Technology Knowledge Update 2011-Nov-1
BMC Atrium Discovery Technology Knowledge Update 2011-Nov-1 is a deliverable for BMC Atrium Discovery 8.2 and 8.3 series.
Release Compatibility
TKU 2011-Nov-1 is released in two streams:
- Release compatible with BMC Atrium Discovery 8.2 series
- Release compatible with BMC Atrium Discovery 8.3 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 - 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)
- System - Patterns that detect configuration issues and populate Discovery Conditions as well as patterns used by the CMDB sync system
- 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 November In The Spotlight Page
Installation and Upgrade
- 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
- Atrium Discovery 8.3.00 - 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-2011-11-1.xls
In this Release
New Pattern Modules
Vendor | Product | Category | Platforms | Instances | Versioning | Product Page |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
IBM | License Metric Tool | Data Integration and Access Software | UNIX, Windows | Y | Y | |
IBM | Rational RequisitePro | Content Management | Windows | Y | Y | |
Oracle | Management Packs | Relational Database Management Systems | UNIX, Windows | N | Y |
Enhanced Pattern Modules
RFE ref. | Product | Enhancement | SI Key Change | Product Page |
|---|---|---|---|---|
QM001695580 | Oracle E-Business Suite | Oracle E-Business Suite pattern module has been enhanced with a new pattern module to identify and create a model for Oracle E-Business Suite v11 | N | |
QM001721162 | Symantec VERITAS Cluster Server | Pattern has been updated with an alternative method to obtain the cluster name and list of hosts in the cluster based on customer feedback | N | |
QM001722359 | CA AutoSys Workload Automation | AutoSysRemoteAgent pattern was considerably enhanced based on customer feedback. New versioning methods were introduced as well as improving how the Software Instance is modeled. | Y | |
QM001724928 | Oracle E-Business Suite | The pattern was updated with an improved method of obtaining the configuration file which is used now also for file based product versioning | N | |
#15342 | Microsoft Commerce Server | Ordering of versioning methods updated in the pattern from higher accuracy to lesser | N | |
- | Apache Derby RDBMS | Apache Derby pattern now supports identification of Cloudscape distribution of the product. Furthermore, certain embedded instances no longer lead to creation of Software Instances | N | |
- | IBM WebSphere Application Server | Pattern that performs extended J2EE discovery has been enhanced to support discovery of clustered deployed resources | N | |
- | Microsoft SQL Server | Extended database discovery patterns have been updated further to also include discovery of database names when querying SQL Server 2005 and 2008 | N | |
- | Oracle E-Business Suite | Oracle E-Business Suite pattern where SQL queries are implemented to obtain installed application list has been updated with support for querying Oracle Database Servers via credentials using the service name and not only SID | N | |
- | Red Hat JBoss Application Server | Extended J2EE discovery of JBoss Application Server has been implemented (ADDM 8.3 only) | N |
Bugs Fixed
The following bugs have been fixed in BMC Atrium Discovery Technology Knowledge Update 2011-Nov-1
Case No | Defect No | Details | Product Page |
|---|---|---|---|
ISS03837257 | QM001723934 | Problem: SQL Query used by the extended Microsoft SQL Server DB pattern to obtain list of managed databases does not function correctly on SQL Server 2000 Solution: Pattern extended with an additional SQL query which is used when the version of Microsoft SQL Server is 2000 | |
ISS03851856 | QM001724771 | Problem: Active version method used for obtaining the version of Oracle Database Server obtains an incorrect version for v7 of Oracle RDBMS Solution: Code fix. Pattern updated with code to determine if the version obtained using active approach is likely to be correct and also to map the version obtained on Oracle 7 installations to that version of the product. | |
ISS03855556 | QM001725255 | Problem: Microsoft SQL Server pattern can terminate with an ECA Engine error when identifying SQL Server installations configured to listen on multiple ports Solution: Code fix. Pattern updated with more robust code to parse port information. If a list of ports is obtained, the first port number is stored in the Microsoft SQL Server SI 'port' attribute, and all port numbers are stored as a list in 'port_list' SI attribute | |
ISS03859018 | QM001725487 | Problem: The length of the Software Instance key created by the EventQueueMonitor, Automation and MonitoringDaemons patterns in the HP OpenView ServiceCenter pattern module can exceed 256 characters leading to failure to sync these SIs to the Atrium CMDB Solution: Patterns updated with code to apply the MD5 hash to the longest component of the SI key in order to shorten the overall length to below 256 characters | |
ISS03862326 | QM001726286 | Problem: One of the Software Instance attributes in the BackupExecServer pattern in the Symantec Backup Exec pattern module is not displayed in the Atrium Discovery UI even if the data was obtained Solution: Code fix. Pattern will now display the data in this attribute when the user drills down to the Software Instance details in the Atrium Discovery UI | |
ISS03863776 | QM001726978 | Problem: BMC ProactiveNet Analytics Agent pattern will in certain cases fail to identify this product on a scanned host Solution: Code fix. Pattern updated with an improved process trigger for both UNIX and Windows platforms | |
ISS03858960 | QM001726981 | Problem: The package versioning method used to obtain the version of Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services can incorrectly use the version obtained from SharePoint Administration Toolkit as the version of the SharePoint Services product Solution: Code fix. Microsoft SharePoint Administration Toolkit package is filtered out for product versioning purposes by the pattern | |
ISS03861006 | QM001725910 | Problem: Symantec Deployment Solution PXE Server pattern can incorrectly identify an instance of HP Device Manager Solution: Pattern updated with code to positively confirm that Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution is running | |
ISS03865148 | QM001727628 | Problem: Quest Toad pattern can terminate with an ECA Engine error in cases where installation directory was not obtained due to logging messages attempting to output this data Solution: Code fix. Logging messages reorganized. | |
- | #14963 | Problem: LicenseServerManager_lmgrd pattern in Acresso FLEXnet Publisher pattern module can produce 'Script Failure' errors within the Discovery Access results due to incorrect handling of result of a discovery.fileGet() call Solution: Code fix. | |
- | #15300 | Problem: Symantec Enterprise Security Manager pattern is using an incorrect trigger process which can lead to over identification of the product Solution: Pattern updated - different trigger process used as per feedback from customer | |
- | #15306 | Problem: Search query performed in DSAuditor_Client pattern (Embarcadero DSAuditor pattern module) is very inefficient and could potentially impact system performance Solution: Pattern updated with more efficient search queries | |
- | #15312 | Problem: Search query performed in VMSAgent pattern (Oracle VM pattern module) is very inefficient and could potentially impact system performance Solution: Pattern updated with more efficient search queries | |
- | #15313 | Problem: Search query performed in PerformanceManager pattern (HP OpenView Performance Manager pattern module) is very inefficient and could potentially impact system performance Solution: Pattern updated with more efficient search queries | |
- | #15389 | Problem: BlackBerry Enterprise Server pattern sets the 'product_version' SI attribute to the x.y format whereas the format should be x.y.z in order to allow the version to be mapped to end of support information Solution: Pattern updated to set the 'product_version' attribute in x.y.z format | |
- | #113750 | Problem: IBM DB2 Server pattern can over report the number of features installed Solution: Pattern code logic fixed to report only on features that the pattern could positively identify licenses for |