CI relationship

[duniyal]

Hi,

Can anyone provide me information about the common type of CIs relationship present in CMDBs, specially for BMC Atrium.

TIA

[itilarnie]

some of the relationship types in the Atrium CMDB are:

Component,
Affinity Dependency,
Hosted System Components,
Element Location,
Hosted Service
Application System Dependency
Managed database

[Mat]

itilarnie,
can u tell me the description of those relationship types?

and i little get confused with relationship, how to chose the types, for example : server a connected to switch b, switch b connected to router c. so how to choose the type of relationship if between CIs are not directly connected.(router c and server a).
thanks,

Mat.

[Raiders]

Hi everyone

I have just become a member of this community forum, really glad to find it actually.

I am a certified Practitioner in Configuration Mgnt and I hope that I will be able to learn as well as assist other members within this community.

I am also certified in IAITAM and I hope that my certifications will be of use to you all.

In regards to your posts about relationships.
We have implemented HPOVSD v 4.5 as our tool for managing ITSM disciplines and have found the tool very flexible and powerful.

The relationship that we use are:
Connected, Contains, Is part of, Documentation for, Supercedes, Superceded by, Resides on, Hosts, Supports, Is Supported by, Uses licence, licence used by, we also have a few others but I am sure you get the picture here.

Predominantly most of our CI's have peer to peer relationships, and where relevant we use Parent/Child for example application B, is a child of Server A, Server A is connected to Switch A etc etc.

Any questions please ask.

Regards

Steve

[Ziad]

The relationships between your CIs can vary depending on the depth of your CMBD. In my opinion they must be of importance for troubleshooting and impact analysis. Here are a few:

- Connected to
- Hosted in the same VLAN/Part of the same security zone
- Have same vendor/HW type
- Use "specific" remote SMTP engine (or any other app, activities on the server running the SMTP server will affect x,y,z,...)
- Have same owner
- Can be accessed by public/internet users
- Connected to SAN
- Part of cluster "A"
- Included in the disaster recovery plan
...


Regards,
Z!

[peppermint]

Hi,

another type of relationship I haven't noticed in the above is 'Test environment- Production environment'.

Pep