Technology Knowledge Update 2010-Jul-1
BMC Atrium Discovery Technology Knowledge Update 2010-Jul-1 is a deliverable for the Tideway Foundation platform version 7.3 and later as well as BMC Atrium Discovery version 8.0 and 8.1.
Release Compatibility
TKU 2010-Jul-1 is released in two streams:
- Release compatible with Tideway Foundation 7.3 and BMC Atrium Discovery 8.0
- Release compatible with BMC Atrium Discovery 8.1
Download
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Contents
The release comprises of four components packaged as two licensable entities:
- BMC Atrium Discovery Technology Knowledge Update
- Core - Patterns that model various software products
- Database detail - Patterns that extend some of the core database patterns to obtain additional detailed information about certain databases
- 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 July In The Spotlight Page
Installation and Upgrade
- Foundation 7.3 and Atrium Discovery 8.0 - Installation and upgrade instructions are provided here
- Atrium Discovery 8.1 - 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 as part of the TKU download
In this Release
New Software Instance Patterns
Vendor | Product | Category | Platforms | Instances | Versioning | Module |
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Adobe | Connect | Integrated Collaborative Environments | Windows | Y | Y | |
Adobe | LiveCycle | Authoring and Publishing | UNIX, Windows | Y | Y | |
IBM | Cognos TM1 | Financial Performance and Strategy Management | Windows | Y | Y | |
IBM | InfoSphere Data Event Publisher | End User Query and Reporting Analysis | UNIX, Windows | Y | Y | |
IBM | InfoSphere Federation Server | Relational Database Management Systems | UNIX, Windows | Y | Y | |
IBM | Rational Rose | Analysis, Modelling and Design Tools | Windows | Y | Y | |
IBM | Tivoli Key Lifecycle Manager | Identity and Access Management | Windows | Y | Y | |
Oracle | Siebel CRM | Customer Relationship Management | UNIX, Windows | Y | Y | |
Symantec | Software Management Solution | Change and Configuration Software | Windows | Y | Y |
Enhanced Software Instance Patterns
Vendor | Product | Enhancement | SI Key Change | Pattern Module |
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Citrix | XenServer | The pattern has been enhanced to improve the versioning of the product, as well as adding a user configurable option to execute the commands which retrieve the version and VM information with escalated privileges (if such mechanism is set up in the platform scripts). | N | |
IBM | Tivoli Composite Application Manager Response Time Tracking | The Management Agent pattern was significantly enhanced through adding another trigger, and adding file versioning (UNIX and Windows)and package versioning (UNIX) methods. | N | |
IBM | Tivoli Remote Control | The IBM Tivoli Remote Control Server pattern has been enhanced by adding an alternate trigger, addition of registry versioning method and an addition of another package versioning regular expression. The IBM Tivoli Remote Control Client pattern has been enhanced by adding an alternate trigger, and addition of WMI versioning (Windows) method. | N | |
IBM | WebSphere Transformation Extender | IBM WebSphere Transformation Extender patterns have been enhanced by addition of Edition support (Launcher, Command Server), and additional versioning methods (Depending on the pattern) | N | |
IBM | WebSphere | IBM WebSphere Service Registry and Repository pattern was enhanced to add relationship creation between the SI created and the IBM WebSphere Application Server SI it depends on (on the same host) | N | |
Microsoft | Exchange Server | The Microsoft Exchange Server pattern has been enhanced to provide improved support for Exchange 2007/2010 through recognition of instances that do not have Mailbox Server role installed. Versioning of the product has also been improved by adding support for Exchange 2010. | N |
Bugs Fixed
The following bugs have been fixed in BMC Atrium Discovery Technology Knowledge Update 2010-Jul-1
Case No | Defect No | Details | Pattern Module |
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ISS03610357 | QM001661003 / 13237 | Problem: Citrix Xen Server pattern incorrectly stops on Citrix Xen Server v5.5 and later installations as it incorrectly assumes that this is not an installation of Citrix Xen. The test used by the pattern to decipher between Citrix Xen and XenSource Xen is no longer valid with the changes in later versions of Citrix Xen. Solution: Pattern updated to use different mechanisms to confirm that Citrix Xen is installed. | |
N/A | 13319 | An additional edition (embedded Express) of IBM WebSphere Application Server has been found on customer site and has been added to the pattern in order to enable its identification and versioning | |
N/A | 13322 | An additional registry location to enable versioning of Microsoft SQL Server has been identified on customer site. The pattern has been updated to add this location to the list of possible locations queried when versioning MS SQL. | |
N/A | 13323 | Problem: Registry key constant within the Quest Recovery Manager for Sharepoint pattern was incorrectly initialized which could lead to registry versioning for the product failing. Solution: Pattern updated with the correct registry key constant value | |
N/A | 13325 | Problem: The 'name' attribute within the License Detail node created by the Symantec VERITAS NetBackup pattern has extra formatting characters Solution: Pattern updated to parse out the formatting characters | |
N/A | 13326 | Problem: The 'expiration_date' attribute within the License Detail node created by the Symantec VERITAS NetBackup pattern has information in a format not consistent with the way this data is stored by other patterns. Solution: Pattern updated with code to format the date consistently | |
N/A | 13333 | SAP Suite pattern has been updated to no longer create a 'build' attribute as part of the Software Instance since this attribute is no longer valid after the versioning approach update in TKU June 2010 | |
ISS03608774 | QM00166235 / 13336 | Problem: The SI key of Data Collector pattern in IBM Tivoli Composite Application Manager for WebSphere can at times exceed 255 characters in length which will cause export of that node to Atrium CMDB to fail Solution: Pattern has been updated - the SI key now has an MD5 hash applied to the longest component of it to ensure that the total length is below 255 characters | |
N/A | 13342 | Problem: The list of DB2 database names stored in 'databases' attribute of the IBM DB2 Software Instance can contain duplicates Solution: Pattern updated to filter out duplicate database names when populating the attribute | |
N/A | 13347 | Problem: When attempting to download a configuration file, the TunerService pattern within BMC BladeLogic Client Automation pattern module can attempt to download a file with no name as it does not check that the full file path has been constructed correctly Solution: Pattern updated to ensure that file download is attempted only if the full file path including the filename has been constructed | |
N/A | 13359 | HP Data Protector CellManager pattern updated to ensure that no superfluous spaces are included within attributes of the License Detail node created by the pattern | |
ISS03620493 | QM001664260 / 13373 | Problem: BEA WebLogic Application Server (Windows) pattern can exit with an ECA Engine error if the configuration xml (config.xml) file was not obtained. Solution: Pattern updated with code to handle the scenario where the configuration file was not obtained | |
ISS03627654 | QM001665001 / 13382 | Problem: Pattern that creates links between Oracle VM Software Instance and a Virtual Host running within this VM can be triggered on hosts which are have Xen enabled kernels running outside a Xen environment. As the pattern assumes it was triggered in an Oracle VM (Xen based) environment, it does not test that it is actually running in this environment and attempts to obtain '/sys/hypervisor/uuid' file which can cause the scanned host to 'hang' due to a bug in Red Hat ES Linux kernel Solution: Pattern updated to confirm that it is in fact running in an Oracle VM environment | |
N/A | 13385 | IBM DB2 pattern updated to create License Detail nodes whose 'name' attribute is no longer 'IBM DB2 License' but actually mentions what DB2 product the license is for | |
ISS03627254 | QM001665071 / 13387 | Problem: GemStone Object Server pattern can fail to correctly extract the server name from the trigger process arguments Solution: Parsing code to obtain the server name improved in the pattern. | |
ISS03623272 / ISS03631042 | QM001665622 | Problem: Incorrect search parameter in IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Client pattern can cause performance issues with the Atrium Discovery appliance as effectively an unbound search query is created which can take a very long time to return Solution: Pattern updated with correct search parameter inserted into the query code | |
ISS03631489 | QM001666489 / 13389 | Problem: Sun Solaris LDOM pattern can trigger on Linux hosts as the trigger process is similar to a process of another product running on the Linux platform Solution: Pattern updated with code that tests the platform it has triggered on, ensuring that the pattern stops if it has triggered on a non-Solaris host | |
ISS03624194 | QM001663892 / 13390 | Problem: Oracle Database Server, Oracle Database Server Express (Unix) and Oracle ASM patterns can set the path for oracle home (ora_home) incorrectly if the oratab file they are parsing is incorrectly formatted Solution: Patterns updated with code that improves the parsing of oratab file. | |
N/A | 13407 | XenSource Xen Server, Citrix Xen Server and Oracle VM patterns updated to remove creation of communication relationship between the server SI and SIs representing virtual machines. Dependency relationship is also created and this is all that is required. | |
N/A | 13409 | Problem: Active versioning method in BMC Impact Manager pattern fails on the Windows platform if the installation path contains spaces as when this path is used to construct the full active version command, it is not correctly escaped. Solution: Pattern updated with code to ensure that the path has been escaped before being passed to the discovery component of ADDM |