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This documentation supports the 19.11 version of BMC CMDB, which is available only to BMC Helix subscribers (SaaS).

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BMC CMDB 19.11 ... Administering Managing the Product Catalog Managing Product Catalog entries in bulk

Setting the Approved, Managed, and Blacklisted status options of products and versions in bulk

This topic provides instructions for setting the Approved, Managed, and Blacklisted options.


Before you begin

You can set the Approved, Managed, and Blacklisted status options of products and versions by modifying the flags that indicate the association between Product Catalog entries and BMC Atrium CMDB.

  • The Product Associations with CMDB options are mapped to a combination of settings for the Approved Product, Managed Product, and Blacklisted Product status options that are displayed on the Product Catalog Setup window.
  • The Version Associations with CMDB options are mapped to a combination of settings for the Approved Version, Managed Version, and Blacklisted Version status options that are displayed on the Product Catalog Setup window.


Product or Version Associations with CMDB options mapping with the status options

Product Associations with CMDB OR{}Version Associations with CMDB

Approved

Managed

Blacklisted

Approved and Managed

Select this option for products or versions that are approved for use in the production environment and which should trigger an action from IT.

For example, Calbro Services has approved the use of the Microsoft Word product in their environment but wants to manage the number of instances that are installed based on the available licenses. In this case, Calbro Services selects the Approved and Managed option for the Microsoft Word product entry.

Yes

Yes

No

Approved and Unmanaged

Select this option for products or versions that are approved for use in the production environment but which should not be tracked by IT.

For example, Calbro Services has approved the use of the Notepad product in their environment but does not want to manage the number of instances that are installed. In this case, Calbro Services selects the Approved and Unmanaged option for the Notepad product entry.

Yes

No

No

Blacklisted

Select this option for products or versions that are not approved for use in the production environment but which should trigger an action from IT.

For example, Calbro Services has identified that a security risk is associated with a specific version of a product that is installed in their environment. In this case, Calbro Services selects the Blacklisted option for the specific version of that product entry.

Yes or No

Yes or No

Yes

Unapproved and Managed

Select this option for products or versions that are not approved for use in the production environment but which should trigger an action from IT.

No

Yes

No

Unapproved and Unmanaged

Select this option for products or versions that are not approved for use in the production environment and which should not trigger an action from IT.

No

No

No




To set status options for products in bulk

  1. Search for the products by specifying search criteria according to To search for product entries in the Manage Products Console.
  2. From the Products tab of the Search Results table, select one or more products.

  3. From the Select Actions list, select Modify > Product Associations with CMDB, and select the appropriate option.

    Note

    If you change the Approved and Managed option to the Blacklisted option for a product, the corresponding Blacklisted Product status option on the Company/Module Relationship window is set to Yes. The existing Yes value of the corresponding Approved Product and Managed Product status options is not changed. In this case, the Blacklisted Product status option is given a higher precedence.

  4. Click Perform.

To set status options for versions in bulk

  1. Search for the products by specifying search criteria
  2. From the Products tab of the Search Results table, select one or more products.
    The versions associated with the selected products are displayed in the Model/Version tab.
  3. From the Model/Version tab of the Search Results table, select one or more versions.

  4. From the Select Actions list, select Modify > Version Associations with CMDB, and select the appropriate option.

    Note

    If you change the Approved and Managed option to the Blacklisted option for a product version, the corresponding Blacklisted Version status option on the Company/Version Relationship window is set to Yes. The existing Yes value of the Approved Version and Managed Version status options is not changed. In this case, the Blacklisted Version status option is given a higher precedence.

  5. Click Perform.
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Last modified by Maithili Deshpande on Sep 22, 2022
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