OpenText CMDB: Features, Limitations, and Alternative
What is OpenText CMDB?
OpenText CMDB is the configuration management database inside OpenText Universal Discovery and CMDB (formerly Micro Focus
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How to Make the Best Out of Your IT Discovery Tool
IT discovery best practices are a set of structured methods for scanning, normalizing, and continuously maintaining visibility into every asset …
ServiceNow CMDB Best Practices: Complete 2026 Guide
…ServiceNow CMDB best practices — what they cover:
ServiceNow CMDB best practices are the governance, data quality, and maintenanceServiceNow Discovery Tool: Is It Right for You?
The ServiceNow Discovery tool may not give your team everything it needs to keep a CMDB accurate. That gap matters …
What Is ViVID Service Mapping? How Virima Visualizes IT Service Dependencies
What Is ViVID Service Mapping in Virima?
ViVID service mapping is a dynamic visualization layer built on the Virima CMDB. …
Communication Views in CMDB: How to See Host-to-Host Traffic Flows, Ghost Machines, and Open Ports
A CMDB tells you what devices you know about and how you have documented their relationships. It does not tell …
5 key business benefits of IT service mapping
When a business service goes down, most IT teams start the same way: digging through monitoring alerts, pulling in whoever …
Why is CMDB business service mapping critical for IT management?
Understanding CMDB Business Service Mapping
In the context of the CMDB, business service mapping is the process of defining hierarchical …
Device42 Application Dependency Mapping vs Virima: Which Offers Better Value?
Application dependency mapping turns a tangle of servers, services, and network components into a clear picture of what connects to …
