Use this task to specify configuration item (CI) attributes
that are modified by a release. For example, a release that involves
moving a server and updating its hostname results in a modification
to the hostname attribute for the CI. When you specify a CI attribute
modification using this task, the CI is automatically updated with
the specified modification when the change is completed.
About this task
CI attributes are modified in the Move/Swap/Modify dialog
box. This topic focuses on the modification of CI attributes, which
is one of many operations that can be performed in the Move/Swap/Modify
dialog box.
To modify the attributes of CIs associated with
a release, perform the following steps during the release implementation:
Procedure
- With the release open in the Releases application, select Move/Swap/Modify from
the Select Action menu. The Move/Swap/Modify
dialog box is displayed.
- Open the Modify tab, and then open the Configuration Items
tab. The CIs section lists all of the CIs that are associated with
the release; CI specifications, including attributes, are displayed
in the CI Specifications section.
- With a CI row highlighted, select an attribute in the Specifications
section that you want to modify, and click Modify Attribute to
display fields in which to modify the selected attribute. For example,
type a new value for the Hostname attribute
if the release adds changes the hostname of a server.
- After you have specified all of the CI attribute modifications
that apply, click Save as Plan.
Clicking Save
as Plan causes the CI to be updated as specified when
the release moves to the COMPLETE status. Clicking Execute
Now updates the CI now. Save as Plan is
the preferred choice if you want to synchronize the Release and Configuration
Management processes. When you use Save as Plan,
you can add a task to your work plan, to be performed after you have recorded
the CI changes but before you mark the release complete. This task
can be an approval task that asks the configuration manager to review
the CI attribute changes and agree that they are recorded satisfactorily,
or it can be to submit a request as described in the next step.
- From within the release, create a process request to configuration
management to update the CI. In the new process request, do the following:
- Specify a classification of PMCFGUR (CIs
configuration update request).
- Open the CHGRFCD attribute.
- In the Table Value field, type
or select YES.
- In the Target CIs section, specify the CI that is modified,
and save the request.
When you specify the YES table value for the CHGRDCD attribute,
you are informing the configuration manager who receives the request
that the modifications were specified in the Move/Modify/Swap dialog box. The
configuration manager can then go to the Releases application and
examine the modifications; in addition, the configuration manager will be
aware that the CI was automatically updated as specified when the
release status moved to COMPLETE.