Administration

The Administration selection on the CMDB toolbar is the means by which the CMDB administrator accesses administration functions for a particular CMDB. When Administration is selected, the following options are displayed on the Configure CMDB page in the main frame:

• CI Types—This is the page on which you create/edit/delete CI Types, define how those CI Types are displayed in visualizations, determine the layout of the CI Types with respect to their tabs, and add HTML headers.
• Attributes—The Attributes page is where you create the set of attributes for CI Types and associate them with CI Types.
• Statuses—Create the statuses for CI Types and associate them with CI Types.
• Relationships—Create relationships between CI Types. Relationships are defined as "To" and "From" which denote dependency. The dependent CI is the "To" CI and the CI upon which it depends is the "From". For example, if a sever goes down, it affects the PC, but if the PC goes down, it doesn't affect the server. In that example, the relationship is "From" the server "To" the PC. For example, you can create a relationship for a server that is used to back up data. The relationship might be named "Backup", the "To" category might be named "Backs up to", and the "From" might be named "Backs up from". When you establish specific relationships later between particular CIs, a certain desktop PC could back up to a certain server and this relationship would be used to describe it.
• Imports—The Imports selection allows you to set up your data importation from an asset manager and to schedule regular importation of data.
• Automations—With the automation function, you set criteria for the automation and specify when the automation is to run. When a CI matches the criteria, you can set the automation to change the CI's status field, create an Issue, send out email, or run an external script.
• Miscellaneous Options—Enter the CMDB name and ID format from this page