IBM Informix Dynamic Server discovery

  • Rversion finale: Australia
  • Mis à jour 12 mars 2026
  • 1 minute de lecture

    • The ServiceNow Discovery and Service Mapping applications can find and map the Informix Dynamic Server. Discovering some of these resources may require updating to the latest version of the Discovery and Service Mapping Patterns application from the ServiceNow Store.

    Request apps on the Store

    Visit the ServiceNow Store to view all the available apps, and for information about submitting requests to the store. For cumulative release notes information for all released apps, see the ServiceNow Store version history release notes.

    Prerequisites

    User
    Provide a user with permissions to run the following commands without elevated rights:

    • $install_directory/bin/onstat -g dis

      This command gets the status and configuration of Informix Dynamic server.

    • $install_directory/bin/dbaccess sysmaster

      This command runs an sql query against the master schema.

    The same user must have read permission for the following directories:
    • install_directory + "/etc/sqlhosts

      Access to this directory is necessary to get information about the port, host, and service definition of the Informix Dynamic server.

    • /etc/services

      Access to this directory is required to get information about the host service definition.

    Credentials
    Configure SSH credentials in the Credentials module of the ServiceNow platform for accessing the server hosting the Informix Dynamic server.

    Data collected by Discovery during horizontal discovery

    Table and Field Description
    Informix Instance [cmdb_ci_db_informix_instance] The Informix instance attributes.
    tcp_port
    running_process
    version
    install_directory
    config_file
    name
    Informix Catalog [cmdb_ci_db_informix_catalog] The database included in the Informix Instance.
    database

    CI Relationships

    CI Relationship/Reference CI
    Informix Instance [cmdb_ci_db_informix_instance] Contains::Contained by Informix Catalog [cmdb_ci_db_informix_catalog]

    Top-down

    During top-down discovery, Service Mapping discovers connections between the Informix Instance and the Informix Catalogs that the instance contains and displays them as an inclusion on the application service map.