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IBM Informix Dynamic Server discovery

The ServiceNow Discovery and Service Mapping applications can find and map the Informix Dynamic Server. Discovering some of these resources may require updating to the latest version of the Discovery and Service Mapping Patterns application from the ServiceNow Store.

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Prerequisites

  • User

    Provide a user with permissions to run the following commands without elevated rights:

    • $install_directory/bin/onstat -g dis

      This command gets the status and configuration of Informix Dynamic server.

    • $install_directory/bin/dbaccess sysmaster

      This command runs an sql query against the master schema.

    The same user must have read permission for the following directories:

    • install_directory + "/etc/sqlhosts

      Access to this directory is necessary to get information about the port, host, and service definition of the Informix Dynamic server.

    • /etc/services

      Access to this directory is required to get information about the host service definition.

  • Credentials

    Configure SSH credentials in the Credentials module of the ServiceNow platform for accessing the server hosting the Informix Dynamic server.

Data collected by Discovery during horizontal discovery

Table and FieldDescription
Informix Instance [cmdb_ci_db_informix_instance]The Informix instance attributes.
tcp_port
running_process
version
install_directory
config_file
name
Informix Catalog [cmdb_ci_db_informix_catalog]The database included in the Informix Instance.
database

CI Relationships

CIRelationship/ReferenceCI
Informix Instance [cmdb_ci_db_informix_instance]Contains::Contained byInformix Catalog [cmdb_ci_db_informix_catalog]

Top-down

During top-down discovery, Service Mapping discovers connections between the Informix Instance and the Informix Catalogs that the instance contains and displays them as an inclusion on the application service map.

Parent Topic:Available on-premise discovery patterns