XIA Configuration - Feature
Relationship Mapping
View and create relationships within your IT infrastructure

CMDB Relationship Mapping Software

Automatically document the relationships between hardware and software devices (physical and virtual) with XIA Configuration.

Extend the automatically created relationship maps with manually created relationships and user defined relationship type definitions.

Relationship Map

Below is an example relationship map of a VMware environment:

CMDB relationship map of a VMware environment
Relationship map of a VMware environment

Relationship Table

The relationships are also presented in a table:

CMDB relationship table of a VMware environment
Relationship table of a VMware environment

Automatically Create Relationships

XIA Configuration automatically creates relationships between items such as a Windows server and the IIS server that it hosts.

Internal relationships are also created, for example, relationships between the IIS server and the web sites and application pools hosted within it.

Screenshot of an IIS relationship map in the XIA Configuration web interface
Screenshot of an IIS relationship map in the XIA Configuration web interface

Manually Create Relationships

XIA Configuration allows you to manually create relationships between items such as the link between a Windows server and a network tape library used by that server for backup.

Tape library relationships
Screenshot of tape library relationships in the XIA Configuration web interface

Search

Users can use the built-in search functionality to find the target item for the relationship.

Screenshot of the Add Manual Relationship dialog in the XIA Configuration web interface
Screenshot of the Add Manual Relationship dialog in the XIA Configuration web interface

Relationship Type Definitions

As well as the system managed relationships, it's also possible to create new custom relationship types.

Relationship type definitions
Screenshot of relationship type definitions in the XIA Configuration web interface

For more information about relationships, please view the administrator's guide.

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