Overview

This document includes the main concepts, tasks, and reference information for integration of Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM)/Systems Management Server (SMS) with Universal CMDB.

Integration occurs by populating the UCMDB database with devices, topology, and hierarchy from SCCM/SMS and by federation with SCCM/SMS supported classes and attributes.

According to UCMDB reconciliation rules, if a CI (in SCCM/SMS) is already mapped to a CI in the CMDB, it is updated; otherwise, it is added to the CMDB.

Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager/Systems Management Server are used by IT administrators to manage client computers and servers.

SCCM/SMS enable you to:

• Manage computers that roam from one location to another

• Track deployment and use of software assets, and use this information to plan software procurement and licensing

• Provide IT administrators and management with access to data accumulated by SCCM/SMS

• Provide scalable hardware and software management

• Manage security on computers running Windows operating systems, with a minimal level of administrative overhead