Technology Knowledge Update TKU 2023-Nov-1
BMC Discovery Technology Knowledge Update 2023-Nov-1 provides information about new scanning capabilities in the 21.05, 21.3, 22.1, 22.2, 23.1, and 23.3 versions of BMC Discovery.
Latest releases updates
You can find information about the latest TKU updates and essential notes in the Schedule-and-Roadmap.
- 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, be aware that a hacker attack could intercept your credentials.
Release compatibility
TKU 2023-Nov-1 is compatible with the following versions of BMC Discovery: 21.05, 21.3, 22.1, 22.2, 23.1, and 23.3.
Download
Customers can access this TKU release from the BMC Electronic Product Distribution Website. If you are a customer or partner without a login, contact your BMC account manager.
Learn how to download from the BMC EPD site from this guideline.
Release contents
The release comprises components packaged as the following entities:
- BMC Discovery Technology Knowledge Update
- Core - Patterns that model various software products.
- Extended Database discovery - Patterns that extend some of the core database patterns to obtain additional detailed information about certain databases.
- Middleware discovery - Patterns that obtain detailed information about certain 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 that detect configuration issues and populate Discovery Conditions BMC Discovery 21.05, BMC Discovery 21.3, BMC Discovery 22.1, BMC Discovery 22.2, BMC Discovery 23.1, BMC Discovery 23.3 as well as patterns used by the CMDB sync system.
- BMC-Discovery-Extended-Data-Pack-2023-Nov-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 that 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 2023-Nov-1 is available here.
Outpost updates
Defect ref. | Description | Notes |
|---|---|---|
DRUD1-42631 | Fixed an issue with a failing SSH scan. | |
DRUD1-42611 | Fixed an issue with BMC Outpost shared between multiple instances and appliances. | |
DRUD1-40540 | Fixed an issue with disconnected BMC Outposts after each TKU or BMC Outpost update. | |
DRUD1-42369 | Fixed the BMC Outpost scanner file load error on the machine with Chinese software. |
Products
The following new products are introduced within the scope of this release.
RFEs
The following RFEs are introduced within the scope of this release.
Defects resolved
The following defects are fixed within the scope of this release.