Technology Knowledge Update TKU 2023-Jul-1

BMC Discovery Technology Knowledge Update 2023-Jul-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 the "Spain" region. For more details, see (DRDC1-21405).
AWS: Enhanced the Amazon Elastic Load Balancer pattern to include the Type, Target Group, and Target Type attributes. For more details, see (DRDC1-21299) and documentation here.
OpenStack: Added the Zun container service support for OpenStack. For more details, see (DRDC1-20139) and documentation here.
Modeled Azure Firewall as a NetworkService node, which enables synchronization with CMDB and usage in ITSM modules. For more details, see (DRDC1-20214) and documentation here.

Network devices

Added a boot_time attribute for the NetworkDevices, Printers, SNMPManagedDevices, StorageDevices, ManagementControllers discovered via SNMP. For more details, see (DRDC1-15178).
Added missing vCMP hosts to the vCMP Guest relationship. For more details, see (DRDC1-21420).

Storage

Added support for the NetApp StorageGRID storage systems. For more details, see (DRDC1-13916) and documentation here.

Patterns

Added an ability to identify containerized software by using the image and tag. For more details, see (DRDC1-21490) and the documentation here.
Added role attribute to the Host node. For more details, see (DRDC1-21314) and the documentation here.
Cleared duplicated Nutanix ESX hosts. For more details, see (DRDC1-20468) and the documentation here.
Enhanced the VMware Virtual Machine pattern to discover the "create date" attribute. For more details, see (DRDC1-21293) and the documentation here.
Updated the Processor Information discovery to model ProcessorInfo nodes irrespective of the CPU speed. For more details, see (DRDC1-21376) and 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-Jul-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.

BMC-Discovery-Extended-Data-Pack-2023-Jul-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-Jul-1 is available here.

Outpost updates

Defect ref.	Description	Notes
DRUD1-41654	Increased the error budget size.	N/A
DRUD1-40978	Fixed a log issue with VMGuest credentials.	N/A
DRUD1-37180	Added support for date-time settings of the Outpost on local Windows machines.	N/A

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.