Removing the Sample Incident Management Configuration – Support Tiers 1, 2, 3

[System-Center-Team]

First published on TECHNET on May 09, 2012

This is a guest blog post from Sam Erskin (NN4 Consultants), one of our outstanding community contributors and “ MP XML guru” Dieter Gasser (Syliance IT Services).  Thanks for sharing guys!

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The default installation of SCSM is configured with sample names for the incident management views and lists. Most organizations have support groups with names personalized to their naming standards. Additionally the icons used in the sample configuration and the support folder are not available for views and folder created using the SCSM console (without XML editing).

Here is a process and steps to remove the sample configuration.

Incident Templates Modification

A number of the default templates are configured to use the Tier 1 support group. You must either delete the templates or edit the support group field using these steps.

SCSM Console |Library |Templates |filter by incident
Select a template |Properties |Ensure When I click OK, open the template form is ticked |Click OK
Delete the Entry in the Support group field
Click OK
Repeat for all Incident Templates with the support group field populated	High Priority Incident Template Default Incident Template Software Issue Template Printing Issue Template Hardware Issue Template Networking Issue Template

Delete Incident Support Group Views

The next step is to delete the sample support group views.

SCSM Console | Work Items |Incident Management
Expand Incident Support Group
Select Tier 1 Open Incidents |Delete |Yes to the dialog
Repeat for the rest of the Tier x views
Remove the Incident Support Group folder
SCSM console |Administration |Management Packs Select the unsealed management Pack : Service Manager Incident Management Configuration Library |Export
Browse to a destination folder for Example D:\ManagementPacks\Export |OK
Keep a copy of the original exported MP as a backup before proceeding with the next step!!!
Open the exported Management pack with an XML editor (For Example Notepad++)
Search for “ServiceManager.Console.IncidentManagement.TierQueues.Folder”
First occurrence will be a Category tag: <Category ID="ServiceManager.Console.IncidentManagement.TierQueuesFolder.Category" Target="ServiceManager.Console.IncidentManagement.TierQueues.Folder" Value="Incident!ServiceManager.IncidentManagement.TierQueuesFolderTasks" /> Delete it. From <Category … />
Continue search. Next occurrence will be a Folder tag. Delete it, including the parent Folders tag. * <Folders> * <Folder ID="ServiceManager.Console.IncidentManagement.TierQueues.Folder" Accessibility="Public" ParentFolder="Incident!ServiceManager.Console.IncidentManagement" /> * </Folders>
Continue search. Next occurrence will be a FolderItem tag. Delete it. <FolderItem ElementID="SMConsole!Microsoft.EnterpriseManagement.ServiceManager.UI.Console.Task.CreateGridView" ID="ServiceManager.Console.IncidentManagement.FolderItem.CreateTierView" Folder="ServiceManager.Console.IncidentManagement.TierQueues.Folder" />
Continue search. Next occurrence will be a ImageReference tag. Delete it. <ImageReference ElementID="ServiceManager.Console.IncidentManagement.TierQueues.Folder" ImageID="Incident!Wunderbar_IncidentManagement_16" />
Continue search. Next occurrence will be another ImageReference tag. Delete it. <ImageReference ElementID="ServiceManager.Console.IncidentManagement.TierQueues.Folder" ImageID="Incident!Wunderbar_IncidentManagement_24" />
Continue search. Next occurrence will be a DisplayString tag. Delete it <DisplayString ElementID="ServiceManager.Console.IncidentManagement.TierQueues.Folder"> <Name>Incident Support Group</Name> <Description>Contains Incident Management support group views</Description> </DisplayString>
Continue search and delete all remaining DisplayString tags that are found. This would be in all the other languages supported by SCSM
Save XML
Import the modified MP into SCSM |SCSM Console |Administration | Management Packs |Import
There is a warning message because you will be overwriting an existing MP. Click Import
Close the SCSM Console and Re-open to validate

Remove the List items from the Incident Tier Queue (Support Group)

SCSM console |Library |Lists |Incident Tier Queue
Double Click to Edit
Select Tier 1 |Click Delete Repeat for Tier 2 and Tier 3

Enjoy!!!

Sam Erskine ( www.NN4consultants.com )