Configuration Management Database Home

There are two locations from which the CMDB is administered:

• the System Administration Configuration Management page
• the CMDB administration window

The System Administration Configuration Management page is accessed by selecting Administration | System from the FootPrints toolbar and then selecting Configuration Management Database from the main frame. This displays an administration page from which you can administer system-wide functions for the CMDB.

The CMDB administration window is accessed in one of two ways:

• From the Footprints toolbar, select CMDB. The CMDB homepage is displayed. Click on Administration from the toolbar.
• From the System Administration Configuration Management page, select the CMDB you want to administer from the Existing CMDBs drop-down in the CMDB Access section and then click the Open CMDB link. The CMDB homepage is displayed. Click on Administration from the toolbar.

The CMDB administration window is where you access the administration functions for a particular CMDB, as opposed to system-wide configuration functions performed from the FootPrints interface.

The CMDB Interface

The CMDB homepage is divided into three areas, like the regular FootPrints homepage. The left side of the page contains a toolbar, the top of the page contains the search engine and displays the current CMDB name, and the rest of the page displays the current page.  When you access the CMDB homepage, the CMDB search page is the first page displayed.