Configuration
overview
The Maintenance and Business
Impact Manager (MBIM) is a separate service and server, and must be started so
that the
Business Impact Manager
works correctly.
Data imported when
the Global Manager is added as a topology source

As part of the MBIM
configuration, the Service Assurance Manager server must be added as the
topology source for the MBIM server.
Data imported when the Global
Manager is added as a topology source identifies the data imported by
the Maintenance and
Business Impact Manager
server when the
Global Manager
is added as a topology source to the Maintenance and
Business Impact Manager
server.