This informative, new white paper explains that the real problem isn’t in the concept of a CMDB itself. It’s the challenge of how to build and maintain CMDBs that have made them such an obstacle–but that can be overcome.
No system in the world is 100% perfect. If you want to ensure availability, then the technical team must have a good grasp of the various statuses of the service, and be able to find the problem in the first time and quickly locate the cause of the problem. But to achieve the above ...
Make sure it is efficient and easy to keep the data in yourroadmapping tool up to date. If not, it will quickly become obsolete. This means that you will need a tool which you can plug into your other information sources (including at least your ERP and CMDB), and automatically run ...
Since a CMDB is part of an organization, and organizations tend to grow and change, it’s a challenge to keep the CMDB up-to-date. Just having data is not useful; one has to derive meaning. That is why a CMDB is often used in conjunction with other tools like ITSM or a standalone...
and then build a dynamic group based on that. But we're trying to get out of that model of having that information locally on each server and have SCOM populate it's groups based on the CMDB so this is great to see an example of this out in the wild. Thanks again! rob...
it should have been named and does not actually sync any Asset Management data (purchase orders, software licenses, etc.). A better name for the task could have been "Inventory to CMDB Synchronization", therefore, as the data being synced goes into CMDB Solution, not Asset Management Solution...
Ever wonder why so many organizations fail at implementing a CMDB and how you can actually be one of the successful ones? This session will outline the most common causes of CMDB failure, their underlying reasons, and how to mitigate those risks before embarking...
In general, a CMDB has application discovery tools that you need to give access to the servers. Here the problem is much harder than for network devices, because there is no analog of SNMP for a general application to conform to. So the discovery tool might scan the server's disk to ...
Implementing an enterprise-wide Configuration Management Database (CMDB) is one of the most influential actions an IT organization can take to improve service delivery and bridge the gap between technology and the business. With a well-designed CMDB in place, companies are better positioned to manag...
CMDB has to go OUT. We created a weekly "trust index" for the CMDB, where we tried to rate how accurate the CMDB was. This index was useful in discussions with managers and other teams across the globe just to ensure that nobody made "100% plans" and, instead, incorporate reasonable ...