BMC Discovery Technology Knowledge Update 2019-May-1 is a deliverable for BMC Discovery 11.0, 11.1, 11.2 and 11.3 series.
Please be aware that in TKU 2019-May-1 release the key attribute has been changed for all Sybase ASE patterns. (DRDC1-12896)
Oracle model changes
For the current TKU release we've enhanced Oracle Cluster model introducing a new Oracle Database Worker node. (DRDC1-12994, DRDC1-11102, DRDC1-12546)
For more information see Oracle Database product page.
CMDB Sync mapping updates
New Distributed Storage model introduced in TKU May release has initiated the following Sync mapping updates:
- sync mapping updated for Distributed Storage Systems. (DRDC1-12272)
- updated SyncMapping DeviceEndpoints for StorageSystem and StorageSystemGroup. (DRDC1-13086)
- added specific for NetApp link: HardwareContainer/StorageSystem. (DRDC1-12925)
More details about Distributed Storage Systems are here.
Cloud related Sync mapping updates are the following:
added model attribute for cloud load balancer service. (DRUD1-25975)
For more information about the CDM mapping please visit the product documentation: Default CDM Mapping.
Product content update requirements
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.
In case you are trying to upload fresh TKU release from unzipped folders, please be aware that first of all product content files should be uploaded, otherwise none of the knowledge content will be activated.
Release Compatibility
TKU 2019-May-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-May-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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Microsoft | Microsoft Azure Service Fabric | Change and Configuration Management Software | Windows | Y | Y | Microsoft Azure Service Fabric |
| FireEye | FireEye Endpoint Security HX Series | Security and Vulnerability Management Software | Windows Unix | Y | Y | FireEye Endpoint Security HX Series |
| Dell EMC | Dell EMC VxRail | Clustering and Availability Software | Unix | Y | Y | Dell EMC VxRail |
| IBM | IBM Spectrum Symphony | Performance Management Software | Unix | Y | Y | IBM Spectrum Symphony |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DRDC1-13098 | Apache Kafka | Fixed Apache Kafka versioning issue. | N |
| DRDC1-13123 | IBM DB2 RDBMS | Improved edition value parsing for IBM DB2 Database Server. | N |
| DRDC1-13240 | Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services | Added MS SQL product version. | N |
| DRDC1-12994 | Oracle RDBMS | Number of updates to support Oracle 18c+ . | N |
DRDC1-12525 | AppDynamics | Enhancements for Cisco AppDynamics pattern are introduced for this release. | N |
| DRDC1-11102, DRDC1-12546 | Oracle Automatic Storage Management Oracle Clusterware Oracle RDBMS Oracle Tuxedo Mainframe Adapter Oracle RDBMS - Database Detail Pattern | Oracle database modelling for Oracle RAC related databases updated, PRIV_LS usage updated. | N |
| DRDC1-13170 | Oracle WebLogic Server | Updated domain name and config path extraction. | N |
| DRDC1-13190 | Apache HTTPD-based Webservers | Updated path versioning. | N |
| DRDC1-12337 | IBM Rational AppScan Enterprise Edition and IBM Rational Policy Tester | Updated registry query. | N |
| DRDC1-13097 | Apache Tomcat | Added alternative versioning approach for Windows. | N |
| DRDC1-13151 | Oracle Workflow | Updated directory listing on Unix. | N |
| DRDC1-12876 | Common Network Functions | Created a common function to build IPAddress and NetworkInterface nodes on the StorageSystem. | N |
DRDC1-12749 | National Vulnerability Database | Added support for AIX specific CPE string. | N |
Defects Resolved
The following defects have been fixed in this BMC Discovery Technology Knowledge Update.
| Defect ref. | Details | Product Page | SI Key Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| DRDC1-13032 | Problem: Bad implementation of the commands in BMCControlMEnterpriseManager. Solution: Code optimization. | BMC CONTROL-M Enterprise Manager | N |
| DRDC1-13153 | Problem: Need to improve cluster name extraction via PowerShell. Solution: Cluster name extraction updated. | Microsoft Windows HPC Server | N |
| DRDC1-12829 | Problem: FreeBSD ProcessorInfo pattern causing high CPU spikes because of "sysctl -a" command. Solution: Optimization for sysctl command output on BSD OS. | Processor Information | N |
| DRDC1-13161 | Problem: Infobright Enterprise Software being Assigned Incorrect Publisher as PostgreSQL instead of Infobright. Solution: Updated publisher and product name attributes. Will impact CMDB Manufacturer name attribute. | PostgreSQL RDBMS | N |
| DRDC1-13110 | Problem: Fix publisher for HAProxy. Solution: "Open Source" metadata publishers attribute was changed to "HAProxy Technologies". Will impact CMDB Manufacturer name attribute. | HAProxy | N |
| DRDC1-13159 | Problem: Customer was not able to discover Microsoft .NET versions above 4.6.2 (specifically 4.7.2). Solution: Added support for Microsoft .NET modern versions. | Microsoft .NET | N |
DRDC1-12967 | Problem: Oracle Transparent Gateways pattern is incorrectly discovering Oracle Gateway products in some cases. | N | |
DRDC1-12950 | Problem: SQL Server 2019 missing from version mapping table. Solution: Fixed the script. | MSSQLServer version parser | N |
DRDC1-12896 | Problem: Sybase ASE key should not include version. Solution: Version value was removed from the key attribute. | Sybase Adaptive Server Enterprise | Y |
| DRDC1-12734 | Problem: Microsoft.SQLServer_Extended include databases from ignore list when using SQL query. Solution: Code fix. | Microsoft SQL Server - Database Detail Pattern | N |
| DRDC1-12449 | Problem: BMC Performance Manager SI not created. Solution: Code fix. | BMC Performance Manager | N |
Command/File Matrix
The Command/File Matrix file (covering ALL commands executed and ALL files retrieved by the patterns) for TKU May 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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