Technology Knowledge Update 2011-May-1
BMC Atrium Discovery Technology Knowledge Update 2011-May-1 is a deliverable for BMC Atrium Discovery 8.1 and 8.2 series.
Release Compatibility
TKU 2011-May-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 May 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-2011-05-1.xls
In this Release
New Pattern Modules
Vendor | Product | Category | Platforms | Instances | Versioning | Product Page |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
IBM | Informix 4GL Compiler | Application Development Software | UNIX | Y | Y | |
IBM | Informix 4GL Interactive Debugger | Application Development Software | UNIX | Y | Y | |
IBM | Informix 4GL Rapid Development System | Application Development Software | UNIX | Y | Y | |
IBM | Informix I-Spy | Event Automation Tools | UNIX | Y | N | |
IBM | Tivoli Composite Application Manager (CAM) for Response Time | Event Automation Tools | UNIX, Windows | Y | Y | |
IBM | Tivoli Composite Application Manager (CAM) for Transactions | Event Automation Tools | UNIX, Windows | Y | Y | |
IBM | Tivoli Service Request Manager | Enterprise Resource Management Applications | Windows | Y | Y | |
Microsoft | Forefront Server Security Management Console | Secure Content and Threat Management | Windows | Y | Y | |
NRG Global | AppsWatch | Performance Management Software | Windows | Y | Y | |
NRG Global | ScenarioBuilder | Performance Management Software | Windows | Y | Y |
Enhanced Pattern Modules
RFE ref. | Product | Enhancement | SI Key Change | Product Page |
|---|---|---|---|---|
QM001692823 | Microsoft SQL Server | Pattern enhanced with an alternative approach to determining the IP the database server is listening on if part of an SQL server cluster | N | |
QM001694138 | Multiple pattern modules | Patterns compatible with 8.2 series which use 'PRIV_CAT' per-platform defined function to access files on scanned host have had the use of this functionality simplified and made more logical | N | |
QM001702503 | Microsoft SQL Server | Microsoft SQL Server deep DB discovery pattern has been updated with 2 different methods of obtaining database size. The method used is configurable in the pattern configuration UI. | N | |
QM001703541 | IBM WebSphere MQ | IBM WebSphere MQ pattern module has had a new pattern added to it to identify and model IBM WebSphere MQ Client | N | |
QM001704507 | Red Hat JBoss Application Server | Red Hat JBoss Application server has been enhanced based on customer feedback with and additional approach to improve the likelihood of obtaining the server name when parsing the JBoss Application Server command-line arguments | N | |
- | SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise | Version mapping table within the pattern module updated to take into account new version releases of the product | N | |
- | HP Quality Center | Pattern updated with additional versioning method and change to SI key to improve the model produced | Y | |
- | IBM Lotus Domino Document Manager | Pattern updated to add discovery of the product on the UNIX platform | N | |
- | IBM Tivoli Data Warehouse | ProxyAgent and SummarisationAndPrunningAgent patterns updated with code to create relationships to related Database SI and IBM Tivoli Monitoring Enterprise Server SI | ||
- | IBM Tivoli Monitoring | Several enhancements have been implemented in the IBM Tivoli Monitoring pattern module: - ITMEnterpriseMonitoringServer - server name and listening ports are obtained and stored as SI attributes when the product component is discovered on the UNIX platform. - ITMEnterprisePortalServer - listening port is obtained and stored as an SI attribute when the product component is discovered on the UNIX platform. Furthermore, relationship is created (if inferred) with the IBM Tivoli Monitoring Enterprise Server on the UNIX platform as well - EnterprisePortalClient - Pattern trigger regular expression improved - TivoliCAMInternetServiceMonitoringAgent - relationship is created (if inferred) with the IBM Tivoli Monitoring Enterprise Server on the UNIX platform as well - TivoliMonitoring - New pattern added to model as a 2nd order SI, the IBM Tivoli Monitoring suite | N | |
Zilla 14589 | Microsoft Forefront Protection Server Management Console | Pattern updated with code to retrieve related Microsoft SQL Server details from the registry and create a relationship between the Microsoft Forefront Protection Server Management Console SI and the related Microsoft SQL Server SI | N | |
- | BMC Corporate Directory Manager | Pattern module updated through addition of 2 patterns to identify the BMC Corporate Directory Manager Console and Studio components | N |
Bugs Fixed
The following bugs have been fixed in BMC Atrium Discovery Technology Knowledge Update 2011-May-1
Case No | Defect No | Details | Product Page |
|---|---|---|---|
ISS03735278 | QM001697525 | Problem: If in a Microsoft Hyper-V environment there are Windows VMs (Virtual Hosts) hosted on different Hyper-V servers but having the same BIOS Serial number as discovered by ADDM, the patterns in the Microsoft Hyper-V pattern module that create relationships between Hyper-V VM SIs and Virtual Hosts will not consistently link the virtual host with related Hyper-V VM SI. Solution: Hyper-V patterns updated to use not only the VM UUID <-> Virtual host Serial number as the unique key but also VM BIOS GUID <-> Virtual Host Windows UUID as well to ensure correct linking. | |
ISS03738697 | QM001698375 | Problem: Primary versioning method used in BMC Performance Assurance Perceiver pattern can return incorrect product version Solution: Pattern updated to use a different method (file versioning) as the primary method of obtaining the product version | |
ISS03721947 | QM001703297 | Support added in WebLogic Application Server pattern for scenarios where there are multiple configuration blocks for WebLogic Application Server in one location (as they apply to different instances). Pattern chooses the most probable entries to use | |
ISS03765228 | QM001704519 | Problem: BMC BladeLogic Server Automation Application Sever pattern can potentially be triggered twice per instance of the software creating 2 separate SIs Solution: Pattern updated with an improved trigger to prevent this occurence | |
ISS03769553 | QM001705185 | Problem: Pattern for BMC Corporate Directory Manager Server trigger can cross-match with a component of NimSoft Monitor Solution: Pattern updated to ensure that it will continue only if confirmation that BMC Corporate Directory Manager Server is running | |
ISS03767069 | QM001705206 | Problem: In some cases the key attribute of the IBM Tivoli Netcool/Impact GUI Server SI and CA Software Change Manager Client SI could have length longer than 255 characters causing issues when exporting SI data to the CMDB or RDBMS Solution: Patterns updated to ensure the longest part of the SI key string combination has an MD5 hash applied to it to shorten it | |
ISS03771170 | QM001705301 | Problem: BMC BladeLogic Server Automation RSCD Agent pattern trigger can cross-match with CA BrightStor Storage Resource Manager Solution: Pattern updated to perform further checks to infer existence of BMC BladeLogic Server Automation RSCD Agent | |
ISS03775143 | QM001706152 | Problem: Regular expression in Oracle Clusterware pattern used to parse information from a command that is executed to obtain cluster ID can incorrectly capture UNIX shell error messages Solution: Pattern updated to ensure error information is not captured | |
IBM Informix Dynamic Server pattern has been updated to prevent cross-matching with IBM Informix Extended Parallel Server |