Service Desk SLM Report Pack

Software Version 1.0

Release Notes, revised 29 September 2006

Overview
Installation Notes
Enhancements and Fixes
Known Problems, Limitations, and Workarounds
Documentation Errata
Local Language Support
Support
Legal Notices

Overview

The Service Level Management Report Pack helps you and your customers determine whether or not services comply with agreements and objectives. Use these reports to assess availability, to understand the relationship between services and components, to find out which services require immediate attention, and to schedule resources for services that are headed in the direction of non-compliance. Each report allows you to define a timeframe and retrieve detailed information for that timeframe.

The SLM Report Pack contains the following reports:

1. SLA Overview for Customer Business Manager

2. SLA Detail for Customer Business Manager

3. Service Detail for Customer Business Manager

4. SLO Detail for Customer Business Manager

5. SLA Overview for Customer Relationship Manager

6. SLA Detail for Customer Relationship Manager

7. Service Detail for Customer Relationship Manager

8. SLO Detail for Customer Relationship Manager

9. Service Overview for Service Manager

10. Service Detail for Service Manager

11. SConfiguration Item Detail for Service Manager

Installation

Prerequisites

Install DimensionManager and DataFeeder on the OVPI server. DimensionManager and DataFeeder are shipped with the Service Desk 5.0 DVD. For details about installing DimensionManager and DataFeeder, see the Service Desk Reporting User Guide, September 2006.

Package Manager

After the prerequisites are met, follow these steps to install the Service Desk SLM Report Pack.

1. Log in to the system. On UNIX systems, log in as root.

2. Stop OVPI Timer and wait for processes to terminate.

3. Insert the report pack CD in the CD-ROM drive. On a Windows operating system, a Main Menu displays automatically; on Unix, mount the CD, navigate to the top-level directory for the CD drive, and type the setup command.

4. Extract packages from the CD to the Packages directory on your system by typing 1 in the choice field and pressing Enter. A completion bar shows progress. When the extract finishes, the install script starts Package Manager. The Package Manager welcome window opens.

5. If Package Manager is not running, select Package Manager from the Management Console.

6. Click Next. The Package Location window opens.

7. Click the Install radio button.

8. Approve the default destination directory or browse to a different directory if necessary.

9. Click Next. The Report Deployment window opens.

10. Accept the default to deploy reports. Enter your OVPI username and password.

11. Click Next. The Package Selection window opens.

12. Select SLM_Integration report pack.

13. Click Next. The Type Discovery window opens. Unselect the Type Discovery check box and click Next. The Selection Summary window opens.

14. Click Install. The Installation Progress window opens and the install begins. When the install finishes, a package installation complete message appears.

15. Click Done to return to the Management Console.

16. Restart OVPI Timer.

Windows: Select Control Panel > Services

UNIX: As root, do one of the following:

HP-UX: sh /sbin/init.d/ovpi_timer start

Sun: sh /etc/init.d/ovpi_timer start

Post-installation Tasks

SLM dimension data must be exported from Service Desk to DimensionManager on the OVPI server. The export of fact data to DataFeeder is automatic, no user intervention is necessary. For details about exporting dimension data from Service Desk to OVPI, see the Service Desk Reporting User Guide, September 2006.

Enhancements and Fixes

None.

Known Problems, Limitations, and Workarounds

Dates and Strings in Demo Reports

In a translated demo report, dates display in English. In a production report, dates will not display in English. In a translated demo report, you may see strings in English. For example, you may see "From" and "To" strings. Such strings will not display in English in the production report.

QXCR1000319466 - Full Export Option is not shown in the SD Console.

If a full export is attempted from Service Desk before an OVPI connection has been successfully established, the export will fail and the full export option in the Service Desk Reporting Administration workspace will not be visible, even after the OVPI connection is created.

Workaround:

1. Establish a successful OVPI connection as described in the Service Desk Reporting User Guide.

2. Execute the following sql statement on the Service Desk database:

UPDATE rpt_reportingadministrations SET rad_fullexportrequested = '0';

commit;

Documentation Errata

The Service Desk Reporting User Guide contains installation and configuration procedures for all three Service Desk report packs as well as report descriptions for all three Service Desk report packs. Looking for this information in the Service Desk 5.0 documentation (the SD 5.0 Installation Guide, the SD 5.0 Service Level Manager Guide, and the SD 5.0 Administrator Guide is no longer necessary.

QXCR1000318937 - Incorrect information in Chapter 6 of the SD 5.0 Installation Guide

a. Chapter 6 states that report packs are installed from the Service Desk DVD [Section "Install Software Required for Report Packs": page 129]. This is incorrect. You must install report packs from the May 2006 report pack CD-ROM.

b. Chapter 6 states that "trendadm" is the default username/password [Section "View Service Desk Reports": pages 134-135]. This is partially incorrect. Login using username "trendadm" and the password that was configured for that user.

Support

To visit the HP OpenView web site, go to: http://managementsoftware.hp.com/

This site provides contact information and details about products and services, including online support. To open the support site from the OpenView home page, click Support. The support site provides an efficient way to:

NOTE: There are portions of this site you cannot access unless you register as an HP Passport user and log in. In some cases, you will also need an active support contract. To find more information about support access levels, go here:

http://support.openview.hp.com/access_level.jsp

To register for an HP Passport ID, go here:

https://passport2.hp.com/hpp/newuser.do

We post updated user guides for OVPI report packs and datapipes to the web on a regular basis. Follow these steps to locate current documentation:

  1. From the Support home page, click product manuals. The product manuals search page opens.
  2. In the select product list, scroll down and click Performance Insight Reporting Solutions.
  3. In the select version list, click the latest version. (The OS option does not apply.)
  4. Select the document you want to read and click Open or Download.

NOTE: Viewing files in PDF format (*.pdf) requires Adobe Acrobat Reader. To download Adobe Acrobat Reader, go here:

http://www.adobe.com/

Legal Notices

©Copyright 2006 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.

The information contained herein is subject to change without notice.

The only warranties for HP products and services are set forth in the express warranty statements accompanying such products and services. Nothing herein should be construed as constituting an additional warranty. HP shall not be liable for technical or editorial errors or omissions contained herein.