DEFINING AND ENFORCING OPERATIONAL ASSOCIATION BETWEEN CONFIGURATION ITEM CLASSES IN MANAGED NETWORKS

摘要

To generate preferred relationships for configuration item classes in managed networks.SOLUTION: A remote network management platform includes a database containing representations of configuration items associated with a managed network 300 that is managed by the remote network management platform. The remote network management platform further includes a server device. The server device obtains a plurality of preferred relationships for a particular configuration item class. The server device stores the plurality of preferred relationships in the database. The server device also visually provides indications of one or more respective pairings of relationship types and target configuration item classes from a plurality of preferred relationships, receives a selection of a particular relationship type and a particular target configuration item class in accordance with one of the indications, and stores in the database the particular configuration item with the particular relationship type and the particular target configuration item class.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 4