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
• Quick start
• 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
• Key concepts
• Use cases
• User roles and features
• Quick tour of the BMC CMDB interface
• BMC CMDB Web Services Architecture
• Best practices for BMC CMDB
• Understanding configuration item data flow end-to-end