ServiceNow CIS-Service Mapping free question 4 / 10 · Domain 2: Service Mapping Configuration
What is the MID Server?
- A record in the CMDB that stores the attributes of discovered hosts
- A configuration record that holds the times of server scans
- A Java application that runs as a Windows service or UNIX daemon on a server
- A UI component that runs only inside the ServiceNow instance
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Answer: C
Why this is correct
The Management, Instrumentation, and Discovery (MID) Server is a Java application that runs as a Windows service or UNIX daemon on a server. MID Servers are located in the enterprise private network and facilitate communication between servers on the network and ServiceNow applications such as Service Mapping and Discovery.
Why the other options are wrong
"A UI component that runs only inside the ServiceNow instance" … The MID Server does not run inside the instance. It runs on a server in the enterprise private network, between the network and the instance.
"A record in the CMDB that stores the attributes of discovered hosts" … Discovered hosts are recorded in the CMDB, but the MID Server is the program that collects the data, not a record that stores it.
"A configuration record that holds the times of server scans" … Run times are part of discovery schedules. The MID Server is a running application on a server, not a configuration record.
Key point
If the Service Mapping plugin (com.sn_itom_pattern) and a language plugin such as Spanish are both activated, make sure that the MID Server language is set to English/None on the user record.