Technology Knowledge Update 2011-Jul-1
BMC Atrium Discovery Technology Knowledge Update 2011-Jul-1 is a deliverable for BMC Atrium Discovery 8.1 and 8.2 series.
Release Compatibility
TKU 2011-Jul-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 July 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-2011-07-1.xls
In this Release
New Pattern Modules
Vendor | Product | Category | Platforms | Instances | Versioning | Product Page |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
BEA (Oracle) | WebLogic Builder | Application Deployment Software | UNIX, Windows | Y | Y | |
BeyondTrust | PowerBroker Desktops | Identity and Access Management | Windows | Y | Y | |
IBM | Enterprise Records | Content Management | Windows | Y | Y | |
IBM | FileNet Fax | Content Management | Windows | Y | Y | |
IBM | Informix Enterprise Gateway Manager with DRDA | Relational Database Management Systems | UNIX | Y | Y | |
IBM | WebSphere Integration Developer | Application Development Software | UNIX, Windows | Y | Y | |
Microsoft | Business Intelligence Development Studio | Application Development Software | Windows | Y | Y | |
OpenText | Fax Server | Content Management | Windows | Y | Y | |
Quest | ActiveRoles Management Shell for Active Directory | Identity and Access Management | Windows | Y | Y |
Enhancements
RFE ref. | Product | Enhancement | SI Key Change | Product Page |
|---|---|---|---|---|
QM001695874 | BMC Remedy AR System | BMC Remedy AR System pattern was enhanced to add support for modelling of AR Server groups as part of a BMC AR System installation. | N | |
QM001702506 | BMC Atrium CMDB | BMC Atrium CMDB pattern updated to support versioning of Atrium CMDB 2.1 | N | |
QM001707632 | SAP NetWeaver Enterprise Portal | The SAP NetWeaver Enterprise Portal pattern model has been improved to support multi-server installations | Y | |
QM001707632 | SAP Business Suite | Work on improving the SAP NetWeaver Enterprise Portal pattern also lead to minor changes to the SAP Business Suite Java Server Process and Java Application Server patterns | N | |
QM001708151 | Oracle Real Application Clusters | The Oracle Real Application Clusters pattern has been updated to allow use of user-defined configuration list of paths when searching for crs_stat command (used to obtain cluster configuration details) | N | |
QM001709222 | IBM WebSphere MQ | Code to determine the processes associate to an instance of WebSphere MQ has been improved based on customer feedback | N | |
QM001709833 | Sterling Commerce Connect:Direct | Pattern was added to the Sterling Commerce Connect:Direct to support discovery of the Sterling Commerce Connect:Direct Server Server on the UNIX platform | N | |
QM001710304 | Oracle (BEA) WebLogic Application Server | WebLogic Application Server pattern has had path versioning improved as well as adding mapping of full version to Oracle market version (v10 onwards) | N | |
- | BMC Atrium Orchestrator | Search queries within the Configuration Distribution Peer and Atrium Orchestrator patterns were removed due to potential performance issues. The relationships created between the components are not deemed as important as the performance improvement obtained by removing the code that creates them | N | |
- | HP OpenView ServiceCenter | Another method to find a configuration file on the Unix platform was added to the Web Tier pattern, based on customer feedback. | N | |
- | Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services | Pattern enhanced by adding an additional registry path to support versioning of older releases | N | |
- | Microsoft SQL Server Integration Services | Pattern enhanced by adding an additional registry path to support versioning of older releases | N | |
- | Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services | Pattern enhanced by adding an additional registry path to support versioning of older releases | N | |
- | Microsoft Visual Studio | Code Editor and Debugger patterns enhanced by adding WMI versioning, improved parsing of version information obtained, and also improved the model of the product components (SI key updated) | Y |
Bugs Fixed
The following bugs have been fixed in this release
Case No | Defect No | Details | Product Page |
|---|---|---|---|
ISS03779912 | QM001706990 | Problem: Performance of the pattern and therefor Atrium Discovery can be significantly impacted if large number of Integration Server components (packages) are installed on a host being scanned Solution: A user defined option added to the pattern to disable (by default) obtaining the details of all Software AG webMethods Integration Server packages | |
ISS03779570 | QM001709507 | Problem: McAfee Common Framework Service SI was being created even when it is more likely that McAfee Common Management Agent is running (which has the Common Framework Service as one of its internal components) Solution: Pattern updated to attempt to determine whether McAfee Common Management Agent is running (by looking for other associated processes running from the same installation path as Common Framework Service) and create an SI for it instead of that for McAfee Common Framework Service | |
ISS03760431 | QM001709641 | Problem: Sterling Commerce Connect:Direct Server not always detected on the Windows platform Solution: Pattern updated to resolve this issue and furthermore additional versioning methods added as well as improving the model created by the pattern | |
ISS03789674 | QM001709865 | Problem: WebLogic Application Server pattern can incorrectly parse the application server installation path (BEA HOME) Solution: Pattern updated to resolve this issue | |
ISS03774060 | QM001711237 | Problem: In certain cases (older versions of SAP Business Suite) the pattern can fail to correctly determine the DB Server type the suite is using therefore failing to obtain detailed information for the model Solution: SAP Business Suite SI pattern updated with additional code to resolve this issue | |
ISS03757676 | QM001711633 | Problem: BM Remedy AR Server pattern can fail to correctly identify the related MS SQL Database Server Solution: Pattern enhanced with additional method to locate the related MS SQL Database Server | |
ISS03787179 | - | Sybase jConnect pattern SI key has been updated to by default use the installation path if obtained in order to improve the model for the product | |
- | Zilla 14719 | VMware UUID token ID that is generated by one of the patterns in the VMware pattern module is now formed in the same way that other BMC Atrium data providers create it in order to ensure consistency of data within the Atrium CMDB | |
- | Zilla 14824 | Microsoft SQL Server deep DB discovery pattern no longer incorrectly creates Database Detail node of type 'SQL Database Schema' to represent a database, and instead now creates a Database Detail node of type 'SQL Server Database' |