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Important This documentation space contains information about the on-premises version of BMC Helix Discovery. If you are using the SaaS version of BMC Helix Discovery, see BMC Helix Discovery (SaaS).

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 23.3 to 24.1

FreeBSD

initialise

The following code:

# Stop alias commands changing behaviour.
unalias -a
# Insulate against systems with -u set by default.
set +u

is replaced with:

# Stop alias commands changing behaviour.
unalias -a

# egrep is deprecated
alias egrep='grep -E'

# Insulate against systems with -u set by default.
set +u

Mac OS X

initialise

The following code:

  
# Stop alias commands changing behaviour.
unalias -a

# Insulate against systems with -u set by default.
set +u

is replaced with:

# Stop alias commands changing behaviour.
unalias -a

# egrep is deprecated
alias egrep='grep -E'

# Insulate against systems with -u set by default.
set +u

NetBSD

initialise

The following code:

  
 # Stop alias commands changing behaviour.
 unalias -a

 # Insulate against systems with -u set by default.
 set +u
 

is replaced with:

# Stop alias commands changing behaviour.
unalias -a

# egrep is deprecated
alias egrep='grep -E'

# Insulate against systems with -u set by default.
set +u

HPUX

initialise

The following code:

  
# Stop alias commands changing behaviour.
unalias -a

# Insulate against systems with -u set by default.
set +u

is replaced with:

# Stop alias commands changing behaviour.
unalias -a

# egrep is deprecated
alias egrep='grep -E'

# Insulate against systems with -u set by default.
set +u

Solaris

getDeviceInfo

The following code:

 
if [ $os_ver -ge 11 ]; then
    os=`pkg info entire 2>/dev/null | grep "Version:" | awk 'NR > 1 {print $1}' RS='(' FS=')'`
    if [ "$os" = "" ]; then
        os=`pkg info entire 2>/dev/null | awk '/Branch:/ {print $2}' | nawk -F. '{printf "Oracle Solaris 11.%s.%s.%s.%s", $3, $4, $6, $7;}'`
    fi
fi
if [ "$os" = "" -a -r /etc/release ]; then

is replaced with:

if [ $os_ver -ge 11 ]; then
    os=`pkg info entire 2>/dev/null | grep "Version:" | awk 'NR > 1 {print $1}' RS='(' FS=')'`
    if [ "$os" = "" ]; then
        os=`pkg info entire 2>/dev/null | awk '/Branch:/ {print $2}' | nawk -F. '{
            if( $1 == 0 ) {printf "Oracle Solaris 11.%s.%s.%s.%s", $3, $4, $6, $7;}
            if( $1 == 11 ) {printf "Oracle Solaris 11.%s.%s.%s.%s.%s.%s", $2, $3, $4, $5, $6, $7;}}'`
    fi
fi
if [ "$os" = "" -a -r /etc/release ]; then

getProcessList

The following code:

 
if [ $os_ver -ge 11 ]; then
    PRIV_PS /usr/bin/ps axww 2>/dev/null
    if [ $os_ver -eq 11 ]; then
        os_rev=`pkg list entire | cut -d. -f5 | grep [0-9]+`
        if [ $os_rev -gt 3 ]; then
            RUN_PARGS=0
        elif [ $os_rev -eq 3 ]; then
            os_sru_major=`pkg list entire | cut -d. -f6 | grep [0-9]+`
            os_sru_minor=`pkg list entire | cut -d. -f7 | grep [0-9]+`
            if [ $os_sru_major -gt 5 -o $os_sru_major -eq 5 -a $os_sru_minor -ge 6 ]; then
                RUN_PARGS=0
            fi

is replaced with:

if [ $os_ver -ge 11 ]; then
    PRIV_PS /usr/bin/ps axww 2>/dev/null
    if [ $os_ver -eq 11 ]; then
        os_rev=`pkg list entire | cut -d. -f5 | egrep [0-9]+`
        if [ $os_rev -gt 3 ]; then
            RUN_PARGS=0
        elif [ $os_rev -eq 3 ]; then
            os_sru_major=`pkg list entire | cut -d. -f6 | egrep [0-9]+`
            os_sru_minor=`pkg list entire | cut -d. -f7 | egrep [0-9]+`
            if [ $os_sru_major -gt 5 -o $os_sru_major -eq 5 -a $os_sru_minor -ge 6 ]; then
                RUN_PARGS=0
            fi

VMware ESX

getDeviceInfo

The following code:

 
    os=`cat /etc/novell-release | grep -Ev '^#'`
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)
if [ "$os" = "" -a -r /etc/SuSE-release ]; then
    os=`cat /etc/SuSE-release | grep -Ev '^#'`
fi
if [ "$os" = "" -a -r /etc/photon-release ]; then
    os=`cat /etc/photon-release`
fi
if [ "$os" = "" -a -r /etc/debian_version ]; then
    ver=`cat /etc/debian_version`
    os="Debian Linux $ver"
    if [ -r /etc/system-release ]; then
        igel_os=`grep 'IGEL OS' /etc/system-release`
        if [ "$igel_os" != "" ]; then
            os=$igel_os
        fi
    fi
fi
if [ "$os" = "" -a -x /usr/bin/lsb_release ]; then
    # We'd like to use -ds but that puts quotes in the output!

is replaced with:

    os=`cat /etc/novell-release | grep -Ev '^#'`
fi

# SuSE lsb_release does not provide service pack for older versions so prefer
# SuSE-release file. However, SuSE-release is being deprecated so we will only
# use it if os-release does not exist (see below).
if [ "$os" = "" ] && [ -r /etc/SuSE-release ] && [ ! -r /etc/os-release ]; then
    os=`cat /etc/SuSE-release | grep -Ev '^#'`
fi
if [ "$os" = "" -a -r /etc/photon-release ]; then
    os=`cat /etc/photon-release`
fi
if [ "$os" = "" -a -x /usr/bin/lsb_release ]; then
    # We'd like to use -ds but that puts quotes in the output!

The following code:

 
            if [ "$igel_os" != "" ]; then
                os=$igel_os
            fi
        fi
    fi
fi

is replaced with:

            if [ "$igel_os" != "" ]; then
                os=$igel_os
            fi
        elif [ `echo "$os" | grep -o "Debian"` ] && [ -r /etc/debian_version ]; then
            ver=`cat /etc/debian_version`
            os="Debian Linux $ver"
        fi
    fi
fi

The following code:

 
        os=`cat /etc/oracle-release`
    fi
fi
if [ "$os" = "" -a -r /etc/mandrake-release ]; then
    os=`cat /etc/mandrake-release`
fi
if [ "$os" = "" -a -r /etc/os-release ]; then
    # Use os-release for SuSE (if SuSE-release wasn't present, above), Container Linux, Google COS
    os_id=`grep -E ^ID= /etc/os-release | cut -s -f2 '-d"'`
    if [ "$os_id" = "" ]; then
        os_id=`grep -E ^ID= /etc/os-release | cut -f2 -d=`
    fi
    if [ "$os_id" = "sles" -o "$os_id" = "opensuse" -o "$os_id" = "sle_hpc" -o "$os_id" = "coreos" -o "$os_id" = "cos" ]; then
        os=`grep -E ^PRETTY_NAME /etc/os-release | cut -f2 '-d"'`
        if [ "$os_id" = "cos" ]; then
            extra=`grep -E '(VERSION|BUILD_ID)=' /etc/os-release`

is replaced with:

        os=`cat /etc/oracle-release`
    fi
fi
if [ "$os" = "" -a -r /etc/debian_version ]; then
    ver=`cat /etc/debian_version`
    os="Debian Linux $ver"
    if [ -r /etc/system-release ]; then
        igel_os=`grep 'IGEL OS' /etc/system-release`
        if [ "$igel_os" != "" ]; then
            os=$igel_os
        fi
    fi
fi
if [ "$os" = "" -a -r /etc/mandrake-release ]; then
    os=`cat /etc/mandrake-release`
fi
if [ "$os" = "" -a -r /etc/os-release ]; then
    # Use os-release for SuSE (if SuSE-release wasn't present, above),
    # Container Linux, Google COS, Alpine
    os_id=`grep -E ^ID= /etc/os-release | cut -s -f2 '-d"'`
    if [ "$os_id" = "" ]; then
        os_id=`grep -E ^ID= /etc/os-release | cut -f2 -d=`
    fi
    if [ "$os_id" = "sles" -o "$os_id" = "opensuse" -o "$os_id" = "sle_hpc" -o "$os_id" = "coreos" -o "$os_id" = "cos" -o "$os_id" = "alpine" ]; then
        os=`grep -E ^PRETTY_NAME /etc/os-release | cut -f2 '-d"'`
        if [ "$os_id" = "cos" ]; then
            extra=`grep -E '(VERSION|BUILD_ID)=' /etc/os-release`

getHostInfo

The following code:

 
if [ -f /usr/sbin/hwinfo ]; then
    PRIV_HWINFO /usr/sbin/hwinfo --bios 2>/dev/null | sed -n '/System Info:/,/Info:/p' | awk '
    $1 ~ /Manufacturer:/ { sub(".*Manufacturer: *", ""); gsub("\"", ""); printf("candidate_vendor[]: %s\n", $0); }
    $1 ~ /Product:/ { sub(".*Product: *", ""); gsub("\"", ""); printf("candidate_model[]: %s\n", $0); }
    $1 ~ /Serial:/ { sub(".*Serial: *", ""); gsub("\"", ""); printf("candidate_serial[]: %s\n", $0); }

is replaced with:

if [ -f /usr/sbin/hwinfo ]; then
    PRIV_HWINFO /usr/sbin/hwinfo --bios 2>/dev/null | sed -n '/System Info:/,/Info:/p' | awk '
    $0 ~ /"UNKNOWN"/ {exit;}
    $1 ~ /Manufacturer:/ { sub(".*Manufacturer: *", ""); gsub("\"", ""); printf("candidate_vendor[]: %s\n", $0); }
    $1 ~ /Product:/ { sub(".*Product: *", ""); gsub("\"", ""); printf("candidate_model[]: %s\n", $0); }
    $1 ~ /Serial:/ { sub(".*Serial: *", ""); gsub("\"", ""); printf("candidate_serial[]: %s\n", $0); }

The following code:

 
if [ -f /usr/sbin/lshw ]; then
    # We only want the first items reported to avoid picking up pnp devices
    PRIV_LSHW /usr/sbin/lshw -class system -quiet 2>/dev/null | awk '
    BEGIN { found_vendor=0; found_product=0; found_serial=0; }
    $1 ~ /vendor:/ && !found_vendor { sub(".*vendor: *", ""); gsub("\"", ""); printf("candidate_vendor[]: %s\n", $0); found_vendor=1; }
    $1 ~ /product:/ && !found_product { sub(".*product: *", ""); gsub("\"", ""); printf("candidate_model[]: %s\n", $0); found_product=1; }
    $1 ~ /serial:/ && !found_serial { sub(".*serial: *", ""); gsub("\"", ""); printf("candidate_serial[]: %s\n", $0); found_serial=1; } '

is replaced with:

if [ -f /usr/sbin/lshw ]; then
    # We only want the first items reported to avoid picking up pnp devices
    # Without superuser privileges, lshw still reports information about PnP devices
    # that might cause issues with model detection.
    # Hence, we stop processing if we see the warning: "WARNING:".
    PRIV_LSHW /usr/sbin/lshw -class system -quiet 2>&1 | awk '
    BEGIN { found_vendor=0; found_product=0; found_serial=0; }
    $1 ~ /WARNING:/ {exit;}
    $1 ~ /vendor:/ && !found_vendor { sub(".*vendor: *", ""); gsub("\"", ""); printf("candidate_vendor[]: %s\n", $0); found_vendor=1; }
    $1 ~ /product:/ && !found_product { sub(".*product: *", ""); gsub("\"", ""); printf("candidate_model[]: %s\n", $0); found_product=1; }
    $1 ~ /serial:/ && !found_serial { sub(".*serial: *", ""); gsub("\"", ""); printf("candidate_serial[]: %s\n", $0); found_serial=1; } '

The following code:

 
        else
            echo "candidate_model[]: Oracle Compute Instance"
        fi
        echo "candidate_vendor[]: Oracle"

    elif [ "$TW_CLOUD_PLATFORM" = "OPENSTACK" ]; then
        echo "openstack_instance_id: $TW_CLOUD_ID"

is replaced with:

        else
            echo "candidate_model[]: Oracle Compute Instance"
        fi
        echo "vendor: Oracle"

    elif [ "$TW_CLOUD_PLATFORM" = "OPENSTACK" ]; then
        echo "openstack_instance_id: $TW_CLOUD_ID"

initialise

The following code:

  
# Stop alias commands changing behaviour.
unalias -a

# Insulate against systems with -u set by default.
set +u

is replaced with:

# Stop alias commands changing behaviour.
unalias -a

# egrep is deprecated
alias egrep='grep -E'

# Insulate against systems with -u set by default.
set +u

Linux

getDeviceInfo

The following code:

 
    os=`cat /etc/novell-release | grep -Ev '^#'`
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)
if [ "$os" = "" -a -r /etc/SuSE-release ]; then
    os=`cat /etc/SuSE-release | grep -Ev '^#'`
fi
if [ "$os" = "" -a -r /etc/photon-release ]; then
    os=`cat /etc/photon-release`
fi
if [ "$os" = "" -a -r /etc/debian_version ]; then
    ver=`cat /etc/debian_version`
    os="Debian Linux $ver"
    if [ -r /etc/system-release ]; then
        igel_os=`grep 'IGEL OS' /etc/system-release`
        if [ "$igel_os" != "" ]; then
            os=$igel_os
        fi
    fi
fi
if [ "$os" = "" -a -x /usr/bin/lsb_release ]; then
    # We'd like to use -ds but that puts quotes in the output!

is replaced with:

    os=`cat /etc/novell-release | grep -Ev '^#'`
fi

# SuSE lsb_release does not provide service pack for older versions so prefer
# SuSE-release file. However, SuSE-release is being deprecated so we will only
# use it if os-release does not exist (see below).
if [ "$os" = "" ] && [ -r /etc/SuSE-release ] && [ ! -r /etc/os-release ]; then
    os=`cat /etc/SuSE-release | grep -Ev '^#'`
fi
if [ "$os" = "" -a -r /etc/photon-release ]; then
    os=`cat /etc/photon-release`
fi
if [ "$os" = "" -a -x /usr/bin/lsb_release ]; then
    # We'd like to use -ds but that puts quotes in the output!

The following code:

             if [ "$igel_os" != "" ]; then
                os=$igel_os
            fi
        fi
    fi
fi 

is replaced with:

            if [ "$igel_os" != "" ]; then
                os=$igel_os
            fi
        elif [ `echo "$os" | grep -o "Debian"` ] && [ -r /etc/debian_version ]; then
            ver=`cat /etc/debian_version`
            os="Debian Linux $ver"
        fi
    fi
fi

The following code:

 
        os=`cat /etc/oracle-release`
    fi
fi
if [ "$os" = "" -a -r /etc/mandrake-release ]; then
    os=`cat /etc/mandrake-release`
fi
if [ "$os" = "" -a -r /etc/os-release ]; then
    # Use os-release for SuSE (if SuSE-release wasn't present, above), Container Linux, Google COS
    os_id=`grep -E ^ID= /etc/os-release | cut -s -f2 '-d"'`
    if [ "$os_id" = "" ]; then
        os_id=`grep -E ^ID= /etc/os-release | cut -f2 -d=`
    fi
    if [ "$os_id" = "sles" -o "$os_id" = "opensuse" -o "$os_id" = "sle_hpc" -o "$os_id" = "coreos" -o "$os_id" = "cos" ]; then
        os=`grep -E ^PRETTY_NAME /etc/os-release | cut -f2 '-d"'`
        if [ "$os_id" = "cos" ]; then
            extra=`grep -E '(VERSION|BUILD_ID)=' /etc/os-release`

is replaced with:

        os=`cat /etc/oracle-release`
    fi
fi
if [ "$os" = "" -a -r /etc/debian_version ]; then
    ver=`cat /etc/debian_version`
    os="Debian Linux $ver"
    if [ -r /etc/system-release ]; then
        igel_os=`grep 'IGEL OS' /etc/system-release`
        if [ "$igel_os" != "" ]; then
            os=$igel_os
        fi
    fi
fi
if [ "$os" = "" -a -r /etc/mandrake-release ]; then
    os=`cat /etc/mandrake-release`
fi
if [ "$os" = "" -a -r /etc/os-release ]; then
    # Use os-release for SuSE (if SuSE-release wasn't present, above),
    # Container Linux, Google COS, Alpine
    os_id=`grep -E ^ID= /etc/os-release | cut -s -f2 '-d"'`
    if [ "$os_id" = "" ]; then
        os_id=`grep -E ^ID= /etc/os-release | cut -f2 -d=`
    fi
    if [ "$os_id" = "sles" -o "$os_id" = "opensuse" -o "$os_id" = "sle_hpc" -o "$os_id" = "coreos" -o "$os_id" = "cos" -o "$os_id" = "alpine" ]; then
        os=`grep -E ^PRETTY_NAME /etc/os-release | cut -f2 '-d"'`
        if [ "$os_id" = "cos" ]; then
            extra=`grep -E '(VERSION|BUILD_ID)=' /etc/os-release`

getHostInfo

The following code:

 
fi
if [ -f /usr/sbin/hwinfo ]; then
    PRIV_HWINFO /usr/sbin/hwinfo --bios 2>/dev/null | sed -n '/System Info:/,/Info:/p' | awk '
    $1 ~ /Manufacturer:/ { sub(".*Manufacturer: *", ""); gsub("\"", ""); printf("candidate_vendor[]: %s\n", $0); }
    $1 ~ /Product:/ { sub(".*Product: *", ""); gsub("\"", ""); printf("candidate_model[]: %s\n", $0); }
    $1 ~ /Serial:/ { sub(".*Serial: *", ""); gsub("\"", ""); printf("candidate_serial[]: %s\n", $0); }

is replaced with:

fi
if [ -f /usr/sbin/hwinfo ]; then
    PRIV_HWINFO /usr/sbin/hwinfo --bios 2>/dev/null | sed -n '/System Info:/,/Info:/p' | awk '
    $0 ~ /"UNKNOWN"/ {exit;}
    $1 ~ /Manufacturer:/ { sub(".*Manufacturer: *", ""); gsub("\"", ""); printf("candidate_vendor[]: %s\n", $0); }
    $1 ~ /Product:/ { sub(".*Product: *", ""); gsub("\"", ""); printf("candidate_model[]: %s\n", $0); }
    $1 ~ /Serial:/ { sub(".*Serial: *", ""); gsub("\"", ""); printf("candidate_serial[]: %s\n", $0); }

The following code:

 
fi
if [ -f /usr/sbin/lshw ]; then
    # We only want the first items reported to avoid picking up pnp devices
    PRIV_LSHW /usr/sbin/lshw -class system -quiet 2>/dev/null | awk '
    BEGIN { found_vendor=0; found_product=0; found_serial=0; }
    $1 ~ /vendor:/ && !found_vendor { sub(".*vendor: *", ""); gsub("\"", ""); printf("candidate_vendor[]: %s\n", $0); found_vendor=1; }
    $1 ~ /product:/ && !found_product { sub(".*product: *", ""); gsub("\"", ""); printf("candidate_model[]: %s\n", $0); found_product=1; }
    $1 ~ /serial:/ && !found_serial { sub(".*serial: *", ""); gsub("\"", ""); printf("candidate_serial[]: %s\n", $0); found_serial=1; } '

is replaced with:

fi
if [ -f /usr/sbin/lshw ]; then
    # We only want the first items reported to avoid picking up pnp devices
    # Without superuser privileges, lshw still reports information about PnP devices
    # that might cause issues with model detection.
    # Hence, we stop processing if we see the warning: "WARNING:".
    PRIV_LSHW /usr/sbin/lshw -class system -quiet 2>&1 | awk '
    BEGIN { found_vendor=0; found_product=0; found_serial=0; }
    $1 ~ /WARNING:/ {exit;}
    $1 ~ /vendor:/ && !found_vendor { sub(".*vendor: *", ""); gsub("\"", ""); printf("candidate_vendor[]: %s\n", $0); found_vendor=1; }
    $1 ~ /product:/ && !found_product { sub(".*product: *", ""); gsub("\"", ""); printf("candidate_model[]: %s\n", $0); found_product=1; }
    $1 ~ /serial:/ && !found_serial { sub(".*serial: *", ""); gsub("\"", ""); printf("candidate_serial[]: %s\n", $0); found_serial=1; } '

The following code:

        else
            echo "candidate_model[]: Oracle Compute Instance"
        fi
        echo "candidate_vendor[]: Oracle"

    elif [ "$TW_CLOUD_PLATFORM" = "OPENSTACK" ]; then
        echo "openstack_instance_id: $TW_CLOUD_ID"

is replaced with:

        else
            echo "candidate_model[]: Oracle Compute Instance"
        fi
        echo "vendor: Oracle"

    elif [ "$TW_CLOUD_PLATFORM" = "OPENSTACK" ]; then
        echo "openstack_instance_id: $TW_CLOUD_ID"

initialise

The following code:

  
# Stop alias commands changing behaviour.
unalias -a

# Insulate against systems with -u set by default.
set +u

is replaced with:

# Stop alias commands changing behaviour.
unalias -a

# egrep is deprecated
alias egrep='grep -E'

# Insulate against systems with -u set by default.
set +u

Windows

getRegistryValue

The following code:

 
};

if ($value -ne $null) {
    if ($value -is [Byte[]]) {
        # REG_BINARY
        "value: {0}" -f (($value | ForEach-Object toString X2) -join '');

is replaced with:

};

if ($value -ne $null) {
    # type MUST be reported before value
    "type: {0}" -f ($value.GetType()).Name;

    if ($value -is [Byte[]]) {
        # REG_BINARY
        "value: {0}" -f (($value | ForEach-Object toString X2) -join '');

The following code:

 
    else {
        "value: {0}" -f $value;
    }
    "type: {0}" -f ($value.GetType()).Name;
} else {
    "REGISTRY VALUE NOT FOUND";
}

is replaced with:

    else {
        "value: {0}" -f $value;
    }
} else {
    "REGISTRY VALUE NOT FOUND";
}

runWMIQuery

The following code:

 
                        "{0}: \\{1}\{2}:{3}.{4}={5}" -f ($_.Name, $env:ComputerName, $namespace, $match.Matches.Groups[1].Value, $match.Matches.Groups[2].Value, $match.Matches.Groups[3].Value)
                    }
                    # Handle CimInstance object instance properties to match proxy
                    elseif ($_.GetType().Name -eq "CimInstance") {
                        # Convert object to JSON format
                        "{0}: [{1}] JSON:{2}" -f $_.Name, $_.Value.GetType().Name, ($_.Value.CimInstanceProperties | ConvertTo-JSON -Compress)
                    }

is replaced with:

                        "{0}: \\{1}\{2}:{3}.{4}={5}" -f ($_.Name, $env:ComputerName, $namespace, $match.Matches.Groups[1].Value, $match.Matches.Groups[2].Value, $match.Matches.Groups[3].Value)
                    }
                    # Handle CimInstance object instance properties to match proxy
                    elseif ($_.Value.GetType().Name -eq "CimInstance") {
                        # Convert object to JSON format
                        "{0}: [{1}] JSON:{2}" -f $_.Name, $_.Value.GetType().Name, ($_.Value.CimInstanceProperties | ConvertTo-JSON -Compress)
                    }

AIX

initialise

The following code:

  
# Stop alias commands changing behaviour.
unalias -a

# Insulate against systems with -u set by default.
set +u

is replaced with:

# Stop alias commands changing behaviour.
unalias -a

# egrep is deprecated
alias egrep='grep -E'

# Insulate against systems with -u set by default.
set +u

OpenBSD

initialise

The following code:

  
# Stop alias commands changing behaviour.
unalias -a

# Insulate against systems with -u set by default.
set +u

is replaced with:

# Stop alias commands changing behaviour.
unalias -a

# egrep is deprecated
alias egrep='grep -E'

# Insulate against systems with -u set by default.
set +u





 

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