Chapter 4. Use Cases

The Cloud and Infrastructure Provision VM from Template State Machines contain RegisterCMDB and ActivateCMDB states.

To create a new ServiceNow record during virtual machine provisioning, amend the ActiveCMDB state to call the create method, for example:

/Integration/ServiceNow/CMDB/create

The Cloud and Infrastructure default Retirement State Machines contain the DeactivateCMDB state.

To update a virtual machine’s ServiceNow record during virtual machine retirement, amend the DeactivateCMDB state to call the update_patch method, for example:

Integration/ServiceNow/CMDB/update_patch?description=VM%20${/#vm.guid}%20retired%20from%20{productname_short}

Create a new System Event instance to update the ServiceNow record after a virtual machine reconfiguration request has been approved and completed.

Create a new /System/Event/ReconfigVM_Task_Complete instance with a relationship value:

/Integration/ServiceNow/CMDB/update_patch