Is CMDB relevant for virtualization?

With the speed and volume of change involved in virtualized environments, is CMDB still a relevant approach for IT efficiency?

Tags: software, it management, windows server, virtualization, websphere, configuration management, cmdb

evolven

14th Nov 2010

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I would think even more so

Since virtualization allows a server to be created with a couple of mouse clicks, how else would you keep track of how many servers you have?

However, if the CMDB providers do not work or play well with virtual environments, then they have made themselves irrelevant.

robo_dev

15th Nov 2010