Getting started

If you are new to the BMC Configuration Management Database (CMDB) product, the information in the following sections introduce you to product features and describe the main purpose of the product. 

New users

• Orientation
• Learning about normalization
• Learning about reconciliation
• Learning about the product catalog
• Learning about the common data model
• Learning about federated data stored outside the CMDB
• Learning about service context
• Learning about BMC Atrium Core web services
• Learning about BMC Atrium Core Web Services security
• Understanding configuration item data flow end-to-end
• Quick tour of the BMC CMDB interface
• Key concepts
• Use cases
• User roles and features