Technology Knowledge Update TKU 2023-Feb-1
BMC Discovery Technology Knowledge Update 2023-Feb-1 is a deliverable for BMC Discovery 12.0, 20.08, 21.05, 21.3, 22.1, 22.2, and 23.1 series.
Using Outpost for TKU customers
BMC Discovery Outpost is released with the TKU monthly package, please check Outpost updates after each TKU release. For more information, see BMC Discovery Outpost system requirements.
Note
For the Extended Data Pack TKU December 2022, the SupportDetail patterns were reworked to prevent SupportDetail nodes from being destroyed if their only primary evidence (i.e., the SoftwareInstance node that caused its creation) is itself destroyed. The revised pattern now ensures that a relationship link is created for every node associated with a SupportDetail node. In a larger environment, there may be an off-time performance slowdown while such relationship links are being created.
Latest Releases Updates
You can find information about the latest TKU updates and essential notes in the Schedule and roadmap.
- Upgrade to the 12.4.0.1 version: We strongly recommend upgrading to the 12.4.0.1 version to benefit from changes made in the TKU release. Version upgrades will also prevent possible problem-scanning projects where an OS Login is enabled.
- Possible CMDB Sync impact due to new network device hardware components: The sync mapping may take longer after applying TKU in July 2022 for network devices as we are now discovering hardware components synced as BMC_HardwareSystemComponents CIs.
- TLS Certificate checking: BMC Discovery and the BMC Discovery Outpost check the TLS certificate against GCP. You can clear the check box to disable the TLS certificate and check if the certificate is invalid. In such a case, please be aware that a hacker attack could intercept your credentials.
- Microsoft .NET model update: In September, TKU updated our model for Microsoft .NET to reflect better how Microsoft markets the product. This means RuntimeEnvironment nodes with the type "Microsoft .NET Runtime" in TKU August will now have the "Microsoft .NET Framework" type in TKU September.
Release Compatibility
TKU 2023-Jan-1 is compatible with the following streams: 23.1, 22.2 series, 22.1, 21.3, 21.05, 12.0, and 20.08 series.
Download
Customers can access this TKU release from the BMC Electronic Product Distribution Website. If you are a customer or partner and do not already have a login, please contact your BMC account manager. Check out this guideline if you are unsure how to download it from the BMC EPD site.
Release Contents
The release comprises components packaged as such entities:
- BMC Discovery Technology Knowledge Update.
- Core—Patterns that model various software products.
- Extended Database discovery—Patterns that extend some core database patterns to obtain more detailed information about specific databases.
- Middleware discovery—Patterns that obtain detailed information about specific J2EE Application Servers and Web servers.
- Network Device Integration Module with associated Network Device definition files, Printer definition files, and SNMP managed devices definition files.
- System—Patterns detect configuration issues and populate Discovery Conditions BMC Discovery 23.1.xx, BMC Discovery 12.0.xx, BMC Discovery 20.08, BMC Discovery 21.05, BMC Discovery 21.3, BMC Discovery 22.1, and BMC Discovery 22.2, as well as patterns used by the CMDB sync system.
BMC Discovery Extended Data Pack TKU 2023-Feb-1.
- Hardware Reference Data—Patterns and data import CSV file that populates BMC Discovery with power and heat consumption figures for various hosts.
- National Vulnerability Database—A pattern that populates BMC Discovery with information about the CPE ID of each product.
- Product Lifecycle—Patterns populate BMC Discovery with information about End-of-Life, End-of-Support, and End-of-Extended-Support for versions of specific host Operating Systems and interpretations of certain software products.
- BMC Discovery for Storage is a separately licensable product.
- Storage Systems—Patterns that model many Storage Systems.
- The latest Storage updates and improvements to existing Storage patterns are available in Storage System Release Notes.
Command/File Matrix
The Command/File Matrix file (covering all commands executed and files retrieved by the patterns) for TKU February 2023 is available here.
Products
The following new products have been introduced within the scope of this release.
Vendor | Product | Category | Platforms | Instances | Versioning | Product page | RFE ref. |
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Microsoft | Microsoft Power Automate | Process Automation Middleware | Windows | Y | Y | Microsoft Power Automate | DRDC1-20434 |
Forescout | Change and Configuration Management Software | UNIX, Windows | Y | Y | ForeScout | DRDC1-20311 | |
Python Software Foundation | Application Deployment Software | UNIX, Windows | N | Y | Python Virtual Machine | DRDC1-20430 |
RFEs
The following RFEs have been introduced within the scope of this release.
RFE ref. | Enhancement | Product page | SI Key change |
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DRDC1-20444 | Enhanced the SAP HANA pattern. | SAP HANA | N |
DRDC1-20516 | Enhanced discovery for the SAP Sybase IQ Database instance. | Sybase Adaptive Server IQ | N |
DRDC1-20483, DRDC1-20476 | Enhanced discovery for the MongoDB Automation Agent full version information. | MongoDB | N |
DRDC1-20395 | Enhanced SAP MaxDB X Server and Versant Object Database SIs creation. | Versant Object Database | N |
DRDC1-20180 | Enhanced the SAPWebDispatcher pattern. | SAP Business Suite | N |
DRDC1-20425 | Added an alternative method to get complete the process paths. | Oracle WebLogic Server | N |
DRDC1-19453 | Enhanced group removal conditions for several products. | Oracle RDBMS - Database Detail Pattern Apache Tomcat | N |
DRDC1-20294 | Improved the MuleSoft Mule pattern. | MuleSoft Mule runtime engine | N |
DRDC1-20495 | Enhanced versioning for the Confluent REST Proxy. | Confluent Platform | N |
DRDC1-20489 | Enhanced the hardware support details for several devices. | BMC Discovery Extended Data Pack 2023-Feb-1 | N |
DRDC1-20555 | Enhanced versioning for Oracle Essbase Server. | Oracle Essbase | N |
DRDC1-20620 | Provided support for Discovery 23.1 version in the command matrix file. | Technology Knowledge Update 2023-Feb-1 Command File DBQueries Matrix | N |
DRDC1-20500 | Added support for modeling ClusterServices and ClusterResources when WMI queries miss '__RELPATH' attribute. | Microsoft Cluster Server | N |
DRDC1-20471 | Updated to handle new Microsoft SQL Server version 2022. | Microsoft SQL Server | N |
DRDC1-20400 | Renamed the Rundeck Enterprise version. | Rundeck | N |
Defects Resolved
The following defects have been fixed in this BMC Discovery Technology Knowledge Update.
Defect ref. | Details | Product page | SI Key change |
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DRDC1-20565 | Problem: Time Zone is wrong and ugly for Power HMC hosts. | N | |
DRDC1-20575 | Problem: BMC Discovery versions do not match official version names & corresponding EDP data is missing. | N | |
DRDC1-20336 | Problem: MySQL pattern can access a defaults-file with the wrong directory separators. | Y | |
DRDC1-20431 | Problem: SQL Server pattern uses the wrong IP to run a query. | N | |
DRDC1-20477 | Problem: Mapping error in extension 'CMDB.Database.Database'. | N | |
DRDC1-20408 | Problem: A host can be in two Kubernetes Clusters. | N | |
DRDC1-20581 | Problem: Elastic.Filebeat.Agent missing file path in discovery.fileGet. | N |
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