Repairing Process Manager portal settings
| Article:HOWTO82239 | | | Created: 2012-11-05 | | | Updated: 2013-04-19 | | | Article URL http://www.symantec.com/docs/HOWTO82239 |
During your use of ServiceDesk, you delete or change a portal setting and need to repair it. You can repair your ServiceDesk settings by restoring them back to their default state. You can rerun the ServiceDesk Installation and Configuration Wizard to repair your portal settings.
You can select which of the portal settings to repair, in the ServiceDesk Installation and Configuration Wizard, on the Upgrade Options page. For more information about the portal settings you can repair, see the following instruction:
See About repairing Process Manager portal settings.
To repair Process Manager portal settings
On the ServiceDesk server, in the location to which you downloaded the installation file, double-click the following shortcut:
Symantec.ServiceDesk.Setup.msi
In the Open File - Security Warning dialog box, click Run.
On the ServiceDesk Installation and Configuration page, under Install, Repair, or Remove ServiceDesk, click Start Program.
On the Please Provide Windows Auth Credentials page, under Runtime Database Account Info, type your run-time database credentials: the user name and password.
Click Test Settings.
Do not leave this page until your settings are confirmed.
When you are finished click Next.
On the Start ServiceDesk Installation Program page, click Install or Repair ServiceDesk and then click Next.
On the ServiceDesk's License Agreement page, review the license agreement, and perform the following actions:
On the Select ServiceDesk Modules to Install page, click Next.
The ServiceDesk Installation and Configuration Wizard displays which modules are installed on your ServiceDesk server.
On the Upgrade Options page, select the portals settings that you want to repair and then click Next.
See About repairing Process Manager portal settings.
Warning:
By checking a box, you overwrite any changes that you have made to those portal settings. However, you must overwrite your changes to repair the settings.
If necessary, on the Set SMP Connection page, provide or change the following information for the ServiceDesk to the Symantec Management Platform connection:
This connection lets the ServiceDesk server connect to the Symantec Management Platform to obtain licenses and to integrate with the Configuration Management Database.
Click Test Connection to test the connection.
If the connection fails, check to make sure that the Symantec Management Platform address, user name, password, port, and SSL selection are correct.
When you are finished, click Next.
If necessary, on the Configure Mail Settings page, provide or change the information for your outbound and your inbound mail settings.
If necessary, in the Outbound Mail Settings section, provide or change the outbound mail settings section for email communication to and from ServiceDesk.
Click Test to test the outbound mail settings connection.
The ServiceDesk Installation and Configuration Wizard lets you precede with invalid outbound mail settings. Symantec recommends that you click Test to ensure that your settings are correct.
If necessary, in the Inbound Mail Settings section, provide or change the settings for the Inbox monitor tool. This tool lets you monitor a specific mailbox for the incidents that users submit to ServiceDesk by email.
Click Test to test the inbound mail settings.
The ServiceDesk Installation and Configuration Wizard lets you precede with invalid inbound mail settings. Symantec recommends that you click Test to ensure that your settings are correct
When you are finished, click Next.
Even if your settings are incorrect at this time, you can proceed with ServiceDesk module installation. You can change your outbound and your inbound mail settings in the Process Manager portal.
On the Master Settings page, in the Email Settings section, you can edit the outbound email settings. On the Application Properties page and in the ServiceDesk Settings section, you can edit both the inbound and the outbound email monitoring settings.
If necessary, on the Additional Options page, change the following information:
You can modify the information after installation. In the Process Manager portal, on the Application Properties page, in the ServiceDesk Setting section, you can edit the information and enable or disable email inbox monitoring.
When you are finished, click Next.
On the ServiceDesk Installation page, click Begin Installation.
If you need to change any of your settings, click Back to return to the previous pages.
After the following message is displayed, click Finish:
Installation was successful.
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