22.2 enhancements and patches

BMC Discovery 22.2 (12.5) runs on CentOS 7 or Red Hat Enterprise Linux. You can upgrade directly to BMC Discovery version 22.2 (12.5) from version 20.02 (12.0) and later if you retain the same OS. To move from CentOS 7 to Red Hat Enterprise Linux, you must install BMC Discovery 22.2 (12.5) on Red Hat Enterprise Linux and then migrate your data. To migrate your data, you must back up the CentOS based appliance and restore it to a new BMC Discovery appliance running on Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

To move from Red Hat Enterprise Linux to CentOS, you must install BMC Discovery 22.2 (12.5) on CentOS and then migrate your data.

Related topics

Installing-from-the-Kickstart-DVD

Installing-the-virtual-appliance

Known-and-corrected-issues

Release-notes-and-notices

Deprecated featuresBMC Discovery training and certification

If you are new to BMC Discovery, we recommend that you see Getting-started as an introduction to using the product.

Review the BMC Discovery 22.2 (12.5) enhancements and patches for features that will benefit your organization and to understand changes that might impact your users.

Version	Fixed issues	Updates and enhancements
22.2.0.2	Known-and-corrected-issues	After applying patch 2, make sure that you also apply the TKU November 2022 (TKU 2022-Nov-3) available on the BMC Electronic Product Distribution website. The content of the Nov-3 TKU is the same as that in the Nov-2 TKU, but its revision number ensures that the BMC Discovery Outpost you download from the UI is from the TKU (a later build) rather than the patch (a slightly earlier build).
22.2.0.1	Known-and-corrected-issues	After applying patch 1, make sure that you also apply the TKU July 2022 (TKU 2022-Jul-2) available on the BMC Electronic Product Distribution website.
22.2.00 (12.5)	Known-and-corrected-issues	22.2.00 enhancements

For instructions about upgrading to 22.2 patches, see Upgrading.

Manage credentials on BMC Discovery Outpost by using REST API

The BMC Discovery Outpost has a REST API that you can use to manage credentials. This REST API enables you to automate the addition, update, and removal of credentials on the BMC Discovery Outpost. For more information, see Using the REST APIs.

Manage scheduled scans and exclude ranges by using an enhanced REST API

An enhanced REST API enables you to manage scheduled scans and exclude ranges. This enhancement benefits you in the following ways:

You can automate the addition, update, and removal of scheduled scans in the same way as you have been able to run immediate scans.
You can automate the addition, update, and removal of exclude ranges.

Improved disk usage monitoring

You can monitor disk usage of partitions on the BMC Discovery appliance. A UI banner is displayed when a configured threshold limit is reached for three parameters, warning, stop discovery, and shutdown services. The new disk monitor operates in addition to the existing baseline feature. This enhancement benefits you in the following ways:

Improved disk usage monitoring saves you from full disks and complex recovery procedures.
All file systems are monitored.
You can configure notifications and thresholds.
Standard thresholds make the system safe by default.

For more information, see Configuring disk monitoring options.

Discover Windows EC2 hosts by using AWS Systems Manager API

The discovery of Windows EC2 hosts by using the AWS Systems Manager API is available. For more information, see Discovering-EC2-hosts-by-using-AWS-Systems-Manager.

Change of supported OS for BMC Discovery Outpost

The npcap tool used in the component of the BMC Discovery Outpost has been upgraded to version 1.60. Npcap 1.60 causes instability in Windows Server 2012 R2. Before upgrading to BMC Discovery 22.2 (12.5) you should upgrade any BMC Discovery Outpost hosts to Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2019, or Windows Server 2022.