List of CMDB discovery tools which can be integrated with ServiceNow.

[rmunjal]

Hi Team,

Can I have a list of all the CMDB discovery tools which can be integrated with servicenow along with   their benefits or shortcomings v/s inbuilt Discovery provided by ServiceNow?

Regards,

Ravi Munjal

[swarnadip]

Hi Ravi,

Here is a list of integrations that may be built in ServiceNow for populating your cmdb:

Altiris

Microsoft SCCM

Centennial

EMC nLayers

EMC Smarts ADM

Salesforce.com

Nimsoft Integration

LANDesk

You can go through the ServiceNow discovery process here - http://wiki.servicenow.com/index.php?title=Discovery_Agentless_Architecture#gsc.tab=0

Regarding the benefits, here is a list I found online:

Uniform Platform - All ServiceNow applications use the same PaaS platform.   No integration is needed to use ServiceNow Discovery.

Production Issues - With no integration to another Discovery application, there is no integration disconnect and fewer production issues.

Upgrade Process - With ServiceNow, upgrades do not impact your customizations or system availability.

Mobile Accessibility - ServiceNow has mobile accessibility to Discovery configuration.   This isn't always the case with other Discovery applications.

Cost - With no integration and no other discovery application, the only cost is the subscription to ServiceNow Discovery.

Maintenance - It may not be easy as the rest of ServiceNow, but if you already have a ServiceNow admin, ServiceNow Discovery can be maintained.   If you use a different discovery application and an integration, the company admin must also know those other programming architectures.

Reporting - With the data within ServiceNow, you can create reports as needed.   For highly complex reports, you can use the ServiceNow ODBC Driver with third-party reporting tools like SAP Crystal Reports.

Hope this helps to get you started.

Thanks,

SR

[rmunjal]

Thanks for the info Swarnadip. Please tell me are they all discovery tools?

basically I was looking for all the discovery tools other than ServiceNow internal discovery tools which can be use to populate CMDB in servicenow

Regards,

Ravi Munjal

[swarnadip]

Yes, they are network discovery and scanning tools.

Also here is another list for you:

	Type	Name	Cost	Download Link
	Open source	Nagios	Free	https://www.nagios.org/downloads/
	Open source	Cacti	Free	http://www.cacti.net/download_cacti.php
	Open source	Nmap	Free	https://nmap.org/download.html
	Paid	Nessus	$2,190 (approx)	https://www.tenable.com/products
	Open source	Masscan	Free	https://github.com/robertdavidgraham/masscan
	Open source	Wireshark	Free	https://www.wireshark.org/download.html
	Paid	Solarwinds	$2,895 (approx)	www.solarwinds.com/downloads/
	Open source	OpenVAS	Free	www.openvas.org/download.html

Hope this helps.

Thanks,

Swarnadip

[rmunjal]

Thanks Swarnadip for the information.