Glossary
Term | Definition |
|---|---|
Atrium Integrator | An integration engine for transferring data from external data stores to CMDB classes. |
CI (Configuration Item) | Any asset or device in a company, such as computers, peripherals, servers, air conditioning units, software applications, or the organization itself. |
CMDB | A configuration management database (CMDB) is the ITIL terminology for a database used by organizations to store information about all the hardware, software, and logical entities called configuration items (CIs) or assets. |
Dataset | A collection of data within the CMDB. |
Discovery Applications | Tools that identify systems in a network and provide relevant data, either directly to the import dataset or via applications such as BMC Helix Discovery or BMC CLient Management. |
Federated Data | Data stored externally but linked to CIs for accessibility. Examples include related information and detailed attributes. |
Identification | The process of assigning a ReconciliationIdentity (REID) to records; records with a non-zero REID are identified. |
Identification Group | Rules qualifying data to acquire a non-zero REID from the target dataset during the Merge activity. |
Import Dataset | Unprocessed data that needs normalization and reconciliation before use in ITIL processes. |
ITIL (Information Technology Infrastructure Library) | ITIL is an internationally accepted set of standards and best practices for IT service management aimed at helping organizations to align their IT services with their business needs. |
Managed CIs | CIs added to the CMDB via automated processes, such as BMC discovery. |
Merge | Combining data from multiple records into a single production record, typically in BMC.ASSET. |
New Class | Classes in the parallel hierarchy denormalized by converting them to categorization subclasses. |
Normalization | Standardizing data based on the product catalog, including correcting names, versions, impact relationships, and customized attributes. |
Orphan | Records not typically found in CMDB, often weakly related, like IpEndPoint. |
Parallel Hierarchy | A duplicate of the existing CDM hierarchy where denormalization changes are tested first. |
Precedence Group | Weights assigned to data values to prioritize their importance. |
Precedence Set | Dataset references with weights assigned by the associated precedence group. |
Production Dataset | Reliable data providing insights into the IT environment and its impact on business services during changes. |
Reconciliation | Ensuring consistency and removing duplicates in data from multiple discovery sources. |
ReconciliationIdentity | An attribute for uniquely identifying CIs across data sources. |
Refresh Class | Classes that are immediate children of denormalized classes. |
Regular CI | CIs created directly under the standard classes in the Common Data Model. |
Relationship | Defines the connection between two CIs, normalized with common names, impact directions, and cardinality. |
Sandbox Dataset | A testing environment for changes before they are implemented in the production dataset, ensuring safety. |
Soft Deleted | Records marked for deletion in the next purge activity; once deleted from the database, they are considered hard deleted. |
UDDI | A platform-independent framework for locating and registering web services on the internet. |