What Is a Configuration Management Database?

Configuration Management database (CMDB), which is the configuration management database. The configuration management database contains all relevant information about the components of the information system used by an organization's IT services and the relationships between these components.

A configuration management database is a database that contains all relevant information about the components of an information system used by an organization's IT services and the relationships between these components. The configuration management database provides a way to organize the inspection of the data and study the data from any desired perspective. The components of the information system mentioned above are also called configuration items (CI). A configuration item can be any conceivable IT component, including software, hardware, files, and personnel, and a combination of them. . The process of configuration management seeks to specify, control and track configuration items and all comprehensive and systematic changes to configuration items.

IT Service Architecture (ITIL) is a set of frameworks for regulating information technology service management. Its best practice standards include normative standards for configuration management. According to ITIL standards, the four main tasks of configuration management are:

1. Proof of configuration items contained in the CMDB.

2. Control the data to ensure that it can only be modified by designated personnel.

3. Status maintenance, which includes ensuring that the current status of any configuration item is always documented and kept up to date. ^[1]

The configuration management database is a repository of information related to all components of the IT system. It contains detailed information about IT infrastructure configuration items. A database similar to CMDB has been used by IT departments for many years, but the concept of CMDB is derived from

Information technology managers can use a federated CMDB (Joint Configuration Management Database) an enterprise-level CMDBto accumulate information about configuration, change, and other discrete source data. The goal is to use industry-standard interfaces to enable management data providers to integrate their data into a tightly integrated, seamless CMDB.

The standard's architecture was proposed in 2007 by a white paper from several CMDB vendors, including: ASG Software Solutions, BM Software, CA, Fujitsu, HP Software Division, IBM and Microsoft. These members form the CMDB Joint Working Group (CMDBf).

In 2009, the Distributed Management Task Force standardized the CMDBf specification and provided a cross-vendor, standardized system management data federation solution. ^[1]