Rather than having a dependency relationship between the DC and the RemedySystem I would suggest doing an Impact Relationship between the DC and the actual domain. That way you (your boss) would see all impacted application systems being hosted on a computer system of that domain affected by a potential reboot of the DC
Best Regards / Mit freundlichen grüssen / Med Vänliga Hälsningar Petrus Johansson Senior Product Responsible BMC Discovery Solutions IKEA IT AB Sweden ________________________________ Från: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [arsl...@arslist.org] för Martinez, Marcelo A [marc...@cpchem.com] Skickat: den 8 december 2009 23:55 Till: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Ämne: Re: CMDB mapping question: dependency vs. component Shawn, Thanks for the image. It helps! The reason I (or better said - my boss) wants to include the exchange server and DC is because IF the DC or Exch servers was to be rebooted, this way would list all the "application systems" that the reboot is affecting.. But I do see what you mean, the view can get obnoxiously full. As far as the DB server and database, your example makes sense. I need to relate the application to the database, not necessarily to the DB server. Then relate the database to the DB server... I'll need to run this pass the boss. One question: what class did you use to load "Remedy Production ARSystem"? did you use BMC_ApplicationSystem or just BMC_Application? (I think ApplicationSystem is the superclass of Application) Thanks again Shawn. Marcelo Martinez -----Original Message----- From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:arsl...@arslist.org] On Behalf Of Pierson, Shawn Sent: Tuesday, December 08, 2009 4:27 PM To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Subject: Re: CMDB mapping question: dependency vs. component Marcelo, I hope this image of my layout helps. Basically, I think you are using the correct classes, but I don't know that I would put everything you are putting there. For example, do you really need to list the Exchange Server and Domain Controller? They are sort of implied, and you may not want to list it and risk making either the Remedy view or the Domain Controller's views too full. Also, if you look at my layout, I built dependencies between the Remedy Application with the database, and the database with the SQL Server, but I did not relate the Remedy Application with the DB Server. Thanks, Shawn Pierson -----Original Message----- From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:arsl...@arslist.org] On Behalf Of Martinez, Marcelo A Sent: Tuesday, December 08, 2009 3:27 PM To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Subject: CMDB mapping question: dependency vs. component I'm mapping out a few "critical systems" in my CMDB and wanted some input. Remedy System: BMC_ApplicaitonSystem Rem001 Server: BMC_ComputerSystem - Component of Remedy System SQL0001 Server: BMC_ComputerSystem - Component of Remedy System (or is this a Dependency??) ARSystem database: BMC_Database - Component of Remedy System Exchange Server: BMC_ComputerSystem - Dependency of Remedy System DomainController: BMC_ComputerSystem - Dependency of Remedy System Does this make sense? Or am I mapping it all wrong? Also what is a good naming convention for relationships: RemSysComp01, RemSysDepen01?? I am doing this manually because I do not know how/where to mass relate these items. I have about 2000 CIs in Computer systems form. Specs: CMDB: 2.1.00 ARS: 7.1.00 ITSM 7.0.03 Thanks,, Marcelo Martinez _______________________________________________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org<http://www.arslist.org/> Platinum Sponsor:rmisoluti...@verizon.net ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are" Private and confidential as detailed here: http://www.sug.com/disclaimers/default.htm#Mail . If you cannot access the link, please e-mail sender. _______________________________________________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org<http://www.arslist.org/> Platinum Sponsor:rmisoluti...@verizon.net ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are" _______________________________________________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org<http://www.arslist.org/> Platinum Sponsor:rmisoluti...@verizon.net ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are" _______________________________________________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org Platinum Sponsor:rmisoluti...@verizon.net ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are"
