BMC Atrium Discovery Technology Knowledge Update 2015-May-1 is a deliverable for BMC Atrium Discovery 9.0, 10.0, 10.1, and 10.2 series.
Note
In TKU March 2015, privileged execution configuration using the pattern configuration files is deprecated. It is recommended to use the BMC Atrium Discovery platform configuration instead. Previous TKU releases introduced some important changes to the CMDB Sync mapping and Oracle Database modeling.
Release Compatibility
TKU 2015-May-1 is released in the following streams:
- Release compatible with BMC Atrium Discovery 9.x series
- Release compatible with BMC Atrium Discovery 10.x series
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Contents
The release comprises components packaged as two entities:
- BMC Atrium Discovery Technology Knowledge Update
- Core - Patterns that model various software products
- Extended Database discovery - Patterns that extend some of the core database patterns to obtain additional detailed information about certain databases
- Middleware discovery - Patterns that obtain detailed information about certain J2EE Application Servers and Web servers
- Network Device Integration Module with associated Network Device definition files, Printer definition files and SNMP Managed Device definition files
- System - Patterns that detect configuration issues and populate Discovery Conditions (Atrium Discovery 9.0.xx , Atrium Discovery 10.0.xx, Atrium Discovery 10.1.xx, and Atrium Discovery 10.2.xx) as well as patterns used by the CMDB sync system
- BMC Atrium Discovery Extended Data Pack, which is a separately licensable product.
- Product Lifecycle - Patterns that populate Atrium Discovery with information about End-of-Life, End-of-Support, and End-of-Extended-Support for versions of certain host Operating Systems as well as versions of certain software products
- Hardware Reference Data - Patterns and data import CSV file that populate Atrium Discovery with power and heat consumption figures for various hosts.
Installation and Upgrade
- Atrium Discovery 9.0 series - Installation and upgrade instructions are provided here
- Atrium Discovery 10.0 series - Installation and upgrade instructions are provided here
- Atrium Discovery 10.1 series - Installation and upgrade instructions are provided here
- Atrium Discovery 10.2 series - Installation and upgrade instructions are provided here
A matrix covering ALL commands executed and ALL files retrieved by the patterns is available to our customers from the BMC Electronic Product Distribution Website. The filename is TKU_Command_File_Matrix-2015-05-1.xls
New Pattern Modules
| Vendor | Product | Category | Platforms | Instances | Versioning | Product Page |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oracle | Tuxedo Mainframe Adapter | Event-Driven Middleware | Unix | Y | Y | Oracle Tuxedo Mainframe Adapter |
| Nagios | Suite | Advanced Analytics Software | Unix, Windows | Y | Y | Nagios Suite |
| Hortonworks | Data Platform | Clustering and Availability Software | Unix | Y | Y | Hortonworks Data Platform |
| Datastax | DevCenter | End-User Query, Reporting, and Analysis | Unix, Windows | Y | Y | DataStax DevCenter |
| Datastax | OpsCenter | Database Development and Management Tools | Unix | Y | Y | DataStax OpsCenter |
| Couchbase | Server | Nonrelational Database Management Systems | Unix, Windows | Y | Y | Couchbase Server |
| OpenStack Foundation | OpenStack | Clustering and Availability Software | Unix | Y | Y | OpenStack |
| Terracotta | BigMemory Max | Database Development and Management Tools | Unix, Windows | Y | Y | BigMemory Max |
| Apache | Ambari | Change and Configuration Management Software | Unix | Y | Y | Apache Ambari |
| McAfee | Application Inventory Agent | Security and Vulnerability Management Software | Windows | Y | Y | McAfee Application Inventory Agent |
| McAfee | Policy Auditor Agent | Security and Vulnerability Management Software | Windows | Y | Y | McAfee Policy Auditor Agent |
| VoltDB | VoltDB | Relational Database Management Systems | Unix | Y | Y | VoltDB |
| Atlassian | Stash | Change and Configuration Management Software | Windows, UNIX | Y | Y | Atlassian Stash |
Enhanced Pattern Modules
RFE ref. | Product Page | Enhancement | SI Key Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| TKU-3711 | BMC TrueSight IT Data Analytics | Improvement in the listening port information extracted for BMC IT Data Analytics. | N |
| TKU-3915 | The pattern now extracts information about the patches installed for Oracle database on Unix systems. | N | |
| QM001878422 | Oracle Coherence | Improved versioning. | N |
| QM001878079 | Red Hat JBoss Application Server | Improved versioning. | N |
| QM001878473 | Oracle WebCenter Interaction | The pattern trigger has been improved to avoid false triggering on the Symantec Data Insight processes on Unix. | N |
| QM001878293 | HP nPar | The pattern uses more intelligent method of building the name value for HP Partitioned Server host container. | N |
| QM001878613 | Symantec Endpoint Protection | The pattern was updated with an alternative trigger condition that handles discovery of the latest versions of the software. | N |
| TKU-4046 | Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager | The pattern was improved to support Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager version 2012, 2012 SP1, and 2012 R2. | N |
| QM001878315 | HP ServiceGuard | The packages are now created as detail nodes for HP ServiceGuard SI. | N |
| TKU-3863 | BMC Atrium Orchestrator | Modeling of BMC Atrium Orchestrator Suite SI was discontinued, as this might cause ambiguity. | N |
| QM001879355 | Microsoft Hyper-V Server | Improved WMI query. | N |
| TKU-3943 | Perforce Helix | The pattern now models Perforce Proxy Server SI. | N |
| TKU-4102 | Apache Hive | The pattern was updated to support Apache Hive Metastore. | N |
| TKU-2232 | IBM WebSphere Business Monitor | The pattern was updated with improved trigger and does not use registry versioning any more. | N |
| QM001875181 | HP Server Automation | Minor improvements. | N |
| TKU-3996 | Extended WebSphere Discovery pattern | The pattern now creates a relationship between the WebSphere WAS and WebsphereMQ. | N |
| TKU-4011 | Entrust GetAccess | The pattern now supports the Entrust GetAccess Server discovery. | N |
| QM001879301 | The pattern now supports the recent versions of Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager. Improved package versioning of Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager. | N | |
| TKU-3769 | Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services | The pattern was updated to avoid Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services and Integration Services SIs created without a unique name. | Y |
Defects Resolved
The following defects have been fixed in this BMC Atrium Discovery Technology Knowledge Update.
Defect No | Details | Product Page |
|---|---|---|
QM001879574 | Problem: The pattern could fail to retrieve database size when it exceeds 2,147,483,647 kb. Solution: Code fix. | Microsoft SQL Server - Database Detail Pattern |
| QM001879277 | Problem: The pattern might trigger without sufficient evidence of Microsoft Internet Information Services running. Solution: Code fix. | Microsoft Internet Information Services - Extended Discovery |
| TKU-3780 | Problem: The pattern could extract incorrect listening port value. Solution: Code fix. | Oracle Application Express |
| QM001879291 | Problem: The pattern could fail to extract correct version. Solution: Code fix. | TIBCO Rendezvous |
| QM001878930 | Problem: IBM HTTP Server showing wrong version. Solution: Code fix. | Apache HTTPD-based Webservers |
| QM001879129 | Problem: Missing "Microsoft Speech Server" Product Version. Solution: Code fix. | Microsoft Speech Server |
| QM001878647 | Problem: ECA Rule Error for TKU pattern IIS_Extended. Solution: Code fix. | Microsoft Internet Information Services - Extended Discovery |
| QM001879746 | Problem: In some cases the ColdFusionServerWindows pattern skips the active version method and parse the package version. Solution: Code fix. | Adobe ColdFusion |
| TKU-4118 | Problem: The pattern could fail to extract correct version of Oracle Enterprise Data Quality. Solution: Code fix. | Oracle Enterprise Data Quality |
| TKU-1401 | Problem: The pattern might be inefficient. Solution: Code fix. | BMC TrueSight Infrastructure Management |
Configuration upgrade
In this release the following patterns have the configuration block updated:
- IBM WebSphere Business Monitor
Updating to this TKU will reset any custom configuration for these products to the default values.