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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