In this tutorial, we describe the steps to set up a scheduled task that at regular intervals acquires a configuration snapshot using Xoom and stores the resulting Xoom file into a Subversion repository. This results in the ability to see what changes, intended or not, were made to the configuration of the system at what time, and allows the user to effectively revert back to the configuration at any point in the past. Continue reading Configuration versioning using Xoom (technical)
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Xoom 3.0 has been released
Xoom version 3.0 has been released. This release is built on top of the Windows Communication Foundation infrastructure, and exposes deeper Xoom functionality to client tools and scripts through web services. The release also features major performance and stability improvements, a new tool for implementing renames of settings in the context of a configuration clean-up, and a number of other enhancements. We summarise the new features and bug fixes below. Continue reading Xoom 3.0 has been released
Xoom 2.2.1 has been released
This is a hotfix release addressing Xoom 2.2. It fixes the version detection for the recent builds of Service Optimization 7.5 (which were erroneously identified as version 8 due to the use of the same kind of installer), and fixes a bug where an XML directive within an interpreted XML string caused Xoom to throw an exception.
Xoom 2.2 has been released
Xoom version 2.2 has just been released. This release improves the support for Service Optimization 8+, introduces a generic concept of configuration stages, hierarchical parameterisation for Xoom, and Zany Script, a language for expressing configuration conditions with contextual awareness. Detailed documentation will be provided later, but we summarise the new features and bug fixes below. Continue reading Xoom 2.2 has been released
Xoom Demo Video (2010)
This is the demo video we used for some time now in order to introduce Xoom’s capabilities on a semi-technical level. The video was made in March 2010 and is somewhat dated now as the tools’ UIs have evolved, but the basic behaviour is still the same. The video doesn’t have a narrator and explains everything in captions, which makes it handy for demo sessions with spoken explanation and discussions.
The video covers the following:
- Export using Settings Migration Tool.
- Reporting using Xoom Explorer.
- Import using Settings Migration Tool.
We recommend watching the video in full-screen mode in order to make the text on screen (not just the captions) readable.
Xoom Glossary
Certain terminology is used consistently throughout the Xoom documentation and tools to refer to concepts that have a well-defined meaning in the context of Xoom. Here, we define the most important of those terms in a logical order (not alphabetically). Continue reading Xoom Glossary
Changing ClickSofware username and password used by Xoom (technical)
In order to connect to Service Optimization, Xoom is provided with a username and password during its installation. We recommend that a dedicated user is created for Xoom which doesn’t have any other rights, including the right of remote access to the server on which Xoom is installed, and with a password that doesn’t expire. When that is not possible and there is a policy that all passwords need to expire after a certain amount of time, we provide a way to set this password for Xoom through the command line tool called XoomToolkit. Continue reading Changing ClickSofware username and password used by Xoom (technical)
Xoom for Service Optimization use cases
This presentation (PDF) contains a handy overview of most common Xoom for Service Optimization use cases, and a somewhat more detailed description of each use case later on. It serves as a very concise reminder of what is possible for both potential and existing Xoom customers.
Xoom for Service Optimization brochure
Configuration Management in Enterprise Software
Contemporary enterprise software, including ClickSoftware Service Optimization, needs to be highly adaptable to fit in with the variety of IT applications in use today and to be able to model the diversity of business problems and workflows used to address them. In order to achieve this adaptability, these applications’ configurations contain thousands of parameters of different kinds. Continue reading Xoom for Service Optimization brochure
Xoom 2.1.1 has been released
This is a hotfix release addressing installer issues found with some customers of Xoom 2.1. The hotfix improves the reliability of the installer, in particular when testing the installation preconditions and Service Optimization connectivity with some versions of Service Optimization.