Technology Knowledge Update TKU 2024-Oct-1

BMC Discovery Technology Knowledge Update 2024-Oct-1 provides information about new scanning capabilities in the 21.3, 22.1, 22.2, 23.1, 23.3, 24.1, 24.2, and 24.3 versions of BMC Discovery.

Release highlights

In this release, we are delivering:

Cloud

GCP: Added full support for GCP Virtual Private Cloud. For more details, see (DRDC1-16514) and the documentation here.

CMDB sync

Added an ability to optionally modify the CTI (category, type, item) values. By default, the CTI values remain "Unknown". HEADS-UP: In 3-5 months, we will change the default CTI values. For more details, see (DRDC1-23486) and the documentation here
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Network devices

Added administrative relationships (such as Family, LifecycleStatus, and Person) to the Namespace and LoadBalancerInstance nodes. For more details, see (DRDC1-23701).
Added a relationship between ESX vSAN and Virtual Hosts. For more details, see (DRDC1-22118).

Storage

Added a new REST API for NetApp discovery. For more details, see (DRDC1-23314) and the documentation here.
HEADS-UP: The "Allocated Capacity" attribute of Storage System nodes will be deprecated in 3-5 months. 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-Oct-1 is compatible with the following versions of BMC Discovery: 21.3, 22.1, 22.2, 23.1, 23.3, 24.1, 24.2, and 24.3.

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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, BMC Discovery 24.3and patterns used by the BMC 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.

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-Oct-1 is available here.

Outpost updates

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

Defect ref.	Description	Notes
DRUD1-49583	Fixed an issue with a failing Outpost upgrade.	N/A
DRUD1-47677	Fixed an issue with a missing API URL for a Meraki credential.	N/A
DRUD1-49311	Fixed an issue with incorrectly registered traceback in the log file.	N/A
DRUD1-49416	Fixed an issue with the workInProgress() Outpost worker.	N/A

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.