Hi All,
We are performing a cleanup activity of CMDB , by deleting specific CI data from tables due to licensing constraints.
The records which we are wanting to delete, also contain certain upstream and downstream relationships to other CIs. For example, in the screenshot below, the Virtual Machine Instance CI record I want to delete, has upstream relationship with another ESX server, and downstream relationships with vCenter folder and vCenter datastore CIs.
My query is the following: If I delete the above CI record, will it lead to creation of any orphan records in CMDB, which in turn may affect the ITSM processes?
Additionally, is there any other way to restrict licensing of CIs by deactivating/disabling them in any way? Please suggest with your valuable inputs.
Thanks a lot in advance!
In Terms of ITSM and CMDB there is nothing called Licensing based on CIs.
Licensing comes into Picture when you use ITOM like Discovery and Event Management licenses/Subscription are based on Host/Node.
Point here is Host/Node is not active on Network then obviously it will not be discovered and no event will come So when u disable the CI record it will work and License will be excluded.
Hope this helps.
Regards
RP
