Best practices for BMC Helix CMDB

We recommend that you review best practices for BMC Helix CMDB prior to implementing a product or a feature.

Category	References
Planning	Best Practices for loading data into BMC Helix CMDB Best practices for specific implementation scenarios Best practices when preparing to load data into BMC Helix CMDB Planning what data to store in the CMDB When to use federated data
Getting started	Best practices when configuring Atrium Integrator CMDB Impact Simulator performance best practices Creating a job in Atrium Integrator Spoon Quick start
Managing common data model	Best Practices for the Common Data Model Summary of changes to the Common Data Model
Integrating	Integrating BMC Helix CMDB with Microsoft SCCM by using an adapter
Using	Adding a relationship between CIs Best practices when configuring Atrium Integrator Browsing source data in Atrium Integrator Spoon CMDB Impact Simulator performance best practices Configuring classes for normalization Creating a custom reconciliation job Creating a job in Atrium Integrator Spoon Creating a reconciliation job Creating a relationship rule Creating a standard reconciliation job Creating a Suite Rollup rule Creating a Version Rollup rule Creating an Atrium Integrator job to import data Creating an impact rule Improving the performance of Atrium Integrator Mapping discovery categorization to product categorization Merging duplicate CIs by reconciling data from multiple sources Modifying the data model by using Class Manager Normalization and best practice relationship rules Normalization process Reconciliation best practices
Administering	Best practices for configuring load balancing for Atrium Integrator Best practices for configuring server queue settings Best practices for managing datasets Best practices for propagating attributes to weak relationships Best practices for setting ports with RPC program numbers or queues and threads Best practices while defining the product categorization structure Configuring attributes by using the Service Context Administration window Configuring the Normalization Engine Creating or modifying classes by using Class Manager Excluding classes and datasets for processing Dashboard parameters Overview of normalization modes Product Catalog access permissions Product categorization Product categorization aliases for discovered CIs Purging soft-deleted data to optimize CMDB performance Service Context for BMC Helix ITSM applications Setting up security for web services Viewing and searching for product entries in the Product Catalog
Troubleshooting	CMDB Impact Simulator issues Investigating CMDB data issues

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