A comprehensive model for capturing IT elements and their relations. Look at entities from various layers - process, application, hardware, datacenter, project

Learn how to simply update common properties of the parent class with data from the child class

The main entity of the system layer is Machine (server OS), the server file system, certificates, scheduled tasks etc.

Machine is the main entity of the system layer. It keeps records of servers and other intangible objects defined by operating systems, not devices.

Device is the main entity of the hardware layer. It keeps records of physical devices, on which servers (machines) are running.

Configuration item (CI) is a parent class of many other classes.

Filesystem is one of system layer entities. It keeps information about server disks.

Certificates are one of system layer entities. They record information about server certificates.

Case study of a solution providing notifications to contacts of particular servers.

There are various machine types recorded in the Machine (OS Server) entity: Servers (physical and virtual), Clusters, Farms, Cluster services

Practical examples of CMDB update when using multiple data sources