CMDB, Configuration Management DataBase, configuration management database, is associated with all components of the IT system information library, which contains detailed information about IT infrastructure configuration items.
Traditional transport CMDB at Invensys road, operation and maintenance of the central object is a resource level, the so-called infrastructure that is network equipment and hardware devices this level; various associations and topological relations, but also to see from the perspective of basic server. More so, we are building the CMDB into a device-centric information management platform.
CMDB in Internet operation and maintenance system, the development of cloud computing, the major cloud vendors focus the complexity of network devices and the underlying infrastructure such as server hardware, applications and current CMDB is distributed service oriented application framework as the core , caching, message, DB, access layer and other basic components, all belong to the configuration management database (CMDB).
Operation and maintenance of automation, not simply install automated server deployment or delivery of network automation configuration this single scene, but there have been continuous delivery, DevOps, SRE and other more appropriate definition of responsibilities for the operation and maintenance of this era and new methodology.