Technology Knowledge Update 2010-Dec-1
BMC Atrium Discovery Technology Knowledge Update 2010-Dec-1 is a deliverable for BMC Atrium Discovery 8.1 and 8.2 series.
Release Compatibility
TKU 2010-Dec-1 is released in two streams:
- Release compatible with BMC Atrium Discovery 8.1 series
- Release compatible with BMC Atrium Discovery 8.2 series
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Customers can access this TKU release from the BMC Electronic Product Distribution Website. If you are a customer or partner and do not already have a login please contact your BMC account manager.
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Contents
The release comprises of components packaged as two licensable entities:
- BMC Atrium Discovery Technology Knowledge Update
- Core - Patterns that model various software products
- Deep Database discovery - Patterns that extend some of the core database patterns to obtain additional detailed information about certain databases
- Deep J2EE discovery (Atrium Discovery 8.2 and above) - Patterns that obtain detailed information about certain application servers
- Network Device Integration Module with associated Network Device definition files (compatible with Atrium Discovery 8.2.01 and above)
- BMC Atrium Discovery Extended Data Pack
- Product Lifecycle - Patterns that populate Atrium Discovery with information about End-of-Life, End-of-Support, and End-of-Extended-Support for versions of certain host Operating Systems as well as versions of certain software products
- Hardware Reference Data - Patterns and data import CSV file that populate Atrium Discovery with power and heat consumption figures for various hosts.
To see some of the highlights of this release visit the December In The Spotlight Page
Installation and Upgrade
- Atrium Discovery 8.1 - Installation and upgrade instructions are provided here
- Atrium Discovery 8.2.00 - Installation and upgrade instructions are provided here
- Atrium Discovery 8.2.01 and later - Installation and upgrade instructions are provided here
A matrix covering ALL commands executed and ALL files retrieved by the patterns is available to our customers from the BMC Electronic Product Distribution Website. The filename is TKU_Command_File_Matrix-2010-12-1.xls
In this Release
New Software Instance Patterns
Vendor | Product | Category | Platforms | Instances | Versioning | Module |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Eclipse Foundation | Eclipse | Integrated Development Environments | UNIX, Windows | Y | Y | |
IBM | InfoSphere Information Server | Data Integration and Access Software | UNIX, Windows | Y | Y | |
IBM | InfoSphere Metadata Workbench | Data Integration and Access Software | UNIX, Windows | Y | Y | |
IBM | InfoSphere QualityStage | Data Integration and Access Software | UNIX, Windows | Y | Y | |
IBM | Installation Manager | Change and Configuration Software | UNIX, Windows | Y | Y | |
IBM | Lotus 1-2-3 | Data, Access, Analysis, and Delivery Software | Windows | Y | Y | |
IBM | Rational Business Developer | Integrated Development Environments | UNIX, Windows | Y | Y | |
IBM | Rational Functional Tester | Application Development Software | UNIX, Windows | Y | Y | |
IBM | Rational Software Analyzer | Application Development Software | UNIX, Windows | Y | Y | |
IBM | Tivoli Storage Productivity Center | Storage Management Software | UNIX, Windows | Y | Y | |
IBM | WebSphere Business Events | Event Automation Tools | UNIX, Windows | Y | Y |
Enhanced Software Instance Patterns
Vendor | Product | Enhancement | SI Key Change | Pattern Module |
|---|---|---|---|---|
IBM | POWER Hardware | The pattern compatible with ADDM 8.2.x has had its trigger updated to improve accuracy of modelling of LPARs. The key for the HostContainer node has changed to reflect changes to the way LPARs are modelled | HostContainer key change | |
IBM | InfoSphere DataStage | The SI type for IBM WebSphere DataStage was changed to IBM InfoSphere DataStage to reflect the name change implemented by IBM | Y | |
Microsoft | Exchange Server | Based on customer feedback, the pattern was enhanced with a method to obtain edition information for Exchange Server 2000 and 2003 | N | |
Oracle | Database Server | Oracle Database Server pattern now updated in such a way so that the file containing edition information can be accessed for parsing with elevated privileges (UNIX platform). This is user configurable and controlled by the use of 'priv_execution' flag in the same way as other commands that can be executed with elevated privileges in this pattern. | N | |
Oracle | Real Application Clusters | Pattern now updated to execute the 'srvctl' command with elevated privileges if the command fails to execute using default user privileges of the Discovery user. This is user configurable and controlled by the use of 'priv_execution' flag in the same way as other commands that can be executed with elevated privileges in this pattern. | N | |
Oracle | WebLogic Application Server | The patten now provides additional configuration options enabling user to specify possible absolute paths to the WebLogic domain in case the pattern cannot derive it itself. This option is disabled by default as it can have a negative impact on discovery performance. | N | |
Various | Patterns that perform database queries now have a user configurable option to disable those queries if required. The database queries are enabled by default in order to enable the pattern to gather as much information as possible. | N | ||
VMware | Virtual Machine Software | VMware VM pattern updated with an additional trigger process to enable identification of Virtual Machines hosted by VMware ESX Server 4.1 and later | N |
Bugs Fixed
The following bugs have been fixed in BMC Atrium Discovery Technology Knowledge Update 2010-Dec-1
Case No | Defect No | Details | Pattern Module |
|---|---|---|---|
ISS03704773 / ISS03671609 | QM001682304 | Problem: BMC BladeLogic Server Automation RSCD Agent pattern has an incorrect Windows trigger process leading to failure to identify this component of BMC BladeLogic Server Automation suite on Windows platform Solution: Pattern updated with the correct trigger process | |
ISS03678840 | QM001684334 | Problem: Certain IBM Power models incorrectly labelled in Hardware Reference Data Solution: HRD updated with corrected hardware model names | N/A |
ISS03693053 | QM001684746 | Problem: WebLogic Application Server pattern can fail to obtain the version information from registry.xml file due to a strict requirement that the installation directory path within registry.xml and that obtained by the pattern completely match. Solution: Parsing of version from registry.xml file has been modified to obtain the version even if the installation directories do not exactly match but there is only one possible candidate WebLogic instance. | |
ISS03692358 | QM001685720 | Problem: Oracle (BEA) WebLogic Integration pattern may incorrectly identify the product Solution: Pattern now confirms the existence of the product by parsing a configuration file (registry.xml) and if reference to the product not found, the pattern does not generate a Software Instance | |
N/A | 14097 | Problem: BMC BladeLogic Server Automation Server pattern can in some cases exit with an ECA Engine error due to an incorrect log statement Solution: Pattern code fixed and log statement corrected | |
N/A | 14169 | Problem: Symantec VERITAS File System pattern can create License Detail node with a name attribute which contains more than one space between words. Solution: Pattern updated to ensure that only a single space between words is created |