Changes to Discovery commands

 

The following sections show the discovery command changes between BMC Discovery versions.

The following changes are not shown:

  • Entirely new discovery platforms
  • Changes to comments only
  • Commands which have been removed and not replaced
  • Changes to echo only statements

Discovery command changes from 21.3 to 22.1

macOS

getFileContent

The following code:

PRIV_TEST -f "${P}" -a -r "${P}"
if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
    echo "begin content:"
    PRIV_CAT "${P}" | sed -e 's/[^[:print:][:blank:]]//g;$a\'
fi

is replaced with:

PRIV_TEST -f "${P}" -a -r "${P}"
if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
    echo "begin content:"
    (PRIV_CAT "${P}" && echo) | sed -e 's/[^[:print:][:blank:]]//g'
fi

Solaris

getFileContent

The following code:

if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
    echo "begin content:"
    if [ -x /usr/xpg4/bin/sed ]; then
        PRIV_CAT "${P}" | /usr/xpg4/bin/sed -e 's/[^[:print:][:blank:]]//g'
    else
        PRIV_CAT "${P}"
        ch=`PRIV_CAT "${P}" | tail -1c`
        if [ -z "`echo "${ch}" | tr -d '\n'`" ]; then
            echo
        fi
    fi
fi

is replaced with:

if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
    echo "begin content:"
    if [ -x /usr/xpg4/bin/sed ]; then
        (PRIV_CAT "${P}" && echo) | /usr/xpg4/bin/sed -e 's/[^[:print:][:blank:]]//g'
    else
        PRIV_CAT "${P}" && echo
    fi
fi

getDeviceInfo

The following code:

ihn=`hostname 2>/dev/null`
echo 'hostname:' $ihn
fqdn=`check-hostname 2>/dev/null | awk '{print $NF}'`
echo 'fqdn:' $fqdn
dns_domain=`echo $fqdn | cut -d. -f2-`
if [ "$dns_domain" = "" -a -r /etc/resolv.conf ]; then
    dns_domain=`awk '/^(search|domain)/ { print $2; exit }' /etc/resolv.conf 2>/dev/null`
fi

is replaced with:

ihn=`hostname 2>/dev/null`
echo 'hostname:' $ihn
dns_domain=""
check_hostname=`check-hostname 2>/dev/null`
if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
    fqdn=`echo $check_hostname | awk '{print $NF}'`
    echo 'fqdn:' $fqdn
    dns_domain=`echo $fqdn | cut -d. -f2-`
fi
if [ "$dns_domain" = "" -a -r /etc/resolv.conf ]; then
    dns_domain=`awk '/^(search|domain)/ { print $2; exit }' /etc/resolv.conf 2>/dev/null`
fi

AIX

getFileContent

The following code:

PRIV_TEST -f "${P}" -a -r "${P}"
if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
    echo "begin content:"
    PRIV_CAT "${P}" | sed -e 's/[^[:print:][:blank:]]//g;$a\'
fi

is replaced with:

PRIV_TEST -f "${P}" -a -r "${P}"
if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
    echo "begin content:"
    (PRIV_CAT "${P}" && echo) | sed -e 's/[^[:print:][:blank:]]//g'
fi

IRIX

getFileContent

The following code:

PRIV_TEST -f "${P}" -a -r "${P}"
if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
    echo "begin content:"
    PRIV_CAT "${P}" | sed -e 's/[^[:print:][:blank:]]//g;$a\'
fi

is replaced with:

PRIV_TEST -f "${P}" -a -r "${P}"
if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
    echo "begin content:"
    (PRIV_CAT "${P}" && echo) | sed -e 's/[^[:print:][:blank:]]//g'
fi

VMware ESX

initialise

The following code:

    # Try Google Compute engine
    # see: https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/storing-retrieving-metadata
    TW_CLOUD_ID=`curl --connect-timeout 5 --max-time 10 --fail --header 'Metadata-Flavor: Google' http://metadata.google.internal/computeMetadata/v1/instance/id 2>/dev/null`
    if [ -n "$TW_CLOUD_ID" ]; then
        TW_CLOUD_PLATFORM=GCE
        TW_CLOUD_IMDS_CMD="curl --connect-timeout 5 --max-time 10 --fail --header 'Metadata-Flavor: Google' http://metadata.google.internal/computeMetadata/v1"
        return 0
    fi

is replaced with:

    # Try Google Compute engine
    # see: https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/storing-retrieving-metadata
    TW_CLOUD_ID=`curl --connect-timeout 5 --max-time 10 --fail --header Metadata-Flavor:Google http://metadata.google.internal/computeMetadata/v1/instance/id 2>/dev/null`
    if [ -n "$TW_CLOUD_ID" ]; then
        TW_CLOUD_PLATFORM=GCE
        TW_CLOUD_IMDS_CMD="curl --connect-timeout 5 --max-time 10 --fail --header Metadata-Flavor:Google http://metadata.google.internal/computeMetadata/v1"
        return 0
    fi

getFileContent

The following code:

PRIV_TEST -f "${P}" -a -r "${P}"
if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
    echo "begin content:"
    PRIV_CAT "${P}" | sed -e 's/[^[:print:][:blank:]]//g;$a\'
fi

is replaced with:

PRIV_TEST -f "${P}" -a -r "${P}"
if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
    echo "begin content:"
    (PRIV_CAT "${P}" && echo) | sed -e 's/[^[:print:][:blank:]]//g'
fi

getDeviceInfo

The following code:

os="VMware vCenter Server Appliance $version"
    fi
fi
# SuSE lsb_release does not provide service pack so prefer SuSE-release file
# However, this file is being deprecated so we will fallback to os-release
# (see below)

is replaced with:

os="VMware vCenter Server Appliance $version"
    fi
fi

# Before SuSE trying to detect Novell Open Enterprise Server (OES),
# Linux distribution based on SuSE Linux Enterprise Server.
if [ "$os" = "" -a -r /etc/novell-release ]; then
    os=`cat /etc/novell-release | egrep -v '^#'`
fi

# SuSE lsb_release does not provide service pack so prefer SuSE-release file
# However, this file is being deprecated so we will fallback to os-release
# (see below)

getHostInfo

The following code:

        echo "candidate_model[]: Google Compute Engine"
        echo "candidate_vendor[]: Google"

        # Get project IDs
        numeric_project_id=`$TW_CLOUD_IMDS_CMD/project/numeric-project-id 2>/dev/null`
        project_id=`$TW_CLOUD_IMDS_CMD/project/project-id 2>/dev/null`

is replaced with:

        echo "candidate_model[]: Google Compute Engine"
        echo "candidate_vendor[]: Google"

        # Get instance name
        instance_name=`$TW_CLOUD_IMDS_CMD/instance/name 2>/dev/null`
        if [ "$instance_name" != "" ]; then
            echo "gce_instance_name: $instance_name"
        fi

        # Get project IDs
        numeric_project_id=`$TW_CLOUD_IMDS_CMD/project/numeric-project-id 2>/dev/null`
        project_id=`$TW_CLOUD_IMDS_CMD/project/project-id 2>/dev/null`

HP-UX

getProcessList

The following code:

if [ `uname -r | cut -d. -f2` -eq 11 ]; then
        if [ `uname -r | cut -d. -f3` -ge 11 ]; then
                PS_X_OPT=x
        fi
fi
env UNIX95=1 ps -e${PS_X_OPT}o pid,ppid,uid,user,args 2>/dev/null

is replaced with:

if [ `uname -r | cut -d. -f2` -eq 11 ]; then
    if [ `uname -r | cut -d. -f3` -ge 11 ]; then
        PS_X_OPT=x
    fi
fi
env UNIX95=1 ps -e${PS_X_OPT}o pid,ppid,uid,user,args 2>/dev/null | egrep -v '^\ *[0-9]\ +[0-9]\ [0-9]\ +srp\ +'

 getFileContent

The following code:

PRIV_TEST -f "${P}" -a -r "${P}"
if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
    echo "begin content:"
    echo "`PRIV_CAT "${P}"`"
fi

is replaced with:

PRIV_TEST -f "${P}" -a -r "${P}"
if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
    echo "begin content:"
    (PRIV_CAT "${P}" && echo) | sed -e 's/[^[:print:][:blank:]]//g'
fi

UnixWare

getFileContent

The following code:

PRIV_TEST -f "${P}" -a -r "${P}"
if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
    echo "begin content:"
    PRIV_CAT "${P}" | sed -e 's/[^[:print:][:blank:]]//g;$a\'
fi

is replaced with:

PRIV_TEST -f "${P}" -a -r "${P}"
if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
    echo "begin content:"
    (PRIV_CAT "${P}" && echo) | sed -e 's/[^[:print:][:blank:]]//g'
fi

FreeBSD

The PATH has changed. The following code:

/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin

is replaced with:

/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/bin

The getPackageList method has been added.

getFileContent

The following code:

PRIV_TEST -f "${P}" -a -r "${P}"
if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
    echo "begin content:"
    PRIV_CAT "${P}" | sed -e 's/[^[:print:][:blank:]]//g;$a\'
fi

is replaced with:

PRIV_TEST -f "${P}" -a -r "${P}"
if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
    echo "begin content:"
    (PRIV_CAT "${P}" && echo) | sed -e 's/[^[:print:][:blank:]]//g'
fi

getHostInfo

The following code:

if [ -f /usr/sbin/dmidecode ]; then
    PRIV_DMIDECODE /usr/sbin/dmidecode 2>/dev/null | awk '/DMI type 1,/,/^Handle 0x0*[2-9]+0*/ {
        if( $1 ~ /Manufacturer:/ ) { sub(".*Manufacturer: *","");  printf( "candidate_vendor[]: %s\n", $0 ); }
        if( $1 ~ /Product/ && $2 ~ /Name:/ ) { sub(".*Product Name: *",""); printf( "candidate_model[]: %s\n", $0 ); }
        if( $1 ~ /Serial/ && $2 ~ /Number:/ ) { sub(".*Serial Number: *",""); printf( "serial: %s\n", $0 ); }

is replaced with:

if [ -f /usr/local/sbin/dmidecode ]; then
    PRIV_DMIDECODE /usr/local/sbin/dmidecode 2>/dev/null | awk '/DMI type 1,/,/^Handle 0x0*[2-9]+0*/ {
        if( $1 ~ /Manufacturer:/ ) { sub(".*Manufacturer: *","");  printf( "candidate_vendor[]: %s\n", $0 ); }
        if( $1 ~ /Product/ && $2 ~ /Name:/ ) { sub(".*Product Name: *",""); printf( "candidate_model[]: %s\n", $0 ); }
        if( $1 ~ /Serial/ && $2 ~ /Number:/ ) { sub(".*Serial Number: *",""); printf( "serial: %s\n", $0 ); }

Linux

initialise

The following code:

    # Try Google Compute engine
    # see: https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/storing-retrieving-metadata
    TW_CLOUD_ID=`curl --connect-timeout 5 --max-time 10 --fail --header 'Metadata-Flavor: Google' http://metadata.google.internal/computeMetadata/v1/instance/id 2>/dev/null`
    if [ -n "$TW_CLOUD_ID" ]; then
        TW_CLOUD_PLATFORM=GCE
        TW_CLOUD_IMDS_CMD="curl --connect-timeout 5 --max-time 10 --fail --header 'Metadata-Flavor: Google' http://metadata.google.internal/computeMetadata/v1"
        return 0
    fi

is replaced with:

    # Try Google Compute engine
    # see: https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/storing-retrieving-metadata
    TW_CLOUD_ID=`curl --connect-timeout 5 --max-time 10 --fail --header Metadata-Flavor:Google http://metadata.google.internal/computeMetadata/v1/instance/id 2>/dev/null`
    if [ -n "$TW_CLOUD_ID" ]; then
        TW_CLOUD_PLATFORM=GCE
        TW_CLOUD_IMDS_CMD="curl --connect-timeout 5 --max-time 10 --fail --header Metadata-Flavor:Google http://metadata.google.internal/computeMetadata/v1"
        return 0
    fi

getFileContent

The following code:

PRIV_TEST -f "${P}" -a -r "${P}"
if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
    echo "begin content:"
    PRIV_CAT "${P}" | sed -e 's/[^[:print:][:blank:]]//g;$a\'
fi

is replaced with:

PRIV_TEST -f "${P}" -a -r "${P}"
if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
    echo "begin content:"
    (PRIV_CAT "${P}" && echo) | sed -e 's/[^[:print:][:blank:]]//g'
fi

getDeviceInfo

The following code:

os="VMware vCenter Server Appliance $version"
    fi
fi
# SuSE lsb_release does not provide service pack so prefer SuSE-release file
# However, this file is being deprecated so we will fallback to os-release
# (see below)

is replaced with:

os="VMware vCenter Server Appliance $version"
    fi
fi

# Before SuSE trying to detect Novell Open Enterprise Server (OES),
# Linux distribution based on SuSE Linux Enterprise Server.
if [ "$os" = "" -a -r /etc/novell-release ]; then
    os=`cat /etc/novell-release | egrep -v '^#'`
fi

# SuSE lsb_release does not provide service pack so prefer SuSE-release file
# However, this file is being deprecated so we will fallback to os-release
# (see below)

getHostInfo

The following code:

        echo "candidate_model[]: Google Compute Engine"
        echo "candidate_vendor[]: Google"

        # Get project IDs
        numeric_project_id=`$TW_CLOUD_IMDS_CMD/project/numeric-project-id 2>/dev/null`
        project_id=`$TW_CLOUD_IMDS_CMD/project/project-id 2>/dev/null`

is replaced with:

        echo "candidate_model[]: Google Compute Engine"
        echo "candidate_vendor[]: Google"

        # Get instance name
        instance_name=`$TW_CLOUD_IMDS_CMD/instance/name 2>/dev/null`
        if [ "$instance_name" != "" ]; then
            echo "gce_instance_name: $instance_name"
        fi

        # Get project IDs
        numeric_project_id=`$TW_CLOUD_IMDS_CMD/project/numeric-project-id 2>/dev/null`
        project_id=`$TW_CLOUD_IMDS_CMD/project/project-id 2>/dev/null`

VMware ESXi

getFileContent

The following code:

PRIV_TEST -f "${P}" -a -r "${P}"
if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
    echo "begin content:"
    PRIV_CAT "${P}" | sed -e 's/[^[:print:][:blank:]]//g;$a\'
fi

is replaced with:

PRIV_TEST -f "${P}" -a -r "${P}"
if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
    echo "begin content:"
    (PRIV_CAT "${P}" && echo) | sed -e 's/[^[:print:][:blank:]]//g'
fi

Mainframe

The getNetworkConnection method has been added.

Tru64

getFileContent

The following code:

PRIV_TEST -f "${P}" -a -r "${P}"
if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
    echo "begin content:"
    PRIV_CAT "${P}" | sed -e 's/[^[:print:][:blank:]]//g;$a\'
fi

is replaced with:

PRIV_TEST -f "${P}" -a -r "${P}"
if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
    echo "begin content:"
    (PRIV_CAT "${P}" && echo) | sed -e 's/[^[:print:][:blank:]]//g'
fi

Windows

getFileSystems

The following code:

            "name: {0}" -f $part.Name
        }
        "kind: LOCAL"
    }
    elseif ($_.DriveType -eq 4) {
        "name: {0}" -f $_.ProviderName
        "kind: REMOTE"
    }

    "fs_type: {0}" -f $_.FileSystem

    $size = $_.Size / 1024
    $free = $_.FreeSpace / 1024
}

# Need PowerShell 3.0 or later and Server 2012 or later to use Get-SmbShare
if ($PSVersionTable.PSVersion.Major -ge 3 -And Get-Command Get-SmbShare -errorAction SilentlyContinue) {
    Get-SmbShare | ForEach-Object {
        # Skip non Path shared (IPC$)
        if (-Not $_.Path) {

is replaced with:

            "name: {0}" -f $part.Name
        }
        "kind: LOCAL"
        "fs_type: {0}" -f $_.FileSystem
    }
    elseif ($_.DriveType -eq 4) {
        "name: {0}" -f $_.ProviderName
        "kind: REMOTE"
        # Assume CIFS/SMB
        "fs_type: cifs"
    }
    $size = $_.Size / 1024
    $free = $_.FreeSpace / 1024
}

# Need PowerShell 3.0 or later and Server 2012 or later to use Get-SmbShare
$get_smbshare = false
if ($PSVersionTable.PSVersion.Major -ge 3) {
    $command = Get-Command Get-SmbShare -errorAction SilentlyContinue
    if ($command) {
        $get_smbshare = true
    }
}
if ($get_smbshare) {
    Get-SmbShare | ForEach-Object {
        # Skip non Path shared (IPC$)
        if (-Not $_.Path) {

getFileMetadata

The following code:

        # Get-FileHash requires PowerShell 4 or later
        if ($PSVersionTable.PSVersion.Major -ge 4) {
            $hash = Get-FileHash -Path $filepath -Algorithm MD5
            if ($hash) {
                "md5sum: {0}" -f $hash.Hash.ToLower()
            }
        } else {
            $hash = $null
        }
        if (-Not $hash) {
            $content = Get-Content -Path $filepath -Raw
            if ($content) {
                "begin content:"
                $content
            }
        }
        $found = $true

is replaced with:

        # Get-FileHash requires PowerShell 4 or later
        if ($PSVersionTable.PSVersion.Major -ge 4) {
            try {
                # MD5 will fail if Host has FIPS 140-2 mode enabled
                $hash = Get-FileHash -Path $filepath -Algorithm MD5 -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
                if ($hash) {
                    "md5sum: {0}" -f $hash.Hash.ToLower()
                }
            } catch {
            }
        }
        $found = $true

getHostInfo

The following code:

    "candidate_model[]: Google Compute Engine"
    "candidate_vendor[]: Google"

    # Get project IDs
    try {
        $numeric_project_id = Invoke-RestMethod -Headers @{"Metadata-Flavor" = "Google"} -Uri "http://metadata.google.internal/computeMetadata/v1/project/numeric-project-id" -Method get
...
        $network = Invoke-RestMethod -Headers @{"Metadata-Flavor" = "Google"} -Uri "http://metadata.google.internal/computeMetadata/v1/instance/network-interfaces/0/network" -Method get

        # Build scope from network by replacing the numeric project ID with the string value
        $scope -replace $numeric_project_id, $project_id
        "scope: {0}" -f $scope
    }
    catch {

is replaced with:

    "candidate_model[]: Google Compute Engine"
    "candidate_vendor[]: Google"

    # Get GCE instance name
    try {
        $instance_name = Invoke-RestMethod -Headers @{"Metadata-Flavor" = "Google"} -Uri "http://metadata.google.internal/computeMetadata/v1/instance/name" -Method get
        "gce_instance_name: {0}" -f $instance_name
    }
    catch {
        # Ignore errors
    }

    # Get project IDs
    try {
        $numeric_project_id = Invoke-RestMethod -Headers @{"Metadata-Flavor" = "Google"} -Uri "http://metadata.google.internal/computeMetadata/v1/project/numeric-project-id" -Method get
...
        $network = Invoke-RestMethod -Headers @{"Metadata-Flavor" = "Google"} -Uri "http://metadata.google.internal/computeMetadata/v1/instance/network-interfaces/0/network" -Method get

        # Build scope from network by replacing the numeric project ID with the string value
        $scope = $network -replace $numeric_project_id, $project_id
        "scope: {0}" -f $scope
    }
    catch {

NetBSD

PATH has changed. The following code:

/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin

is replaced with:

/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/bin

getFileContent

The following code:

PRIV_TEST -f "${P}" -a -r "${P}"
if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
    echo "begin content:"
    PRIV_CAT "${P}" | sed -e 's/[^[:print:][:blank:]]//g;$a\'
fi

is replaced with:

PRIV_TEST -f "${P}" -a -r "${P}"
if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
    echo "begin content:"
    (PRIV_CAT "${P}" && echo) | sed -e 's/[^[:print:][:blank:]]//g'
fi

getHostInfo

The following code:

if [ -f /usr/sbin/dmidecode ]; then
    PRIV_DMIDECODE /usr/sbin/dmidecode 2>/dev/null | awk '/DMI type 1,/,/^Handle 0x0*[2-9]+0*/ {
        if( $1 ~ /Manufacturer:/ ) { sub(".*Manufacturer: *","");  printf( "candidate_vendor[]: %s\n", $0 ); }
        if( $1 ~ /Product/ && $2 ~ /Name:/ ) { sub(".*Product Name: *",""); printf( "candidate_model[]: %s\n", $0 ); }
        if( $1 ~ /Serial/ && $2 ~ /Number:/ ) { sub(".*Serial Number: *",""); printf( "serial: %s\n", $0 ); }

is replaced with:

if [ -f /usr/pkg/sbin/dmidecode ]; then
    PRIV_DMIDECODE /usr/pkg/sbin/dmidecode 2>/dev/null | awk '/DMI type 1,/,/^Handle 0x0*[2-9]+0*/ {
        if( $1 ~ /Manufacturer:/ ) { sub(".*Manufacturer: *","");  printf( "candidate_vendor[]: %s\n", $0 ); }
        if( $1 ~ /Product/ && $2 ~ /Name:/ ) { sub(".*Product Name: *",""); printf( "candidate_model[]: %s\n", $0 ); }
        if( $1 ~ /Serial/ && $2 ~ /Number:/ ) { sub(".*Serial Number: *",""); printf( "serial: %s\n", $0 ); }

OpenBSD

PATH has changed. The following code:

/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin

is replaced with:

/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/bin

getFileContent

The following code:

PRIV_TEST -f "${P}" -a -r "${P}"
if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
    echo "begin content:"
    PRIV_CAT "${P}" | sed -e 's/[^[:print:][:blank:]]//g;$a\'
fi

is replaced with:

PRIV_TEST -f "${P}" -a -r "${P}"
if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
    echo "begin content:"
    (PRIV_CAT "${P}" && echo) | sed -e 's/[^[:print:][:blank:]]//g'
fi

getHostInfo

The following code:

if [ -f /usr/sbin/dmidecode ]; then
    PRIV_DMIDECODE /usr/sbin/dmidecode 2>/dev/null | awk '/DMI type 1,/,/^Handle 0x0*[2-9]+0*/ {
        if( $1 ~ /Manufacturer:/ ) { sub(".*Manufacturer: *","");  printf( "candidate_vendor[]: %s\n", $0 ); }
        if( $1 ~ /Product/ && $2 ~ /Name:/ ) { sub(".*Product Name: *",""); printf( "candidate_model[]: %s\n", $0 ); }
        if( $1 ~ /Serial/ && $2 ~ /Number:/ ) { sub(".*Serial Number: *",""); printf( "serial: %s\n", $0 ); }

is replaced with:

    PRIV_DMIDECODE /usr/local/sbin/dmidecode 2>/dev/null | awk '/DMI type 1,/,/^Handle 0x0*[2-9]+0*/ {
        if( $1 ~ /Manufacturer:/ ) { sub(".*Manufacturer: *","");  printf( "candidate_vendor[]: %s\n", $0 ); }
        if( $1 ~ /Product/ && $2 ~ /Name:/ ) { sub(".*Product Name: *",""); printf( "candidate_model[]: %s\n", $0 ); }
        if( $1 ~ /Serial/ && $2 ~ /Number:/ ) { sub(".*Serial Number: *",""); printf( "serial: %s\n", $0 ); }

 

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