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Important This documentation space contains information about the SaaS version of BMC Helix Discovery. If you are using the on-premises version of BMC Helix Discovery, see BMC Helix Discovery 25.2 (On-Premises).

CDM Mapping for MFPart

This topic provides information about CDM mapping for MFPart nodes. The CIs created are described in this topic.

Data models

Note

The default mapping works with CMDB versions 7.5, 7.6, and 7.6.03 and later. The data model in each is slightly different.

  • BMC_Impact relationships are not normally created with CMDB 7.6.03 and later, since the CMDB automatically maintains them itself. See the information about impact relationships for more details.
Click here for reference information on impact and the data models.

Different versions of the CMDB have subtly different data models. Syncmappings can support multiple data models with datamodel declarations. CMDB data models are assigned simple integer values:

Data model

CMDB versions

Effect

6

7.6.03 and later

HasImpact and ImpactDirection attributes are set as appropriate.

5

7.6.03 and later

Only to be used with legacy SIM version 7.4. BMC_Impact relationships with Name “ImpactOnly” are created.

4

7.6.03 and later

No impact details are set by BMC Discovery. They may be set by Impact Normalization in the CMDB.

3

7.6 before 7.6.03

BMC_Impact relationships with name “IMPACT” are created.

2

7.5

BMC_Impact relationships with name “IMPACT” are created.

BMC_ComputerSystem

The MFPart node is used to model a logical server within the mainframe. The root MFPart node is mapped to a root BMC_ComputerSystem CI with the following attributes:

Attribute

Details

TokenId

MFPart key attribute.

See TokenId rules.

Name

MFPart key attribute

NameFormat

"Mainframe"

ShortDescription

MFPart name attribute

Description

MFPart description attribute

CapabilityList

Server

ComponentAliases

Component alias from mainframe discovery

isVirtual

Yes if either MFPart virtual or partition is set; null otherwise

LastScanDate

MFPart last_update_success — the date and time the MFPart was last scanned

ManufacturerName

MFPart vendor — the manufacturer of the mainframe

MFIntegrationID

MFPart mf_integration_id — MainView identifier used for launch in context

Model

MFPart model

PrimaryCapability

Server

VirtualSystemType

LPAR or VM/VM Guest

Category

"Hardware"

Type

"Processing Unit"

Item

"Server"

BMC_OperatingSystem

The root MFPart is also mapped to a single BMC_OperatingSystem CI, with the following attributes:

Attribute

Details

Name

MFPart __mfpart_id or MFPart __mfpart_id : hostname  if the target is Remedyforce.

NameFormat

"Mainframe"

ShortDescription

OS type followed by OS serial number

Description

"OS-__mfpart_id

ComponentAliases

Component alias from mainframe discovery

ManufacturerName

MFPart vendor

MFIntegrationID

MFPart mf_integration_id — MainView identifier used for launch in context

Model

MFPart os_type — "z/OS" or "z/VM OS"

OSType

z/OS or z/VM

SerialNumber

MFPart os_serial

VersionNumber

MFPart os_version

Category

"Software"

Type

"Operating System Software"

Item

"Standard OS"

Operating system relationships

Relationship

Name

Source

Destination

BMC_HostedSystemComponents
SYSTEMOS
BMC_ComputerSystem
BMC_OperatingSystem

BMC_Mainframe

An MFPart corresponding to a Native LPAR is directly connected to a Mainframe node. The Mainframe is mapped to a BMC_Mainframe CI as follows:

Attribute

Details

Name

Mainframe key

Description

Mainframe description

ShortDescription

Mainframe name

AvailableCPs

Mainframe available_cps

CapabilityList

Mainframe

ComponentAliases

Component alias from mainframe discovery

InstalledCPUs

Mainframe num_processors

ManufacturerName

Mainframe vendor

MFIntegrationID

Mainframe mf_integration_id — MainView identifier used for launch in context

Model

Mainframe model

PrimaryCapability

Mainframe

Category

Hardware

Type

Processing Unit

Item

Mainframe

Mainframe relationships

Relationship

Name

Source

Destination

BMC_Component
SYSTEMPARTITION
BMC_Mainframe
BMC_ComputerSystem
BMC_HostedSystemComponents
HOSTEDSYSTEMCOMPONENTS
BMC_Mainframe

BMC_VirtualSystemEnabler
Impacted

BMC_VirtualSystemEnabler

For Native LPARs, the MFPart and Mainframe nodes are mapped to a BMC_VirtualSystemEnabler CI as follows:

Attribute

Details

Name

Mainframe key with suffix "-VSE"

ShortDescription

MFPart part_type

ComponentAliases

Component alias from mainframe discovery

Description

MFPart part_type followed by Mainframe key

EnablerType

MFPart __cdm_enabler_type

InstanceName

<type>:<hostname>:<DNS domain>:<instance name>

where <type>  is the value of the BMC Helix Discovery type attribute from the corresponding SoftwareInstance or Database node, for example, “Microsoft SQL Server” or “Oracle Database”

ManufacturerName

MFPart vendor

MFIntegrationID

Mainframe mf_integration_id — MainView identifier used for launch in context

Model

MFPart part_type

Category

"Software"

Type

"Operating System Software"

Item

"Virtualization OS"

For zVM LPARs, the BMC Helix Discovery model represents the virtualization as a Software Instance node connected to the containing Native LPAR. That Software Instance is mapped to a BMC_VirtualSystemEnabler as follows:

Attribute

Details

Name

Software Instance __cdm_component_alias

NameFormat

"Mainframe"

ShortDescription

Software Instance vm_id

Description

"z/VM-" followed by Software Instance __cdm_component_alias

BuildNumber

Software Instance build

ComponentAliases

Component alias from mainframe discovery

EnablerType

Software Instance cdm_vm_enabler_type

MFIntegrationID

MFPart mf_integration_id — MainView identifier used for launch in context

Model

Software Instance type

PatchNumber

Software Instance patch

ServicePack

Software Instance service_pack

VersionNumber

Software Instance version

Category

"Software"

Type

"Operating System Software"

Item

"Virtualization OS"

BMC_VirtualSystemEnabler relationships

Relationship

Name

Source

Destination

BMC_Dependency
VIRTUALSYSTEMOS
BMC_VirtualSystemEnabler

BMC_ComputerSystem (contained)
Impacted

BMC_HostedSystemComponents
HOSTEDSYSTEMCOMPONENTS

BMC_Mainframe / BMC_ComputerSystem (containing)

BMC_VirtualSystemEnabler
Impacted

BMC_Sysplex / BMC_Cluster

The root MFPart is related to a Cluster node to represent its sysplex. This is mapped to BMC_Sysplex in CMDB versions prior to 7.6.03, and to BMC_Cluster in version 7.6.03. In either case, the attributes are populated as follows:

Attribute

Details

Name

Cluster key

NameFormat

"Mainframe"

ShortDescription

Cluster name

Description

Cluster description

ComponentAliases

Component alias from mainframe discovery

MFIntegrationID

MFPart mf_integration_id — MainView identifier used for launch in context

Model

"Sysplex"

Types

"SysPlex"

Category

"Software"

Type

"Cluster"

Item

"Mainframe"

BMC_Sysplex / BMC_Cluster relationships

Relationship

Name

Source

Destination

BMC_Component
CLUSTEREDSYSTEM

BMC_Sysplex / BMC_Cluster

BMC_OperatingSystemImpacted

BMC_MFCouplingFacility

The MFPart and Cluster are both related to a number of Coupling Facility nodes. Each one is mapped to a BMC_MFCouplingFacility CI as follows:

Attribute

Details

Name

Coupling Facility key

NameFormat

"Mainframe"

Description

Coupling Facility description

ShortDescription

Coupling Facility name

CFRMName

Coupling Facility cfrm_name

ComponentAliases

Component alias from mainframe discovery

MFIntegrationID

MFPart mf_integration_id — MainView identifier used for launch in context

Model

"CF"

NodeDescriptor

Coupling Facility node_descriptor

Storage

Coupling Facility storage

Category

Hardware

Type

Processing Unit

Item

Mainframe

BMC_MFCouplingFacility relationships

Relationship

Name

Source

Destination

BMC_Dependency
COUPLINGFACILITYOS
BMC_MFCouplingFacility

BMC_OperatingSystemImpacted

BMC_HostedSystemComponents
SYSPLEXCOUPLINGFACILITY

BMC_Sysplex / BMC_Cluster

BMC_MFCouplingFacility

BMC_StorageSubsystem

The root MFPart can be related to a number of StorageCollection nodes. Each node is mapped to a BMC_StorageSubsystem CI as follows:

Name

StorageCollection key

NameFormat

"Mainframe"

ShortDescription

StorageCollection name

Description

StorageCollection key

ComponentAliases

Component alias from mainframe discovery

ManufacturerName

StorageCollection vendor

MFIntegrationID

MFPart mf_integration_id — MainView identifier used for launch in context

Model

StorageCollection type

PrimaryCapability

StorageSubsystem

Category

"Hardware"

Type

"Disk device"

Item

"Disk array"

BMC_StorageSubsystem relationships

Relationship

Name

Source

Destination

BMC_Dependency
STORAGESUBSYSTEMOS
BMC_StorageSubsystem

BMC_OperatingSystemImpacted

BMC_DiskDrive / BMC_TapeDrive

Both the root MFPart and the StorageCollection nodes are related to Storage nodes, representing disk and tape drives. Disk drives are mapped to BMC_DiskDrive CIs as follows:

Name

Storage key

NameFormat

"Mainframe"

ShortDescription

Storage name

Description

Storage key

ComponentAliases

Component alias from mainframe discovery

ManufacturerName

Storage vendor

MediaType

1 (fixed hard disk)

MFIntegrationID

MFPart mf_integration_id — MainView identifier used for launch in context

Model

Storage model

PNPDeviceID

Storage device_id

SerialNumber

Storage volume_id

Category

"Hardware"

Type

"Disk device"

Item

"Disk drive"

Tape drives are mapped to BMC_TapeDrive CIs as follows:

Name

Storage key

NameFormat

"Mainframe"

ShortDescription

Storage name

Description

Storage key

ComponentAliases

Component alias from mainframe discovery

ManufacturerName

Storage vendor

MediaType

0 (removable media)

MFIntegrationID

MFPart mf_integration_id — MainView identifier used for launch in context

Model

Storage model

PNPDeviceID

Storage device_id

Category

"Hardware"

Type

"Tape device"

Item

"Tape drive"

BMC_DiskDrive / BMC_TapeDrive relationships

Relationship

Name

Source

Destination

BMC_HostedSystemComponents
STORAGESUBSYSTEMDASD
BMC_StorageSubsystem
BMC_DiskDrive
BMC_Dependency
DASDOS
BMC_DiskDrive

BMC_OperatingSystem
Impacted

BMC_HostedSystemComponents
STORAGESUBSYSTEMTAPE
BMC_StorageSubsystem
BMC_TapeDrive
BMC_Dependency
TAPEOS
BMC_TapeDrive

BMC_OperatingSystemImpacted

BMC_MFSoftwareServer / BMC_SoftwareServer

Each Software Instance related to the root MFPart is mapped to a corresponding CI. In CMDB versions prior to 7.6.03, the CI has the extension class BMC_MFSoftwareServer; in CMDB version 7.6.03, the CI has the base BMC_SoftwareServer class. In both cases, the attributes are as follows:

Attribute

Details

Name

Software Instance key

NameFormat

"Mainframe"

ShortDescription

Software Instance name

Description

Software Instance key

BuildNumber

Software Instance build

InstanceName

<type>:<hostname>:<DNS domain>:<instance name>

where <type>  is the value of the BMC Helix Discovery type attribute from the corresponding SoftwareInstance or Database node, for example, “Microsoft SQL Server” or “Oracle Database”

ComponentAliases

Component alias from mainframe discovery

JobName

Software Instance job_id CMDB versions prior to 7.6.03

ManufacturerName

Publisher specified in the maintaining Pattern or on the Software Instance

MFJobName

Software Instance job_id CMDB versions 7.6.03 and later

MFIntegrationID

MFPart mf_integration_id — MainView identifier used for launch in context

Model

Software Instance short_type CMDB versions prior to 7.6.03

Model

Software Instance type CMDB versions 7.6.03 and later

OtherSoftwareServerType

Software Instance type

PatchNumber

Software Instance patch

ServicePack

Software Instance service_pack

ServerID

Software Instance server_id CMDB versions prior to 7.6.03

MFServerID

Software Instance server_id CMDB versions 7.6.03 and later

VersionNumber

Software Instance version

Category

"Software"

Type

"Application"

Item

"BMC Discovered"

BMC_MFSoftwareServer / BMC_SoftwareServer relationships

Relationship

Name

Source

Destination

BMC_Dependency
APPLICATIONSYSTEMCOMPUTER
BMC_ComputerSystem

BMC_SoftwareServer
Impacted

BMC_Dependency
APPLICATIONSYSTEMDEPENDENCY

BMC_SoftwareServer (depended upon)

BMC_SoftwareServer (dependant)
Impacted

BMC_ApplicationService

SoftwareComponent is mapped to BMC_ApplicationService.

Attribute

Details

Name

Software Component name

ShortDescription

Software Component name

Description

Software Component name

Model

Software Component type

VersionNumber

Software Component version

ApplicationServiceType

Enumeration value representing the service type

Category

"Software"

Type

"Application Service"

Item

"BMC Discovered"

Application service relationships

Relationship

Name

Source

Destination

BMC_ApplicationSystemServices

APPLICATIONSYSTEMSERVICES(for non-clustered components)

BMC_SoftwareServer

BMC_ApplicationServiceImpacted

BMC_ApplicationSystemServices

CLUSTERSERVICES(for clustered components)

BMC_SoftwareServer

BMC_ApplicationServiceImpacted

BMC_Application

BusinessApplicationInstance is mapped to BMC_Application. Contained SoftwareInstance and BusinessApplicationInstance nodes are mapped to corresponding BMC_Component relationships.

Name

Business Application Instance name

ShortDescription

Business Application Instance name

Description

Business Application Instance name

MarketVersion

Business Application Instance product_version

Model

Business Application Instance type

VersionNumber

Business Application Instance version

Category

"Software"

Type

"Application"

Item

"Application Platform"

Application relationships

Relationship

Name

Source

Destination

BMC_Dependency
APPLICATIONSYSTEMCOMPUTER
BMC_ComputerSystem
BMC_Application
BMC_Component
APPLICATIONSYSTEMHIERARCHY
BMC_Application

Impacted

BMC_SoftwareServer / BMC_MFSoftwareServer

BMC_Component
APPLICATIONSYSTEMHIERARCHY

BMC_Application (containing)

Impacted

BMC_Application (contained)

BMC_DataBase

DatabaseDetail nodes representing logical databases are mapped to BMC_DataBase:

Attribute

Details

Name

DatabaseDetail name

NameFormat

"Mainframe"

ShortDescription

DatabaseDetail instance

Description

DatabaseDetail name

ComponentAliases

Component alias from mainframe discovery

ManufacturerName

"IBM"

MFIntegrationID

MFPart mf_integration_id

Model

DatabaseDetail type

SerialNumber

DatabaseDetail instance

Category

"Miscellaneous"

Type

"Instance"

Item

"Database"

BMC_DataBase relationships

Relationship

Name

Source

Destination

BMC_Dependency
MANAGEDDATABASE
BMC_SoftwareServer
BMC_DataBase

Impacted

BMC_SystemResource

Resources such as table spaces inside databases are represented as DatabaseDetail nodes. These are mapped to BMC_SystemResource CIs:

Attribute

Details

Name

DatabaseDetail key

NameFormat

"Mainframe"

ShortDescription

DatabaseDetail name

Description

DatabaseDetail key

ComponentAliases

Component alias from mainframe discovery

ManufacturerName

"IBM"

MFIntegrationID

MFPart mf_integration_id

Model

DatabaseDetail type

SerialNumber

DatabaseDetail instance

Category

"Unknown"

Type

DatabaseDetail type

Item

"BMC Discovered"

MQ resources are represented as Detail nodes related to MQ Software Instance nodes. These are also mapped to BMC_SystemResource CIs:

Attribute

Details

Name

Detail key

NameFormat

"Mainframe"

ShortDescription

Detail name

Description

Detail key

ComponentAliases

Component alias from mainframe discovery

ManufacturerName

"IBM"

MFIntegrationID

MFPart mf_integration_id

Model

Detail type

SerialNumber

Detail instance

Category

"Unknown"

Type

Detail type

Item

"BMC Discovered"

BMC_SystemResource relationships

Relationship

Name

Source

Destination

BMC_Dependency
SYSTEMRESOURCES
BMC_SoftwareServer
BMC_SystemResource

(Database detail)

BMC_Dependency
SYSTEMRESOURCES
BMC_SoftwareServer
BMC_SystemResource

Impacted (MQ resources)

BMC_Dependency
DATABASEINDEXSPACE
BMC_DataBase
BMC_SystemResource

Impacted

BMC_Dependency
DATABASEPAGESET
BMC_DataBase
BMC_SystemResource

Impacted

BMC_Dependency
DATABASETABLESPACE
BMC_DataBase
BMC_SystemResource

Impacted

BMC_Transaction

Transactions within IMSTM and CICS are represented as Detail nodes related to Software Instance nodes. These are mapped to BMC_Transaction:

Attribute

Details

Name

Detail key

NameFormat

"Mainframe"

ShortDescription

Detail name

Description

Detail key

ComponentAliases

Component alias from mainframe discovery

ManufacturerName

"IBM"

MFIntegrationID

MFPart mf_integration_id

Model

Detail type

SerialNumber

Detail instance

Category

"Unknown"

Type

"Unknown"

Item

"BMC Discovered"

Note

Details nodes are not created by default.

BMC_Transaction relationships

Relationship

Name

Source

Destination

BMC_Dependency
SERVERTRANSACTION
BMC_SoftwareServer
BMC_Transaction

Impacted

BMC_Activity

Programs within Transactions are represented as further Detail nodes contained inside the Transaction Detail nodes. These are mapped to BMC_Activity:

Attribute

Details

Name

Detail name

NameFormat

"Mainframe"

ShortDescription

Detail name

Description

Detail name

ComponentAliases

Component alias from mainframe discovery

ManufacturerName

"IBM"

Model

Detail type

SerialNumber

Detail instance

Category

"Unknown"

Type

"Unknown"

Item

"BMC Discovered"

BMC_Activity relationships

Relationship

Name

Source

Destination

BMC_Dependency
TRANSACTIONPROGRAM
BMC_Activity
BMC_Transaction

Impacted

BMC_ConcreteCollection

FunctionalComponent nodes representing CAM Functional Components are mapped to BMC_ConcreteCollection.

Attribute

Details

Name

Functional Component name

ShortDescription

Functional Component name

Description

Functional Component name

Model

Functional Component type

Company

MFPart Company

Category

"Software"

Type

"Application"

Item

"Functional Component"

Functional Component relationships

Relationship

Name

Source

Destination

BMC_Component
ITEMINFUNCTIONALCOMPONENT
BMC_ConcreteCollection

BMC_SoftwareServer First-order SI.

BMC_Component
ITEMINFUNCTIONALCOMPONENT
BMC_ConcreteCollection

BMC_ApplicationSystem Second-order SI.

BMC_Component
ITEMINFUNCTIONALCOMPONENT
BMC_ConcreteCollection
BMC_ApplicationService
BMC_Component
ITEMINFUNCTIONALCOMPONENT
BMC_ConcreteCollection
BMC_Cluster
BMC_Component
ITEMINFUNCTIONALCOMPONENT
BMC_ConcreteCollection
BMC_DataBase
BMC_Component
ITEMINFUNCTIONALCOMPONENT
BMC_ConcreteCollection
BMC_Application
BMC_Component
FUNCTIONALCOMPONENTINAPPLICATION
BMC_Application
BMC_ConcreteCollection

The relationship between BMC_Application and BMC_ConcreteCollection is used for Functional Components reached from any of the following node kinds:

  • SoftwareInstance (first or second order)
  • SoftwareComponent
  • SoftwareCluster
  • DatabaseDetail
  • BAI

TokenId rules

TokenId is an attribute that, in some circumstances, aids the reconciliation of CIs populated by multiple data sources. BMC Helix Discovery sets TokenId depending on the Node kind.

For most Nodes, TokenId is one of the forms:

key

or

ADDM:%key%

or

ADDM:%hashed_key%

For databases, TokenId is a database host found as a result of all possible combinations of where the database might be running:

%hosting_ci.TokenId%:%database_node.type%:%si_instance%:%database_node.instance%

and

%hosting_ci.Name%:%database_node.type%:%si_instance%:%database_node.instance%

For the Fibre Channel Node, TokenId is of the form:

WWN:%wwpn%

For physical hosts, TokenId is of the form:

%host.hostname%:%host.dns_domain%

If the domain name is unavailable, then

%host.hostname%

For virtual hosts that are running in the cloud, TokenId contains instance_id.

  • For Alibaba, TokenId is of the form:

%alibaba_instance_id%

  • For Azure, TokenId is of the form:

%azure_vm_id%

  • For AWS, TokenId is of the form:

%aws_instance_id%

  • For GCP, TokenId is of the form:

%gce_instance_id%

  • For IBM, TokenId is of the form:

%instance_id%

  • For OCI, TokenId is of the form:

%ocid%

For virtual hosts that are running in the hypervisor, TokenId contains UUID.

  • For AHV, TokenId is of the form:

AHV-UUID:%uuid%

  • For Hyper-V, the UUID is only available on the physical machine, so TokenId is only set for virtual machines that have been successfully linked to their hosting physical machines:

HYPERV-ID:%vm_uuid%

  • For KVM (including RedHat Enterprise Virtualization), TokenId is of the form:

KVM-ID:%uuid%

  • For VMware, TokenId is of the form where each letter represents a hexadecimal digit:

VI-UUID:%uuid%

  • For Xen (including Oracle VM), TokenId is of the form: 

XEN-ID:%uuid%

The following table shows how TokenId looks like for different Node Kinds:

Node Kind

CI

TokenId

AdminCollection

BMC_AdminDomain

key

Cluster (cloud)

BMC_Cluster

key

LoadBalancerService

BMC_LogicalSystemComponent

ADDM:%key%

LoadBalancerPool

BMC_ResourcePool

ADDM:%key%

CloudManagementGroup

BMC_AdminDomain

cloud_id

CloudProvider

BMC_CloudInstance

key

CloudRegion

BMC_CloudInstance

key

CloudService

BMC_CloudInstance

key

Cluster

BMC_Cluster

ADDM:%hashed_key%

Database (cloud)

BMC_DataBase

ADDM:%key%

Database

 

BMC_DataBase

 

%hosting_ci.TokenId%:%database_node.type%:%si_instance%:%database_node.instance%

%hosting_ci.Name%:%database_node.type%:%si_instance%:%database_node.instance%

HardwareComponent

BMC_HardwareSystemComponent

ADDM:%hashed_key%

HardwareContainer

BMC_ComputerSystem

ADDM:%hashed_key%

HostContainer

BMC_ComputerSystem

ADDM:%hashed_key%

Host

 

BMC_ComputerSystem

 

%host.hostname%:%host.dns_domain%

%host.hostname%

ALIBABA-ID:%alibaba_instance_id%

AWS-ID:%aws_instance_id%

GCP-ID:%gce_instance_id%

IBM-ID:%instance_id%

OCI-ID:%ocid%

AZURE-ID:%azure_vm_id%

HYPERV-ID:%vm_uuid%

XEN-ID:%uuid%

KVM-UUID:%uuid%

AHV-UUID:%uuid%

VI-UUID:%uuid%

LoadBalancerGroup

BMC_Cluster

ADDM:%key%

MFPart

BMC_ComputerSystem

key

Namespace

BMC_AdminDomain

key

Deployment

BMC_ConcreteCollection

key

NetworkService

BMC_LogicalSystemComponent

ADDM:%key%

FibreChannelPort

BMC_NetworkPort

WWN:%wwpn%

SoftwareCluster

BMC_Cluster

ADDM:%hashed_key%

SoftwareComponent

BMC_ApplicationService

ADDM:%hashed_key%

SoftwareInstance

BMC_ApplicationSystem

ADDM:%hashed_key%

SoftwareInstance

BMC_SoftwareServer

ADDM:%hashed_key%

VirtualMachine

BMC_VirtualSystemEnabler

ADDM:%hashed_key%

StorageDevice

BMC_Cluster

ADDM:%key%

StoragePool

BMC_ResourcePool

ADDM:%key%

StorageSystemGroup

BMC_Cluster

ADDM:%key%

StorageProcessor

BMC_HardwarePackage

ADDM:%key%

HardwareContainer

BMC_HardwareSystemComponent

ADDM:%hashed_key%

 

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