I just checked our CMDB. We defined a category of Hardware / Computer / mainframe for the mainframes. Each mainframe is an item in the CMDB with this category. All hardware attached to a mainframe is related to it as are the LPARS that run on it. The LPARS have a category of Hardware / Partition / Main Frame.
I also see a category of Hardware / Computer / Server. So we separate our servers from our mainframes. It looks like our tool, which I think was listed as ITIL friendly, lets us define the categories ourselves. I know that the view are defined by us. The components of the tool are real close to what I learned in ITIL class, but not an exact match. Thank you and have a Terrific day! Jonathan Goossen, ACG, CL Tape Specialist ACT Mainframe Storage Group Personal: 651-361-4541 Department Support Line: 651-361-5555 For help with communication and leadership skills checkout Woodwinds Toastmasters IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu> wrote on 01/12/2012 04:52:42 AM: > From: "Richards, Robert B." <robert.richa...@opm.gov> > To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu > Date: 01/12/2012 05:42 AM > Subject: Re: ITIL Mainframe Terminology > Sent by: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu> > > I, too, got certified (or, according to some, certifiable) at the > foundation level. > > The "mainframe" could be a configuration item (CI) and should > probably just be classified as a "server". CI specification varies > from company to company. > > Bob > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu] On > Behalf Of Jonathan Goossen > Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2012 2:29 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu > Subject: Re: ITIL Mainframe Terminology > > Peter, > You are correct in what ITIL stands for. The British started it. It > migrated to the US when companies wanted to cut costs. Several years ago I > was required to go through training and passed my certification for the > first level. > > ITIL is a collection of best practices for running a company's IT. It > deals with processes and is equipment independent. ITIL doesn't have > terminology for mainframes. > > Thank you and have a Terrific day! > > Jonathan Goossen, ACG, CL > Tape Specialist > ACT Mainframe Storage Group > Personal: 651-361-4541 > Department Support Line: 651-361-5555 > For help with communication and leadership skills checkout Woodwinds > Toastmasters > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN This e-mail message and all attachments transmitted with it may contain legally privileged and/or confidential information intended solely for the use of the addressee(s). If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any reading, dissemination, distribution, copying, forwarding or other use of this message or its attachments is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete this message and all copies and backups thereof. Thank you. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
