Oh yeah! Time for the stories from WAY back... It used to be (before version 4?) that the Admin tool ONLY ran on X and not on Windows... There was a time where there were Windows- and Unix views on a form... Does anybody have screenshots from that long ago? Just out of sentimental value? -- Michiel Beijen Software Consultant +31 6 - 457 42 418 Bee Free IT + http://beefreeit.nl
On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 15:25, Grooms, Frederick W < [email protected]> wrote: > Actually way back in the 4.x (and probably before, but I haven’t had > enough coffee today to remember that far back) you had to use an X Windows > client to manage the licensing of Remedy on a Unix server. > > You also need some sort of X Windows client to install the Oracle client on > a Unix server > > > > Fred > > > > *From:* Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Michiel Beijen > *Sent:* Wednesday, March 11, 2009 4:03 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: Using Hummingbird instead of X Windows to install ARS 7.5 > > > > ** On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 21:39, Axton <[email protected]> wrote: > > I've found it easier to use a Linux workstation or Linux within VMWare if > a separate workstation is not available. > > That was also my point. Actually the first patch that needed the X client > to install was I believe patch 5 or 6 for ITSM 7. Back then I was working at > a client where for 'ordinary' people, such as external consultants as > myself, it was not allowed to install anything on your Windows based > workstation without the desktop team testing it and all that. I went to a > lot of trouble trying to set up a local X server but it just wasn't working > right. Then I just gave up, and got some coffee for the system > administrator who was sitting on the other floor, with his Ubuntu > workstation. All it took him was just an "ssh -X remedyserver.mycorp.local" > and we could do the installation. > > So, I guess, the standard toolkit of the Remedy consultant or administrator > should now be expanded with either a package like Cygwin, an expensive > solution like Hummingbird, a free Linux VMWare as Axton mentioned -- or just > a good relationship with the system administrator. > -- > Michiel Beijen > Software Consultant > +31 6 - 457 42 418 > Bee Free IT + http://beefreeit.nl > > On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 21:39, Axton <[email protected]> wrote: > > This is a packaging of cygwin that is designed to work as a local X > server. > http://x.cygwin.com/ > > The directions are fairly straight forward: > http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ug/cygwin-x-ug.html > > I've found it easier to use a Linux workstation or Linux within VMWare if a > separate workstation is not available. > > Axton Grams > > > On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 3:12 PM, patrick zandi <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > FYI > > http://www.cygwin.com/ is free if you can get someone to set it up.. > > > > > On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 3:55 PM, Pruitt, Christopher J < > [email protected]> wrote: > > Dwayne, > > The Hummingbird (company) is now called OpenText. Their URL is > http://connectivity.hummingbird.com/ > > We used the Exceed 2008 product to install 7.5. However, our servers were > behind firewalls so we also had to use SSH to get to them. What you would > need are two products. Exceed 2008 and Connectivity Secure Server 2008 > > We use SUN Solaris and needed the ability to run xTerm to the server with > SSH. Hummingbird's products were very easy to configure and use. > > Exceed does run against Unix or Linux server from your desktop. It support > the following connection methods: > > REXEC (TCP/IP) > > RSH (TCP/IP) > > RLOGIN (TCP/IP) > > TELNET (TCP/IP) > > PCX$SERVER (DECnet) (I believe this one is X Windows) > > Secure Shell (TCP/IP) > > Secure Shell (Set Display) > > *Christopher Pruitt* > Consultant Specialist > *EDS,* an HP Company > mailto:* **[email protected]* > > > > On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 10:14 AM, Dwayne Martin <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Dear List, > > > > > > The 7.5 installation manual says to use X Windows to install ARS on a > Unix or Linux server. We already have Hummingbird, which supposedly works > similarly to X Windows. Can we use it or do we need to buy X Windows? > > > > > > (We are presently at ARS 7.1 p3 on a RH Linux server.) > > > > > > Dwayne Martin > > > James Madison University > > > > > _______________________________________________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org Platinum Sponsor: RMI Solutions ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are"
