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CA CMDB Components

CA CMDB provides the following standard components:

CA CMDB Web Interface Pages

• Defines and tracks CI properties and relationships.
• Supports change impact and root cause analysis.

CMDB Visualizer

• Graphically displays CI relationships.
• Supports the planning function.

Versioning

• Displays CI change history and relationships.
• Compares snapshots and named milestones.

Common Asset Viewer

• Provides a common view of asset attributes across multiple products.
• Provides the launch point into supporting products.

CI Reconciliation

• Associates imported CI data with existing CIs in the CMDB.
• Uses existing Asset Registry API.

Repository

• Provides a data store for CIs, relationships, families, and so on.
• Exists in the MDB.

Integration

• Provides standard, predefined integration with CA Service Desk, CA NSM, CA Asset Portfolio Management, CA EEM, and others.

Reporting

Provides the following reports for CIs:

• Summary
• Detail
• Changed CIs
• CI Family
• CI Relationship
• Relationship Tree