What is ServiceWatch in Discovery Source?
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12-26-2023 05:35 PM
If the value of Data source is ServiceNow, I know it has been updated to Discovery.
What is ServiceWatch in Discovery Source?
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12-26-2023 07:55 PM
Hi @BoHyun Jung
ServiceNow Discovery uses bottom Up approach for discovery, where as Service Watch follows top-down approach. To be simple, it starts from the Business Service and find the supporting architecture.
It really improves the monitoring by correlating Incident, Changes and Problems to the respective Business Service.
You can refer the following case study for more info.
Please mark my answer helpful and accept as a solution if it helped 👍✅
Anvesh
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12-26-2023 08:39 PM
Hi @BoHyun Jung ,
Please check this link
https://www.servicenow.com/community/itom-forum/service-watch/m-p/1043588#M101981
Thanks,
Danish
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12-26-2023 08:53 PM
Hello @BoHyun Jung,
ServiceWatch:
ServiceWatch performs top down discovery of business services. In very simple terms, you give ServiceWatch an entry point (how users access the application/business service), which in most cases is an URL, and ServiceWatch maps out the application top down (from the entry point down to the db / storage layer). Once an application is mapped out you can integrate servicewatch with any of the supported monitoring connectors and you'll have a living, "service aware" map of your application. As for your change control policy, ServiceWatch can definitely notify you of any unplanned changes to devices captured in the business services maps that are active. See below screenshot of an active business service we have in our ServiceWatch instance.
ServiceWatch does not have a CMDB component on its own. Currently, ServiceWatch integrates with ServiceNow (Fuji) and any active business services are pushed through to ServiceNow and serviceWatch CI information can be viewed in ServiceNow. However, in the ServiceNow Geneva release (either this month or next) ServiceWatch will be integrated on to the ServiceNow platform and CI's discovered in ServiceWatch will populate in the ServiceNow CMDB out of the box.
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Thank You!
Prathamesh.
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12-26-2023 09:04 PM