CMDB Plan

Table of Contents

Overview

This is a place to break out technical tasks based on rollups to project tasks.

Task Rollup

Business, Provider Services

• set up Box endpoint for manually entered data (L)
• build data sets (M)
• build transforms (H)
• schedule imports (L)

Application Inventory

• set up Box endpoint for exported quickbase data (L)
• build data set (M)
• build transform (H)
• schedule import (L)

Servers

• establish SCCM integration (H)
  • set up MID servers (M)
  • set up data sources (M)
  • set up windows server transforms (H)
• establish SNMP UNIX integration (H)
  • dev cfengine policy (H)
  • test policy against 118-subnet dev machines (M)
  • firewall rules (M)
  • extend policy to prod (M)
  • extend policy to additional subnets (M)
  • share policy w/ core services
• schedule server imports (M)

Data Center

• establish aperture integration (prod) (M)
• set up data sources (H)
  • racks (M)
  • spaces (M)
  • CRACs (M)
  • server, storage, network equipment (physical only, match by serial) (M)
• build transforms (H)
• schedule imports (M)

Network

• establish NetMRI integration (H)
• establish Proteus integration (H)
• decide what classes, relationships to track (H)
• set up data sources (H)
• build transforms (H)
• schedule imports (M)

Storage

• establish SNMP integration (H)
  • decide what classes to track (H)
  • SNMP instrument equipment (M)
• set up data sources (H)
• build transforms (H)
• schedule imports (M)

Service Relationship Mapping

• clarify BS vs. PS/IS vs. Application (H)
• establish Box endpoint for relationship metadata (L)
• set up data sources (H)
• build transforms (H)
• schedule imports (M)

Appendix A - Coordinating Groups