You should not install this TKU release due to an issue highlighted by the Acresso FLEXnet Publisher pattern, please install Tideway Knowledge Update 2008-Oct-2

The Tideway Knowledge Update 2008-Oct-1 (TKU 2008 Oct) is a deliverable for Tideway Foundation platform version 7.1 and later.

Release Compatibility

TKU 2008-Oct-1 has been tested and verified against Tideway Foundation version 7.1.1, 7.1.5 and 7.1.6. This TKU cannot be uploaded on a version 7.0.x appliance.

Installation and Upgrade

Installation and upgrade instructions are provided here.

New Software Instance Patterns

Vendor	Product	Category	Platforms	Instances	Versioning	Module
Acresso	FLEXnet Publisher	Identity and Access Management	UNIX, Windows	Y	Y	Acresso.FLEXnetPublisher
IBM	CICS	Transaction Server Middleware	UNIX, Windows	Y	Y	IBM.CICS
IBM	DB2 Content Manager	Relational Database Management Systems	UNIX, Windows	Y	Y	IBM.DB2_ContentManager
IBM	Tivoli Directory Server	Identity and Access Management	UNIX, Windows	Y	Y	IBM.Tivoli.DirectoryServer
IBM	Tivoli Netcool/Impact	Event Automation Tools	UNIX, Windows	Y	Y	IBM.Tivoli.NetcoolImpact
IBM	Tivoli Netcool/ OMNIbus	Event Automation Tools	UNIX, Windows	Y	Y	IBM.Tivoli.NetcoolOMNIbus
IBM	TxSeries Multiplatform	Transaction Server Middleware	UNIX, Windows	Grouped	Y	IBM.TXSeries
Red Hat	JBoss Portal	Application Server Software Platforms	UNIX, Windows	Y	Y	RedHat.JBossPortal
Red Hat	JBoss Rules	Analysis, Modelling and Design Tools	UNIX, Windows	Y	Y	RedHat.JBossRules

Enhanced Software Instance Patterns

Vendor	Product	Enhancement	SI Key Change	Module
Apache	Tomcat	Added catalina_base and catalina_home to _tw_meta_data_attrs to ensure they are visible to the user	N	ApacheFoundation.Tomcat
Red Hat	JBoss Application Server	Added active versioning for Windows platform	N	RedHat.JBoss
Microsoft	Exchange Server	Added Versioning capabilities, including Build and Service Pack.	N	Microsoft.Exchange
MySQL AB	MySQL RDBMS	Added db_path and socket_file to _tw_meta_data_attrs to ensure they are visible to the user	N	MySQL AB MySQL RDBMS
VMware	Virtual Machine software	Allow user to disable sudo via a constant	N	VMwareVM
Xen	Source	Allow Administrator to enable/disable sudo via a constant	N	XenVM
Xen	Consolidation	Added pattern to ensure all Windows machines with vendor Xen have virtual flag set to True	N	XenDomainConsolidation

Bugs Fixed

The following bugs have been fixed in Tideway Knowledge Update 2008-Oct-1.

Case No	Defect No	Details	Pattern Module
N/A	10530	Problem: The Tomcat pattern sets additional attributes on the SI (catalina_home, catalina_base) but it doesn't set _tw_meta_data_attrs so the user can't see them unless they are in debug mode. Resolution: _tw_meta_data_attrs added to the SI in TKU October 2008 Release	ApacheFoundation.Tomcat
N/A	10530	Problem: The MySQL pattern sets additional attributes on the SI (db_path, socket_file) but it doesn't set _tw_meta_data_attrs so the user can't see them unless they are in debug mode. Resolution: _tw_meta_data_attrs added to the SI in TKU October 2008 Release	MySQL AB MySQL RDBMS
N/A	10582	Problem: Xen-based host does not have it's virtual flag set. Resolution: Pattern module updated in TKU October 2008 so that Windows hosts that have vendor attribute of "Xen" in their Host node will have virtual attribute set to true.	XenDomainConsolidation
13390	10600	Problem: Patterns VMwareVM.VMwareESXServer and XenVM.XenDomain have embedded sudo commands which are enabled by default. They should be enabled as an option. Resolution: Modified VMwareVM.VMwareESXServer and XenVM.XenDomain patterns in TKU October 2008 so that sudo is not enabled by default (exposed as a constant which can be changed in the pattern)	VMwareVM
N/A	10647	Problem: JBoss does not do active versioning on the Windows platform. Resolution: Pattern updated in TKU October 2008 to add active versioning on Windows platform.	RedHat.JBoss
N/A	10711	Problem: In IBM DB2 Query Patroller case where only major version of the product obtained, the version attribute was not being set correctly. Resolution: Fixed in TKU October 2008	IBM.DB2_QueryPatroller

New Active Commands

The following active commands are new in this release:

AcressoFLEXnetPublisher

Module: AcressoFLEXnetPublisher
- pattern: LicenseServerManager_lmadmin
  - Active command <abs. path to trigger process> -v to obtain version information
- pattern: LicenseServerManager_lmgrd
  - Active command <abs. path to trigger process> -v to obtain version information

IBMCICS

Module: IBMCICS
- Pattern: IBM_CICS_TransactionGateway
  - Active command (Windows only) cd /d <base path>\bin && cicscli -v to obtain version information
- Pattern: IBM_CICS_UniversalClient
  - Active command <base_path>/bin/cicscli -v to obtain version information
  - Active command "cd /d <base path>\bin && cicscli -v" to obtain version information

IBMTivoliNetcoolImpact

Module: IBMTivoliNetcoolImpact

- Pattern: Server_WebApplication
  - Active command cmd /c dir /B "%deploy_dir% *-impact-*.ear" to get directory listing of defined Impact Servers
  - Active command ls <deploy dir>/-impact-.ear to get directory listing of defined Impact Servers
  - Active command IMPACT_HOME=%impact_install_dir% && export IMPACT_HOME && %impact_install_dir%/bin/nci_server -version to obtain version information
  - Active command "<install root>\impact\bin\nci_server.bat" -version to obtain version information
- Pattern: Server
  - Active command IMPACT_HOME=%install_dir% && export IMPACT_HOME && %install_dir%/bin/nci_server -version to obtain version information
  - Active command "<install dir>\bin\nci_server.bat" -version to obtain version information
- Pattern: GUIServer_WebApplication
  - Active command cmd /c dir /B "%deploy_dir% NC-guiserver-*.ear" to get directory listing of defined GUI Servers
  - Active command ls <deploy dir>/NC-guiserver-*.ear to get directory listing of defined GUI Servers

IBMTivoliNetcoolOMNIbus

Module: IBMTivoliNetcoolOMNIbus
- Pattern: ObjectServer
  - Active command "<full process path>" -version to obtain version information
  - Active command <install root>/bin/nco_objserv -version to obtain version information

- Pattern: ProxyServer
  - Active command "<full process path>" -version to obtain version information
  - Active command <install root>/bin/nco_proxyserv -version to obtain version information

- Pattern: Gateway
  - Active command "<full process path>" -version to obtain version information
  - Active command <install root>/bin/<trigger process leafname> -version to obtain version information

IBMTxSeries

Module: IBMTxSeries
- pattern: IBM_TXSeries
  - Active command <base path>/bin/cicscp version to obtain version information
  - Active command "cd /d <base path>\bin && cicscp version" to obtain version information

Notes

If you have chosen not to delete the Software Instances created using a previous TKU, for any pattern where the SI key has changed, any host where the above software instances were created will have another set of software instances created following installation of a newer TKU and re-scan. The software instances created by the previous TKU patterns will disappear once they have aged out (see Tideway Foundation documentation for description of SI aging).

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