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Remedy Service Desk uses automated, ITIL-compliant incident management and problem management processes to help IT organizations respond quickly and efficiently to conditions that disrupt critical services.

The mission of the Incident Management process is to resolve incidents as quickly as possible in a prioritized fashion. Incidents typically represent service disruptions for users. The problem management process focuses on determining the root cause of a problem to minimize the number of incidents an organization has to handle. and on using the change management process to correct the root cause. Remedy Service Desk provides a single point of contact for user requests, user submitted incidents, and infrastructure-generated incidents.


Release notes and notices
updated 03 Jan

Learn what’s new or changed for BMC Service Desk 18.08 release, including new features, urgent issues, documentation updates, and fixes or patches.

Note

This section only includes information about changes since the most recent release of BMC Service Desk. If you are upgrading from a previous release, review the release notes for all applicable versions of the product. For example, if you are upgrading from version 9.0, review the release notes for versions 9.1 and 18.05.

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Date

Title

Summary

November 29, 201818.08.01: Patch 1 for version 18.08This patch consolidates all the Hot Fixes delivered for Incident Management and Problem Management version 18.08 and later into a single patch release.
August 31, 201818.08 enhancements

In the Remedy IT Service Management Suite 18.08 release the BMC Helix Cognitive Automation feature is enhanced to automatically apply templates to incidents that are created by using emails.

Using

 

As an end user, access and navigate the interface and use Remedy Service Desk to manage incidents and problems.

Developing

 

As a developer, develop incident management and problem management integrations.

Administering

 

As an administrator, manage configuration items and archive Remedy Service Desk records.

Integrating

 

As an administrator, set up integrations with other BMC products or third-party software.

Troubleshooting

 

Resolve common issues or errors, review logs, or contact Support.

Planning

 

Use Remedy Service Desk to manage incidents and problems, understand user permissions and sample data for incident management templates.

Installing

 

(On-premises only) Install and perform initial system configuration.

Upgrading

 

(On-premises only) Upgrade based on the latest system requirements and software.


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FAQs and additional resources

This topic provides information that supplements the BMC Service Desk documentation. It contains the following sections:

Frequently asked questions

This section provides answers to frequently asked questions (FAQs) about BMC Service Desk.

Where to find information previously provided in a PDF guide or manual

Where to find information previously provided in release notes

Type of information

Found here in

New features (enhancements) and other information

Version 18.08

  • Issues corrected by the base release and its service packs and patches
  • Issues that are currently open

Known and corrected issues

Where to find information previously provided in a white paper

Document title

Found here in

BMC Remedy IT Service Management 7.6.03 Section 508 User Accessibility Options White Paper

BMC Remedy IT Service Management 7.6.03 Integrations White Paper

Where to find information previously provided in a technical bulletin

Type of technical bulletin

Found here in

Contents of a service pack or patch and instructions particular to it

Other information

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Creating PDF and Word exports

You can create a PDF of a page or a set of pages. (Non-English page exports are not supported.) You can also create a Word document of the current page.

To export to PDF or Word

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Additional resources from BMC

The following BMC sites provide information outside of the BMC Service Desk documentation that you might find helpful:

 

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