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Important This documentation space contains information about the on-premises version of BMC Helix Discovery. If you are using the SaaS version of BMC Helix Discovery, see BMC Helix Discovery (SaaS).

BMC Helix Discovery 25.2 (on-premises)

BMC Helix Discovery 25.2 (on-premises)

The goal of BMC Discovery is to automate asset discovery and identify systems in the network and obtain relevant information from them as quickly as possible and with the lowest impact, using a variety of different tools and techniques to communicate. 

Release notes and notices Updated 02 Mar 2026

Learn what’s new or changed for BMC Discovery 25.2 (15.0), including new features, urgent issues, documentation updates, and fixes or patches.

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March 2, 2026 Issues that were corrected by 25.2 patch 3 and issues that remain open. 25.2 enhancements 
December 8, 2025 Issues that were corrected by 25.2 patch 2 and issues that remain open. 25.2 enhancements 
August 28, 2025 Issues that were corrected by 25.2 patch 1 and issues that remain open. 25.2 enhancements 

June 4, 2025

The following enhancements are available in this release of BMC Discovery:

  • Deep container discovery provides detailed discovery of software running inside containers. 
  • Discover IP links between network devices by using BGP IP routing information, site-to-site connectivity using ISP AS path information.
  • Discover hosts by using Oracle Cloud Infrastructure bastion
  • A ‘trigger’ discovery run allows you to create a discovery run that executes a pattern without performing any discovery.
  • Automatic scanning of cloud-based Kubernetes clusters.
  • Select the credentials to export from the credential vault.
  • Visualizations allow you to view their state at earlier dates.
  • Results from the discovery of additional endpoints are shown on the requesting DiscoveryAccess
  • Support for ECDSA SSH keypairs and OpenSSH formatted keypairs for target scanning
  • The 25.2 version also includes the June TKU - Technology Knowledge Update TKU 2025-Jun-1
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You can upgrade to version 25.2 (15.0) from version 23.3 and later running on Oracle Linux 9. For information about the upgrade, see Upgrading.

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Getting started

Intended for anyone who is starting to evaluate, use, or deploy BMC Discovery.

Planning

Plan an installation based on recommended sizing and system requirements, performance tuning and benchmarks, and licensing entitlement.

Installing

Install the product and learn how to migrate the product data.

Upgrading

Perform pre-upgrade tasks, upgrade BMC Discovery, Windows proxies, and BMC Discovery Outpost, and perform post-upgrade configuration.

Service and application modeling

As a regular user, get a quick and easy approach to service and application modeling, which enables you to choose any entry points into an application or service, and begin modeling from there.

BMC Discovery Outpost

Know about BMC Discovery Outpost, the application software that runs as a lightweight Windows service on a dedicated Windows server in your data center or on a public cloud for the discovery of all types of devices.

Security

As a network administrator, learn about security audits, firewall ports, and more to ensure a secure installation of BMC Discovery.

Integrating

As a user or administrator, explore how you can integrate BMC Discovery with other products.

Using

As a user or administrator, understand the standard pages and methods of navigating the BMC Discovery UI.

Administering

As an administrator, manage users and groups, clusters, licenses, and more in BMC Discovery.

Developing

As a developer, access information describing the TPL and node lifecycle.

Troubleshooting

Resolve common issues or errors, review logs, or contact Support.

BMC Discovery content reference

As a user, explore the products that BMC Discovery can discover and know about the monthly TKU updates.
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PDFs and videos

Get a list of all the videos and a PDF version of the BMC Discovery documentation.

FAQ

Find answers to the most frequently asked questions about BMC Discovery.

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See the documentation of products related to BMC Discovery.

 

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BMC Helix Discovery 25.2 (On-Premises)