Technology Knowledge Update TKU 2023-Aug-1

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

Release highlights

In this release, we are delivering:

Cloud

AWS: Added support for the Amazon Virtual Private Cloud gateways with components and relationships between them. For more details, see (DRDC1-13634) and the documentation here.
OCI: Updated the Oracle Database pattern to discover service names associated with standalone and non-pluggable databases. CDB and PDB databases are now discovered. For more details, see (DRDC1-21196) and the documentation here.
OPENSTACK: Fixed an issue with non-discovered load balancer services upon the first OpenStack scan. For more details, see (DRDC1-21552) and the documentation here.

CMDB

Added manufacturer information to the AdminCollection and CloudManagementGroup nodes. For more details, see (DRDC1-21486).
Enhanced CMDB sync mappings to include BusinessService to BusinessService dependencies. For more details, see (DRDC1-21095).

Network devices

Added a VRF name for interfaces of the Cisco network devices. For more details, see (DRDC1-21389).
Added VLAN IDs for interfaces on the Juniper EX and Cisco switches. For more information, see (DRDC1-21388).
Enhanced Cisco ACI endpoints connectivity. For more details, see (DRDC1-21103).

Storage

Added support for IBM Spectrum Control storage systems through IBM Spectrum Control. For more details, see (DRDC1-21160) and the documentation here.
Added support for the discovery of Ceph storage systems directly as a storage device by using the Ceph API access. For more details, see (DRDC1-20802) and the documentation here.
Added full support for the HPE StoreOnce storage device discovery. For more details, see (DRDC1-21493) and the documentation here.
Enhanced the discovery of IBM DS8000 Storage Systems. For more details, see (DRDC1-21520) and the documentation here.

Patterns

Added support for the aging feature for the hosts discovered through the API provider. For more details, see (DRDC1-20380).
Changed the keys for Cassandra Database and Cassandra Table to include a cluster key. For more details, see (DRDC1-21545) and the documentation here.
Improved the performance of the Python pattern. For more details, see (DRDC1-20924) and the documentation here.

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-Aug-1 is compatible with the following streams: 12.0, 20.08, 21.05, 21.3, 22.1, 22.2, and 23.1 series.

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 such 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 12.0, BMC Discovery 20.08, BMC Discovery 21.05, BMC Discovery 21.3, BMC Discovery 22.1, BMC Discovery 22.2, BMC Discovery 23.1, as well as patterns used by the CMDB sync system.

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- 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-Aug-1 is available here.

Outpost updates

We have no updates to report at this time.

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.