Best practices for BMC Helix CMDB
We recommend that you review the following best practices for BMC Helix CMDB and its components prior to implementing a product or a feature:
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Understand the lifecycle of a CI in BMC Helix CMDB, its relation with Asset Management, and the difference between a CI and an asset. | |
Learn about the BMC Helix CMDB Common Data Model (CDM), datasets, and the best practices to follow when customizing the CDM. | |
Refer to the sizing guidelines and critical configuration best practices. | |
Understand the best practices when creating, scheduling, and running normalization jobs. | |
Understand the best practices when creating new records or modifying existing records in Product Catalog. | |
Understand the best practices when configuring reconciliation identification and precedence rules. Learn about the best practices for creating, scheduling, and running reconciliation jobs with different activities, and reviewing the data integrity of CMDB. |
Browse the following sections for additional best practices:
Getting started
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Best practices when configuring Atrium Integrator
Planning
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Best Practices for loading data into BMC Helix CMDB
Managing common data model
Using
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Administering
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Best practices for configuring server queue settingsBest practices for managing datasetsBest practices for propagating attributes to weak relationshipsBest practices for setting ports with RPC program numbers or queues and threadsBest practices while defining the product categorization structure
Atrium Integrator
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Best practices when configuring Atrium Integrator
Normalization
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Reconciliation
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