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Extend the MDB

Customers and third parties may extend the MDB schema to include additional IT management data. New database objects (for example, tables, views, and procedures) can be created that incorporate the IT management data from CA products and also provide additional data, features, and capabilities.

If a CA product already provides functionality for extending its data model, then that product's own functionality should be used. These CA products provide support for identifying MDB extensions and upgrading them for subsequent product releases.

The standard method for extending the MDB is to add new database objects (for example, tables, views, and procedures) as needed.

Important! To ensure the integrity of software products and data, customers must not change any standard database objects that were provided with the base MDB or add new objects to the “mdbadmin” domain as this may prohibit successful future upgrades if a duplicate object name is found.

For details about creating a schema, owner IDs, and database objects, consult your database documentation.