Technology Knowledge Update 2011-Feb-1
BMC Atrium Discovery Technology Knowledge Update 2011-Feb-1 is a deliverable for BMC Atrium Discovery 8.1 and 8.2 series.
Release Compatibility
TKU 2011-Feb-1 is released in two streams:
- Release compatible with BMC Atrium Discovery 8.1 series
- Release compatible with BMC Atrium Discovery 8.2 series
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.
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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 February 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-2011-02-1.xls
In this Release
New Pattern Modules
Vendor | Product | Category | Platforms | Instances | Versioning | Product Page |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
IBM | Information Center | Application Server Software Platforms | UNIX, Windows | Y | Y | |
IBM | Informix SQL Runtime | Relational Database Management Systems | UNIX | Y | Y | |
IBM | Mobile Portal Accelerator | Data Integration and Access Software | UNIX,Windows | Y | Y | |
IBM | OmniFind Enterprise Edition | Content Management | UNIX,Windows | Y | Y | |
Open Source | Nginx Webserver | Application Server Software Platforms | UNIX,Windows | Y | Y |
Enhanced Pattern Modules
RFE ref. | Product | Enhancement | SI Key Change | Product Page |
|---|---|---|---|---|
US78087 | IBM OmniFind Discovery Edition | Discovery Edition Server is now modeled as a second order Software Instance containing Deployment and Extension edition | Y | |
US74555 | IBM Lotus Expeditor | Pattern was updated to support deployment on UNIX platform | N | |
US75477 | IBM WebSphere Message Broker | The pattern was updated to support v7 of the product as well as adding package versioning on the Windows platform | N | |
US76869 | IBM InfoSphere Change Data Capture | Pattern was updated to support deployment on UNIX platform | N | |
US79298 | IBM Cognos PowerPlay | Pattern was updated to support deployment on UNIX platform | N | |
US78013 | IBM Cognos TM1 | Pattern was updated to support deployment on UNIX platform | N | |
US79790 | IBM Informix Dynamic Server | Pattern was enhanced for adding new versioning methods, additional attributes for Software Instance and new supported versions | Y | |
US78243 | IBM WebSphere Portal Server | Pattern was enhanced for supporting version 7.0 | Y | |
QM001689078\\ QM001691875 | Oracle Clusterware | Pattern updated with an improved method to obtain cluster information from the cluster.ini file. Furthermore, an alternative method (execution of a particular command) to obtain cluster information was added based on customer feedback. | N | |
QM001689930 | Quest Foglight | Pattern enhanced with additional triggers and versioning information can now also be extracted from trigger process arguments | N | |
QM001682076, QM001682076 | Microsoft SharePoint | Pattern enhanced for adding more versions to the SharePointVersions table and to distinguish between free and paid versions of SharePoint | N | |
QM001691282 | Microsoft BizTalk Server | Pattern enhanced for adding additional known versions to metadata | N | |
QM001692988 | BMC Patrol Agent | Pattern enhanced for running active command with privileged execution if enabled in Pattern Configuration | N |
Bugs Fixed
The following bugs have been fixed in BMC Atrium Discovery Technology Knowledge Update 2011-Feb-1
Case No | Defect No | Details | Product Page |
|---|---|---|---|
ISS03726261 | QM001694590 | Problem: Software Instance incorrectly linked to multiple Hosts Solution: Code changed to use installation path as Key instead of Key Group | |
ISS03723613 | QM001694595 | Problem: WebLogic Integration instances not uniquely identified when exporting the Software Instances to the CMDB Solution: Code changed to add related WebLogic Application Server name to Software Instance name and key | |
N/A | 14306 | Problem: Borland SilkTest pattern can in certain cases exit with an ECA engine error Solution: Code fix |