Technology Knowledge Update 2011-Oct-1
BMC Atrium Discovery Technology Knowledge Update 2011-Oct-1 is a deliverable for BMC Atrium Discovery 8.1, 8.2 and 8.3 series.
Release Compatibility
TKU 2011-Oct-1 is released in three streams:
- Release compatible with BMC Atrium Discovery 8.1 series
- Release compatible with BMC Atrium Discovery 8.2 series
- Release compatible with BMC Atrium Discovery 8.3 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)
- 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 October 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
- 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-2011-10-1.xls
In this Release
New Pattern Modules
Vendor | Product | Category | Platforms | Instances | Versioning | Product Page |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
IBM | Network Installation Management | Application Deployment Software | UNIX | Y | Y | |
IBM | Tivoli Composite Application Manager for SOA Platform | Event Automation Tools | UNIX, Windows | Y | Y | |
IBM | Tivoli Storage Manager for ERP | Data Protection and Recovery Software | UNIX, Windows | Y | Y | |
IBM | WebSphere InterChange Server | Message-Oriented Middleware | UNIX, Windows | Y | Y | |
IBM | WebSphere Partner Gateway | Data Integration and Access Software | UNIX, Windows | Y | Y | |
Oracle | Java Web Console | Application Server Software Platforms | UNIX | Y | Y |
Enhanced Pattern Modules
RFE ref. | Product | Enhancement | SI Key Change | Product Page |
|---|---|---|---|---|
QM001715589 | Solaris Logical Domains | Host nodes which represent LDoms now have additional attributes added to show the LDom name and the LDom role | N | |
QM001719982 | Regular expression used to parse tnslistener.ora file in order to match up TNS listener and Oracle SID has been made case-insensitive to improve match hit rate | Oracle Database Server | N | |
QM001720431 | IBM WebSphere Application Server | Application Server pattern has been enhanced through addition of another active method to obtain version and edition information | N | |
QM001720454 | N/A | Software Support Lifecycle data updated (on customer request) for Symantec VERITAS Cluster Server, Symantec VERITAS Volume Manager and Apache Tomcat Application Server | N/A | |
QM001720658 | Microsoft SQL Server | Microsoft SQL Server core discovery and extended database discovery patterns have been updated to organize database discovery via both JDBC and alternatively via either local active command or database file discovery. Location of database files is now obtained through registry query | N | |
QM001721047 | Microsoft Visual Studio Team Foundation | Microsoft Visual Studio Team Foundation pattern has been enhanced to add support for discovery and versioning of version 2010 of the product | N | |
#15146 | IBM Systems Director | The product has changed name from v6 from IBM Director to IBM Systems Director. The SI type will now change depending on whether the version obtained is lower than v6 | N | |
#15147 | IBM WebSphere Message Broker | The product has changed name from v7 from IBM WebSphere MQ Message Broker to IBM WebSphere Message Broker. The SI type will now change depending on whether the version obtained is lower than v7 | N | |
#15223 | Microsoft Forefront Identity Manager | The product has changed name over time and now the pattern takes this into account when setting the type attribute of the SI | N | |
#15225 | Microsoft Forefront Threat Management Gateway | The product has changed name over time and now the pattern takes this into account when setting the type attribute of the SI | N | |
#15291 | Microsoft Office Groove, Microsoft Project Server | Microsoft Office Groove and Microsoft Project Server now utilize a common version mapping table for full product to product (marketing) version mapping | N | |
- | IBM DB2 RDBMS | IBM DB2 RDBMS pattern enahnced to add support for modelling additional licensing features as Detail nodes. New features that are identified (if license is present) are: Homogenous Replication, Database Partitioning, CPU Option | N | |
- | IBM WebSphere Application Server | Patterns used for WebSphere Application Server extended J2EE discovery have been enhanced as follows: # Support of clustered deployments and resources in config-based approach # Improved parsing of JDBC URLs, particularly for MS SQL # Improved JDBC modelling logic - no longer relying on just parsing the URL but also take into account info about DB name from Resources attributes - both when using JMX as well as config-based extended discovery approach | N | |
- | HP Diagnostics | HP Diagnostics pattern module has been enhanced through both an improved SI model in the Server pattern, as well as addition of patterns to model HP Diagnostics Java Probe, HP Diagnostics .NET Probe and HP Diagnostics Collector | N | |
- | Red Hat JBoss Application Server | Pattern has been enhanced to add support for v7 of JBoss Application Server, versioning methods have been updated and overall SI model has been improved | Y | |
- | Multiple pattern modules | During a review and analysis of pattern modules with a goal of improving pattern performance, a number of pattern modules have had the datastore search calls made more efficient | N | BMC Remedy AR System |
Bugs Fixed
The following bugs have been fixed in BMC Atrium Discovery Technology Knowledge Update 2011-Oct-1
Case No | Defect No | Details | Product Page |
|---|---|---|---|
ISS03805641 | QM001713397 | Oracle PeopleSoft WebServer pattern updated further based on customer feedback following TKU Sept 2011 to increase the likelihood of creation of relationship to the Application Server instance | |
ISS03817310 | QM001718766 | Problem: Parsing of a configuration file by the Sybase Replication Server pattern to obtain port information is not flexible enough Solution: Improved parsing regular expression to make it more flexible | |
ISS03825846 | QM001719976 | Problem: Symantec VERITAS NetBackup Server pattern may trigger and create a Software Instance on hosts running Vormetric Data Security Expert Agent software due to the matching process name Solution: The pattern has been updated with code to confirm existence of Symantec VERITAS NetBackup software prior to creating the SI | |
ISS03824129 | QM001721042 | Problem: Attachmate Reflection for Secure IT SSH Server pattern trigger is too restrictive for certain platforms (IBM AIX) that this product runs on leading to under-reporting of instances of the software Solution: Pattern trigger made less restrictive and further code added to confirm existence of this software on the platforms where more premissive trigger process regular expression may lead to mis-identification of the software | |
ISS03807537 | QM001721118 | Problem: File versioning method in BMC CONTROL-M AgentListener and AgentTracker patterns is not considering additional files that contain the version information Solution: File versioning method in the patterns improved (based on customer feedback) to also consider additional file names and locations | |
ISS03838799 | QM001721356 | Problem: Regular expression used by Sterling Commerce Connect:Direct Server_Unix pattern to parse the content read from the 'cdver' file not flexible enough to handle variations of the content Solution: Code fix. Regular expression updated | |
ISS03844456 | QM001722538 | Problem: Symantec Backup Exec Remote Agent pattern can exit with an ECA engine error if querying a registry key specified in the pattern does not return a value as the pattern assumes that a value is always returned Solution: Pattern updated (together with Server and Continuous Protection Server patterns) with code to confirm that the value has been returned from the registry query before using it later during execution. | |
ISS03845463 | QM001722760 | Problem: Active versioning approach used in the VMware Virtual Center Agent pattern fails to obtain version information on newer versions of the software due to a slight change in output Solution: Content of the command combination used in active versioning updated to cater for both older as well as newer versions of the software | |
ISS03793019 | QM001722937 | Problem: BMC CONTROL-M AgentListener patter can execute search queries to identify the CONTROL-M Server host even when the server host information is not available - leading to very inefficient searches within the datastore Solution: Pattern updated to perform the search queries only when the information about the server host has been retrieved | |
ISS03793019 | QM001722939 | Problem: Solaris Zones consolidation pattern (creates containment relationship from the virtual Host to the Host container software instance) execute inefficient search query to locate Solaris Zone software instances needed for relationship creation. This can cause a performance impact when scanning estates with large number of Solaris Zones Solution: Pattern updated with significantly more efficient search query | |
ISS03842567 | QM001723311 | Problem: Sterling Commerce Connect:Direct Server_Unix pattern trigger is not specific enough and may also trigger on misconfigured hosts where there is a large number of defunct processes which are child processes of one of the trigger conditions. Solution: Pattern updated with an improved trigger condition which will prevent the pattern running against defunct processes. Furthermore, the actual model of the software improved based on new information obtained about this product component | |
- | #15292 | Problem: Microsoft Dynamics CRM patterns do not correctly set the product_version attribute for v2011 of the product Solution: Pattern module updated with code to correctly map the full version to this product version | |
- | #15305 | Problem: Search queries performed in SAP TREX TREXComponents and TREXRFCServer patterns are very inefficient and could potentially impact system performance Solution: Patterns updated with more efficient search queries | |
- | #15307 | Problem: Search queries performed in Microsoft Connected Services Framework ConnectedServicesFramework pattern are very inefficient and could potentially impact system performance Solution: Pattern updated with more efficient search queries | |
- | #15314 | Problem: Search queries performed in SAP Suite pattern are very inefficient and could potentially impact system performance Solution: Pattern updated with more efficient search queries | |
ISS03834348 | #15359\\ QM001726504 | Problem: Parsing of tnsnames.ora for address_name value could lead to a list attribute in the SI (address_names) set to a list of empty strings Solution: Code fix. |