Product content TKU 2024-Jul-1

Technology-Knowledge-Update-TKU-2024-Jul-1 contains additional product content for the 21.3, 22.1, 22.2, 23.1, 23.3, 24.1, and 24.2 versions of BMC Discovery.

Product content updates require appliance restart

This TKU release contains product content additions. The appliance is restarted when product content is added to the update. You can prevent the restart, but none of the knowledge content will be installed if you do so.

For more information about Cloud Discovery, see Supported-Cloud-Providers.

Feature updates

The following features and enhancements are introduced within the scope of this release:

AWS: AWS Direct Connect CloudResource node kind has been changed to NetworkService. For more details, see (DRDC1-23046).
CLOUD/AZURE: Added new Azure cloud regions (for more details, see (DRDC1-23902) and the documentation here):
- mexico central — Querétaro State
- spain central — Madrid
CLOUD/AZURE: Added support for Azure Front Door. For more details, see (DRDC1-22345) and the documentation here.
CLOUD/AZURE: Added support for custom image classification. For more details, see (DRDC1-23113).
CLOUD/AZURE: Added support for Microsoft Azure Express Route deep discovery. For more details, see (DRDC1-23046) and the documentation here.
CLOUD/AZURE: Added support for Microsoft Azure Peering deep discovery. Hence, Peerings for VNETs are modeled as NetworkServices and linked to dedicated Virtual Networks. For more details, see (DRDC1-23047) and the documentation here.
CLOUD/GCP: Added a port number to GCP LB members. For more details, see (DRDC1-22978) and the documentation here.
CMDB SYNC: Enhanced BMC CMDB sync mapping (for more details, see (DRDC1-23219) and the documentation here):
- Updated default sync mappings for Namespace, Deployment, and LoadBalancerService to include other hierarchical items in the name attribute (DRDC1-23484).
- Added an ability to optionally modify the CTI (category, type, item) values. By default, the CTI values remain "Unknown". HEADS-UP: In 6 or 12 months, we will change the default CTI values. For more details, see (DRDC1-23486).
CMDB SYNC: Introduced multiple improvements to Kubernetes Namespaces, Deployments, and related Tags synchronization (for more details, see (DRDC1-23311):
- Deployment nodes with no relations to Pods are synced to BMC CMDB.
- Tags are assigned to all Deployment nodes (not only Cloud ones).
- Tags are synced for Namespace nodes.
- HEADS-UP: The major version of the CMDB.Namespace_AdminDomain.Namespace_AdminDomain pattern is changed.
- HEADS-UP: CMDB.Namespace_Deployment_ConcreteCollection.Namespace_Deployment_ConcreteCollection is replaced with the CMDB.Pod_Deployment_ConcreteCollection.Pod_Deployment_ConcreteCollection pattern.
NETWORK DEVICES: Added an ability to discover Polycom SoundStation Duo devices through REST API. For more details, see (DRDC1-22706) and the documentation here.
STORAGE: Added a new "Dell EMC PowerScale REST API" credential type for the EMC Isilon/PowerScale pattern. For more details, see (DRDC1-23436, DRDC1-23410) and the documentation here.
STORAGE: Added a new pattern — Dell EMC VPLEX Metro Storage (REST). For more details, see (DRDC1-23029) and the documentation here.
STORAGE: Added support for the discovery of Dell EMC Unity Storage Systems through REST API. For more details, see (DRDC1-19670) and the documentation here.
STORAGE: EMCVplexStartpar: Updated the pattern trigger with a new process name to support the discovery of the VPLEX storage after upgrading to v6.2 SP1. For more details, see (DRDC1-23693).
STORAGE: Updated the Storage System Type in the Nimble pattern. For more details, see (DRDC1-23807).
STORAGE: The "Allocated Capacity" attribute of Storage System nodes will be deprecated in TKU March 2025. Added the "Total Logical Consumed Capacity" attribute in the Dell EMC PowerMax and Dell EMC SC Series patterns. It is identical to the "Allocated Capacity" attribute. Also, added the "Total Logical Consumed Capacity" attribute to the IBM FlashSystem pattern. For more details, see (DRDC1-22592).
VAULT: Added support for Azure Recovery Services Vault deep discovery. For more details, see (DRDC1-23050) and the documentation here.

Defects

The following defects are fixed within the scope of this release:

CLOUD/AZURE: Fixed an ECA error from the MicrosoftAzure.VirtualMachines.InferVirtualMachines pattern. For more details, see (DRDC1-23653).
CLOUD/NUTANIX: Fixed an ECA error. For more details, see (DRDC1-23671).
STORAGE: Fixed an issue with a missing capability_ids attribute. For more details, see (DRDC1-23319).
STORAGE: Fixed an issue with a missing os_version attribute for Dell PowerStore. For more details, see (DRDC1-23684).
STORAGE: Fixed an issue with an incorrect WWPN of the FibreChannelPort. For more details, see (DRDC1-23884).

Changes to discovery commands

Discovery commands are unchanged in Product Content 2024-Jul-1.

Model changes

We have no taxonomy updates to report at this time.