As communities are created within CMS, a new Figure 3-1 shows how this new hierarchy looks with one community Mclean created:
> hierarchy is built inside Operations Center to support the CMS environment.Figure 3-1 CMS Hierarchy
Under the
, , and elements, as well as the element (which corresponds to a user’s myWorkspace), there is an element for each community containing the following substructure for its associated items:CIs: Linked and native CI elements.
Links: Favorites.
Reports: Reports.
Searches: Saved searches.
For information on how to integrate and correlate technology and business data from other sources into the CMS Service Model, see the Novell Operations Center 5.0 Service Modeling Guide.
In particular, Understanding Multi-Definition and Multi-Generational Configurations
in the Novell Operations Center 5.0 Service Modeling Guide covers element correlation methods for rule or class-based correlation. Class-based correlation, which can be useful for the CMDB, is made possible with Class Relationship Templates, which require modification of the element’s properties, detailed in Defining Classes, Behavior Models, and Property Pages
of the Novell Operations Center 5.0 Service Modeling Guide.