BMC Discovery Extended Data Pack 2025-Aug-1

BMC Discovery Extended Data Pack 2025-Aug-1 is a deliverable for BMC Discovery 23.1, 23.3, 24.1, 24.2, 24.3, and 25.2 series.

Note

For Extended Data Pack TKU August 2025 the relationship link between a node and its corresponding SupportDetail node is only created if the relationship does not currently exist. This means that the relationship is NOT confirmed each time if the relationship does already exist. This change was made to the standalone ones for Java and Windows but not RHEL. The other SupportDetail patterns had already been updated in TKU April 2025.

We have also removed an unnecessary search in order to improve the performance of the SupportDetail patterns. Such search was being performed just to confirm the existence of the SupportDetail node whereupon a meaningful message would be written to the log file to state if we were creating or updating the SupportDetail node.

Note

For Extended Data Pack TKU May 2025 the tables on these EOL SupportDetail pages have been enhanced. The product versions have been split between two columns showing those possessing EOL data and those without. We have also added new columns showing the provenance URLs utilised and when the EOL data for a particular product was last updated.

Note

For Extended Data Pack TKU April 2025 the relationship link between a node and its corresponding SupportDetail node is only created if the relationship does not currently exist. This means that the relationship is NOT confirmed each time if the relationship does already exist. This change was made to the 15 SupportDetail patterns but NOT the standalone ones for Java, Windows or RHEL.

Note

For Extended Data Pack TKU February 2025 we have finally released the companion pattern that sets the EUS status of a host running Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Having set the os_extended_update attribute on the host, the RHEL OS SupportDetail pattern then provides either EUS or non-EUS EOL data. See comment below against EDP for February 2024 for further information.

Note

For Extended Data Pack TKU January 2025 we altered the way the default retirement date flag attribute was set on a SupportDetail node.

Let's suppose we had an EOL entry of:

"7" -> "2019-08-06", "2019-08-06", "2024-06-30", "2028-06-30", true, "The missing dates are not pertinent to this product", none;

but this was changed to the following in a later EDP release:

"7" -> "2019-08-06", "2024-06-30", none, "2028-06-30", false, "The missing dates are not pertinent to this product", none;

The problem is that because the retirement_date was set to 2019-08-06 in both the earlier and later iterations of the EOL entry, the default_retirement_date flag was NOT being changed from 'true' to 'false' because such flag was only being reset if the retirement date itself changed.

This change was made to all 15 SupportDetail patterns plus the three standalone ones for Java, RHEL and Windows.

Note

For Extended Data Pack TKU January 2025 we have slightly amended the failure reason codes. These will be gradually introduced to replace the now legacy ones:

Old (Legacy) Codes:

Before EOL Window (Too Old)	Within EOL Window	After EOL Window (Too Recent)
ITO: 'Product/Model is too old' [Replaced By BOS or DOS]	SDU: 'Product or particular version supported but actual EOL dates unknown' [Replaced By BIS or DIS]	ITR: 'Product/Model is too recent' [Replaced By DIS]
VTO: 'Product version is too old' [Replaced By BOS or DOS]	VNL: 'Product version is not listed by the publisher' [Replaced By BIS, BOS, DIS or DOS]	VTR: 'Product version is too recent' [Replaced By DIS]

New Codes:

Before EOL Window (Too Old)	Within EOL Window	After EOL Window (Too Recent)
DOS: 'Out of support but dates are unknown' [Formerly VNL, ITO or VTO]	BIS: 'Believed to be in support but there are no formal dates' [Formerly SDU or VNL]	DIS: 'In support but no dates are published yet' [Formerly VNL, SDU, ITR or VTR]
BOS: 'Believed to be out of support but there are no formal dates' [Formerly VNL, ITO or VTO]

Further information can be found here.

Note

For Extended Data Pack TKU December 2024 we have added support for the Cluster and SoftwareCluster node kinds. We have also added provision for multiple sets of EOL dates to be held. This mechanism is currently only being used for cloud providers where the EOL dates differ from that of an on-prem installation within the new Cluster and SoftwareCluster SupportDetail pattern and in the existing SoftwareInstance SupportDetail pattern for the following SI types: 'Kubernetes Master', 'Microsoft SQL Server Integration Services', 'Kubernetes', 'Microsoft SQL Server', 'Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services', 'Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services', 'Microsoft SQL Server Agent', 'CRI-O' and 'Kubernetes Node'.

Note

The mappings for Red Hat Enterprise Linux have been altered from Extended Data Pack TKU November 2024 onwards and are now:

Red Hat Column	Discovery Column
Full support ends	Retirement Date
Maintenance support ends	End of Support Date
N/A	End of Security Support Date
Extended life cycle support (ELS) add-on ends	End Of Extended Support Date

Note

The Extended Data Pack TKU April 2024 has been updated:
We have added a new pattern to detect ESU support on a Windows host. As a result, EOL support for Windows has been moved to a standalone SupportDetail pattern to enable EOES dates to reflect the ESU status of the Windows OS on a host. Further information can be found here.

Note

The Extended Data Pack TKU February 2024 has been updated:
The Red Hat Enterprise Linux, its ELS dates relate to the major versioning level. However, should a customer wish to remain on a specific minor version for longer, an optional Extended Update Support (EUS) package can be purchased. For the OperatingSystem SupportDetail pattern, the EOL entries for Red Hat Enterprise Linux have been moved out into a standalone SupportDetail pattern. This allows a customer to either receive EOL data at the major (ELS) versioning level (the default) or, upon setting a configuration option within the pattern, to receive EOL data at the minor (EUS) versioning level.

Note

The Extended Data Pack TKU November 2023 has been updated:
- For the SoftwareInstance SupportDetail pattern, it now checks whether the service pack attribute of a SoftwareInstance on which it has triggered is of the form 'SP<integer>', thus preventing a further 'SP' from being prepended within the name attribute of the SupportDetail node.

Product Lifecycle - Patterns that populate Discovery with information about End-of-Life, End-of-Support, and End-of-Extended-Support for versions of certain operating systems, software products, network devices, storage devices, hosts, and host containers (blade enclosures)
Hardware Reference Data - Patterns that populate Discovery with power and heat consumption figures for various hosts and host containers (blade enclosures).

Sources for end of life data

BMC only relies on publicly available EOL dates directly from the related vendor's web pages. We reference the vendor's web pages directly in the BMC Discovery UI when showing any lifecycle date.

Installation and Upgrade

Customers can access this Extended Data Pack from theBMC Electronic Product Distribution Website. If you're a customer or partner and do not already have a login please contact your BMC account manager.

Check out this guideline if you are unsure how to download it from the BMC EPD site.

Reasons

Within Discovery, you may find a failure reason attribute attached to a Support Detail node which describes the current state of the Support Detail node with regard to its missing End Of Life data. These are documented here.

Issues Resolved

Info

Internal tracking numbers provided for convenience when you are in discussion with BMC Support.

DRDC1-26832	EOL: Review watchlist in internal EOL tool
DRDC1-26953	Elastic Winlogbeat missing EOL Data
DRDC1-26961	Add Hardware Reference data for hosts
DRDC1-26833	EOL: Review watchlist in internal EOL tool
DRDC1-26522	Add Hardware Reference data for hosts
DRDC1-26787	Add lifecycle details for listed entries
DRDC1-26719	Add lifecycle details for listed entries
DRDC1-26881	Add lifecycle details for listed entries
DRDC1-26914	Add lifecycle details for listed entries
DRDC1-26905	Add lifecycle details for listed entries
DRDC1-26962	Add lifecycle details for listed OS

Product Lifecycle Patterns

You can use BMC Discovery OS / Software product lifecycle data to identify operating systems and software that:

are exposed to security / stability risks as they are no longer supported by patch updates.
you may be paying a premium maintenance subscription for.
are no longer shipping so may increase costs and risks associated with variance.

Software Product Lifecycle Patterns

Operating System Product Lifecycle Patterns

Extended Data Pack includes product life cycle patterns providing End Of Life, End Of Support and End Of Extended Support dates for:

72 publishers
125 operating systems
4,081 operating system versions (Does not include Microsoft Windows entries in standalone pattern)

Go to the OS Product Life Cycle Patterns Extended Data Pack 2025-Aug-1 page for a full list of products included in this release.