Technology Knowledge Update TKU 2026-May-1

Technology Knowledge Update TKU 2026-May-1 provides information about new scanning capabilities in the 23.3, 24.1, 24.2, 24.3, and 25.2 versions of BMC Discovery.

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Release highlights

In this release, we are delivering:

BMC HELIX PLATFORM: Added support for the following BMC PATROL knowledge modules (for more details, see the documentation here):

Application and middleware monitoring: BMC Remedy AR Server (DRDC1-27255), Oracle WebLogic (DRDC1-28100), and Veritas NetBackup (DRDC1-28610).
Virtualization system monitoring: Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization (DRDC1-28647).

CERTIFICATES: Updated certificate patterns to ensure consistent formatting and attribute naming for subjects across TLS and Windows certificates. For more details, see (DRDC1-27587).

CLOUD:

ALIBABA: Added support for discovering Alibaba virtual private cloud (VPC) subnets and related vSwitches. For more details, see the documentation here and (DRDC1-27093).
AZURE: Added support for importing Microsoft Intune devices, including hardware, OS, and ownership attributes, with BMC CMDB integration. For more details, see the documentation here and (DRDC1-24302).
AZURE: Updated the pattern logic to track the state of Microsoft Azure Cloud subscriptions and ensure that only active subscriptions are displayed in BMC Discovery. For more details, see the documentation here and (DRDC1-26190).

CMDB SYNC: Updated CMDB sync mappings to ensure that Azure Kubernetes Service Clusters are correctly linked to related Business Application, Business Service, and Technical Service nodes. For more details, see (DRDC1-29018).

NETWORK DEVICES:

Added support for importing BMC Helix Network Management data, enabling batch import and associating BMC Helix Network Management device GUIDs with existing BMC Discovery assets by using common identifiers. For more details, see the documentation here and (DRDC1-28336).
Added support for modeling the Palo Alto Panorama instance as a NetworkDevice during implicit scans of the Panorama API. Also, created a relationship link between Panorama and its managed network devices. For more details, see the documentation here and (DRDC1-28354).

PATTERNS:

NGINX WEBSERVER: Resolved an issue with incorrectly identified and modeled Nginx Ingress Controllers. Now, the pattern models Nginx Ingress Controller Software Instances instead of Nginx Webserver when respective process is detected in SSH scans. Also, website instances modeled previously for Nginx Webserver will be destroyed. For more details, see the documentation here and (DRDC1-26854).
ORACLE DATABASE: Updated the pattern to report option and pack details at the Pluggable Database (PDB) level. For more details, see the documentation here and (DRDC1-26024).
RED HAT OPENSHIFT: Updated KubernetesFunctions and OpenShiftAPI patterns to process API output and assign model, serial, vendor, and RAM attributes to API baremetal hosts, and to model NetworkInterface and ProcessorInfo nodes. For more details, see the documentation here and (DRDC1-26295).

STORAGE:

DELL EMC UNITY: Updated the pattern to link NAS servers to their associated storage pools. For more details, see the documentation here and (DRDC1-28903).
HITACHI NETWORK ATTACHED STORAGE (HNAS): Added a link from virtual storage systems to the storage system group. For more details, see the documentation here and (DRDC1-28904).

VAULT: Added support for ARCON PAM Digital Vault as a credential broker for BMC Helix Discovery. For more details, see the documentationhere and (DRUD1-53220).

VIRTUALIZATION/NUTANIX: Added support for discovering Nutanix Categories Tags in Nutanix Central when scanned with the Nutanix Hyperconverged Infrastructure (HCI) REST API. For more details, see the documentation here and (DRDC1-27386).

Release compatibility

TKU 2026-May-1 is compatible with the following versions of BMC Discovery: 23.3, 24.1, 24.2, 24.3, and 25.2.

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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 ConditionsBMC Discovery 23.3,BMC Discovery 24.1,BMC Discovery 24.2,BMC Discovery 24.3,BMC Discovery 25.2 and patterns used by the BMC CMDB sync system.

BMC Discovery Extended Data Pack 2026-May-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 ishere.

Command/File Matrix

The Command/File Matrix file (covering all commands executed and files retrieved by the patterns for TKU 2026-May-1 is available here.

Outpost updates

BMC Discovery Outpost version included in TKU 2026-May-1:

Component	Version
BMC Discovery Outpost	155.7.709.70709

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

Defect ref.	Description
DRUD1-58861	Resolved an issue where changing the Outpost admin password in the UI resulted in an internal server error.
DRUD1-58463	Resolved an issue where outbound CLOSE_WAIT connections were not cleared after unsuccessful device scans, leading to delays in subsequent device scans.
DRUD1-58639	Resolved an issue where the Outpost UI failed to launch after installation due to an HTTPS certificate generation error.

Products

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

Vendor	Product	Category	Platform	Instances	Versioning	Product page	RFE ref.
Experian	PowerCurve	Advanced Analytics Software	Windows, UNIX	Y	Y	Experian PowerCurve	DRDC1-28341

RFEs

The following RFEs are introduced within the scope of this release:

RFE ref.	Enhancement	Product page	SI key change
DRDC1-25820	Added VMware as a recognized publisher for Apache-based web servers.	Apache HTTPD-based Webservers	N
DRDC1-28522 DRDC1-29204 DRDC1-28335 DRDC1-29138 DRDC1-28374 DRDC1-27820 DRDC1-28503 DRDC1-27920 DRDC1-26907	Improved versioning.	Apache Strongmail Elasticsearch InfluxDB Nginx Webserver Redis Software Containers Swift Alliance	N
DRDC1-27695	Updated some publisher names for consistency across TKU patterns.	Flexera Software publisher ManageEngine publisher OpenStack Foundation publisher	N
DRDC1-29140 DRDC1-29149	Updated the pattern to use the correct attribute for disk drive capacity.	IBM AS400	N
DRDC1-28892	Added a check for directly scanned IBM.WebSphereMQ.WebSphereMQClient hosts before further processing to prevent ECA errors during Kubernetes API scans.	IBM WebSphereMQ Cluster	N
DRDC1-26145	Improved how the pattern handles CPE strings to support VMware vCenter Server versions with different formatting.	National Vulnerability Database	N
DRDC1-28971	Updated the pattern to optimize name assignment and ensure consistent naming between cloud and SSH scans.	Oracle Database	N
DRDC1-29001	Updated SNMP rules and OS mapping to identify Windows Server 2022 correctly.	OS discovery	N
DRDC1-29161	Improved error handling in the LinuxHost pattern to prevent ECA errors when the Config section is missing in the command output.	Software Containers	N
DRDC1-28786	Updated the pattern to improve relationship discovery between Zabbix Agent, Proxy, and Server Software Instances.	Zabbix	N

Defects resolved

The following defects are fixed within the scope of this release:

Defect ref.	Details	Product page	SI key change
DRDC1-28866	Problem: There are some circumstances where the pattern incorrectly parses the .yml file when attempting to obtain the rpc_address attribute. Solution: Code fix.	Apache Cassandra	N
DRDC1-29268	Problem: Command results are not processed correctly on UNIX systems due to differences in return data structures. Solution: Code fix.	MongoDB Extended Discovery	N
DRDC1-28952	Problem: The additional link to https://nvd.nist.gov/ on Software Instances and Hosts does not work due to changes in the NVD search mechanism. Solution: Code fix.	National Vulnerability Database	N
DRDC1-29121	Problem: Invalid expected_ports values in the OpenSearch and OpenSearchWindows patterns. Solution: Code fix.	OpenSearch	N
DRDC1-28848	Problem: An incorrect path is used to run the asmcmd command. Solution: Code fix.	Oracle Automatic Storage Management	N
DRDC1-29148	Problem: The Oracle Database SoftwareInstance name might omit the edition. Solution: Code fix.	Oracle Database	N