There is an encoding enhancement in Impact 5.1.1.  Impact uses UTF8 as a default encoding to handle policies.  So Impact 5.1.1 and newer release could read, write and display special character correctly, such as accent, either in file system or GUI pages without setting a specific locale/encoding.     However, customer need set correct locale to display them normally in Impact 5.1.0 and older release if policy having special characters, otherwise garbled characters will display.  Customer set correct locale naturally by... [More]

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This is quick post to highlight a technote that some people may not be aware of.   When you try and upgrade TCR 2.1 to 2.1.1, this may fail at the "TCRCore_Upgrade" step of the install. You can confirm this by checking the Installation logs, the error message at the end of the installer will tell you which ones to look at and where they can be found. This issue occurs when your 2.1 environment has multiple interim fixes installed.  The 2.1.1 install scripts are only specifically looking for IF1 and IF2, so anything... [More]

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 The quarterly Bedrock report is now available on Service Management Connect. The report provides detailed information on the results of our 3Q12 Business Service Management Solution Stack integration and upgrade tests.  The report contains information on the maintenance levels installed, configured and tested together as a solution stack.  You'll find details on the product versions used in the stack, procedures followed to implement the stack, issues found, and tips and tricks to learn from. The Tivoli Bedrock testing team was... [More]

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 The quarterly Bedrock report is now available on Service Management Connect. The report provides detailed information on the results of our 2Q12 Business Service Management Solution Stack integration and upgrade tests.  The report contains information on the maintenance levels installed, configured and tested together as a solution stack.  You'll find details on the product versions used in the stack, procedures followed to implement the stack, issues found, and tips and tricks to learn from. The Tivoli Bedrock testing team was established as... [More]

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Check out the results of our 1Q 2012 Business Service Management Solution Stack integration and upgrade tests. As part of IBM's commitment to quality and continuous improvement, the Tivoli Project Bedrock testing team was established. The team consists of cross-product test representatives from IBM Software Group,Tivoli software, and IBM Systems and Technology Group hardware divisions. Project Bedrock enhances the way IBM tests by doing scenario-based testing on a solution stack comprised of multiple Tivoli products, middleware,... [More]

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  A solution implementation guide for the Business Service Management Solution Stack has been published!   This document will improve your time to value by providing the technical details of a Business Service Management Solution stack deployed for IBM Software Technology Group and Tivoli integration test in the Bedrock project environment.   The details described in this document describe the initial installation of the solution stack that was published in the Business Service Management Upgrade Report in the second and third quarter of 2011... [More]

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A solution summary presentation for the Business Service Management Solution Stack has been published!   This presentation will improve your time to value by providing the technical details of a Business Service Management Solution stack deployed for IBM Software Technology Group and Tivoli integration test in the Bedrock project environment.   The details described in this presentation describe the initial installation of the solution stack that was published in the Business Service Management Upgrade Report in the second and third quarter of... [More]

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Check out the results of our 4Q 2011 Business Service Management Solution Stack integration and upgrade tests. As part of IBM's commitment to quality and continuous improvement, the Tivoli Project Bedrock testing team was established. The team consists of cross-product test representatives from IBM Software Group,Tivoli software, and IBM Systems and Technology Group hardware divisions. Project Bedrock enhances the way IBM tests by doing scenario-based testing on a solution stack comprised of multiple Tivoli products, middleware, operating... [More]

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Check out the results of our 3Q 2011 Business Service Management Solution Stack integration and upgrade tests.   As part of IBM's commitment to quality and continuous improvement, the Tivoli Project Bedrock testing team was established. The team consists of cross-product test representatives from IBM Software Group,Tivoli software, and IBM Systems and Technology Group hardware divisions. Project Bedrock enhances the way IBM tests by doing scenario-based testing on a solution stack comprised of multiple Tivoli products, middleware, operating... [More]

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