BMC Discovery Extended Data Pack 2024-Aug-1

BMC Discovery Extended Data Pack 2024-Aug-1 is a deliverable for BMC Discovery 20.08, 21.05, 21.3, 22.1, 22.2, 23.1, 23.3, 24.1, and 24.2 series.

Note

The Extended Data Pack TKU April 2024 has been updated:
We have added a new pattern to detect ESU support on a Windows host. As a result, EOL support for Windows has been moved to a standalone SupportDetail pattern to enable EOES dates to reflect the ESU status of the Windows OS on a host. 


Note

The Extended Data Pack TKU February 2024 has been updated:
The Red Hat Enterprise Linux, its ELS dates relate to the major versioning level. However, should a customer wish to remain on a specific minor version for longer, an optional Extended Update Support (EUS) package can be purchased. For the OperatingSystem SupportDetail pattern, the EOL entries for Red Hat Enterprise Linux have been moved out into a standalone SupportDetail pattern. This allows a customer to either receive EOL data at the major (ELS) versioning level (the default) or, upon setting a configuration option within the pattern,  to receive EOL data at the minor (EUS) versioning level.


Note

The Extended Data Pack TKU November 2023 has been updated:
 - For the SoftwareInstance SupportDetail pattern, it now checks whether the service pack attribute of a SoftwareInstance on which it has triggered is of the form 'SP<integer>', thus preventing a further 'SP' from being prepended within the name attribute of the SupportDetail node.

Contents

  • Product Lifecycle - Patterns that populate Discovery with information about End-of-Life, End-of-Support, and End-of-Extended-Support for versions of certain operating systems, software products, network devices, storage devices, hosts, and host containers (blade enclosures)
  • Hardware Reference Data - Patterns that populate Discovery with power and heat consumption figures for various hosts and host containers (blade enclosures).
Sources for end of life data

BMC only relies on publicly available EOL dates directly from the related vendor's web pages. We reference the vendor's web pages directly in the BMC Discovery UI when showing any lifecycle date.

Installation and Upgrade

Customers can access this Extended Data Pack from the BMC Electronic Product Distribution Website. If you're 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.

Reasons

Within Discovery, you may find a failure reason attribute attached to a Support Detail node which describes the current state of the Support Detail node with regard to its missing End Of Life data. These are documented here.

Issues Resolved

Product Lifecycle Patterns

You can use BMC Discovery OS / Software product lifecycle data to identify operating systems and software that:

  • are exposed to security / stability risks as they are no longer supported by patch updates.
  • you may be paying a premium maintenance subscription for.
  • are no longer shipping so may increase costs and risks associated with variance.

Software Product Lifecycle Patterns

Operating System Product Lifecycle Patterns

Extended Data Pack includes product life cycle patterns providing End Of Life, End Of Support and End Of Extended Support dates for:

  • 69 publishers
  • 121 operating systems
  • 3,823 operating system versions (Does not include Microsoft Windows entries in standalone pattern)

Go to the OS Product Life Cycle Patterns - Extended Data Pack 2024-Aug-1 page for a full list of products included in this release.

Software Instance Lifecycle Patterns

This Extended Data Pack includes product life cycle patterns providing End Of Life, End Of Support and End Of Extended Support dates for:

Virtual Machine Lifecycle Patterns

This Extended Data Pack includes product life cycle patterns providing End Of Life, End Of Support and End Of Extended Support dates for:

  • Number of Unique Publishers: 9
  • Number Of Unique Products: 10
  • Number Of Unique Versions Of Products: 184

Go to the Virtual Machine Life Cycle Patterns - Extended Data Pack 2024-Aug-1 page for a full list of products included in this release.

Runtime Environment Lifecycle Patterns

This Extended Data Pack includes product life cycle patterns providing End Of Life, End Of Support and End Of Extended Support dates for:

  • Number of Unique Publishers: 3
  • Number Of Unique Products: 7
  • Number Of Unique Versions Of Products: 198

Go to the Runtime Environment Life Cycle Patterns - Extended Data Pack 2024-Aug-1 page for a full list of products included in this release.

Hardware Product Lifecycle Patterns

Network Device Product Lifecycle Patterns

This Extended Data Pack includes product life cycle patterns providing End Of Life, End Of Support and End Of Extended Support dates for:

  • Number of Unique Vendors: 280
  • Number Of Unique Models: 9,519

Go to the Network Device Life Cycle Patterns - Extended Data Pack 2024-Aug-1 page for a full list of products included in this release.

Storage Device Product Lifecycle Patterns

This Extended Data Pack includes product life cycle patterns providing End Of Life, End Of Support and End Of Extended Support dates for:

  • Number of Unique Vendors: 34
  • Number Of Unique Models: 342

Go to the Storage Device Life Cycle Patterns - Extended Data Pack 2024-Aug-1 page for a full list of products included in this release.

Host Product Lifecycle Patterns

This Extended Data Pack includes host product life cycle patterns providing End Of Life, End Of Support and End Of Extended Support dates for:

  • Number of Unique Vendors: 71
  • Number Of Unique Models: 1,338

Go to the Host Life Cycle Patterns - Extended Data Pack 2024-Aug-1 page for a full list of products included in this release.

Host Container Product Lifecycle Patterns

This Extended Data Pack includes host container (blade enclosure) product life cycle patterns providing End Of Life, End Of Support and End Of Extended Support dates for:

  • Number of Unique Vendors: 14
  • Number Of Unique Models: 92

Go to the Host Container Life Cycle Patterns - Extended Data Pack 2024-Aug-1 page for a full list of products included in this release.

Hardware Component Product Lifecycle Patterns

This Extended Data Pack includes hardware component product life cycle patterns providing End Of Life, End Of Support and End Of Extended Support dates for:

  • Number of Unique Vendors: 49
  • Number Of Unique Models: 938

Go to the Hardware Component Life Cycle Patterns - Extended Data Pack 2024-Aug-1 page for a full list of products included in this release.

Hardware Container Product Lifecycle Patterns

This Extended Data Pack includes hardware container product life cycle patterns providing End Of Life, End Of Support and End Of Extended Support dates for:

  • Number of Unique Vendors: 13
  • Number Of Unique Models: 65

Go to the Hardware Container Life Cycle Patterns - Extended Data Pack 2024-Aug-1 page for a full list of products included in this release.

Printer Product Lifecycle Patterns

This Extended Data Pack includes hardware component product life cycle patterns providing End Of Life, End Of Support and End Of Extended Support dates for:

  • Number of Unique Vendors: 41
  • Number Of Unique Models: 1167

Go to the Printer Life Cycle Patterns - Extended Data Pack 2024-Aug-1 page for a full list of products included in this release.

Management Controller Product Lifecycle Patterns

This Extended Data Pack includes management controller product life cycle patterns providing End Of Life, End Of Support and End Of Extended Support dates for:

  • Number of Unique Vendors: 17
  • Number Of Unique Models: 51

Go to the Management Controller Life Cycle Patterns - Extended Data Pack 2024-Aug-1 page for a full list of products included in this release.

SNMP Managed Device Product Lifecycle Patterns

This Extended Data Pack includes SNMP managed device product life cycle patterns providing End Of Life, End Of Support and End Of Extended Support dates for:

  • Number of Unique Vendors: 105
  • Number Of Unique Models: 673

Go to the SNMP Managed Device Life Cycle Patterns - Extended Data Pack 2024-Aug-1 page for a full list of products included in this release.

Hardware Reference Data

Host

You can use BMC Discovery host hardware reference data to:

  • Identify servers that can be expanded in situations where space is a constraining factor in the data center.
  • Identify server refresh / rationalization candidates in situations where cooling is a constraining factor in the data center.
  • Identify server refresh / rationalization candidates in situations where power is a constraining factor in the data center.

This Extended Data Pack includes host hardware reference data providing Rack Size, Power Consumption, Heat Output and Maximum Memory capacity for:

  • 61 manufacturers.
  • 1,379 server models.
  • 3,775 server model configurations.

Go to the Host Hardware Reference Data - Extended Data Pack 2024-Aug-1 page for a full list of products included in this release.

Host Container (Blade Enclosure)

You can use BMC Discovery hardware reference data to:

  • Identify blade enclosures that can be expanded when space is a constraining factor in the data center.
  • Identify blade enclosure refresh/rationalization candidates when cooling is a constraining factor in the data center.
  • Identify blade enclosure refresh/rationalization candidates when power is a constraining factor in the data center.

This Extended Data Pack includes blade enclosure hardware reference data providing Rack Size, Power Consumption and Heat Output capacity for:

  • 18 vendors.
  • 132 models.

Go to the Host Container Hardware Reference Data - Extended Data Pack 2024-Aug-1 page for a full list of products included in this release.

National Vulnerability Database

The Extended Data Pack contains functionality to show National Vulnerability Database CPE identities for discovered hosts and software instances.  We have made updates in this release.

End Of Life-Related Discovery Queries

SoftwareInstance Nodes Without EOL Dates

SEARCH SoftwareInstance WHERE product_version not in [none, ""] AND nodecount(TRAVERSE ElementWithDetail:SupportDetail:SoftwareDetail:SupportDetail) = 0 SHOW join([type, product_version], ' ') as 'SI Type and Version' PROCESS WITH countUnique(0)

SupportDetail Nodes by Failure Reason

SEARCH SupportDetail WHERE type = "SI Support Detail" AND failure_reason SHOW failure_reason PROCESS WITH countUnique(0)

Software Products Whose End of Support Date is in the Past

SEARCH SupportDetail WHERE type = "SI Support Detail" AND end_support_date AND end_support_date < currentTime() SHOW join([publisher, product, product_version], ' ') as 'Publisher, Product and Version', formatTime(end_support_date, "%Y-%m-%d") as 'End of Support Date', whenWasThat(end_support_date) as 'When Was That' PROCESS WITH countUnique(0)

Software Products Whose Support Ends This Year

SEARCH SupportDetail WHERE type = "SI Support Detail" AND end_support_date AND end_support_date >= parseUTCTime(formatUTCTime(currentTime(), "%Y-01-01")) AND end_support_date <= parseUTCTime(formatUTCTime(currentTime(), "%Y-12-31")) SHOW join([publisher, product, product_version], ' ') as 'Publisher, Product and Version', formatTime(end_support_date, "%Y-%m-%d") as 'End of Support Date', whenWasThat(end_support_date) as 'When Was That' PROCESS WITH countUnique(0)

Software Products Whose Support Ends Next Year

SEARCH SupportDetail WHERE type = "SI Support Detail" AND end_support_date AND end_support_date >= parseUTCTime(fmt("%s-01-01", int(formatUTCTime(currentTime(), "%Y")) + 1)) AND end_support_date <= parseUTCTime(fmt("%s-12-31", int(formatUTCTime(currentTime(), "%Y")) + 1))) SHOW join([publisher, product, product_version], ' ') as 'Publisher, Product and Version', formatTime(end_support_date, "%Y-%m-%d") as 'End of Support Date', whenWasThat(end_support_date) as 'When Was That' PROCESS WITH countUnique(0)

Software Products Whose End of Support Date is Within a Year of Today's Date

SEARCH SupportDetail WHERE type = "SI Support Detail" AND end_support_date AND end_support_date >= currentTime() AND end_support_date <= (currentTime() + 365*24*3600*10000000)
SHOW join([publisher, product, product_version], ' ') as 'Publisher, Product and Version', formatTime(end_support_date, "%Y-%m-%d") as 'End of Support Date', whenWasThat(end_support_date) as 'When Was That'
PROCESS WITH countUnique(0)

 

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