CA Service Management - Create Assets

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CA Service Management - Create Assets (Create CA CMDB Asset) creates an asset in CA Service Management for:

Assets that match the results of the selected saved query, and match the Enforcement Action Conditions, if defined or assets selected on the relevant asset page.

See Creating Enforcement Sets to learn more about adding Enforcement Actions to Enforcement Sets.

General Settings

Enforcement Set name (required) - The name of the Enforcement Set. A default value is added by Axonius. You can change the name according to your needs.
Add description - Click to add a description of the Enforcement Set. It is recommended to describe what the Enforcement Set does.
Run action on assets matching following query (required) - Select an asset category and a query. The Enforcement Action will be run on the assets that match the query parameters.
- A query only returns results for the asset type it was created for.
- Not all asset categories are supported for all Enforcement Actions.
  - See Actions supported for Activity Logs, Adapters Fetch History, and Asset Investigation modules.
  - See Actions supported for Vulnerabilities.
  - See Actions supported for Software.
Action name (required) - The name of the Main action. A default value is added by Axonius. You can change the name according to your needs.
Configure Dynamic Values - Toggle on to enter a Dynamic Value statement. See Creating Enforcement Action Dynamic Value Statements to learn more about Dynamic Value statement syntax.

These fields must be configured to run the Enforcement Set.

Use stored credentials from the CA adapter - Select this option to use the first connected ServiceNow adapter credentials.
NOTE
To use this option, you must successfully configure a CA Service Management adapter connection.
Compute Node - The Axonius node to use when connecting to the specified host. For more details, see Connecting Additional Axonius Nodes.

These fields are optional.

CA CMDB domain - The hostname or IP address of the CA Service Management server.
NOTE
If Use stored credentials from the CA adapter is disabled, this field is required.
User name and Password - To connect to CA, you will need to create a user with action privileges.
NOTE
If Use stored credentials from the CA adapter is disabled, this fields are required.
Verify SSL - Select whether to verify the SSL certificate of the server against the CA database inside of Axonius. For more details, see SSL Trust & CA Settings.
HTTPS Proxy - Connect the adapter to a proxy instead of directly connecting it to the domain.
Serial number - The serial number of the asset.
Family type GRC number - A unique identification number for this Family type.
Device name - The name of the device.
IP address - The IP address of the device.
Axonius to CA CAMDB field mapping - Use the Field Mapping Wizard to map Axonius fields to fields in CA CMDB. This allows you to transfer data found in Axonius into CA CMDB. The wizard shows you which fields exist on the Axonius system, allowing you to map them easily.
NOTE
For details, see Axonius to CMDB Field Mapping.

For more details about other Enforcement Actions available, see Action Library.

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