What are the CIs used to represent an NFS or SMB mount.

Shaun13 · ‎12-17-2019

Attached are some relationship maps extracted from the guide to describing Isilon NAS servers in the Service Now CMDB. The pictures show my guess at some red/pink boxes which may be the correct way to map the client machines(Servers) but I am unable to find the correct model in google.

I cannot find a mapping that goes all the way to the Windows or Unix server mounting the NFS/SMB share, and I see no obvious places for recording the information about an NFS export - like the list of allowed clients,

Any help is much appreciated. Including advice on the correct forum & topic for CMDB queries.

arielgritti · ‎01-03-2020

Hi Shaun

I'm sorry for the "data masking" 😞

Yes, there are a 147GB filesystem pusblished/attached to two servers (server01 and server02) in the same mount point.

The NFS's "name" is: [IP]:/xxxxx/data

The media type is: network

The filesystem value is: nfs

The mount point is: /export/home/fpbatch

The "File System" with the value "nfs" is a choice like this:

Is inherited from the "cmdb_ci_storage_volume" class/table

Ariel

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arielgritti · ‎01-03-2020

Hello Shaun

I don't know if my case will help you. My "discovery" (OOTB) populated the "cmdb_ci_nas_file_system" with the NFS FS published to my servers.

I hope this help you.

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Thanks
Ariel

Shaun13 · ‎01-03-2020

Thank you Ariel. I feel your "data masking pain" 😉

So there's a 147.7GB filesystem on 2 clients, <name>s01 & <name>s02, and they both mount it at the same directory.

What does "File System" nfs point to?
What are those 2 records named? <server>:<share>??

Only the Server knows the mount point - so that means the Server team must do cmdb_ci_nas_filesystem.

Thank you.

arielgritti · ‎01-03-2020