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Best practice around managing Retired CIs in CMDB

Hi All, I have a question on managing Retired CIs in CMDB.  should we delete these retired CI records after certain timeframe or should we retain for audit & history purposes forever. Please advise on the best practice around this. Thanks,shilpa

Create CMDB data Manager policy based on Principal Class

Hi, we are trying to create a CMDB Data Manager Policy that would be based on CIs that are contained in a Principal Class. There are no filters avaialble to identify the notion of Principal Class in the Data Manager. As anyone encountered this issue ...

[AI Search] Indexed Source not indexing

I am trying to index the Knowledge Base table via the Indexed Source in AI Search, but the task is stuck in the not_started state.We are using Utah

Jbelter by Tera Guru
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Changing OS Service Pack to a Reference Attribute

I have a request to change the out of the box os_service_pack attribute on cmdb_ci_computer to a reference to a new CI class of OS Service Packs. The idea is to then be able to flag each Service Pack as supported or end of life to show overall device...

jkruder by Tera Contributor
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How to manually register Stacked Switches in CMDB

Hi there, Could you please navigate me an help me what is the best practise for Stacked switches registration? When we have one master switch and several slave switches? We do not use Discovery on Network devices and we do the registration manually. ...

Martina M by Kilo Contributor
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Which table to use to store mobile devices, tablets etc?

Which table to use to store mobile devices, tablets etc? I see below 3 tables provided by ServiceNow. What type of data should fit in each of those tables 1. Handheld Computing Devices [cmdb_ci_handheld_computing] 2. Mobile Devices [sys_mobile_device...

Suggy by Giga Sage
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Building a Temporary Solution for ServiceNow Change Management

Hi,  I need help with a practical, easy-to-build workaround for this issue that can be easily transitioned once the CMDB is built.Company ABC is using a basic version of ServiceNow and is currently building a CMDB. The problem is that change manageme...

CarolMa6 by Tera Expert
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assigned to is changing the CI

When changing CI to the Config item in a RITM, the actual CI is being updated in the assigned to field with the requested for details, after deactivating the business rule called 'Assign from Stock', issue is not happeningIf I deactivate the Assign f...

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naresh121 by Tera Contributor
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Orphan rules - Recommended rules?

Hi All -   What are the Best practices or Orphan Rules to be configured to manage the Orphan CI in CMDB? Is there anything apart from -  Assigned owner or managed by is empty?   What are the rules in "General" to be configured?

PaulSylo by Tera Sage
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