BMC Atrium Discovery Technology Knowledge Update 2014-Feb-2 is a deliverable for BMC Atrium Discovery 8.3, 9.0 and 10.0 series.

TKU 2014-Feb-2 is a re-release of Technology Knowledge Update February 2014 which fixes two serious issues (QM001821093 and QM001821110 / TKU-2152) identified in the original release of TKU February 2014 (TKU 2014-Feb-1)

If you have already installed the original version of the Technology Knowledge Update for February 2014, it is strongly recommended that you install and activate this re-release and then remove the previous version from the appliance

Release Compatibility

TKU 2014-Feb-2 is released in three streams:

Release compatible with BMC Atrium Discovery 8.3 series
Release compatible with BMC Atrium Discovery 9.0 series
Release compatible with BMC Atrium Discovery 10.0 series

The January 2014 TKU and later includes changes to the CMDB Sync mapping

During data synchronization to the CMDB, FunctionalComponent nodes representing CAM Functional Components are mapped to BMC_ConcreteCollection CIs.
When you synchronize with the CMDB the first time, the BMC_ComputerSystem CIs mapped from HostContainer nodes are updated and their TokenIds are set.
When you synchronize with the CMDB the first time, all BMC_ApplicationService CIs are updated and their TokenIds are set.

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

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 8.3.xx , Atrium Discovery 9.0.xx , Atrium Discovery 10.0.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 8.3 series - Installation and upgrade instructions are provided here

Atrium Discovery 9.0 series - Installation and upgrade instructions are provided here

Atrium Discovery 10.0 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-2014-02-1.xls

In this Release

New Pattern Modules

Vendor	Product	Category	Platforms	Instances	Versioning	Product Page
IBM	Cognos Express	End-User Query, Reporting, and Analysis	Windows	Y	Y	IBM Cognos Express

Enhanced Pattern Modules

RFE ref.	Product	Enhancement	SI Key Change	Product Page
QM001812391	IBM Cognos Business Intelligence	Support for version 10.2 added to pattern	N	IBM Cognos Business Intelligence
QM001813443	BMC Remedy AR System	Additional file versioning method added when installed within Apache Tomcat as well as package versioning	N	BMC Remedy AR System
QM001813509	IBM TXSeries	Support for CICS Region added to pattern	Y	IBM TXSeries Multiplatform
QM001816185	Sybase SQL Anywhere (ASA)	Support added for version 11	N	Sybase SQL Anywhere (ASA)
QM001816727	MongoDB MongoDB	Publisher changed from 10gen to MongoDB	Y	MongoDB MongoDB
QM001817791	IBM General Parallel FileSystem	Alternative path added to pattern due to looking for mmlsfs command in the wrong location	N	IBM General Parallel FileSystem
QM001818485	Various	Fixed issue where Oracle service_name was extracted as tns_alias	N	Apache Tomcat IBM WebSphere Application Server Oracle GlassFish Server Oracle WebLogic Server JBoss Application Server
QM001818659	IBM WebSphere Application Server	The pattern trigger was updated with the addition of extra command line arguments	N	IBM WebSphere Application Server
#TKU-1907	Oracle Internet Directory	Product version mapping table updated to better handle version 10g release 2	N	Oracle Internet Directory
#TKU-2051	Microsoft SQL Server	Pattern now alternatively obtains instance and server name information from the DiscoveredService node if information cannot be parsed from the trigger process command-line	N	Microsoft SQL Server
#TKU-2073	IBM InfoSphere Information Server	Pattern trigger loosened as too strict. Installation root as grouped SI key now converted to lower case on Windows platform	Y	IBM InfoSphere Information Server
#TKU-2080	Oracle Automatic Storage Management (ASM)	SI type now uses the full product name of 'Automatic Storage Management' rather than its abbreviation of 'ASM'	Y	Oracle Automatic Storage Management Oracle Real Application Clusters
#TKU-2081	IBM CommonStore	License details now reported as a separate license detail node	N	IBM CommonStore
#TKU-2082	IBM Cognos TM1	Pattern now builds "IBM Cognos Analytic Admin Server" SI if it is a part of IBM Cognos Express product	N	IBM Cognos TM1
#TKU-2088	Microsoft Lync Server	Pattern now distinguishes between Lync Front-End Server and Lync Server Access Edge	Y	Microsoft Lync Server
#TKU-2090	Adobe Macromedia JRun	Pattern updated to obtain installation root and version for cases when triggering process has relative path on Unix	N	Adobe Macromedia JRun

Defects Resolved

The following defects have been fixed in BMC Atrium Discovery Technology Knowledge Update 2014-Feb-2

Defect No	Details	Product Page
QM001811914	Problem: InformixDS pattern could potentially issue ECA error Solution: Updated regular expression to extract server_names on the Unix platform	IBM Informix Dynamic Server
QM001816042	Problem: Poor error handling of 'cemutlo -n' command output Solution: Better error handling in 'cemutlo -n' command output added	Oracle Clusterware
QM001816641	Problem: AIX Host is sometimes removed from HACMP cluster after discovery Solution: Changed HostContainment relationship to unique relationship where type equals LPAR or HACMP respectively	IBM AIX System p Hardware IBM HACMP
QM001818755	Problem: Pattern sets erroneous "Name" attribute on HostContainer Solution: Fixed issue with SI name	HP nPar
#TKU-1533	Problem: Rational ASE pattern had weak trigger Solution: Trigger has been tightened	IBM Rational AppScan Enterprise Edition and IBM Rational Policy Tester
#TKU-2032	Problem: Server pattern failed to extract install root from bin64-based trigger process Solution: Regular expression updated to handle bin64-based processes	IBM Cognos TM1
#TKU-2041	Problem: Package versioning method added unnecessary trailing zero to product version Solution: Trailing zero now removed from product version	OpenText Fax Server
#TKU-2058	Problem: Marketing version mapping omitted from pattern Solution: Marketing version mapping implemented	Oracle Application Server
#TKU-2061	Problem: Pattern can report false version from path versioning method Solution: Path normalization implemented to correct issue	Apache HTTPD-based Webservers
#TKU-2073	Problem: Java path in Engine Tier pattern trigger was too strict Solution: Java path in pattern trigger loosened	IBM InfoSphere Information Server
#TKU-2084	Problem: Pattern unable to create relationship to multiple Jrun servers running on the same host and using the same install_root for versions 8.x and 9.x Solution: Pattern updated to create relations to Jrun	Adobe ColdFusion
#TKU-2092	Problem: Pattern may trigger on Tomcat Service Manager on Windows and incorrectly create Tomcat SI Solution: Pattern now stops if it has triggered on the Service Manager binary	Apache Tomcat
#TKU-2111	Problem: Agent pattern was reporting product version to wrong level of detail Solution: Product version is now extracted to three levels	BMC CONTROL-M
#TKU-2119	Problem: SI type does not quite match marketing name Solution: SI type brought into line with marketing name	BMC BladeLogic Network Automation
#TKU-2120	Problem: The generated End-Of-Life (EOL) patterns sometimes had SI types omitted where the list of SI types differed between product versions. Solution: All associated SI types are now included.	[]
#TKU-2122	Problem: BMC ProactiveNet Analytics Server pattern can potentially issue an ECA error Solution: The issue has been resolved.	BMC ProactiveNet Analytics
#TKU-2124	Problem: IBM Tivoli Monitoring Portal Server not linking to IBM TEMS on Unix Solution: Updated Tivoli Monitoring Server linking code	IBM Tivoli Monitoring
ISS04209857	Problem: Microsoft SQL Server pattern sometimes failing to obtain correct bind address which prevents extended database discovery Solution: Pattern now strips out the IPv6 zone index value in case it is retrieved as part of the IP address the SQL Server is listening on	Microsoft SQL Server
QM001821093	Problem: Update of the BMC Performance Manager pattern released in TKU 2014-Feb-1 creates a model that breaks a cardinality constraint on certain relationships between CIs in the Atrium CMDB. This causes the CMDB sync to fail. Solution: Code fix. Model updated and problematic relationship removed. Code added to remove the relationship if present (for customers who are already on TKU 2014-Feb-1) on first scan of the hosts running BMC Performance Manager.	BMC Performance Manager
QM001821110/#TKU-2152	Problem: BMC Patrol Agent pattern can in certain circumstances exit with an ECA engine error. Solution: Code fix.	BMC Patrol Agent

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