This documentation supports the 21.05 (12.2) version of BMC Discovery.To view an earlier version of the product, select the version from the Product version menu.

Release notes and notices

Learn what’s new or changed for BMC Discovery 21.05, including new features, urgent issues, documentation updates, and fixes or patches.

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Date

Title

Summary

March 21, 2022    

Issues that were corrected by this patch and issues that remain open.

December 20, 2021

Issues that were corrected by this patch and issues that remain open.

October 25, 2021

Issues that were corrected by this patch and issues that remain open.


July 6, 2021

Issues that were corrected by this patch and issues that remain open.

With this patch release, the BMC Discovery Outpost is not updated. You must apply the July 2021 TKU, or later.

June 4, 2021

Issues that were corrected by this patch and issues that remain open.

You can only apply Technology Knowledge Update TKU 2021-Jun-2 or later to BMC Discovery 21.05 patch 1.

May 27, 2021

This release of BMC Discovery provides the following enhancements:

  • Discover Windows hosts using PowerShell. Use the new PowerShell credential in preference to using Windows credentials, such as WMI and RemQuery.
  • Discover container platforms like Kubernetes and OpenShift using API providers.
  • Improved SAAM (start anywhere application modeling) with a new ability to model Business Services and Business Services (Technical).
  • Support for new REST API endpoints for data import and general data manipulation.
  • Support for new TPL functions to handle JSON data and expose the node identity algorithm.
  • FIPS compliant and certified BMC Discovery Outpost and Windows proxies.

For additional information about this release, refer to the following topics:


Note

You can upgrade to version 21.05 only from versions 11.3.x or later. For information about supported upgrade versions, see Upgrading.



 

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