Microsoft System Center 2012 Service Manager Cookbook

Creating a Configuration Management System (CMS) process

This recipe provides steps for creating a Configuration Management System process.

Getting ready

This recipe is focused on a Configuration Management System process using SCSM. The CMS process differs from a Configuration Management Database (CMDB). A CMS combines one or more CMDBs. SCSM implements a CMS within its CMDB by merging data from multiple CMDBs including the following:

• Active directory (AD)
• System Center Configuration Manager (ConfigMgr)
• System Center Operations Manager (OpsMgr)

This recipe is focused on how you create a CMS process with SCSM using AD, ConfigMgr, and OpsMgr.

How to do it...

An example of the steps for creating CMS process is as follows:

1. Plan to agree and document the organization ...