CMDB Solution 6.5 Now Shipping

Updated: 30 Jul 2007

Greg Giles

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There's a new CMDB in town. This version is chock full of new features like a detailed change history that tells when and who did what to your configuration items. Not to mention any names but we can think of a few times when that would have been a reeeeally nice report to have.

Overview:

Altiris® CMDB Solution™ software actively tracks, manages and accounts for all configuration items, users, and business services that comprise your IT infrastructure.The solution provides visibility into relationships and dependencies between these items as well as detailed configuration data required to effectively manage the operational tasks associated with incident, problem, and change management.

Press Release:
http://www.altiris.com/Company/PressReleases/2007/04112007.aspx

Release Notes:
https://kb.altiris.com/article.asp?article=29957&p=1

Key Product Features:

CMDB Rules - Powerful new rules that support automated relationship building between the configuration items (CIs), systems, and business services that exist within your infrastructure.

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Resource Association Diagram - A visual diagram of the relationships between CIs, systems, services, users, and locations that help to promote effective change management.

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Change History\Tracking - Detailed change history and tracking information for each CI that answers "when and who" performed a change.

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Services Resource Types - New out of box service and systems resource types that can be used to easily track and manage your business services and supporting systems.

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Datacenter Resource Types - New out of box datacenter resource types available to help you accurately track and manage Rack, UPS, Power and Computer Types.

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New Reports - New reports that focus on helping you maximize the information stored in the CMDB, including change and dependency reports.

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