Preface This IBM® Redbook focuses on the planning, deployment, and customization of IBM Tivoli Change and Configuration Management Database Configuration Discovery and Tracking v1.1 in small to medium and large environments. This book covers installation, configuration, and operational considerations that are related to a stand-alone implementation of IBM Tivoli Change and Configuration Management Database Configuration Discovery and Tracking v1.1 and does not include topics that are related to the inter operability with the IBM Tivoli® Change Configuration Management Database Process Management and Integration Platform feature. IBM Tivoli Change and Configuration Management Database Configuration Discovery and Tracking v1.1 (Configuration Discovery and Tracking) provides a Configuration Management Database (CMDB) to store configuration items about the corporations critical infrastructure. To automatically populate the CMDB with relevant configuration item data of the components and relationships in your IT infrastructure, an automated, agentless discovery method is provided.