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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).

PREM BMC Discovery

PREM BMC Discovery

The goal of BMC Discovery is to automate asset discovery and identify systems in the network and obtain relevant information from them as quickly as possible and with the lowest impact, using a variety of different tools and techniques to communicate. 

Release notes and notices Updated 02 Mar 2026


Learn what’s new or changed for BMC Discovery 24.3 (14.1), including new features, urgent issues, documentation updates, and fixes or patches.

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 BMC Helix CMDB Release notes

 

DateSummaryReference
March 2, 2026 Issues that were corrected by 24.3 patch 3 and issues that remain open. 24.3 enhancements
August 18, 2025 Issues that were corrected by 24.3 patch 2 and issues that remain open. 24.3 enhancements
January 16, 2025 Issues that were corrected by 24.3 patch 1 and issues that remain open. 24.3 enhancements
September 18, 2024 

The following enhancements are available in this release of BMC Discovery:

  • Synchronization and consolidation of the inferred model is primarily to synchronize data from existing on-premises BMC Discovery appliances into the BMC Helix ecosystem, where other products, such as BMC Helix AIOPs, can use BMC Discovery's rich data.
  • Support for vCenter SSO authentication for VMware guest scanning. This removes the need for individual sets of VMware guest credentials for deep guest OS discovery.
  • Automatic discovery of cloud-based Kubernetes clusters occurs by default when you scan your supported cloud services.
  • Select and export any combination of credentials from the credentials page and export single credentials or the entire credentials vault.
  • Management endpoints in the REST API to automate common setup tasks.
  • An administrative user can delete queries saved by other users.
  • The Visual Query Builder supports queries with parameters, and copying selected columns when you create a query.
  • A Prescan IPs option allows you to scan ranges that you know contain many network devices that do not respond to prescans and are not added to full scans. The scan returns NoResponse DAs for dark space but successfully detects everything else.
  • TPL template files are provided for sync mapping extensions for Azure services.
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You can upgrade to version 24.3 (14.1) from version 12.3 or later. For information about the upgrade, see Upgrading.

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Getting started

Intended for anyone who is starting to evaluate, use, or deploy BMC Discovery.

Planning

Plan an installation based on recommended sizing and system requirements, performance tuning and benchmarks, and licensing entitlement.

Installing

Install the product and learn how to migrate the product data.

Upgrading

Perform pre-upgrade tasks, upgrade BMC Discovery, Windows proxies, and BMC Discovery Outpost, and perform post-upgrade configuration.

Service and application modeling

As a regular user, get a quick and easy approach to service and application modeling, which enables you to choose any entry points into an application or service, and begin modeling from there.

BMC Discovery Outpost

Know about BMC Discovery Outpost, the application software that runs as a lightweight Windows service on a dedicated Windows server in your data center or on a public cloud for the discovery of all types of devices.

Security

As a network administrator, learn about security audits, firewall ports, and more to ensure a secure installation of BMC Discovery.

Integrating

As a user or administrator, explore how you can integrate BMC Discovery with other products.

Using

As a user or administrator, understand the standard pages and methods of navigating the BMC Discovery UI.

Administering

As an administrator, manage users and groups, clusters, licenses, and more in BMC Discovery.

Developing

As a developer, access information describing the TPL and node lifecycle.

Troubleshooting

Resolve common issues or errors, review logs, or contact Support.

BMC Discovery content reference

As a user, explore the products that BMC Discovery can discover and know about the monthly TKU updates.
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EducationBMC Training and Certification

PDFs and videos

Get a list of all the videos and a PDF version of the BMC Discovery documentation.

FAQ

Find answers to the most frequently asked questions about BMC Discovery.

Related documentation

See the documentation of products related to BMC Discovery.

 

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BMC Helix Discovery 24.3 (On-Premises)