I did a Meta-Update script for a customer that had 12000 assets in ComputerSystem class that were not computer systems but should have been in a bunch of different classes including some of their own classes. They had these assets for a year and they had been worked in that changes, people, tickets etc were all associated. A single Meta-Update script read a controlling spreadsheet and then fixed the product catalogue and replicated the assets, and all relationships, associations, contracts, maintenance, etc, to the right classes. A second script deleted the original erroneous computer systems. If you have a single asset, by all means do it by hand. If you need to automate it consider Meta-Update. Cheers Ben Chernys
Senior Software Architect Software Tool House Inc. Canada / Deutschland / Germany Mobile: +49 171 380 2329 GMT + 1 + [ DST ] Email: <mailto:[email protected]> Ben.Chernys _AT_ softwaretoolhouse.com Web: <http://www.softwaretoolhouse.com/> www.softwaretoolhouse.com Check out Software Tool House's free Diary Editor. Meta-Update, our premium ARS Data tool, lets you automate your imports, migrations, in no time at all, without programming, without staging forms, without merge workflow. <http://www.softwaretoolhouse.com/> <http://www.softwaretoolhouse.com/> http://www.softwaretoolhouse.com/ _____ From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Kathy Morris Sent: May 24, 2010 9:57 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: CMDB 2.1 Question ** Hi, This asset was loaded via a python script that loads data into BMC_Printer, BMC_Chassis, BMC:CORE:BMCBaseElement, etc... My understanding this is supposed to be loaded via federation. Some else believes its OK to load directly into the tables. In a message dated 5/24/2010 2:28:10 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: ** Kathy, How did that printer get into CMDB? Was it a discovery tool? Manual upload? Topology Discovery? Based on your answer, there are several paths of complication that you must go through to achieve this.. especially if you want automation. Tauf Chowdhury | Forest Laboratories, Inc. Analyst, Service Management Mobile:646.483.2779 _____ From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Kathy Morris Sent: Monday, May 24, 2010 12:34 PM To: [email protected] Subject: CMDB 2.1 Question Hi, I have an asset identified as a printer in the CMDB_PRINTER CLASS - and the asset is not a printer, it is actually a CHASSIS. How do I move the asset into the CHASSIS CLASS? I tried to select the Tier 1, Tier 2, Tier 3 - and of course that is not going to work because it only gives PRINTER CLASS values. There must be a way to redefine this asset as a CHASSIS. _____ This e-mail and its attachments may contain Forest Laboratories, Inc. proprietary information that is privileged, confidential or subject to copyright belonging to Forest Laboratories, Inc. This e-mail is intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, or the employee or agent responsible for delivering this e-mail to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, copying or action taken in relation to the contents of and attachments to this e-mail is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender immediately and permanently delete the original and any copy of this e-mail and any printout. _attend WWRUG10 www.wwrug.com ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are"_ _attend WWRUG10 www.wwrug.com ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are"_ _attend WWRUG10 www.wwrug.com ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are"_ _______________________________________________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org attend wwrug10 www.wwrug.com ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are"
