Axios Systems TM Asset and Configuration Management - Building the CMDB Kathryn Howard Business Development Manager www.axiossystems.com
Agenda Asset Management vs. Configuration Management CMDB and ITIL What s in the CMDB CMDB and other processes Questions
Asset Management Traditional approach Control Assets Financial and accounting aspects => Managed by Financial arm of the company Next generation Inventory Management Agent or Agentless discovery Software License compliance and usage Physical components of HW Location Movement
ITIL Overview ServiceDesk Service Level Financial Incident Continuity CMDB Problem Availability Change Configuration Release
Configuration Item Overview Status Location Org. Events Product Users Item Cost Maint. Relations Supplier SLA Attribute
SD Configuration Items Organization Chart Software Suite Name Title Name Title Name Title Data base.exe Program Name.EXE Wide Area Network Servers Service Local Area Network (LAN) PC s Laptops Monitors Printers Documentation Mainframes
Location Structure Country State City Street Address
Location Structure - Example USA WI MN St.Paul Minneapolis Down Town Office Eden Eastern Office South Office Davidson Office
Location of CIs
Organization Structure Company Division Department Section
Organization Structure - Example Revenue Generation Services Division Software Division Marketing Sales East Coast Sales Accounts West Coast Sales Mid West Sales Southern Sales
Organizational structure
Organizational Events Currently Open
Product Structure Generic Class Class Model CI
Product Structure - Example Software Spreadsheets Word Processors Corel Word Perfect MS Word Word 97 Lotus Ami Pro Word 2000 Word XP Word 2003
An Example
Financial Data & Product Policy CI s in current use Quantity of each CI type & version Age of each CI Product Group Trends Depreciated Value of each component CI to retire & CI to upgrade Replacement CI costs Software License Management Maintenance Contract Management CI Standardization
Asset Financial info
Troubleshooting Information & Impact Assessment CI s for Continuity Management CI s affected by Change Management CI s affected by Release Management Network equipment connections Software module components for each suite CI Problem History Future Changes on a CI (Forward Calendar of Change) CI s with Known Errors Purchase Date Supplier
Impact Explorer
A small demonstration Accessing a CMDB for information
Services & Charging CI s required for each service Location of each CI Usage of each CI Who uses each CI Product Catalog Service Catalog
What Where Who What CI Where Who Supported Business Escalation Path
Getting The Organization Data HR LDAP CMDB SAP Filter Organize Format PeopleSoft Excel
Getting The Infrastructure Data Centennial MS SMS CMDB Tivoli Filter Organize Format Novell ZenWorks Altiris
Agent & Network Components CMDB 100% AUDIT Network Component Agent Component Detailed HW/SW S/W Usage PC - No Agent Lan Devices Location
New Device Detection DATA Packet Sniffer DATA DATA CMDB NEW
The 100 % Audit? Unix Linux CMDB PC1 PC 2 PC3 Network Printer
Using Switch Tables Device Detection Port 1 Port 2 Port 3 Port 4 Port 5 Device A Device B Device C Device D Device E
Example Of A Real CMDB
Define an End to End Service Outlook Win 2000 Pro PC Network Infrastructure Switch Network Infrastructure Exchange Win 2000 Server Server
The CMDB Supports all Other ITIL Processes CAPACITY MANAGEMENT INCIDENT MANAGEMENT PROBLEM MANAGEMENT IT SERVICE CONTINUITY MANAGEMENT CMDB AVALABILITY MANAGEMENT FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SERVICE LEVEL MANAGEMENT CHANGE MANAGEMENT RELEASE MANAGEMNT
Supporting The Change Process Request for Change Reports & Audit Information Classification & Planning Reports Initiate Change Implement Change Update CI Details Release & Distribution of new Update CMDB and DSL documentation release software from DSL hardware and software versions C M D B D S L Evaluation Closure Verify that CMDB was updated END
Release Management Feed Back loop Hyperlinks to distribution files Auto Discovery Agents Confirm Release PC PC CMDB assystaim Microsoft SMS PC DSL File Structure PC A process manages the Release
(Service) Availability Management E-MAIL SERVICE Relate To Component Availability 96% 99% 97% 94% 97% 98% Monitor Hardware & Software Actual 86.1% Target 90% Outloo k Win 2000 Pro PC Network Infrastruct ure Swit ch Network Infrastruct ure Exchange Server CMDB
Kathryn.howard@axiossystems.com www.axiossystems.com