 25, 2011 6:55 AM, "Hunter, Eric" wrote: > > > I have a request from my users to detect whe

Re: 7.6.04 Next Request ID block size

2011-04-14 Thread Rick Cook
BMC engineering validated my findings. Unless you are on a very busy server with large numbers of submits against the same form, there is no performance benefit to any setting greater than 1. Rick On Apr 14, 2011 1:26 PM, remedyr...@gmail.com wrote: > To minimize the number of 'get

Re: 7.6.04 Next Request ID block size

2011-04-14 Thread Rick Cook
To minimize the number of 'get' operations for Entry IDs. Unfortunately, my own testing showed that unless you have multiple sources (i.e. NMS) creating many records at the same time, it actually slowed performance rather than improving it. Most people should just leave it set to 1. R

Re: Users logged into a specific Mid-Tier server

2011-04-04 Thread Rick Cook
All I can say is that we were having problems with lesser settings, and with them are not now. YMMV. Rick On Mon, Apr 4, 2011 at 3:02 PM, Andrew C Goodall wrote: > I don't necessarily disagree with that, these were the recommendations > from BMC. So as a partner you may want to di

Re: java.lang.OutOfMemoryError issue

2011-04-04 Thread Rick Cook
BMC's latest mid-tier tuning WP shows that the min: 1024 max: 1536 works well with ITSM 7+. I am using those settings without issue. Rick On Mon, Apr 4, 2011 at 12:36 PM, Axton wrote: > ** You need to increase the max heap size (Xmx). You should be able to > increase this to 140

Re: 911: Modifying the Prioritization in ITSM

2011-04-04 Thread Rick Cook
I'm not recommending anything - I am saying that is one way to get what your customers want - if you think they should have it. Rick On Mon, Apr 4, 2011 at 12:11 PM, Kathy Morris wrote: > ** > Escalation rules to bump the priority up?I can set workflow to set the > field with &

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2011-04-04 Thread Rick Trevino
I am out of the office until 04/08/2011. I will be taking a class until 4-8-2011 Please contact Eric Chasteen with any issues, Thanks Rick Note: This is an automated response to your message "Users logged into a specific Mid-Tier server" sent on 4/4/2011 8:28:30 AM. This i

Re: 911: Modifying the Prioritization in ITSM

2011-04-04 Thread Rick Cook
What about using Escalation rules to bump this one up? Or give them the matrix and ask if they can find a way to make it work. Rick On Mon, Apr 4, 2011 at 11:52 AM, Kathy Morris wrote: > ** > I saw this, but there are other priorities that will be affected if I do > this. > >

Re: query against the user form group list field

2011-04-03 Thread Rick Phillips
Thad, Thanks, what actually worked was: ('Group List' = ";20213;2;") OR ('Group List' = ";2;20213;") Rick On 4/1/2011 3:40 PM, Thad Esser wrote: ** Rick, You say ONLY those two groups, so that means the group list could only be one of two thi

query against the user form group list field

2011-04-01 Thread Rick Phillips
Happy Friday! I would like to search for all User form records where the group list is ONLY Service Request User and General Access. Service Request User group id = 20213 General Access group id = 2 I'm having problems with the advanced query. Can anyone help? Thanks, Rick

Re: ITSM 7.5 Server getting restarted

2011-03-31 Thread Rick Cook
Check your plugin server and logs against the settings in your ar.conf file. Rick On Mar 31, 2011 6:39 AM, "vikram_k" wrote: > hi Gopal, > > I see a cyclic restart can you enable the AR logs like SQL API and Thread > logs. Need to see the reason why the server is shutting d

JOB: ITSM, SLM and Integrations Remedy Developers Needed

2011-03-29 Thread Rick Parry
rkflow and APls. Knowledge of ITIL Framework and best practice processes. MINIMUM EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE REQUIRED: Degree / Experience Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or other related field. Or equivalent work experience.

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2011-03-18 Thread Rick Trevino
I am out of the office until 03/21/2011. Please contact Eric Chasteen with any issues, Thanks Rick Note: This is an automated response to your message "Java Error while trying to look at Objects" sent on 3/18/2011 3:46:38 AM. This is the only notification you will receive while this

Re: system center service manager

2011-03-09 Thread Rick Cook
their primary focus, not an addon. Rick On Mar 9, 2011 8:15 AM, "Martinez, Marcelo A" wrote: > Has anyone taken a look at ms system center service manager and compared it to Remedy's ITSM? What did you think about it? > It states it delivers a platform that adapts ITIL best pra

Re: ITSM 7.6.4

2011-03-08 Thread Rick Cook
Best practices are always improving, Claire. We can choose to improve our processes with them, or not. Rick On Tue, Mar 8, 2011 at 12:13 PM, Sanford, Claire < claire.sanf...@memorialhermann.org> wrote: > I don't understand why BMC is making this product so much harder for peopl

Re: release management

2011-02-16 Thread Rick Cook
Rest easy! You can use Change with or without Release. And yes, Release was introduced in 7.5, though the 7.6x versions are better and more fully supported. Rick On Feb 16, 2011 9:20 AM, "Martinez, Marcelo A" wrote: > Hello Listers, > I have 2 questions on release mana

Re: Migrator 7.6.04 Incredibly slow login process

2011-02-16 Thread Rick Cook
e old cache for any process that isn't new in 7.6.04. Rick On Feb 15, 2011 2:42 PM, "strauss" wrote: > I went back and re-read the release and installation notes on Migrator 7.6.04 to see if I had missed something (apparently not, although they recommend never upgrading an earlier

Re: Migrator 7.6.04 Incredibly slow login process

2011-02-15 Thread Rick Cook
We are also seeing evidence that frontline support is completely out if its depth when attempting to resolve product issues. We feel like we have a fighting chance once we get to backline, but not until then. We end up solving far more problems on our own than support does. Rick On Feb 15, 2011

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