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What Do You Need From a Configuration Management Database (CMDB)?

Date: January 2008
Type: White Paper
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Overview: This white paper from BMC Software demonstrates the need for configuration management and a CMDB in particular, based upon IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL) goals. It defines the different types of data that are usually stored in a CMDB, from configuration items and their relationships to related data, such as change requests and a service impact model. The paper reviews the features that CMDB needs, including flexible data model, partitioning of configurations, reconciliation of configurations, and open data access. It explains how each of these features contribute to an overall configuration management solution.


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