Technology Knowledge Update TKU 2023-Apr-1

BMC Discovery Technology Knowledge Update 2023-Apr-1 is a deliverable for BMC Discovery 12.0, 20.08, 21.05, 21.3, 22.1, 22.2, and 23.1 series.

Using Outpost for TKU customers

BMC Discovery Outpost is released with the TKU monthly package, please check Outpost updates after each TKU release. For more information, see BMC Discovery Outpost system requirements.

Note

For the Extended Data Pack TKU December 2022, the SupportDetail patterns were reworked to prevent SupportDetail nodes' destruction if their only primary evidence (i.e., the SoftwareInstance node that caused its creation) is itself destroyed. The revised pattern now ensures that a relationship link is created for every node associated with a SupportDetail node. In a larger environment, there may be an off-time performance slowdown while such relationship links are created.

Release highlights

In this release, we are delivering:

Cloud

AWS: Discovery support the AWS Launch Template instances in addition to Launch Configurations. For details, see (DRDC1-19843) and Amazon-Elastic-Compute-Cloud.

Network devices

Provided discovery for WALLIX Session Manager as a Network Device instead of SNMP Managed Device. For details, see (DRDC1-20782).

Storage

Added status and status details of several patterns. For details, see (DRDC1-16176).

Patterns

Created the new pattern for Weblogic NodeManager. For details, see (DRDC1-20362) and Oracle-WebLogic-Server.
Added support for IPSec certificates. For details, see (DRDC1-20451) and Certificates Discovery.

Latest releases updates

You can find information about the latest TKU updates and essential notes in the Schedule and roadmap.

Upgrade to the 12.4.0.1 version: We strongly recommend upgrading to the 12.4.0.1 version to benefit from changes made in the TKU release. Version upgrades will also prevent possible problem-scanning projects where an OS Login is enabled.
Possible CMDB Sync impact due to new network device hardware components: The sync mapping may take longer after applying TKU in July 2022 for network devices as we are now discovering hardware components synced as BMC_HardwareSystemComponents CIs.
TLS Certificate checking: BMC Discovery and the BMC Discovery Outpost check the TLS certificate against GCP. You can clear the check box to disable the TLS certificate and check if the certificate is invalid. In such a case, please be aware that a hacker attack could intercept your credentials.
Microsoft .NET model update: In September, TKU updated our model for Microsoft-NET to reflect better how Microsoft markets the product. This means RuntimeEnvironment nodes with the type "Microsoft .NET Runtime" in TKU August will now have the "Microsoft .NET Framework" type in TKU September.

Release compatibility

TKU 2023-Apr-1 is compatible with the following streams: 23.1, 22.2 series, 22.1, 21.3, 21.05, 12.0, and 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 get in touch with 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 core database patterns to obtain more detailed information about specific databases.
- Middleware discovery—Patterns that obtain detailed information about specific 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 detect configuration issues and populate Discovery Conditions BMC Discovery 23.1.xx, 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 2023-Apr-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.
- Product Lifecycle—Patterns populate BMC Discovery with information about End-of-Life, End-of-Support, and End-of-Extended-Support for versions of specific host Operating Systems and interpretations of certain software products.

BMC Discovery for Storage is a separately licensable product.
- Storage Systems—Patterns that model many Storage Systems.
- Storage System Release Notes provides the latest Storage updates and improvements to existing Storage patterns.

Command/File Matrix

The Command/File Matrix file (covering all commands executed and files retrieved by the patterns) for TKU April 2023 is available here.

Products

The following new products have been introduced within the scope of this release.

RFEs

The following RFEs have been introduced within the scope of this release.

Defects resolved

The following defects have been fixed in this BMC Discovery Technology Knowledge Update.