[1] This database acts as a data warehouse for the organization and also stores information regarding the relationships among its assets.
Federation is usually distinguished from ETL (extract, transform, load) solutions in which data is copied into the CMDB.
Attributes captured by a CMDB vary based on CI category, and can number up to the hundreds.
At a minimum, all software, hardware, network, and storage CI types are stored and tracked in a CMDB.
As enterprises mature, they start to track business CI types in their CMDB, such as people, markets, products, and 3rd party entities such as vendors and partners.
CI types are: A key success factor in implementing a CMDB is the ability to automatically discover information about the CIs (auto-discovery) and track changes as they happen.
There are three specific core challenges to creating and maintaining a Configuration Management Database: Because of the above reasons, companies usually choose to purchase their CMDBs, rather than designing, building, delivering, and supporting them themselves.