Configuration management module

 

The configuration management module enables to manage all equipment and software composing your IT infrastructure.

 

The ITIL-based practice of change management involves the identification, monitoring, maintenance, and verification of all physical components, called “Configuration Items” (CIs), forming part of an IT infrastructure.

A configuration item is any physical component (hardware of software) of an IT infrastructure that needs to be monitored in order to ensure the convened level of service.

CIs are recorded in a configuration management database (CMDB).

 

One of the interesting aspects of configuration management concerns the management of relationships between CIs. For instance, the relationship “is installed on” enables you to obtain the list of computers on which a given piece of software is installed. Conversely, the relationship “has installed” enables to obtain the list of software installed on a given computer.

 

Help topics

 

Create CI

This form is specially designed for expedient CI creation.

 

Browsing through existing CIs

Each CI type enables you to view a list of configuration items of that type.

The left side menu contains the most frequently accessed views, whereas the other CI views are accessible via the drop-down list.

The “In stock” list contains all available CIs while the “Under repair” list contains the CIs currently under repair.

 

CI search

Use the search box located in the left side menu to find a CI by specifying its name, its inventory number or its serial number.

 

List of actions

The left side menu contains several actions enabling to update the CIs.

 

CI form

The CI form enables you to consult and manage a CI’s detailed information.

 

Importing computers and printers defined in your Windows domain

Automate the creation of workstation and printer type CIs by importing all computers and printers defined in your Windows domain.

 

Importing your computers' configuration information

Automatically import via WMI the main characteristics of a computer (manufacturer, model, operating system, memory, etc.), of installed software as well as of local printers.

 

Automating the deployment of WMI on Windows 95, 98 and NT 4.0 workstations

Use this procedure and script to automate the retrieval of the configuration information of computers.

 

Automating the import of computers and configurations (ADSI / WMI)

Follow this procedure to create tasks in order to automate the execution of the application.

 

Troubleshooting issues with WMI

Click on the link above to view a list of error messages and their possible resolution during WMI inspection.

 

Procedure for importing your inventory

Follow this procedure to import your inventory data.

 

Software management

Automatically manage the software installed on your computers.

 

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See also: Incident management module | Self-service Web application