Technology Knowledge Update TKU 2024-Jul-1

BMC Discovery Technology Knowledge Update 2024-Jul-1 provides information about new scanning capabilities in the 21.3, 22.1, 22.2, 23.1, 23.3, 24.1, and 24.2 versions of BMC Discovery.

Release highlights

In this release, we are delivering:

Cloud

AWS: AWS Direct Connect CloudResource node kind has been changed to NetworkService. For more details, see (DRDC1-23046) and the documentation here.
AZURE: Added new Azure cloud regions (for more details, see (DRDC1-23902) and the documentation here):
- mexico central — Querétaro State
- spain central — Madrid
AZURE: Added support for Azure Front Door. For more details, see (DRDC1-22345) and the documentation here.
AZURE: Added support for Azure Express Route deep discovery. For more details, see (DRDC1-23046) and the documentation here.
AZURE: Added support for 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.
AZURE: Added support for custom image classification. For more details, see (DRDC1-23113).
VAULT: Added support for Azure Recovery Services Vault deep discovery. For more details, see (DRDC1-23050) 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).
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 admin_status attribute for network interfaces. For more details, see (DRDC1-22940).

Added support for the discovery of the hardware components details for Hewlett-Packard switches (for more details, see (DRDC1-21713) 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.
Added a new pattern — Dell EMC VPLEX Metro Storage (REST). For more details, see (DRDC1-23029) and the documentation here.
Added support for the discovery of Dell EMC Unity Storage Systems through REST API. For more details, see (DRDC1-19670) and the documentation here.
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).
HEADS-UP: 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).

Release compatibility

TKU 2024-Jul 1 is compatible with the following versions of BMC Discovery: 21.3, 22.1, 22.2, 23.1, 23.3, 24.1, and 24.2.

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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 21.3, BMC Discovery 22.1, BMC Discovery 22.2, BMC Discovery 23.1, BMC Discovery 23.3, BMC Discovery 24.1, BMC Discovery 24.2, and patterns used by the BMC CMDB sync system.

BMC-Discovery-Extended-Data-Pack-2024-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.

BMC Discovery for ServiceNow is a separately licensable product.
- ServiceNow CMDB sync mapping patterns. The documentation is here.

Command/File Matrix

The Command/File Matrix file (covering all commands executed and files retrieved by the patterns) for TKU 2024-Jul-1 is available here.

Outpost updates

The following BMC Outpost updates are introduced within the scope of this release.

Defect ref.	Description	Notes
DRUD1-47724	Fixed an issue in an Outpost worker process during session creation.	N/A
DRUD1-46996	Fixed an issue related to Outpost REST API registration with an appliance.	N/A
DRUD1-47877	Fixed an issue with an Active Directory credential.	Occurs when accessing BMC Outpost through PowerShell.
DRUD1-42656	Fixed an issue with child Java processes (related to memory usage).	For more details about memory usage, see BMC Discovery Outpost system requirements.

Products

The following new product is introduced within the scope of this release.

Vendor	Product	Category	Platforms	Instances	Versioning	Product Page	RFE ref.
Citrix	Cloud Connector	Clustering and Availability Software	Windows	Y	Y	Citrix-Cloud-Connector	DRDC1-23291

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.