Technology Knowledge Update 2011-Jun-1
BMC Atrium Discovery Technology Knowledge Update 2011-Jun-1 is a deliverable for BMC Atrium Discovery 8.1 and 8.2 series.
Release Compatibility
TKU 2011-Jun-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 June 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-2011-06-1.xls
In this Release
New Pattern Modules
Vendor | Product | Category | Platforms | Instances | Versioning | Product Page |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
IBM | Cognos BI Metrics Server | End User, Query, and Reporting Analysis | UNIX, Windows | Y | Y | |
Microsoft | SQL Server Analysis Services | End User, Query, and Reporting Analysis | Windows | Y | Y | |
Microsoft | SQL Server Integration Services | Integration Server Software Platforms | Windows | Y | Y | |
Quest | Toad | Database Development and Management Tools | Windows | Y | Y | |
Red Hat | KVM | Virtual Machine Software | UNIX | Y | Y | |
SAS | Server | End User, Query, and Reporting Analysis | Windows | Y | Y |
Enhancements
RFE ref. | Product | Enhancement | SI Key Change | Product Page |
|---|---|---|---|---|
QM001697285 | Oracle (BEA) WebLogic Application Server | Oracle WebLogic Application Server pattern enanhced to support creating a relationship between WebLogic Application Server SI and Oracle Jolt Server SI if the information about the relationship parsed from configuration files. | N | |
QM001699914 | Oracle (BEA) WebLogic Application Server | Pattern updated to improve the method for obtaining configuration file path | N | |
QM001701242 | Microsoft Business Intelligence Development Studio (BIDS) | An initial model of Microsoft BIDS created - currently modeled as Detail nodes of Microsoft Visual Studio SI | N | |
QM001702506 | BMC Remedy AR System | Remedy AR Server pattern updated to support an additional versioning method required to correctly version Remedy AR 7.1 | N | |
QM001704926 | Hardware Reference Data | Hardware Reference Data updated with additional server types based on customer feedback | N/A | |
QM001705977 | BMC BladeLogic Server Automation Suite | Application Server pattern enhanced to add a fallback mechanism of getting deployment names from deployments directory if not obtained from log file | N | |
QM001707272 | Microsoft Internet Information Services | Pattern that creates the IIS 7.x Web Server model has been enhanced with a secondary method to obtain Website / Web App information from applicationHost.config if WMI queries fail | N | |
QM001707632 | SAP Business Suite | SAP Java Server Process pattern updated to improve the method that extracts server names from the command-line arguments as part of work of enhancing the SAP NetWeaver Enterprise Portal pattern | N | |
- | BMC Remedy AR System | Remedy AR Server pattern updated to improve installation directory extraction, configuration file extraction, and relationship creation to related DB servers | N | |
- | IBM Cognos Business Intelligence | Pattern module significantly enhanced. Added a pattern for Cognos BI Application services tier, Cognos BI Server pattern significantly updated, added a pattern for Cognos BI Gateway, added a pattern for Cognos Content Manager | N | |
- | Oracle Jolt | Oracle Jolt Server pattern enhanced with code to create a relationship between Oracle Jolt SI and BEA Tuxedo Bulletin Board Listener SI | N | |
- | Attachmate Reflection for Secure IT | SSHserver pattern updated with an improved package versioning approach. Furthermore, new SSH Client pattern added to the pattern module | N | |
- | IBM WebSphere MQ | IBM WebSphere MQ client pattern enhanced with support for the product running on Solaris and AIX platforms | N | |
- | Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services | Reporting Service pattern enhanced to improve registry versioning and improve the algorithm for instance name parsing. Furthermore SI key changed to improve the model created | Y | |
- | Symantec VERITAS NetBackup | New pattern for Symantec NetBackup Storage Migrator added to the pattern module | N |
Bugs Fixed
The following bugs have been fixed in this release
Case No | Defect No | Details | Product Page |
|---|---|---|---|
ISS03768372 | QM001704708 | Problem: Apache Web Server pattern unable to extract version and publisher from HP Apache-based web server Solution: Pattern updated to recognize HP Apache-based web servers | |
ISS03787659 | QM001708531 | Problem: Red Hat Enterprise Linux End of Support Data incorrect Solution: Updated Extended Data Pack information for Red Hat Enterprise Linux | |
- | Zilla 14714 | Problem: Oracle VM consolidation patterns (patterns that link the Oracle VM SI to virtual host node were incorrectly setting the 'serial' attribute on the virtual host node with VM UUID. Solution: New attribute - 'uuid' is now populated on the virtual host with the VM UUID information |