Business service discovery

A system, comprising:

• a storage to store a configuration management database (CMDB) comprising a directed graph, the directed graph including a plurality of configuration items that comprise an information technology infrastructure;
• and
• a processor to:
• initiate a discovery job in the directed graph stored in the CMDB to discover configuration items associated with a target business service among a plurality of business services in the information technology infrastructure, the discovery job to apply one or more rules and corresponding stop conditions to determine whether discovered configuration items are associated with the target business service, wherein the directed graph is stored in the CMDB prior to initiation of the discovery job;
• identify, by the discovery job in the CMDB, a first configuration item in the directed graph that is associated with the target business service in response to a first stop condition not existing;
• identify, by the discovery job in the CMDB, a second configuration item of the plurality of configuration items that is a direct successor of the first configuration item after the identification of the first configuration item that is associated to the target business service;
• after the identification of the second configuration item, determine, by the discovery job in the CMDB, whether the directed graph indicates that the second configuration item is internal to a boundary of the target business service associated with the first configuration item;
• and
• in response to a determination that the directed graph does not indicate that the second configuration item is internal to the boundary of the target business service:
• stop the discovery job from proceeding from the second configuration item to a third configuration item in the directed graph, and
• disassociate the second configuration item from the target business service.

A method, comprising:

• initiating a discovery job in a directed graph stored in a configuration management database (CMDB) to discover configuration items associated with a target business service in an information technology infrastructure comprising a plurality of configuration items, the discovery job to apply one or more rules and corresponding stop conditions to determine whether discovered configuration items are associated with the target business service, wherein the directed graph is stored in the CMDB prior to initiation of the discovery job, the directed graph including the plurality of configuration items;
• identifying, by the discovery job in the CMDB, a first configuration item in the directed graph that is associated with the target business service in response to a first stop condition not existing;
• identify, by the discovery job in the CMDB, a second configuration item in the directed graph that is a direct successor of the first configuration item after the identification of the first configuration item that is associated to the target business service;
• after the identification of the second configuration item, determining, by the discovery job in the CMDB, whether the directed graph indicates that the second configuration item is internal to a boundary of the target business service associated with the first configuration item;
• and
• in response to a determination that the directed graph does not indicate that the second configuration item is internal to the boundary of the target business service:
• stopping the discovery job from proceeding from the selected configuration item to another configuration item, and
• disassociating the selected configuration item from the target business service.