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- initialism Central Management DataBase
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I still don't understand why the term CMDB moved from describing the set of data that describes CIs and their relationships, and CIs as being those things that you need to control to manage your IT operations, to a detailed and pointless single view of how everything in your IT estate happens to be set up now (I paraphrase as I don't have any of the books to hand).
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First, there is the term CMDB, which implies a database that is a technology item and is managed by a technology organization.
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I'm a vendor myself and I've dropped the term CMDB from most of our literature and the product name as I found myself explaining what a CMDB could be, might be, should be.
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So now everybody has something called a CMDB even though it isn't, just like we all have "knowledge management".
The IT Skeptic - Comments Cary King 2010
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Every single other process from Incident, Problem, Change, Release and Configuration processes requires only asset management: a bucket of CIs. if your trained skilled configuration management people can use reporting tools and a telephone to determine the impact of an incident or change within a useful time period then a CMDB is a redundant waste of money. if they can't after procedure optimisation and practice, you need to consider one.
The IT Skeptic - Comments Cary King 2010
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A CMDB is a central piece of software that impacts everything around it in the IT infrastructure.
The IT Skeptic - Comments Cary King 2010
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"CMDB" should be self-funding - with sponsors of data elements prepared to rent space in support of their need for the information ...
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The continuing semiotic quest to figure out what exactly "CMDB" means now-a-days.
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The original fallacy is repeated in "The CMDB is a foundational element to any IT organization's efforts to improve efficiency, provide scalable services, and handle increasing complexity.
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(such as CMDB and change / configuration automation) finally get attention, security grows tighter, and preparing for compliance audits becomes simpler.
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