Technology Knowledge Update 2011-Apr-2


BMC Atrium Discovery Technology Knowledge Update 2011-Apr-2 is a deliverable for BMC Atrium Discovery 8.1 and 8.2 series.

Note

TKU 2011-Apr-2 is a re-release of Technology Knowledge Update April 2011 which fixes a serious issue (QM001702532) affecting some of our customers identified in the original release of Technology Knowledge Update April 2011 (TKU 2010-Apr-1).

Note

If you have already installed the original version of the Technology Knowledge Update for April 2011, it is strongly recommended that you install this latest version of the Technology Knowledge Update release and then remove the previous version from the appliance

Release Compatibility

TKU 2011-Apr-2 is released in two streams:

  • Release compatible with BMC Atrium Discovery 8.1 series
  • Release compatible with BMC Atrium Discovery 8.2 series

Note

TKU April (TKU 2011-Apr-2) is not compatible with nor supported on versions of BMC Atrium Discovery before v8.1.0

Download

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.

Check out this demo if you are unsure how to download from BMC EPD site

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 April 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-2011-04-1.xls

In this Release

New Pattern Modules

Vendor

Product

Category

Platforms

Instances

Versioning

Product Page

CA

eHealth

Performance Management Software

UNIX

Y

Y

IBM

Document Manager

Content Management

Windows

Y

Y

IBM

Lotus Domino Document Manager

Content Management

Windows

Y

Y

IBM

Lotus Forms Server - Forms Services Platform

Content Management

UNIX, Windows

Y

Y

IBM

Maximo Asset Management

Enterprise Resource Management Applications

UNIX, Windows

Y

Y

IBM

Tivoli Common Reporting

End User Query and Reporting Analysis

UNIX, Windows

Y

Y

Microsoft

Forefront Protection Server Management Console

Secure Content and Threat Management

Windows

Y

Y

SAP AG

TREX

Content Management

UNIX, Windows

Y

Y

Enhanced Pattern Modules

RFE ref.

Product

Enhancement

SI Key Change

Product Page

QM001689548

BMC Remedy Action Request System

Server pattern enhanced to take into account more than the default configuration file when creating a relationship with the database server SI. Package and file versioning optimized. Mid-Tier pattern has had a minor improvement made to the method used to parse the related server names.

Y

N/A

IBM Tivoli Data Warehouse

Proxy Agent pattern enhanced to add relationship link to the Tivoli Enterprise Monitoring Server. New pattern (Summarization and Pruning Agent) added to the module. A pattern that creates an IBM Tivoli Data Warehouse 2nd order SI, grouping the components of the product has been added to the module.

Y

N/A

IBM Tivoli Directory Server

The pattern enhanced to obtain and store the directory server name within the Software Instance

N

N/A

IBM Tivoli Monitoring

IBM Tivoli Monitoring Enterprise Monitoring Server pattern enhanced to obtain the server name and port and store these as attributes to the SI. The key for the SI model changed based on new research. IBM Tivoli Monitoring Enterprise Portal Server pattern enhanced to obtain the port and store it as attribute of the SI. Furthermore, pattern now creates a relationship with the related Tivoli Monitoring Server SIs. New pattern (IBM Tivoli Monitoring Enterprise Portal Client) added to the module. New pattern (IBM Tivoli CAM for Internet Service Monitoring Agent) added to the module.

Y

N/A

IBM Lotus Forms Server - Webform Server

Webform Server Translator pattern enhanced by adding the 'install_root' attribute to the SI so it can be leveraged by other patterns of the same suite.

N

N/A

Oracle Database Installed Options

Pattern configuration updated to add an additional Oracle option to the default list that is searched through as a result of an SQL query. Furthermore, pattern code enhanced to ensure that the list of Oracle options is up to date on every scan, i.e. the Detail nodes holding this information are managed on every scan.

Y

N/A

Oracle RAC

A new pattern (Oracle RAC Global Enqueue Manager) has been added to the module

N

N/A

Sterling Commerce Control Center

A new pattern (Sterling Commerce Control Center Agent) has been added to the module

N

Bugs Fixed

The following bugs have been fixed in BMC Atrium Discovery Technology Knowledge Update 2011-Apr-2

Case No

Defect No

Details

Product Page

ISS03711623

QM001693872

Problem: SAP TREX incorrectly identified as SAP Application Server Solution: SAP Application Server pattern updated to prevent incorrect identification of SAP TREX

ISS03743113

QM001700365

Problem: In certain cases, the Lotus Domino Server pattern is incorrectly parsing the configuration file 'install.dat' while trying to obtain information about the product Solution: Pattern updated to improve the parsing mechanism

ISS03751232

QM001700832

Problem: BMC BladeLogic Server Automation RCSD Agent patter has an incorrect process trigger for the product running on the UNIX platforms Solution: Pattern updated with the correct trigger

ISS03755457\\ISS03754520

QM001701464

Problem: BMC Performance Manager pattern will exit with an ECA Engine error if the version attribute of BMC Patrol Agent SI that is its trigger is not present in its version mapping table Solution: Pattern updated - version mapping table now contains a default value

ISS03757676\\ISS03751160

QM001702532

Problem: If list of applications installed obtained via an SQL query, the Remedy AR System pattern would exit with an ECA Engine error due to an incorrectly initialized hash table. Solution: Code fix.

ISS03749178

QM001702549

Problem: Apache Webserver pattern will not create inference relationship to all associated processes unless it creates an SI which contains a specific instance key (as opposed to a group key) Solution: Pattern updated - inference relationship now always created

N/A

DE60648

Patterns in these modules updated with code to manage SI lifecycle correctly

N/A

Zilla #14433

Integration Server pattern updated with a fix to the mechanism parsing the package list (versioning)

ISS03768683

QM001705152

Problem: A regular expression in the Apache Derby pattern is inefficient and can in certain scenarios take a very long time to evaluate, causing the discovery rate to decrease significantly and the ADDM UI to become unresponsive Solution: Code fix. The regular expression has been replaced.

 

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