http://www.itskeptic.org/taxonomy/term/208 The taxonomy view with a depth of 0. en http://www.itskeptic.org/node/674 <p>The vendors like to tout auto-discovery as a feature that solves the problem of discovery - how to populate a Configuration database and keep it populated. It isn't. [Oh alright, I'll call it a CMDB so long as we all understand I don't mean the ITIL-defined dream model]. </p> <p><a href="http://www.itskeptic.org/node/674">read more</a></p> http://www.itskeptic.org/node/674#comments http://www.itskeptic.org/crss/node/674 CMDB discovery Managed Objects Tue, 01 Jul 2008 16:15:24 -0600 skeptic 674 at http://www.itskeptic.org http://www.itskeptic.org/node/37 <p>This line in <a href="http://www.butlergroup.com/reports/itsm/">a Butler Group white paper synopsis</a> pressed a button for me:"Service Configuration Management enables quick establishment of Configuration Management Database (CMDB) through auto discovery". I respect the Butler Group more than most analysts, and I am too tight to buy the full text from them, so I hope the synopsis is a bit misleading. Though from the tone of the rest I fear it isn't. This pernicious idea turns up regularly, mostly from software vendors. It must be stamped out.</p> <p><a href="http://www.itskeptic.org/node/37">read more</a></p> http://www.itskeptic.org/node/37#comments http://www.itskeptic.org/crss/node/37 analysts CMDB Crap Factoid discovery ITIL Sat, 12 Aug 2006 20:15:11 -0600 skeptic 37 at http://www.itskeptic.org