A Configuration Management DataBase (CMDB) is utilized to cause resources, which are modeled in and managed by the CMDB, to be in compliance with a newly implemented resource rule. In one embodiment, a computer-implementable method includes the step of, in response to detecting a rule change, transmitting a new rule to a rule control logic in a resource management database, wherein the rule change changes a rule for an attribute of a resource in a data processing system, and wherein the resource management database describes attributes of resources in the data processing system.