BMC Atrium Discovery

This document provides a brief overview of how BMC Atrium Discovery and Dependency Mapping (BMC Atrium Discovery) fits into the Business Service Management (BSM) approach and unified platform for running IT. It also describes the major components of BMC Atrium Discovery and Dependency Mapping (BMC Atrium Discovery) and a glossary of terms. Information on BMC Software applications can be found on the BMC website.

The following diagram illustrates the relationships between the different parts of the BMC Atrium Discovery system:

Major components and features

The major components and features of BMC Atrium Discovery are described in the following sections:

• The Discovery Engine
• Data Model
• The Reasoning Engine
• The Pattern Language
• How data is stored and maintained
• Administration
• Delivery