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BMC Discovery 11.3 ... Release notes and notices 11.3 Enhancements

Changes to Discovery commands

The following sections show the discovery command changes between BMC Discovery versions.

The following changes are not shown:

  • Entirely new discovery platforms
  • Changes to comments only
  • Commands which have been removed and not replaced
  • Changes to echo only statements

Discovery command changes from 11.2 to 11.3


Linux

getHostInfo

The following code:

if [ -z "$aws_instance_id" -a -f /usr/bin/curl ]; then
    # This web request is not chargeable.
# See: http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/ec2-instance-metadata.html
    aws_instance_id=`curl http://instance-data/latest/meta-data/instance-id 2>/dev/null`
fi

is replaced with:

if [ -z "$aws_instance_id" -a -f /usr/bin/curl ]; then
    # This web request is not chargeable.
    # See: http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/ec2-instance-metadata.html
    aws_instance_id=`curl --connect-timeout 5 --fail http://169.254.169.254/latest/meta-data/instance-id 2>/dev/null | egrep '^i-[0-9a-f]+$'`
fi

getMACAddresses

The following code:

ip -o link show 2>/dev/null

is replaced with:

ip -d -o link show 2>/dev/null | egrep -v '\bbridge(_slave)?|vxlan|openvswitch(_slave)?|veth\b'

getDeviceInfo

The following code:

if [ "$os" = "" -a -r /etc/os-release ]; then
    # Use os-release for SuSE (if SuSE-release wasn't present, above)
    os_id=`egrep ^ID= /etc/os-release | cut -f2 '-d"'`
    if [ "$os_id" = "" ]; then
        os_id=`egrep ^ID= /etc/os-release | cut -f2 -d=`
    fi
    if [ "$os_id" = "sles" -o "$os_id" = "opensuse" ]; then
        os=`egrep ^PRETTY_NAME /etc/os-release | cut -f2 '-d"'`
    fi
fi

is replaced with:

if [ "$os" = "" -a -r /etc/os-release ]; then
    # Use os-release for SuSE (if SuSE-release wasn't present, above) and Container Linux
    os_id=`egrep ^ID= /etc/os-release | cut -s -f2 '-d"'`
    if [ "$os_id" = "" ]; then
        os_id=`egrep ^ID= /etc/os-release | cut -f2 -d=`
    fi
    if [ "$os_id" = "sles" -o "$os_id" = "opensuse" -o "$os_id" = "coreos" ]; then
        os=`egrep ^PRETTY_NAME /etc/os-release | cut -f2 '-d"'`
    fi
fi

HP-UX

getHostInfo

The following code:

    ram=`echo "selclass qualifier memory;infolog" | cstm 2>/dev/null | grep 'System Total'`

is replaced with:

    ram=`echo "selclass qualifier memory;infolog" | PRIV_CSTM cstm 2>/dev/null | grep 'System Total'`

initialise

The following code is added:

# This function supports running privileged cstm command
PRIV_CSTM() {
  "$@"
}

VMware ESX

getHostInfo

The following code:

if [ -z "$aws_instance_id" -a -f /usr/bin/curl ]; then
    # This web request is not chargeable.
# See: http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/ec2-instance-metadata.html
    aws_instance_id=`curl http://instance-data/latest/meta-data/instance-id 2>/dev/null`
fi

is replaced with:

if [ -z "$aws_instance_id" -a -f /usr/bin/curl ]; then
    # This web request is not chargeable.
    # See: http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/ec2-instance-metadata.html
    aws_instance_id=`curl --connect-timeout 5 --fail http://169.254.169.254/latest/meta-data/instance-id 2>/dev/null | egrep '^i-[0-9a-f]+$'`
fi

getMACAddresses

The following code:

ip -o link show 2>/dev/null

is replaced with:

ip -d -o link show 2>/dev/null | egrep -v '\bbridge(_slave)?|vxlan|openvswitch(_slave)?|veth\b'

getDeviceInfo

The following code:

if [ "$os" = "" -a -r /etc/os-release ]; then
    # Use os-release for SuSE (if SuSE-release wasn't present, above)
    os_id=`egrep ^ID= /etc/os-release | cut -f2 '-d"'`
    if [ "$os_id" = "" ]; then
        os_id=`egrep ^ID= /etc/os-release | cut -f2 -d=`
    fi
    if [ "$os_id" = "sles" -o "$os_id" = "opensuse" ]; then
        os=`egrep ^PRETTY_NAME /etc/os-release | cut -f2 '-d"'`
    fi
fi

is replaced with:

if [ "$os" = "" -a -r /etc/os-release ]; then
    # Use os-release for SuSE (if SuSE-release wasn't present, above) and Container Linux
    os_id=`egrep ^ID= /etc/os-release | cut -s -f2 '-d"'`
    if [ "$os_id" = "" ]; then
        os_id=`egrep ^ID= /etc/os-release | cut -f2 -d=`
    fi
    if [ "$os_id" = "sles" -o "$os_id" = "opensuse" -o "$os_id" = "coreos" ]; then
        os=`egrep ^PRETTY_NAME /etc/os-release | cut -f2 '-d"'`
    fi
fi

Discovery command changes from 11.1 to 11.2

Solaris

getHostInfo

The following code:

if [ $os_ver -ge 11 ]; then
     pkg list -H --no-refresh system/kernel | awk '{print "kernel:", $2; exit}'
else
    showrev 2>/dev/null | nawk -F: '/^Kernel version/ {gsub("^ *", "", $2); print "kernel:", $2; exit}'
fi
echo 'model:' `uname -i 2>/dev/null`
/usr/sbin/prtconf 2>/dev/null | nawk '/^Memory size:/ {print "ram: " $3 "MB"}'

is replaced with:

if [ $os_ver -ge 11 ]; then
     pkg list -H --no-refresh system/kernel | awk '{print "kernel:", $(NF-1); exit}'
else
    showrev 2>/dev/null | nawk -F: '/^Kernel version/ {gsub("^ *", "", $2); print "kernel:", $2; exit}'
fi
echo 'model:' `uname -i 2>/dev/null`

echo 'begin prtconf:'
/usr/sbin/prtconf 2>/dev/null | egrep "System Configuration:|Memory size:"
echo 'end prtconf'

getProcessList: ps: cmd changed:

The following code:

if [ $os_ver -ge 10 -a  -x /usr/bin/zonename ]; then
    zone=`/usr/bin/zonename 2>/dev/null`
    ps -eo pid,ppid,uid,user,zone,args 2>/dev/null | nawk "\$5~/^($zone|ZONE)$/ {print}"
else
    ps -eo pid,ppid,uid,user,args 2>/dev/null
fi
if [ $os_ver -ge 11 ]; then
    PRIV_PS /usr/bin/ps axww 2>/dev/null

is replaced with:

if [ $os_ver -ge 10 -a  -x /usr/bin/zonename ]; then
    zone=`/usr/bin/zonename 2>/dev/null`
    /usr/bin/ps -eo pid,ppid,uid,user,zone,args 2>/dev/null | nawk "\$5~/^($zone|ZONE)$/ {print}"
else
    /usr/bin/ps -eo pid,ppid,uid,user,args 2>/dev/null
fi
if [ $os_ver -ge 11 ]; then
    PRIV_PS /usr/bin/ps axww 2>/dev/null

getFileSystems

The following code:

    cat /etc/xtab
fi
echo end xtab:
echo begin smbclient:
smbclient -N -L localhost
echo end smbclient:

is replaced with:

    cat /etc/xtab
fi
echo end xtab:
echo begin sharetab:
if [ -r /etc/dfs/sharetab ]; then
    cat /etc/dfs/sharetab
fi
echo end sharetab:
echo begin smbclient:
smbclient -N -L localhost
echo end smbclient:

getNetworkConnectionList

The following code:

netstat -an -f inet 2>/dev/null | grep -v '^ *\*\.\*'
netstat -an -f inet6 2>/dev/null | grep -v '^ *\*\.\*'

is replaced with:

os_ver=`uname -r | cut -d. -f2`
if [ $os_ver -gt 11 -o \( $os_ver -eq 11 -a `uname -v | cut -d. -f2` -ge 2 \) ]; then
    netstat -anu -f inet 2>/dev/null | grep -v '^ *\*\.\*'
    netstat -anu -f inet6 2>/dev/null | grep -v '^ *\*\.\*'
else
    netstat -an -f inet 2>/dev/null | grep -v '^ *\*\.\*'
    netstat -an -f inet6 2>/dev/null | grep -v '^ *\*\.\*'
fi

Tru64

getProcessList

The following code:

ps -eo pid,ppid,uid,user,args 2>/dev/null

is replaced with:

ps -eo pid,ppid,uid,user,args 2>/dev/null | cat

VMware ESXi

initialise

The following code:

# replace the following PRIV_XXX functions with one that has the path to a
# program to run the commands as super user, e.g. sudo. For example
# PRIV_LSOF() {
#   /usr/bin/sudo "$@"
# }

# lsof requires superuser privileges to display information on processes
# other than those running as the current user
PRIV_LSOF() {
  "$@"
}

# This function supports running privileged commands from patterns
PRIV_RUNCMD() {

is replaced with:

# replace the following PRIV_XXX functions with one that has the path to a
# program to run the commands as super user, e.g. sudo. For example
# PRIV_CAT() {
#   /usr/bin/sudo cat "$@"
# }

# This function supports running privileged commands from patterns
PRIV_RUNCMD() {

Linux

getHostInfo

The following code:

if [ -d /sys/class/dmi/id ]; then
    echo "candidate_model[]: " `cat /sys/class/dmi/id/product_name 2>/dev/null`
    echo "candidate_serial[]: " `PRIV_CAT /sys/class/dmi/id/product_serial 2>/dev/null`
    echo "candidate_uuid[]: " `PRIV_CAT /sys/class/dmi/id/product_uuid 2>/dev/null`
    echo "candidate_vendor[]: " `cat /sys/class/dmi/id/sys_vendor 2>/dev/null`
fi

is replaced with:

if [ -d /sys/class/dmi/id ]; then
    model=`cat /sys/class/dmi/id/product_name 2>/dev/null`
    vendor=`cat /sys/class/dmi/id/sys_vendor 2>/dev/null`
    if [ -r /etc/system-release ]; then
        grep Amazon /etc/system-release >/dev/null 2>&1
        if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
            model="Amazon Virtual Machine"
            vendor="Amazon"
        fi
    fi
    echo "candidate_model[]: " "$model"
    echo "candidate_serial[]: " `PRIV_CAT /sys/class/dmi/id/product_serial 2>/dev/null`
    echo "candidate_uuid[]: " `PRIV_CAT /sys/class/dmi/id/product_uuid 2>/dev/null`
    echo "candidate_vendor[]: " "$vendor"
fi

# Trying to get the Amazon EC2 instance ID, if any.
aws_instance_id=""
if [ -x /opt/aws/bin/ec2-metadata ]; then
    aws_instance_id=`/opt/aws/bin/ec2-metadata -i 2>/dev/null | awk '{print $2; }'`
fi
if [ -z "$aws_instance_id" -a -f /usr/bin/curl ]; then
    # This web request is not chargeable.
# See: http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/ec2-instance-metadata.html
    aws_instance_id=`curl http://instance-data/latest/meta-data/instance-id 2>/dev/null`
fi
if [ "$aws_instance_id" != "" ]; then
    echo "aws_instance_id: " "$aws_instance_id"
fi

getDeviceInfo

The following code:

    if [ "$os" = "(none)" ]; then
        os=""
    elif [ "$os" != "" ]; then
        # Check to see if its a variant of Red Hat
        rpm -q oracle-logos > /dev/null 2>&1
        if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
            # Oracle variant
            os="Oracle $os"
        fi
    fi
fi

is replaced with:

    if [ "$os" = "(none)" ]; then
        os=""
    elif [ "$os" != "" ]; then
        if [ -f /etc/redhat-release ]; then
            # Check to see if its a variant of Red Hat
            # Early 4/5 version have /etc/enterprise-release without mentioning
            # Oracle in the name.
            if [ -f /etc/enterprise-release ]; then
                os="Oracle $os"
            elif [ -f /etc/oracle-release ]; then
                os=`cat /etc/oracle-release`
            fi
        fi
    fi
fi

The following code:

    # Check to see if its a variant of Red Hat
    rpm -q oracle-logos > /dev/null 2>&1
    if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
        # Oracle variant
    fi
fi

is replaced with:

    # Check to see if its a variant of Red Hat
    # Early 4/5 version have /etc/enterprise-release rather then
    # /etc/oracle-release without mentioning Oracle.
    if [ -f /etc/enterprise-release ]; then
        os="Oracle $os"
    elif [ -f /etc/oracle-release ]; then
        os=`cat /etc/oracle-release`
    fi
fi

The following code:

if [ "$os" = "" -a -r /etc/os-release ]; then
    # Use os-release for SuSE (if SuSE-release wasn't present, above)
    os_id=`grep ID= /etc/os-release | cut -f2 '-d"'`
    if [ "$os_id" = "" ]; then
        os_id=`grep ID= /etc/os-release | cut -f2 -d=`
    fi
    if [ "$os_id" = "sles" -o "$os_id" = "opensuse" ]; then
        os=`grep PRETTY_NAME /etc/os-release | cut -f2 '-d"'`
    fi
fi

is replaced with:

if [ "$os" = "" -a -r /etc/os-release ]; then
    # Use os-release for SuSE (if SuSE-release wasn't present, above)
    os_id=`egrep ^ID= /etc/os-release | cut -f2 '-d"'`
    if [ "$os_id" = "" ]; then
        os_id=`egrep ^ID= /etc/os-release | cut -f2 -d=`
    fi
    if [ "$os_id" = "sles" -o "$os_id" = "opensuse" ]; then
        os=`egrep ^PRETTY_NAME /etc/os-release | cut -f2 '-d"'`
    fi
fi
if [ "$os" = "" -a -r /etc/system-release ]; then
    os=`cat /etc/system-release`
fi

HPUX

getFileSystems

The following code:

fi
echo end xtab:
echo begin smbclient:
smbclient -N -L localhost
echo end smbclient:

is replaced with:

fi
echo end xtab:
echo begin sharetab:
if [ -r /etc/dfs/sharetab ]; then
    cat /etc/dfs/sharetab
fi
echo end sharetab:
echo begin smbclient:
smbclient -N -L localhost
echo end smbclient:

VMware ESX

getHostInfo

The following code:

if [ -d /sys/class/dmi/id ]; then
    echo "candidate_model[]: " `cat /sys/class/dmi/id/product_name 2>/dev/null`
    echo "candidate_serial[]: " `PRIV_CAT /sys/class/dmi/id/product_serial 2>/dev/null`
    echo "candidate_uuid[]: " `PRIV_CAT /sys/class/dmi/id/product_uuid 2>/dev/null`
    echo "candidate_vendor[]: " `cat /sys/class/dmi/id/sys_vendor 2>/dev/null`
fi

is replaced with:

if [ -d /sys/class/dmi/id ]; then
    model=`cat /sys/class/dmi/id/product_name 2>/dev/null`
    vendor=`cat /sys/class/dmi/id/sys_vendor 2>/dev/null`
    if [ -r /etc/system-release ]; then
        grep Amazon /etc/system-release >/dev/null 2>&1
        if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
            model="Amazon Virtual Machine"
            vendor="Amazon"
        fi
    fi
    echo "candidate_model[]: " "$model"
    echo "candidate_serial[]: " `PRIV_CAT /sys/class/dmi/id/product_serial 2>/dev/null`
    echo "candidate_uuid[]: " `PRIV_CAT /sys/class/dmi/id/product_uuid 2>/dev/null`
    echo "candidate_vendor[]: " "$vendor"
fi

# Trying to get the Amazon EC2 instance ID, if any.
aws_instance_id=""
if [ -x /opt/aws/bin/ec2-metadata ]; then
    aws_instance_id=`/opt/aws/bin/ec2-metadata -i 2>/dev/null | awk '{print $2; }'`
fi
if [ -z "$aws_instance_id" -a -f /usr/bin/curl ]; then
    # This web request is not chargeable.
# See: http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/ec2-instance-metadata.html
    aws_instance_id=`curl http://instance-data/latest/meta-data/instance-id 2>/dev/null`
fi
if [ "$aws_instance_id" != "" ]; then
    echo "aws_instance_id: " "$aws_instance_id"
fi

getDeviceInfo

The following code:

    if [ "$os" = "(none)" ]; then
        os=""
    elif [ "$os" != "" ]; then
        # Check to see if its a variant of Red Hat
        rpm -q oracle-logos > /dev/null 2>&1
        if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
            # Oracle variant
            os="Oracle $os"
        fi
    fi
fi

is replaced with:

    if [ "$os" = "(none)" ]; then
        os=""
    elif [ "$os" != "" ]; then
        if [ -f /etc/redhat-release ]; then
            # Check to see if its a variant of Red Hat
            # Early 4/5 version have /etc/enterprise-release without mentioning
            # Oracle in the name.
            if [ -f /etc/enterprise-release ]; then
                os="Oracle $os"
            elif [ -f /etc/oracle-release ]; then
                os=`cat /etc/oracle-release`
            fi
        fi
    fi
fi

The following code:

 
    # Check to see if its a variant of Red Hat
    rpm -q oracle-logos > /dev/null 2>&1
    if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
        # Oracle variant
    fi
fi

is replaced with:

    # Check to see if its a variant of Red Hat
    # Early 4/5 version have /etc/enterprise-release rather then
    # /etc/oracle-release without mentioning Oracle.
    if [ -f /etc/enterprise-release ]; then
        os="Oracle $os"
    elif [ -f /etc/oracle-release ]; then
        os=`cat /etc/oracle-release`
    fi
fi

The following code:

if [ "$os" = "" -a -r /etc/os-release ]; then
    # Use os-release for SuSE (if SuSE-release wasn't present, above)
    os_id=`grep ID= /etc/os-release | cut -f2 '-d"'`
    if [ "$os_id" = "" ]; then
        os_id=`grep ID= /etc/os-release | cut -f2 -d=`
    fi
    if [ "$os_id" = "sles" -o "$os_id" = "opensuse" ]; then
        os=`grep PRETTY_NAME /etc/os-release | cut -f2 '-d"'`
    fi
fi
if [ "$os" = "" ]; then
    os=`uname -sr 2>/dev/null`

is replaced with:

if [ "$os" = "" -a -r /etc/os-release ]; then
    # Use os-release for SuSE (if SuSE-release wasn't present, above)
    os_id=`egrep ^ID= /etc/os-release | cut -f2 '-d"'`
    if [ "$os_id" = "" ]; then
        os_id=`egrep ^ID= /etc/os-release | cut -f2 -d=`
    fi
    if [ "$os_id" = "sles" -o "$os_id" = "opensuse" ]; then
        os=`egrep ^PRETTY_NAME /etc/os-release | cut -f2 '-d"'`
    fi
fi
if [ "$os" = "" -a -r /etc/system-release ]; then
    os=`cat /etc/system-release`
fi
if [ "$os" = "" ]; then
    os=`uname -sr 2>/dev/null`

 


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