Technology Knowledge Update 2011-Jan-1
BMC Atrium Discovery Technology Knowledge Update 2011-Jan-1 is a deliverable for BMC Atrium Discovery 8.1 and 8.2 series.
Release Compatibility
TKU 2011-Jan-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 January 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-2011-01-1.xls
In this Release
New Pattern Modules
Vendor | Product | Category | Platforms | Instances | Versioning | Product Page |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
IBM | Cognos Now | Data Integration and Access Software | UNIX | Y | Y | |
IBM | Cognos PowerPlay | End User Query and Reporting Analysis | Windows | Y | Y | |
IBM | FileNet Print | Data, Access, Analysis, and Delivery Software | Windows | Y | Y | |
IBM | InfoSphere Business Glossary | Content Management | UNIX, Windows | Y | Y | |
IBM | InfoSphere Change Data Capture | Data Integration and Access Software | Windows | Y | Y | |
IBM | Lotus Expeditor | Change and Configuration Software | Windows | Y | Y | |
IBM | OmniFind Discovery Edition | Application Deployment Software | UNIX, Windows | Y | Y | |
SAP | MaxDB | Relational Database Management Systems | UNIX, Windows | Y | Y |
Enhanced Pattern Modules
RFE ref. | Product | Enhancement | SI Key Change | Product Page |
|---|---|---|---|---|
QM001682743 | Multiple pattern modules (ADDM 8.2 and later only) | Pattern now supports querying Microsoft SQL Server on a specific IP address and port, if this kind of configuration (IP address and port) has been discovered by the core MS SQL pattern. | N | |
IBM InfoSphere Information Server | The trigger in the pattern Services_tier in IBM Information Server module was changed to be based on existence of IBM WebSphere Application Server SI which has server_name, node_name, cell_name and profile_dir attributes set. The goal was to improve efficiency by preventing the pattern from triggering on every IBM WebSphere Application server process | Y | ||
QM001687882 | Microsoft SQL Server | Introduced a more flexible method of mapping full product version to marketing version (product_version attribute) in this enhancement. | N | |
Microsoft SQL Server | Registry queries to obtain configuration information from Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 added to the pattern | N | ||
QM001682743 | Microsoft SQL Server | Pattern enhanced with code which determines if the database server is listening on a specific IP address and stores this information as an SI attribute so that it can be used by patterns performing SQL queries against MS SQL Server instances. | N | |
IBM POWER Hardware | The pattern compatible with ADDM 8.2.x has had its HostContainer key, name and type attributes updated to reflect the change in naming of IBM systems from 'System p' to 'POWER'. Furthermore, the pattern now also supports partitions moving from one host container to another by ensuring that the LPAR host is related to only one HostContainer node on every scan. | Y |
Bugs Fixed
The following bugs have been fixed in BMC Atrium Discovery Technology Knowledge Update 2011-Jan-1
Case No | Defect No | Details | Product Page |
|---|---|---|---|
ISS03693612 | QM001685978 | Problem: Oracle PeopleSoft Application Server pattern assumes that only one domain group runs on a host Solution: Pattern now updated to extract domain information and group Application Server Software Instances based on domain information | |
ISS03698772 | QM001688694 | Problem: Trigger process command-line for IBM Tivoli License Compliance Manager agent is incorrect leading to pattern failing to identify this component on UNIX/Linux platform Solution: Pattern updated with correct trigger condition. | |
ISS03687702 | QM001689323 | Problem: Symantec VERITAS NetBackup pattern performs inefficient search service calls when collecting processes related to the Software Instance that is created Solution: Efficiency of the code calling the search service improved | |
ISS03717574 / ISS03718298 | QM001691632 | Problem: IBM Tivoli IntelliWatch pattern can in certain cases exit with an ECA engine error. Solution: Code fix. | |
14170 | Problem: Superfluous spaces in License Detail node name attributes related to Symantec VERITAS Volume Manager Software Instance Solution: Code generating the name attribute for the License Detail node updated to ensure consistent spacing between words |