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BMC Discovery 23.3

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The goal of BMC Discovery is to automate asset discovery and identify systems in the network and obtain relevant information from them as quickly as possible and with the lowest impact, using a variety of different tools and techniques to communicate.

Release notes and notices

updated 02 May

Learn what’s new or changed for BMC Discovery 23.3 (13.0), including new features, urgent issues, documentation updates, and fixes or patches.

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Installation process overview

BMC Discovery training and certification Open link

BMC Helix CMDB Release notes Open link

Date	Summary	Reference
December 14, 2023	Issues that were corrected by 23.3 patch 1 and issues that remain open.	23.3 enhancements and patches
August 11, 2023	The following enhancements are available in this release of BMC Discovery: The appliance operating system is now Oracle Linux 9. Use blueprint-based modeling to model services. Improvements in Start Anywhere Modeling: See combined software and infrastructure in a single view with Display > Focuses. Turn individual types of data on or off. Choose to see only incoming or only outgoing impacts. Mixed focuses. 'Directly Connected' focus allows you to see all the relationships of any node, and enables you to view imported graph data. 'Provenance' focus shows how data is inferred. Improvements in visualizations, such as mixed focuses. Create and upload custom reports. New and enhanced REST APIs, such as the ability to import topology information. Discover hosts by using PowerShell and Windows Just Enough Administration (JEA). Send Directly Discovered Data (DDD) to an external consumers. Set default values for the Cloud Host Detection and VMWare Guest scanning options. These options set the defaults, the setting can still be specified for each Discovery run.	23.3 (13.0) enhancements

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You can upgrade to version 23.3 (13.0) from versions 12.0 (20.02) or later. For information on the upgrade, see Upgrading.

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Getting started

Intended for anyone who is starting to evaluate, use, or deploy BMC Discovery.

Planning

Plan an installation based on recommended sizing and system requirements, performance tuning and benchmarks, and licensing entitlement.

Installing

Install the product and learn how to migrate the product data.

Upgrading

Perform pre-upgrade tasks, upgrade BMC Discovery, Windows proxies, and BMC Discovery Outpost, and perform post-upgrade configuration.

Service and application modeling As a regular user, get a quick and easy approach to service and application modeling, which enables you to choose any entry points into an application or service, and begin modeling from there.	BMC Discovery Outpost Know about BMC Discovery Outpost, the application software that runs as a lightweight Windows service on a dedicated Windows server in your data center or on a public cloud for the discovery of all types of devices.	Security As a network administrator, learn about security audits, firewall ports, and more to ensure a secure installation of BMC Discovery.
Integrating As a user or administrator, explore how you can integrate BMC Discovery with other products.	Using As a user or administrator, understand the standard pages and methods of navigating the BMC Discovery UI.	Administering As an administrator, manage users and groups, clusters, licenses, and more in BMC Discovery.
Developing As a developer, access information describing the TPL and node lifecycle.	Troubleshooting Resolve common issues or errors, review logs, or contact Support.	BMC Discovery content reference As a user, explore the products that BMC Discovery can discover and know about the monthly TKU updates.

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BMC Discovery 23.3

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