Nlyte Ivanti IT Service Management...

Bidirectional information exchange that enriches CI and asset data between the Ivanti CMDB and Nlyte Data Center Infrastructure Management

Configuration Management Databases (CMDBs) are frequently out of date, difficult to maintain, and heavily dependent on network discovered assets. The asset information contained in them is usually limited to cursory Configuration Item (CI) attributes that don’t go very far beyond make, model, and by inference how many of them you have. How can you relate it to your data center? How can you do effective capacity planning if it can’t tell you how many resources you actually need and that which you have left, and in which places?

The Nlyte Ivanti IT Service Management CMDB connector integrates Nlyte’s Asset Synchronization Framework with the Ivanti IT Service Management CMDB to automatically synchronize physical and virtual asset data across both systems. The result is enriched, accurate asset data that can help in planning, managing and optimizing your data center.

The Nlyte DCIM solution maintains a wealth of CI detail related to each device’s physical resource requirements that is otherwise unavailable to traditional users of Ivanti IT Service Management CMDB. With Nlyte Asset Optimizer, the Nlyte Asset Synchronization Framework, and the Nlyte Ivanti Service Management CMDB connector, the additional data that becomes available to all users of the Ivanti CMDB includes:

  • Asset types (e.g. cabinet, chassis, server, blade and network assets.)
  • Asset properties (connectivity, space, power, etc)
  • Relationships between assets and other entities, such as locations

Using a weighted scoring system, Nlyte Asset Synchronization Framework and Nlyte Ivanti IT Service Management CMDB connector determines asset/CI matches between the systems and provide bi-directional synchronization of assets/Cis and their individual attributes:

  • Enriching capacity optimization by linking physical capacity to computing capacity by bringing the physical layer of information into the CMDB
  • Reduces time to conduct audits
  • Enriches your CMDB with more data for truer capacity planning
  • Leverages your existing ITSM investments in Ivanti IT Service Management Configuration Management
  • Improves compliance by knowing where assets are, who worked on them last, and what was done
  • Enriches your CMDB with more data for truer capacity planning
  • Gain a federated view, one version of the truth for Configuration Item attributes
  • Improve your CMDB accuracy beyond network discovery
  • Gain confidence that the Nlyte CDB includes those discovered CIs from your Ivanti IT Service Management CMDB
  • Easier reconciliation of CIs with data center asset physical locations

Download Data Sheet

Prerequisites

An installation of Nlyte Asset Optimizer v11.0.120 or higher (including the Asset Sync Framework and the Nlyte Ivanti Service Management CMDB connector)/ Ivanti IT Service Management 2014.3 or higher / Appropriate valid Nlyte licenses – Please contact sales@nlyte.com to arrange for Nlyte Professional Services to assist with the implementation and configuration of your Nlyte products.

Installation Procedure

Please contact sales@nlyte.com to arrange for Nlyte Professional Services to assist with the implementation and configuration.

Post-Installation Configuration

Please contact sales@nlyte.com to arrange for Nlyte Professional Services to assist with the implementation and configuration.