Thanks. I'm new to this so is this information documented somewhere in the CMDB/FDTD/ADDM documentation and if so, would you be kind enough to give a pointer?
-- Thanks, Jason On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 5:26 PM, Peter Romain < [email protected]> wrote: > ** > > IPs are not linked between devices as links are made at layer 2 (LAN > Endpoints). > > > > LAN Endpoints aren’t usually modelled from end to end either but are > related to Connectivity Segments. > > > > Your discovery is doing the right thing by assuming that the IPs are unique > and relating them to their parent computers (via weak relationships that > would preclude an IP having more than one parent with the normal Hosted > Access Point relationship). > > > > ADDM uses a dependency relationship between the two computers to indicate > that they are connected. > > > > HTH > > > > Cheers > > > > Peter > > > > > > > > *From:* Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Jason Alexander > *Sent:* 11 February 2011 17:02 > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Question regarding a CMDB concept > > > > ** Hi, > > > CMDB v2.1 > Topology Discovery 1.6 > Remedy v7.1 > > Scenario: Assume that Hosts 'A' and 'B' are connected/linked to the same IP > End Point 'C'. These are being discovered by Topology Discovery. > > Per my understanding, within the Topology Dataset in CMDB, there should be > 1 CI corresponding to 'A' in the BMC_ComputerSystem Class, 1 CI > corresponding to 'B' in the BMC_ComputerSystem Class and 1 CI corresponding > to 'C' in the BMC_IPENDPOINT class and 2 entries in the BMC_Base > Relationships class (1 relationship between A and C, and 1 between B and C) > > However, it turns out that there are 2 instances of the 'C' CI in the > Topology Discovery Dataset and 1 instance of the 'C' CI is linked to 'A' and > another instance of the 'C' CI is linked to 'B'. > > Is there something that I am not understanding here? I was thinking that a > CI should be unique, so there should be only one instance of 'C' (and not 2) > in the Topology dataset (IPENDPOINT class). > > Can somebody please clarify the concept for me? > > -- > Thanks, > Jason > > _attend WWRUG11 www.wwrug.com ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are"_ > _attend WWRUG11 www.wwrug.com ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are"_ _______________________________________________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org attend wwrug11 www.wwrug.com ARSList: "Where the Answers Are"
