Tideway Knowledge Update 2008-Oct-1

You should not install this TKU release due to an issue highlighted by the Acresso FLEXnet Publisher pattern, please install Tideway-Knowledge-Update-2008-Oct-2

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

Release Compatibility

TKU 2008-Oct-1 has been tested and verified against Tideway Foundation version 7.1.1, 7.1.5 and 7.1.6. 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

Acresso

FLEXnet Publisher

Identity and Access Management

UNIX, Windows

Y

Y

IBM

CICS

Transaction Server Middleware

UNIX, Windows

Y

Y

IBM

DB2 Content Manager

Relational Database Management Systems

UNIX, Windows

Y

Y

IBM

Tivoli Directory Server

Identity and Access Management

UNIX, Windows

Y

Y

IBM

Tivoli Netcool/Impact

Event Automation Tools

UNIX, Windows

Y

Y

IBM

Tivoli Netcool/ OMNIbus

Event Automation Tools

UNIX, Windows

Y

Y

IBM

TxSeries Multiplatform

Transaction Server Middleware

UNIX, Windows

Grouped

Y

Red Hat

JBoss Portal

Application Server Software Platforms

UNIX, Windows

Y

Y

Red Hat

JBoss Rules

Analysis, Modelling and Design Tools

UNIX, Windows

Y

Y

Enhanced Software Instance Patterns

Vendor

Product

Enhancement

SI Key Change

Module

Apache

Tomcat

Added catalina_base and catalina_home to _tw_meta_data_attrs to ensure they are visible to the user

N

Red Hat

JBoss Application Server

Added active versioning for Windows platform

N

Microsoft

Exchange Server

Added Versioning capabilities, including Build and Service Pack.

N

MySQL AB

MySQL RDBMS

Added db_path and socket_file to _tw_meta_data_attrs to ensure they are visible to the user

N

VMware

Virtual Machine software

Allow user to disable sudo via a constant

N

Xen

Source

Allow Administrator to enable/disable sudo via a constant

N

Xen

Consolidation

Added pattern to ensure all Windows machines with vendor Xen have virtual flag set to True

N

Bugs Fixed

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

Case No

Defect No

Details

Pattern Module

N/A

10530

Problem: The Tomcat pattern sets additional attributes on the SI (catalina_home, catalina_base) but it doesn't set _tw_meta_data_attrs so the user can't see them unless they are in debug mode.
Resolution: _tw_meta_data_attrs added to the SI in TKU October 2008 Release

N/A

10530

Problem: The MySQL pattern sets additional attributes on the SI (db_path, socket_file) but it doesn't set _tw_meta_data_attrs so the user can't see them unless they are in debug mode.
Resolution: _tw_meta_data_attrs added to the SI in TKU October 2008 Release

N/A

10582

Problem: Xen-based host does not have it's virtual flag set.
Resolution: Pattern module updated in TKU October 2008 so that Windows hosts that have vendor attribute of "Xen" in their Host node will have virtual attribute set to true.

13390

10600

Problem: Patterns VMwareVM.VMwareESXServer and XenVM.XenDomain have embedded sudo commands which are enabled by default. They should be enabled as an option.
Resolution: Modified VMwareVM.VMwareESXServer and XenVM.XenDomain patterns in TKU October 2008 so that sudo is not enabled by default (exposed as a constant which can be changed in the pattern)

N/A

10647

Problem: JBoss does not do active versioning on the Windows platform.
Resolution: Pattern updated in TKU October 2008 to add active versioning on Windows platform.

N/A

10711

Problem: In IBM DB2 Query Patroller case where only major version of the product obtained, the version attribute was not being set correctly.
Resolution: Fixed in TKU October 2008

New Active Commands

The following active commands are new in this release:

AcressoFLEXnetPublisher

  • Module: AcressoFLEXnetPublisher
    • pattern: LicenseServerManager_lmadmin
      • Active command <abs. path to trigger process> -v to obtain version information
    • pattern: LicenseServerManager_lmgrd
      • Active command <abs. path to trigger process> -v to obtain version information

IBMCICS

  • Module: IBMCICS
    • Pattern: IBM_CICS_TransactionGateway
      • Active command (Windows only) cd /d <base path>\bin && cicscli -v to obtain version information
    • Pattern: IBM_CICS_UniversalClient
      • Active command <base_path>/bin/cicscli -v to obtain version information
      • Active command "cd /d <base path>\bin && cicscli -v" to obtain version information

IBMTivoliNetcoolImpact

  • Module: IBMTivoliNetcoolImpact

    • Pattern: Server_WebApplication
      • Active command cmd /c dir /B "%deploy_dir%
        *-impact-*.ear"         to get directory listing of defined Impact Servers
      • Active command ls <deploy dir>/-impact-.ear to get directory listing of defined Impact Servers
      • Active command IMPACT_HOME=%impact_install_dir% && export IMPACT_HOME && %impact_install_dir%/bin/nci_server -version to obtain version information
      • Active command "<install root>\impact\bin\nci_server.bat" -version to obtain version information
    • Pattern: Server
      • Active command IMPACT_HOME=%install_dir% && export IMPACT_HOME && %install_dir%/bin/nci_server -version to obtain version information
      • Active command "<install dir>\bin\nci_server.bat" -version to obtain version information
    • Pattern: GUIServer_WebApplication
      • Active command cmd /c dir /B "%deploy_dir%
        NC-guiserver-*.ear"         to get directory listing of defined GUI Servers
      • Active command ls <deploy dir>/NC-guiserver-*.ear to get directory listing of defined GUI Servers

IBMTivoliNetcoolOMNIbus

  • Module: IBMTivoliNetcoolOMNIbus
    • Pattern: ObjectServer
      • Active command "<full process path>" -version to obtain version information
      • Active command <install root>/bin/nco_objserv -version to obtain version information

    • Pattern: ProxyServer
      • Active command "<full process path>" -version to obtain version information
      • Active command <install root>/bin/nco_proxyserv -version to obtain version information

    • Pattern: Gateway
      • Active command "<full process path>" -version to obtain version information
      • Active command <install root>/bin/<trigger process leafname> -version to obtain version information

IBMTxSeries

  • Module: IBMTxSeries
    • pattern: IBM_TXSeries
      • Active command <base path>/bin/cicscp version to obtain version information
      • Active command "cd /d <base path>\bin && cicscp version" to obtain version information

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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