BMC Discovery Technology Knowledge Update 2019-Aug-1 is a deliverable for BMC Discovery 11.0, 11.1, 11.2 and 11.3 series.
Please be aware that for the current release we've updated LoadBalancer Pool key to get it unique for LoadBalancer Instance. (DRDC1-13589)
CMDB Sync mapping updates
The following CMDB Sync mapping updates were introduced for the August TKU release:
- Added sync mapping patterns for cloud Cluster nodes. (DRDC1-13551)
- Mapped StorageSystemGroup.Serial into BMC_Cluster.SerialNumber. (DRDC1-13621)
- BMC_Tag has got new attributes: TagName and TagValue and new BMC_RelatedTo relationship class is now defined. (DRUD1-26842)
For more information about the CDM mapping please visit the product documentation: Default CDM Mapping.
Product content updates require appliance restart
This TKU release contains product content additions. When product content is added, the appliance is restarted as part of the update. You are given the opportunity to prevent the restart, though if you do so, none of the knowledge content will be installed.
Release Compatibility
TKU 2019-Aug-1 is released in the following streams:
- Release compatible with BMC Discovery 11.x 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 demo if you are unsure how to download from BMC EPD site.
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 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 devices definition files
- System - Patterns that detect configuration issues and populate Discovery Conditions BMC Discovery 11.0.xx, BMC Discovery 11.1.xx, BMC Discovery 11.2.xx and BMC Discovery 11.3.xx as well as patterns used by the CMDB sync system.
BMC Discovery Extended Data Pack TKU 2019-Aug-1, which is a separately licensable product.
- Hardware Reference Data - Patterns and data import CSV file that populate 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, full details here
- Product Lifecycle - Patterns that populate BMC 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
- BMC Discovery for Storage, which is a separately licensable product.
- Storage Systems: Patterns that model many Storage Systems. See the full list of currently supported storage devices here. Visit the Storage System Release Notes page to get details about what's new.
- Improvements on existing Storage patterns. See what we have fixed or improved in existing patterns in the Storage System Release Notes page.
Installation and Upgrade
- BMC Discovery 11.0 series - Installation and upgrade instructions are provided here
- BMC Discovery 11.1 series - Installation and upgrade instructions are provided here
- BMC Discovery 11.2 series - Installation and upgrade instructions are provided here
- BMC Discovery 11.3 series - Installation and upgrade instructions are provided here
Products
Vendor | Product | Category | Platforms | Instances | Versioning | Product Page |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oracle | Oracle Hyperion Calculation Manager | Financial Performance and Strategy Management | Windows | Y | Y | Oracle Hyperion Foundation Services |
| Oracle | Oracle Hyperion Web Analysis | End-User Query, Reporting, and Analysis | UNIX Windows | Y | Y | Oracle Hyperion Financial Reporting |
| Skybox | Skybox View | Secure Content and Threat Management | Unix | Y | Y | Skybox View |
| Cylance | CylancePROTECT | Secure Content and Threat Management | Windows | Y | Y | CylancePROTECT |
| Microsoft | Microsoft Remote Desktop Services | System and Network Management Software | Windows | Y | N | Microsoft Remote Desktop Services |
Enhanced Pattern Modules for Cluster Awareness in BMC Discovery 11.x series
BMC Discovery 11.0.x introduces a new extended cluster discovery.
Cluster Modeling approaches and Key changes:
- Clustering Platform that generate a Cluster Node. In most cases the Key does not change.
- Clustered Software. In previous releases, the SIs were modeled running on Host nodes. Now, if they are running on a cluster, they are modeled running on the Cluster node. That means that instances of these products that run on clusters have changed Keys. Instances that do not run on clusters do not have changed Keys.
- Software Performing Clustering - products that implement their own Clustering Scheme without using a Clustering Platform. In general, the SoftwareCluster is given the same Key that was previously given to the SoftwareInstance.
More about new clustering technologies and clustering models you may find here.
Enhanced Pattern Modules
For details of why the SI Key Change field is important please see this documentation.
RFEs
RFE ref. | Product Page | Enhancement | SI Key Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| DRDC1-12553 | IBM Tivoli Monitoring (Common Functions) | Versioning methods were updated. | N |
| DRDC1-13580 | VMware vCenter Server | Fixed the issue when ESX host was not related with VMware vCenter Server instance. | N |
| DRDC1-13511 | Oracle Coherence | Updated path versioning and server name. | N |
| DRDC1-13492 | Microsoft .NET | service_pack attribute is now populated. | N |
| DRDC1-12387 | AppDynamics | Added cluster support for Cisco AppDynamics Controller. | N |
| DRDC1-13413 | Sybase ASE Dataserver - Database Detail Pattern | Enhanced Sybase Deep Database discovery. | N |
| DRDC1-13503 | Citrix XenServer | Enhanced XenServer virtual host assignment and relationships modeling. | N |
| DRDC1-13301, DRDC1-13466 | Red Hat JBoss Application Server | JBoss versioning methods were updated. | N |
| DRDC1-13464 | Oracle Clusterware | Resource extraction for older versions was updated. | N |
| DRDC1-13624 | Sybase Adaptive Server Enterprise | Sybase ACE active versioning was updated. | N |
| DRDC1-13525 | Software AG My webMethods Server | Trigger was updated for MywebMethodsServer pattern. | N |
| DRDC1-13598 | Neo4j | Updated trigger for Neo4j. | N |
| DRDC1-13384 | Apache Cassandra | Number of enhancements for Cassandra SI discovery. | N |
| DRDC1-13518 | HAProxy | Updated active versioning. | N |
| DRDC1-13515 | Oracle Reports | Version extraction was updated. | N |
| DRDC1-10169 | IBM HMC IBM AIX System p Hardware | IBM Power System HostContainer name was updated. | N |
| DRDC1-12622 | IBM Operational Decision Manager | Number of enhancements for trigger and versioning. | N |
| DRDC1-13590 | BMC TrueSight Server Automation Suite | agent_home attribute was replaced with install_root. | N |
| DRDC1-12701 | IBM WebSphere Extended Deployment | Added support for IBM WebSphere eXtreme Scale (standalone deployment). | N |
DRDC1-13297 | Apache HTTPD-based Webservers | Added an extra method to find path to configuration file | N |
Defects Resolved
The following defects have been fixed in this BMC Discovery Technology Knowledge Update.
| Defect ref. | Details | Product Page | SI Key Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| DRDC1-13585 | Problem: MongoDB Replication cluster gets associated with invalid hosts and software instances Solution: Code fix. | MongoDB | N |
DRDC1-13623 | Problem: Missing Java versions. | N | |
DRDC1-13625 | Problem: Missing SI attributes. | N | |
DRDC1-13459 | Problem: Oracle Options and Packs pattern failed if listen IP is 0.0.0.0. | N | |
DRDC1-13613 | Problem: Update IllumioASP pattern metadata. | N | |
DRDC1-13589 | Problem: UI Error when trying to view an item on a discovered Load Balancer. | Y | |
DRDC1-13517 | Problem: Oracle Database Server version is not discovered. | N | |
| DRDC1-13168 | Problem: SQL Server should use database versioning in preference to registry versioning. Solution: Code fix. | Microsoft SQL Server | N |
DRDC1-13126 | Problem: Don't have version mappings for modern versions of Microsoft SCCM. Solution: We now automatically check for new build numbers on the Microsoft website before we build a TKU | Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager Microsoft Systems Management Server | N |
| DRDC1-13367 | Problem: Should report three levels of product versioning for Apache Kafka. Solution: Code fix. | Apache Kafka | N |
| DRDC1-13441 | Problem: Symantec Netbackup Media Server software TKU pattern false positive for Vormetric software. Solution: Code fix. | Veritas NetBackup | N |
| DRDC1-13292 | Problem: Need correct name for AppFabric. Solution: The type now reports the legacy name for legacy version and the modern name for modern versions. | Microsoft Windows Server AppFabric | N |
DRDC1-13383 | Problem: Should report legacy name of TIBCO iProcess. Solution: Added support for legacy Staffware versions. | TIBCO iProcess | N |
DRDC1-13549 | Problem: Need proper product version for SaltStack. Solution: Version extraction updated. | SaltStack Salt | N |
Command/File Matrix
The Command/File Matrix file (covering ALL commands executed and ALL files retrieved by the patterns) for TKU August 2019 can be downloaded from here.
The main command/file matrix documentation is accessible from the Got a Problem to Solve? page or directly from here.
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