Consult the following table for a list of notices and information about updates to BMC Discovery.
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November 17, 2020 | Patch 1 (12.1.0.1) for version 20.08 | Issues that were corrected by this patch and issues that remain open. |
September 15, 2020 | 20.08 | This release of BMC Discovery provides the following enhancements:
For additional information about this release, refer to the following topics: |
Note
The BMC Discovery Outpost displays the Self-Help and Task List panes when you log in for the first time. These panes, which provide guided assistance and links to help topics, are currently available only for BMC Helix Discovery users, not for on-premises BMC Discovery users. Therefore, you must disable this feature in the Manage > Configuration screen of the BMC Discovery Outpost. For more information, see Configuring the BMC Discovery Outpost.
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You can upgrade to version 20.08 only from versions 11.3.x or 20.02 (12.0). For information about supported upgrade versions, see Upgrading.
Intended for anyone who is starting to evaluate, use, or deploy BMC Discovery.
Plan an installation based on recommended sizing and system requirements, performance tuning and benchmarks, and licensing entitlement. Provides information for security teams with the information required to verify the security of BMC Discovery and enable network administrators to run BMC Discovery in their environment. | Provides information 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 discovery of all types of devices. Perform pre-upgrade tasks, upgradeBMC Discovery, Windows proxies, and BMC Discovery Outpost, and perform post-upgrade configuration. |
Provides information about the products that BMC Discovery can discover and the level of information it can obtain. Configipedia also contains information about monthly TKU updates. |
Videos
The following table lists topics that contain videos that supplement the text-based documentation.
Topic | Duration (in minutes) | Description |
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Version 20.08 (12.1) videos | ||
Tour of BMC Discovery 20.08 UI | 06:44 | This video explores the BMC Discovery 20.08 user interface and provides an overview of the powerful features you can use to discover and manage your IT infrastructure. |
Introduction to Start Anywhere Application Modeling | 02:42 | This video introduces start anywhere application modeling (SAAM) in BMC Discovery. SAAM enables you to choose any entry point, or points, into an application, and begin modeling from there. |
Removing nodes and creating rules in visualizations | 03:26 | This video shows you how to remove nodes from visualizations and to create rules to automatically prevent certain node types from displaying in visualizations and application models. |
Managing related, removed, and suppressed nodes in visualizations | 02:15 | This video helps you to understand how to manage related, removed, and suppressed nodes in visualizations. |
Resynchronizing a CMDB connection | 05:17 | This video explains the options available for resynchronizing a CMDB connection and how to resume an interrupted sync. |
How to manage credentials in BMC Discovery 20.08 | 07:33 | This video explains how you can add, edit, test, and manage credentials. You can also explore the functioning of credential vaults and learn how to close, open, export, and import the vault. |
Scanning your IT infrastructure in BMC Discovery 20.08 and BMC Helix Discovery | 07:19 | |
Version 11.2 videos | ||
Launch presentation for BMC Discovery 11.2 | 12:15 | This video gives an overview of discovering cloud services through BMC Discovery 11.2. |
Discovering cloud services in BMC Discovery 11.2 | 05:07 | This video explains how to discover cloud services and perform cloud discovery in BMC Discovery 11.2. |
Query generation in BMC Discovery | 05:25 | This video helps you to understand how query generation in BMC Discovery takes place. This feature of query generation is applicable to both versions of 11.1 and 11.0 of BMC Discovery. |
This section provide answers to frequently asked questions about BMC Discovery.
If you have any other questions about BMC Discovery, contact Customer Support.
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