The Configuration Management Database Federation (CMDBf) standard facilitates the sharing of information between configuration management databases (CMDBs) and other management data repositories (MDRs). The CMDBf standard enables organizations to federate and access information from complex, multi vendor infrastructures.

Implementing the CMDBf standard simplifies the process of managing related configuration data stored in multiple CMDBs and MDRs and supports the creation of an ITIL v3 Configuration Management System (CMS). It also provides IT personnel with a more complete picture of their entire IT environment, allowing them to more effectively manage the components in their IT environment and better utilize configuration data to streamline management tasks and resolve issues without the need of creating a single monolithic repository of configuration data.

With a standard way for vendors and tools to share and access configuration data, organizations can use their CMDBs to:

• Keep track of changes to an IT environment
• Better understand the impact of proposed changes to the IT environment.
• More easily determine the root cause and impact of incidents and problems in the IT environment. 

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