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How to Reconcile

The reconciliation process compares data from discovery products with CA APM ownership data in the CA MDB. This process reconciles discovered and owned assets, tracks changes to critical fields, and tracks discrepancies as the result of missing or deleted assets. To reconcile, complete the following steps:

  1. Establish data normalization rules to map data values between discovery repositories and the product.
  2. Define a reconciliation rule to specify how to limit the data being processed and how to process the records found.
  3. (Optional) Define reconciliation update options to specify the owned-asset fields that you want the Hardware Reconciliation Engine to update automatically with changes found in the corresponding discovered assets.
  4. Define asset matching criteria to match owned and discovered assets for a reconciliation rule.
  5. (Optional) Exclude an ownership asset from the reconciliation process.
  6. (Optional) Exclude an asset family from the reconciliation process.
  7. View the reconciliation results in the message queue.
  8. (Optional) Add unreconciled assets to your repository so that you can track and manage all assets in your network.

    Note: You can generate reports to view information about your reconciliation results and environment. For more information about generating reports, see the User Guide.