Hi All,
I’m looking for some guidance and would really appreciate any insights or recommendations from the community.
We currently have four custom attributes on the cmdb_ci_server table:
- Cloud Hosted
- Cloud Deployment Model
- Cloud Premises
- Cloud Service Type
These attributes are populated by an external integration and are subsequently used to determine the hosting type on Application Services
As part of our CMDB alignment and rationalisation effort, we are looking to retire these custom attributes and replace them with an OOTB CMDB/CSDM-aligned approach where possible.
Has anyone implemented a similar solution using OOTB capabilities? Specifically, we're interested in understanding:
- Whether there are OOTB fields, relationships, or CSDM patterns that can replace these attributes.
- How other organisations determine whether a CI is Cloud-hosted, On-Premise, Public Cloud, Private Cloud, or Hybrid without custom fields.
- Recommended approaches for classifying cloud service types (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS, CaaS).
- Whether Application Service hosting models can be derived through OOTB CMDB relationships and Service Mapping rather than custom attributes.
Any guidance, best practices, or examples from your own implementations would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance for your help.
