IBM Informix Dynamic Server discovery

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The ServiceNow Discovery and Service Mapping applications can find and map the Informix Dynamic Server. Discovering some of these resources might require updating to the latest version of the Discovery and Service Mapping Patterns application from the ServiceNow Store.

Request apps on the Store

Visit the ServiceNow Store to view all the available apps, and for information about submitting requests to the store. For cumulative release notes information for all released apps, see the ServiceNow Store version history release notes.

Prerequisites

User

Provide a user with permissions to run the following commands without elevated rights:
- $install_directory/bin/onstat -g dis
  
  This command gets the status and configuration of Informix Dynamic server.
- $install_directory/bin/dbaccess sysmaster
  
  This command runs an sql query against the master schema.
The same user must have read permission for the following directories:
- install_directory + "/etc/sqlhosts
  
  Access to this directory is necessary to get information about the port, host, and service definition of the Informix Dynamic server.
- /etc/services
  
  Access to this directory is required to get information about the host service definition.
Credentials

Configure SSH credentials in the Credentials module of the ServiceNow platform for accessing the server hosting the Informix Dynamic server.

Data collected by Discovery during horizontal discovery

Table and Field	Description
Informix Instance [cmdb_ci_db_informix_instance]	The Informix instance attributes.
tcp_port
running_process
version
install_directory
config_file
name
Informix Catalog [cmdb_ci_db_informix_catalog]	The database included in the Informix Instance.
database

CI Relationships

CI	Relationship/Reference	CI
Informix Instance [cmdb_ci_db_informix_instance]	Contains::Contained by	Informix Catalog [cmdb_ci_db_informix_catalog]

Top-down

During top-down discovery, Service Mapping discovers connections between the Informix Instance and the Informix Catalogs that the instance contains. The connections display as an inclusion on the application service map.

Parent Topic:Available on-premise discovery patterns

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title: IBM Informix Dynamic Server discovery
description: The ServiceNow Discovery and Service Mapping applications can find and map the Informix Dynamic Server. Discovering some of these resources might require updating to the latest version of the Discovery and Service Mapping Patterns application from the ServiceNow Store.
locale: en-US
canonical_url: https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/australia/it-operations-management/discovery-and-service-mapping-patterns/ibm-informix-discovery.html
release: australia
product: Discovery and Service Mapping Patterns
classification: discovery-and-service-mapping-patterns
topic_type: concept
last_updated: "2026-09-10"
reading_time_minutes: 1
breadcrumb: [Available on-premise discovery patterns, Discovery patterns used by ITOM Visibility, ITOM Visibility, IT Operations Management]
---

# IBM Informix Dynamic Server discovery

The ServiceNow Discovery and Service Mapping applications can find and map the Informix Dynamic Server. Discovering some of these resources might require updating to the latest version of the Discovery and Service Mapping Patterns application from the ServiceNow Store.

## Request apps on the Store

Visit the [ServiceNow Store](https://store.servicenow.com/sn_appstore_store.do#!/store/home) to view all the available apps, and for information about submitting requests to the store. For cumulative release notes information for all released apps, see the [ServiceNow Store version history release notes](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/store-release-notes/sn-store-release-notes.html).

## Prerequisites

-   **User**

    Provide a user with permissions to run the following commands without elevated rights:

    -   `$install_directory/bin/onstat -g dis`

        This command gets the status and configuration of Informix Dynamic server.

    -   `$install_directory/bin/dbaccess sysmaster`

        This command runs an sql query against the master schema.

    The same user must have read permission for the following directories:

    -   install\_directory + "/etc/sqlhosts

        Access to this directory is necessary to get information about the port, host, and service definition of the Informix Dynamic server.

    -   /etc/services

        Access to this directory is required to get information about the host service definition.

-   **Credentials**

    Configure SSH credentials in the Credentials module of the ServiceNow platform for accessing the server hosting the Informix Dynamic server.


## Data collected by Discovery during horizontal discovery

|Table and Field|Description|
|---------------|-----------|
|Informix Instance \[cmdb\_ci\_db\_informix\_instance\]|The Informix instance attributes.|
|tcp\_port|
|running\_process|
|version|
|install\_directory|
|config\_file|
|name|
|Informix Catalog \[cmdb\_ci\_db\_informix\_catalog\]|The database included in the Informix Instance.|
|database|

## CI Relationships

|CI|Relationship/Reference|CI|
|---|----------------------|---|
|Informix Instance \[cmdb\_ci\_db\_informix\_instance\]|Contains::Contained by|Informix Catalog \[cmdb\_ci\_db\_informix\_catalog\]|

## Top-down

During top-down discovery, Service Mapping discovers connections between the Informix Instance and the Informix Catalogs that the instance contains. The connections display as an inclusion on the application service map.

**Parent Topic:**[Available on-premise discovery patterns](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/it-operations-management/discovery-and-service-mapping-patterns/available-patterns.md)