Technology Knowledge Update TKU 2022-Jun-1
BMC Discovery Technology Knowledge Update 2022-Jun-1 is a deliverable for BMC Discovery 12.0, 20.08, 21.05, 21.3, 22.1, and 22.2 series.
Important Note for GCP IAP scanning (12.4) Customers Only:
Upgrade to the 12.4.0.1 version
We strongly recommend upgrading to the 12.4.0.1 version to get the benefit of changes that have been made in the TKU release. Version upgrade will also prevent possible problem scanning projects where an OS Login is enabled.
Important Note for Discovery 20.02 (12.0) Customers Only:
Mapping files for synchronization to ServiceNow CMDB
The mapping files for synchronization to ServiceNow CMDB released with the previous version of BMC Discovery no longer work with the updated sync for ServiceNow CMDB. New mapping files are available from EPD. However, to ensure correct operation, you must use the following procedure:
- Delete the sync for ServiceNow mappings
- Upload the new sync for ServiceNow mappings
Restart the cmdb_sync_transformer service. As the tideway user, enter:
tw_service_control --restart cmdb_sync_transformer.
Important Note for Discovery 22.1 (12.3) Customers Only:
TLS Certificate check
BMC Discovery and the BMC Discovery Outpost check the TLS certificate against GCP. If the certificate is not valid, you can clear the check box to disable the TLS certificate check. In such a case, please be aware that your credentials could be intercepted by a hacker attack.
New command LSHW in Linux platform script
TKU October release has introduced a new command 'lshw' in the Linux platform script. The command should be run with sudo otherwise, the command does not return full data.
The PRIV_LSHW is in the initialized platform script. If you have previously configured initialize script, you should reset it to the default state to view PRIV_LSHW and reconfigure it.
Latest Releases Updates
- From TKU December we now report security information for hardware where it is published in the US Government National Vulnerability Database.
This is in addition to reporting NVD information for Software Instances, Operating Systems and Network Devices. - We have introduced a new sync mapping pattern that maps Detail nodes with the type "TLS Certificate" to BMC_Document CIs. This mapping is enabled by default and could add additional data to the CMDB. For more information, see CDM Mapping for Host.
Release Compatibility
TKU 2022-Jun-1 is released in the following streams:
- Release compatible with BMC Discovery 22.2 series.
- Release compatible with BMC Discovery 22.1 series.
- Release compatible with BMC Discovery 21.3 series.
- Release compatible with BMC Discovery 21.05 series.
- Release compatible with BMC Discovery 12.0 series.
- Release compatible with BMC Discovery 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 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 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 2022-Jun-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, 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 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 to existing Storage patterns. See what we have fixed or improved in existing patterns on the Storage System Release Notes page.
Products
The following new products have been introduced within the scope of this release.
Vendor | Product | Category | Platforms | Instances | Versioning | Product Page | RFE ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Cacti Group | Cacti | Performance Management Software | Unix, Windows | Y | Y | Cacti | DRDC1-18188 |
Intel Unite | Unite | Conferencing Applications | Windows | Y | Y | DRDC1-18405 | |
| OnCommand Insight | Problem Management Software | Windows | Y | Y | NetApp OnCommand Insight | DRDC1-18768 | |
| Management Portal | Unix, Windows | Y | Y | SANnav Management Portal | DRDC1-18975 |
RFEs
The following RFEs have been introduced within the scope of this release.
RFE ref. | Enhancement | Product Page | SI Key Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| DRDC1-18733 | Enhanced Microsoft.Net pattern. | Microsoft .NET | N |
| DRDC1-18850 | Added additional cluster name check. | Microsoft Windows HPC Server | N |
| DRDC1-18939 | Improved SymantecAntiVirus pattern to allow creating SI when a package list is unavailable. | Symantec Endpoint Protection | N |
| DRDC1-18446 | Enhanced identification of the TIBCO Business Work version 6.0. | TIBCO ActiveMatrix BusinessWorks TIBCO BusinessWorks Engine | N |
| DRDC1-18858 | Enhanced a trigger for RabbitMQ Pattern. | Pivotal RabbitMQ | N |
| DRDC1-18153 | Enhanced Kafka active version. | Apache Kafka | N |
| DRDC1-18621 | Enhanced Oracle DB sizes extraction. | Oracle RDBMS - Database Detail Pattern | N |
| DRDC1-18248 | Enhanced OS version field in SmartIT console for Spectracom NTP appliances. | BMC MyIT-SmartIT - Reports & Attributes | N |
| DRDC1-14576 | Enhanced SI product version identification for Oracle Enterprise Manager pattern. | Oracle Enterprise Manager | N |
| DRDC1-18961 | Enhanced product versioning for Citrix.XenAppFuncs. | Citrix XenApp | N |
| DRDC1-18892 | Enhanced path extraction for DynatraceOneAgent case. | Dynatrace AppMon | N |
DRDC1-1886, | Updated EOL data for TKU June 2022. | Technology Knowledge Update 2022-Jun-1 Command/File/DBQueries Matrix | N |
| DRDC1-18897 | Enhanced model extraction for Oracle Exadata DB machine Containers. | Oracle Engineered Systems | N |
Defects Resolved
The following defects have been fixed within the scope of this release.
| Defect ref. | Details | Product Page | SI Key Change |
|---|---|---|---|
DRDC1-18287 | Problem: SQL Server pattern can create false links from Database to SI. | N | |
DRDC1-18852 | Problem: SQL Server 2000 does not report service_pack correctly in some situations. | N | |
DRDC1-18898 | Problem: Updates to IBM Spectrum Load Sharing Facility pattern requested. | N | |
DRDC1-18996 | Problem: CA Enterprise Communicator has an incorrect product version. | N | |
DRDC1-18772 | Problem: ITRS Geneos Netprobe not finding all instances. | N | |
DRDC1-18224 | Problem: Lack of sanity checking in SQL Server Extended Discovery. | N |
Command/File Matrix
The Command/File Matrix file (covering ALL commands executed and ALL files retrieved by the patterns) for TKU June 2022 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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