CI Class Manager
It is used to manage CI tables (classes) by defining class properties such as table name, extensibility, principal class designation, and ownership.
Identify when and how to use IRE
IRE - Identification and Reconciliation Engine
Use the IRE whenever data is sent to the CMDB to ensure CIs are uniquely identified, duplicates are avoided, and only authorized sources update CI data.
Identify when and how to configure CMDB 360/multisource CMDB
When you have multiple discovery or integration sources updating the same CIs and you need full visibility and control at the attribute level.
What feature allows for easy navigation back to a frequently accessed class?
Pinned Classes
Where do you go to configure a rule to uniquely identify CI’s?
Identfication Rule tab
Where do you configure data sources authorized to update CI Attributes?
Reconciliation Rules tab
Where do you configure an icon for a spesific class?
Basic Info tab
Reconciliation rules are configured to control what?
Updates to a CI
Consists of one or more identifier entries that uniquely identifies a CI
Identification Rules
Generated if two or more identical CIs are found in the CMDB
De-duplication Task
Spesificies which data sources are allowed to update a CI class or set of attributes
Reconciliation Rule
Can be configured to block inserts from a spesific data source
IRE Data Source Rule
What is true with respect to the Multisource CMDB?
Must be activated on base systems
Set glide.identification_engine.multisource_enabled, to true and install the ITOM Discovery License plugin
What can be configured to prevent inserts into the CMDB from an unwanted data source?
IRE Data Source Rule
What does Identification entail?
Does the CI exist?
Process of uniquely identifying CIs to determine if the CI already exists in the CMDB or if it is a newly discovered CI that must be added.
What does Reconciliation entail?
Is the source allowed to update this attribute?
Process of reconciling CIs and CI attributes by allowing only designated authoritative data sources to update records in the CMDB at the CI table and attribute level.
Deduplication
When IRE encounters duplicate CIs, it groups each set of duplicate CIs into a de-duplication task.
Duplicates can then be reviewed to determine their origin, de-duplication wizard and de-duplication templates can be used in the remediation process.
Reclassification
During the CI identification process, a matched CI might need to be upgraded, downgraded, or switched to another CI class. If automatic reclassification is disabled, then the system generates a reclassification task. Review the information in these tasks, and decide whether a manual reclassification of the CI is appropriate.
Relationship rule
Makes sure CI have required and appropriate relationships to other Cis
Presedence rule
If multiple sources are authorized to update the class or attribute, the rule can be set up for each source to control which source is most authorative.
What can be configured to prevent inserts into the CMDB from an unwanted data source?
IRE Data Source Rule
