Does Virima Support Pure Storage, NetApp & Arista Discovery?
IT teams evaluating Virima often ask one question first: can it find storage arrays and network switches, not just servers?…
How to Automatically Import and Discover AWS, Azure, and Intune Assets into Your CMDB
TLDR
Cloud assets do not automatically appear in your CMDB. API-based discovery must be configured per cloud provider, scheduled to …
What Is CI-to-Hardware Asset Auto-Linking and Why Does It Matter for ITAM Accuracy?
CI-to-hardware asset auto-linking is the automated process of creating a persistent, auditable relationship between a configuration item (CI) in a …
Serial Number Conflicts in CMDB: What They Are and How to Resolve Them
TLDR
A serial number conflict in a CMDB occurs when two or more hardware asset records share the same serial …
What Happens to CIs When IT Assets Are Decommissioned? A CMDB Best Practices Guide
TLDR
- Decommissioning a CI changes its lifecycle status to retired without removing the record or its history
- Deleting a CI
Change Impact Analysis with CMDB: How to Assess Risk Before Every IT Change
- Change-related incidents cause the majority of IT outages, often because teams lack visibility into downstream CI dependencies before a change
How to Use CMDB Service Maps to Identify Stakeholders and Approval Paths for IT Changes
- Missing the right stakeholder in a change approval workflow is one of the most common causes of change-related incidents and
How Does Virima Support ITIL Change Management? CMDB, Impact Analysis, and ViVID Explained
Virima 6.1.1 delivers Virima ITIL change management on a single platform. It uses live CMDB data and ViVID Service Maps…
IT Runbook Automation in ITSM: Automating Repetitive Tasks from Password Resets to Server Reboots
IT runbook automation in ITSM eliminates the repetitive manual tasks that consume service desk capacity — password resets, server reboots, …
