Tideway Knowledge Update 2008-Jul-1

The Tideway Knowledge Update 2008-Jul-1 (TKU 2008 July 1) is a deliverable for Tideway Foundation platform version 7.1 and later.

Release Compatibility

TKU 2008-Jul-1 has been tested and verified against Tideway Foundation version 7.1 and 7.1.5. This TKU cannot be uploaded on a version 7.0.x appliance.

Installation and Upgrade

Installation and upgrade instructions are provided here.

New Software Instance Patterns

Vendor

Product

Category

Platforms

Instances

Versioning

Module

BEA

AquaLogic Enterprise Security

Identity and Access Management

Windows, Unix

Y

Y

Borland

StarTeam

Software Configuration Management Tools

Windows, Unix

Y

Y

EMC

PowerPath

Storage Infrastructure Software

Windows, Unix

Y

Y

IBM

WebSphere Process Server

Integration Server Software Platforms

Windows, Unix

Y

Y

Symantec

Backup Exec

Data Protection and Recovery Software

Windows, Unix

Y

Y

Symantec

VERITAS Volume Replicator

Storage Replication Software

Windows

Y

Y

Enhanced Software Instance Patterns

Vendor

Product

Enhancement

SI Key Change

Module

Symantec

VERITAS Storage Foundation

Expired licenses no longer reported on. Additional attributes which store lists of values as members of a list rather than comma-separated strings

Y

Symantec

VERITAS Volume Manager

Expired licenses no longer reported on. Additional attributes which store lists of values as members of a list rather than comma-separated strings

N

Symantec

VERITAS Cluster Server

Expired licenses no longer reported on. Additional attributes which store lists of values as members of a list rather than comma-separated strings

Y

Symantec

VERITAS File System

Expired licenses no longer reported on. Additional attributes which store lists of values as members of a list rather than comma-separated strings

N

VMware

Consolidated Backup

Support added for Symantec Backup Exec as one of the triggers for the pattern

N

Bugs Fixed

The following bugs have been fixed in Tideway Knowledge Update 2008-Jul-1.

Case No

Defect No

Details

Pattern Module

N/A

10047

Problem: Microsoft .NET pattern uses the presence of .NET package(s) to infer presence of .NET on a host. The current pattern could interpret the .NET Language pack package as an installation of .NET instead of ignoring it as it is just a component of the .NET installation

Resolution: Pattern updated in TKU-2008-Jul-1. Code added to filter out the language pack component.

N/A

10070

Problem: Pattern Symantec.VERITAS.EnterpriseAdministrator. Product version parsing of the result of active versioning approach was using an incorrect regular expression meaning it would accept single digit version (never returned) instead of at least major.minor

Resolution: Pattern updated in TKU-2008-Jul-1.

12599

10105

Problem: Pattern RedHat.JBoss.ApplicationServer. The active versioning set of commands used by the pattern can cause the Discovery engine to wait until a session timeout when the Discovery user doesn't have permission to cd into a directory where the command is to be run from.
 The error returned by Bourne shell will cause the Discovery not to detect the end of the versioning attempt and keep the session open until the session timeout is reached. This has a significant impact on scan performance.

Resolution: Pattern updated in TKU-2008-Jul-1. Active version commands updated to prevent shell errors.

12609

10109

Problem: Oracle.OracleRDBMS.DatabaseServer pattern could fail if the Oracle SID contained certain characters which have special meaning in regular expressions.

Resolution: Pattern updated in TKU-2008-Jul-1. Code added to remove managed zones that are no longer active, or no longer present.

12612

10111

Problem: Symantec VERITAS Storage Foundation SI not always created even though Storage Foundation is installed on the system and the trigerring SI (Volume Manager) has been created.
 This has been observed with older versions of Storage Foundation (<= 3.5).
The issue seems to be due to the pattern looking for 'VERITAS Storage Foundation' within the license details, but the earlier versions of the product were called 'VERITAS Foundation'

Resolution: Pattern updated in TKU-2008-Jul-1.

N/A

10156

Problem: In the BEA WebLogic Application Server and BEA WebLogic Integration patterns there is an algorithm to extend scanned Windows Shortened Paths into Full Paths. The Full Path is later used for Active Versioning.
 However, if the scanned Path isn't Shortened but it is already in its Full
 Form, then Active Versioning will not work. This is because the expand function
 used to turn a variable into a regex isn't handled correctly.

Resolution: Patterns updated in TKU-2008-Jul-1.

12648

10162

Problem: The active versioning set of commands used by the Sybase Replication Server pattern can cause the Discovery engine to wait until a session timeout when the Discovery user cannot 'cd' into a directory (e.g. because the directory is not there) where the command is to be run from.
 The error returned by Bourne shell will cause the Discovery not to detect the end of the versioning attempt and keep the session open until the session timeout is reached. This has a significant impact on scan performance.

Resolution: Pattern updated in TKU-2008-Jul-1. Revised the command sequence executed in the shell.

N/A

10172

Problem: The key for Symantec Veritas Cluster Server SI uses the cluster ID attribute as one of its components. This is not required as only 1 instance of Cluster Server can run on each host.

Resolution: Pattern updated in TKU-2008-Jul-1. Key changed and cluster ID component removed from it.

12734

10216

Problem: Pattern Sun.SolarisLDom.LogicalDomainManager can fail with an ECA Engine error if the command executed to list the logical domains fails and does not return data in expected format. The pattern is not checking that the data is in expected format before trying to parse it.

Resolution: Pattern updated in TKU-2008-Jul-1.

12735

10217

Problem: The following patterns:

  • Hardware.IBM.AIXSystem_p.AIXSystem_p_Consolidation
  • AIX.WPAR.WPARContainer
  • AIX.WPAR.WPARConsolidateFromVirtualHost

can fail if a Host node they are relating to has not been created.
 The pattern code is not checking for existence of the Host node before trying to access it.

Resolution: Pattern updated in TKU-2008-Jul-1.

12610

10219

Problem: The following patterns in IBM.Rational.ClearCase fail (ECA Engine error) if trying to perform registry versioning:

  • LocationBroker
  • VobServer
  • ViewServer

The issue occurs due to code incorrectly accessing the version information.

Resolution: Pattern updated in TKU-2008-Jul-1.

12003

10240

Problem: When attempting active versioning on Unix platforms, IBM.DB2.DB2Server pattern relies on shell path expansion using the tilde '~' symbol in order to execute commands relative to the home directory of the user that owns the IBM DB2 database instance.
 This approach fails on some Unix platforms if the Foundation account is using Bourne shell.

Resolution: Pattern updated in TKU-2008-Jul-1. An alternate method to determine the user's home directory implemented and is used in preference to the original method used before.

N/A

10241

Problem: Changes made for TKU February 2008 to the IBM.Rational.ClearCase module made the trigger for the ClearCase pattern (a second order SI pattern) invalid.This pattern was therefore no longer triggering.

Resolution: Pattern updated in TKU-2008-Jul-1.

Unchanged Software Instance Patterns

Vendor

Product

Category

Platforms

Instances

Versioning

Module

Actuate

Formula One

End-User Query, Reporting, and Analysis

Windows

Y

Y

Actuate

e.Reports

End-User Query, Reporting, and Analysis

Windows, Unix

Y

Y

Apache Foundation

Apache Tomcat

Application Server Software Platforms

Windows, Unix

Y

Y

Apache Foundation

Apache Webserver

Application Server Software Platforms

Windows, Unix

Y

Y

Attachmate

Reflection for Secure IT

Identity and Access Management

Unix

Y

Y

BEA

Tuxedo

Application Server Software Platforms

Windows, Unix

Y

Y

BMC

CONTROL-M

Job Scheduling Tools

Windows, Unix

Y

Y

BMC

Patrol Agent

Performance Management Software

Windows, Unix

Y

Y

BMC

Patrol for Microsoft Windows - Perform

Performance Management Software

Windows, Unix

Y

Y

BMC

Patrol for UNIX - Perform

Performance Management Software

Windows, Unix

Y

Y

BMC

Performance Manager

Performance Management Software

Windows, Unix

Y

N

BMC

Performance Manager Portal

Performance Management Software

Windows, Unix

Y

Y

Business Objects

Broadcast Agent

End-User Query, Reporting, and Analysis

Windows, Unix

Y

Y

Business Objects

Business Objects Crystal Xcelsius

End-User Query, Reporting, and Analysis

Windows

Y

Y

Business Objects

BusinessObjects Desktop Intelligence

End-User Query, Reporting, and Analysis

Windows, Unix

Y

Y

Business Objects

BusinessObjects Enterprise

End-User Query, Reporting, and Analysis

Windows

Y

Y

Business Objects

BusinessObjects OLAP Intelligence

End-User Query, Reporting, and Analysis

Windows

Y

Y

Business Objects

BusinessObjects Web Intelligence

End-User Query, Reporting, and Analysis

Windows, Unix

Y

Y

Business Objects

Crystal Enterprise

End-User Query, Reporting, and Analysis

Windows

Y

Y

Business Objects

Crystal Reports

End-User Query, Reporting, and Analysis

Windows

Y

Y

CA

ARCserve Backup

Data Protection and Recovery Software

Windows

Y

Y

CA

CA Unicenter AutoSys Job Management

Job Scheduling Tools

Windows, Unix

Y

Y

CA

eTrust Antivirus

Secure Content and Threat Management

Windows

Y

Y

Check Point

FireWall-1

Secure Content and Threat Management

Windows, Unix

Y

Y

Check Point

Provider-1/SiteManager-1

Secure Content and Threat Management

Unix

Y

Y

Cisco

Secure Access Control Server (ACS)

Identity and Access Management

Windows

Y

Y

Citrix

Citrix Presentation Server

Virtual User Interface Software

Windows

Y

Y

Citrix

Xen

Virtual Machine Software

Unix

Y

Y

Citrix

Xen Center

Virtual Machine Software

Windows

Y

N

EMC

ControlCenter StorageScope

Data Protection and Recovery Software

Windows

Y

Y

EMC

Documentum Server

Collaborative Applications

Windows, Unix

Y

Y

Fox Technologies

BoKS

Identity and Access Management

Unix

Y

Y

GemStone Systems

Gemstone/S Object Server

Nonrelational Database Management Systems

Unix

Y

Y

HP

LoadRunner

Automated Software Quality Tools

Windows, Unix

Y

Y

HP

Mercury SiteScope

Automated Software Quality Tools

Windows, Unix

Y

Y

HP

Mercury TestDirector

Automated Software Quality Tools

Windows

Y

Y

HP

OpenView Operations

Performance Management Software

Windows, Unix

Y

Y

HP

OpenView Performance Agent

Performance Management Software

Windows, Unix

Y

Y

HP

OpenView Performance Manager

Performance Management Software

Windows, Unix

Y

Y

HP

OpenView Storage Area Manager

Archive and HSM Software

Unix

N

N

HP

ServiceGuard

Clustering and Availability Software

Unix

Y

Y

HP

Systems Insight Manager

Unknown, Event Automation Tools

Windows, Unix

Y

Y

HP

OpenView Operations

Performance Management Software

Windows, Unix

Y

Y

IBM

Director

Change and Configuration Software

Windows

Y

Y

IBM

HACMP

Clustering and Availability Software

Unix

Y

Y

IBM

IBM HTTP Server

Application Server Software Platforms

Windows, Unix

Y

Y

IBM

IBM Rational ClearQuest

Software Configuration Management Tools

Windows, Unix

Y

Y

IBM

Informix Dynamic Server

Relational Database Management Systems

Windows, Unix

Y

Y

IBM

Lotus Notes Client

Integrated Collaborative Environments

Windows

Y

Y

IBM

Lotus Notes Domino Server

Integrated Collaborative Environments

Windows, Unix

Y

Y

IBM

Tivoli Enterprise Console

Event Automation Tools

Windows, Unix

Y

N

IBM

Tivoli Management Framework

System and Network Management Software

Windows, Unix

Y

Y

IBM

Tivoli Monitoring

Event Automation Tools

Windows, Unix, Linux

Y

Y

IBM

Tivoli Storage Manager

Data Protection and Recovery Software

Windows, Unix

Y

Y

IBM

Tivoli Workload Scheduler

Job Scheduling Tools

Windows, Unix

Y

N

IBM

WebSphere Application Server

Application Server Software Platforms

Windows, Unix

Y

Y

IBM

WebSphere MQ Message Broker

Message-Oriented Middleware

Windows, Unix

Y

Y

IBM

WebSphere MQ Series

Message-Oriented Middleware

Windows, Unix

Y

Y

IBM

WebSphere Portal Server

Application Server Software Platforms

Windows, Unix

Y

Y

Informatica

PowerCenter

Data Integration and Access Software

Windows, Unix

Y

Y

McAfee

Common Framework

Security and Vulnerability Management Software

Windows

Y

Y

McAfee

VirusScan

Secure Content and Threat Management

Windows

Y

Y

McAfee

ePolicy Orchestrator

Security and Vulnerability Management Software

Windows

Y

Y

Microsoft

Application Center

Change and Configuration Software

Windows

Y

Y

Microsoft

BizTalk Server

Integration Server Software Platforms

Windows

Y

Y

Microsoft

Cluster Server

Clustering and Availability Software

Unknown

Y

N

Microsoft

Exchange Server

Integrated Collaborative Environments

Unknown

Y

N

Microsoft

Internet Information Services

Application Server Software Platforms

Windows

Y

Y

Microsoft

Microsoft Operations Manager

Event Automation Tools

Windows

Y

Y

Microsoft

SQL Server

Relational Database Management Systems

Windows

Y

Y

Microsoft

SharePoint Server

Content Management

Windows

Y

Y

Microsoft

System Center Configuration Manager

Change and Configuration Software

Windows

Y

Y

MySQL AB

MySQL Database Server

Relational Database Management Systems

Windows, Unix

Y

Y

Novell

eDirectory

Identity and Access Management

Windows, Unix

Y

Y

Oracle

Application Server

Application Server Software Platforms

Unix

Y

Y

Oracle

Application Server Portal

Enterprise Portals

Windows

Y

Y

Oracle

Clusterware

Clustering and Availability Software

Unix

Y

Y

Oracle

Containers for J2EE (OC4J)

Application Server Software Platforms

Unix

Y

Y

Oracle

Enterprise Manager

Enterprise Resource Management Applications

Windows, Unix

Y

Y

Oracle

Oracle HTTP Server

Application Server Software Platforms

Windows, Unix

Y

Y

Oracle

Real Application Clusters

Clustering and Availability Software

Unix

Y

Y

Oracle

Reports

End-User Query, Reporting, and Analysis

Windows, Unix

Y

Y

Oracle

TimesTen In-Memory Database

Relational Database Management Systems

Unix

Y

Y

Quest

Foglight

Performance Management Software

Unix

N

N

Red Hat

Apache Stronghold

Application Server Software Platforms

Unix

Y

Y

Research In Motion

BlackBerry Enterprise Server

Output Management Tools

Windows

Y

Y

SAP AG

SAP R/3

Application Server Software Platforms

Windows, Unix

Y

Y

Sterling Commerce

Connect:Direct

Data Integration and Access Software

Windows, Unix

Y

Y

Sun Microsystems

Java System Web Proxy Server

Network Management Software

Windows, Unix

Y

Y

Sun Microsystems

Management Center

Event Automation Tools

Windows, Unix

Y

Y

Sun Microsystems

Solaris Cluster

Clustering and Availability Software

Unix

Y

Y

Sun Microsystems

Solaris Zone Container

Virtual Machine Software

Unix

Y

N

Sun Microsystems

Sun Java System Directory Server

Identity and Access Management

Windows, Unix

Y

Y

Sun Microsystems

Sun Java System Webserver

Application Server Software Platforms

Windows, Unix

Y

Y

Sun Microsystems

Sun StorageTek ACSLS Manager Software

Archive and HSM Software

Unix

Y

Y

Sybase

Adaptive Server Enterprise

Relational Database Management Systems

Windows, Unix

Y

Y

Sybase

Adaptive Server IQ

Relational Database Management Systems

Windows, Unix

Y

Y

Sybase

Direct Connect

Transaction Server Middleware

Windows, Unix

Y

Y

Sybase

Enterprise Application Server

Application Server Software Platforms

Windows, Unix

Y

Y

Sybase

Replication Agent

Relational Database Management Systems

Windows, Unix

Y

Y

Sybase

SQL Anywhere

Relational Database Management Systems

Windows, Unix

Y

Y

Symantec

Anti Virus

Secure Content and Threat Management

Windows

Y

Y

Symantec

Enterprise Security Manager

Secure Content and Threat Management

Windows, Unix

Y

Y

Symantec

VERITAS Enterprise Vault

Archive and HSM Software

Windows

Y

N

Symantec

VERITAS NetBackup

Data Protection and Recovery Software

Windows, Unix

Y

Y

TIBCO

Enterprise Message Service

Message-Oriented Middleware

Windows, Unix

Y

Y

TIBCO

Rendezvous

Message-Oriented Middleware

Windows, Unix

Y

Y

The Bristol Group

IsoFax

Output Management Tools

Windows, Unix

N

N

VMware

VMotion

Virtual Machine Software

Unix

Y

N

VMware

VMware ESX Server

Virtual Machine Software

Unix

Y

Y

VMware

VMware GSX Server

Virtual Machine Software

Windows, Unix

Y

Y

VMware

VMware High Availability

Clustering and Availability Software

Unix

Y

Y

VMware

VMware Server

Virtual Machine Software

Windows, Unix

Y

Y

VMware

VMware Workstation

Virtual Machine Software

Windows, Unix

Y

Y

VMware

VirtualCenter

Virtual Machine Software

Windows, Unix

Y

Y

Versant Corporation

Versant Object Database

Nonrelational Database Management Systems

Windows, Unix

Y

Y

Vignette Corporation

Vignette Portal

Enterprise Portals

Windows, Unix

N

N

Xen Source

Xen

Virtual Machine Software

Unix

Y

Y

Hardware Patterns

Vendor

Product

Module

IBM

IBM System p

Sun Microsystems

Sun Enterprise 10000

Sun Microsystems

Sun Fire 12000

Sun Microsystems

Sun Fire 15000

Sun Microsystems

Sun Fire 20000

Sun Microsystems

Sun Fire 25000

New Active Commands

The following active commands are new in this release:

BEA AquaLogic Enterprise Security

  • Module: BEA.AquaLogic.EnterpriseSecurity
    • Pattern: AdministrationServer
      • Active commands to convert Windows short path to full path: cmd /c dir /x <directory>

Borland StarTeam

  • Module: Borland.StarTeam
    • Pattern: Client
      • Active versioning Unix: %borland_home%/bin/stcmd

EMC PowerPath

  • Module: EMC.PowerPath
    • Pattern: PowerPathServerUnix
      • Command to determine whether PowerPath kernel module loaded
        • Solaris: /usr/sbin/modinfo | grep "emcp "
        • Linux: /sbin/lsmod | grep "emcp "
      • Active versioning (only executed if kernel module loaded)
        • Solaris: /etc/powermt version
        • Linux: /sbin/powermt version
      • List of managed devices (only executed if kernel module loaded)
        • Solaris: /etc/powermt dev=all
        • Linux: /sbin/powermt dev=all

IBM DB2 RDBMS

  • Module: IBM.DB2
    • Pattern: DB2Server
      • Active command to retrieve home directory of user that owns a database instance: cat /etc/passwd | awk -F: \'{print $1,\":\",$6}\' | grep %user%'
      • Active versioning Unix (primary method): (. %user_homedir%/sqllib/db2profile; %user_homedir%/sqllib/bin/db2level | grep "DB2 v")

Note: %user_homedir% has been obtained by parsing the output from the active command to retrieve the home directory

Sybase Replication Server

  • Module: Sybase.ReplicationServer
    • Pattern: ReplicationServer
      • Active versioning Unix (primary approach): cd <path to binary> && cd ../.. && (. ./SYBASE.sh <process command> -v)

Symantec Backup Exec

  • Module: Symantec.BackupExec
    • Pattern: BackupExecServer
      • Active command to obtain the value of %ALLUSERSPROFILE% environment variable (Windows):echo %ALLUSERSPROFILE%

IBM WebSphere Process Server

  • Module: IBM.WebSphereProcessServer
    • Pattern: Server
      • Active versioning Windows: "%install_root%\\bin
        versionInfo.bat"

Notes

If you have chosen not to delete the Software Instances created using a previous TKU, for any pattern where the SI key has changed, any host where the above software instances were created will have another set of software instances created following installation of a newer TKU and re-scan. The software instances created by the previous TKU patterns will disappear once they have aged out (see Tideway Foundation documentation for description of SI aging).

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