Technology Knowledge Update 2012-May-1
BMC Atrium Discovery Technology Knowledge Update 2012-May-1 is a deliverable for BMC Atrium Discovery 8.2 and 8.3 series.
Release Compatibility
TKU 2012-May-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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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) and Printer definition files (compatible with Atrium Discovery 8.3 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 May 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-2012-05-1.xls
In this Release
New Pattern Modules
Vendor | Product | Category | Platforms | Instances | Versioning | Product Page |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
IBM | ILOG CPLEX Optimization Studio | Business Rules Management Systems | UNIX, Windows | Y | Y | |
Microsoft | Systems Management Server | Change and Configuration Management Software | Windows | Y | Y | |
Symantec | Critical System Protection | Data Integration and Access Software | UNIX, Windows | Y | Y | |
Trend Micro | Deep Security | Security and Vulnerability Management Software | UNIX, Windows | Y | Y |
Enhanced Pattern Modules
RFE ref. | Product | Enhancement | SI Key Change | Product Page |
|---|---|---|---|---|
QM001668288 | OpenVZ Containers Virtualization\\ \\ Parallels Virtuozzo Containers | Patterns have had the criteria to create the Software Instance nodes representing the OpenVZ Container / Parallels Virtuozzo Container relaxed slightly to cater for different configurations possible | N | |
QM001741176 | CA SiteMinder | File versioning method used for obtaining version on the UNIX platforms improved based on customer feedback | N | |
QM001744917 | Microsoft Exchange Server | Pattern enhanced with a method to obtain edition information for versions 2007 and 2010 of the product | N | |
QM001749039 | SAP Business Suite | SAP Application Server pattern has been enhanced with active versioning method | N | |
QM001750403 | Sun Solaris Logical Domains | Logical Domain Manager pattern updated to allow optionally for the command that lists the logical domains to be executed with elevated privileges, provided the user has enabled this and has defined the privilege elevation method in the relevant (Solaris) platform discovery script in Atrium Discovery UI | N | |
QM001752221\\ \\ QM001752700 | TIBCO Enterprise Message Service | TIBCO EMS pattern has been enhanced to obtain details of queues, topics and users on the EMS instance and display this information in the Atrium Discovery UI | Y | |
QM001753341 | Oracle Active Data Guard | Oracle Active Data Guard pattern has been enhanced with an improved trigger and the model for the Software Instance created | N | |
QM001754207 | Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services | Windows SharePoint Services pattern has been updated with an improved version mapping approach to help handle more recent versions of the product | N | |
ISS03934196 | Oracle (BEA) WebLogic Application Server | WebLogic Application Server patterns enhanced with improved code to locate config.xml files in order to enable extended J2EE discovery | N | |
#15780\\ #15859\\ #15904\\ #15905\\ #15909\\ #16011\\ #16012\\ #16023 | BEA AquaLogic Business Process Management\\ BMC Patrol Agent\\ HP OpenView ServiceCenter\\ IBM FileNet Fax\\ IBM Lotus Expeditor\\ IBM FileNet Content Services\\ IBM FileNet Image Import\\ IBM Rational Build Forge | Code in the patterns (for the listed products) that searches for and creates relationships to related SoftwareInstance nodes replaced with standardised code in a common pattern module | N | |
#15921 | IBM Rational Business Developer | Pattern updated with an improved trigger condition and improved handling of licensing detail nodes | N | |
- | Apache HTTPD-based Webservers | Pattern updated with an improvement to the active versioning method when Oracle HTTP Server is discovered | N | |
- | IBM CICS | IBM CICS Transaction Gateway and Universal client patterns have been considerably enhanced to improve the SI model that is created as well as adding edition and build information. | Y |
The following defects have been fixed in BMC Atrium Discovery Technology Knowledge Update 2012-May-1
Case No | Defect No | Details | Product Page |
|---|---|---|---|
ISS03919000 | QM001744500 | Problem: Microsoft SharePoint Server 2007 and later are not discovered by the current pattern even though Microsoft SharePoint Services are Solution: Microsoft SharePoint Server pattern has been considerably overhauled, updating the model created for Microsoft SharePoint Server. The pattern now creates the Microsoft SharePoint Server SI as a 2nd order SI with a trigger being Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services (or SharePoint Foundation) SI as the SharePoint Server is based directly off this product | |
ISS03932917 | QM001749482 | Problem: Microsoft .NET pattern may incorrectly remove .NET SIs on a rescan of a host due to a faulty SI management algorithm Solution: Code fix. Algorithm to manage .NET SIs on the host updated. | |
ISS03941449\\ ISS03924146\\ ISS03942209 | QM001750370 | Problem: Pattern that performs extended database discovery of PostgreSQL Database issues a command that may in certain circumstances adversely impact ADDM discovery performance Solution: Code fix. More conditions need to be satisfied before the command is executed by the pattern | |
ISS03945143 | QM001751647 | Problem: IBM Rational Requirements Composer and IBM Rational Team Concert patterns can exit with an ECA Engine error under certain conditions. These patterns are dependent on IBM Rational Jazz Server pattern (trigger on Rational Jazz Server SI) Solution: Issue was caused by a defect in IBM Rational Jazz Server pattern where the mechanism for removal of the SI was using a faulty algorithm which has now been fixed | |
ISS03935619\\ ISS03945959\\ ISS03951241\\ ISS03952570\\ ISS03953539\\ ISS03956714\\ ISS03957632\\ ISS03958960 | QM001751678 | Problem: Following a large overhaul in TKU April, WebLogic Application Server pattern (Windows) can exit with an ECA engine error when discovering WebLogic Application Server running as a service on Microsoft Windows platform Solution: Code fix. | |
ISS03946384 | QM001751745 | Problem: BusinessObjects Web Intelligence pattern can exit with an ECA engine error if the result of the WMI query to obtain the version information does not contain the 'Version' attribute (and related value) Solution: Code fix. Pattern updated with a stricter test for the result returned | |
ISS03948450 | QM001752102 | Problem: Remedy AR System Flashboards pattern can exit with an ECA engine error if the version extracted is not of the format a.b.c.d Solution: Code fix. Regular expression used to parse version obtained has been improved | |
ISS03946528 | QM001752970 | Problem: IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Client pattern has an incorrect package name for the AIX platform in the list of packages used in the package versioning method Solution: IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Server and Client pattern have had the package list used in the package versioning method corrected and updated for all supported platforms | |
ISS03951253 | QM001753001 | Problem: Patterns in the Oracle Application Server module may not set the _product_version_ attribute of the SI in certain cases even though _version_ attribute has been populated Solution: Code fix. Patterns updated with method to ensure that _product_version_ attribute is set | |
ISS03934932 | QM001753504 | Problem: The extended Apache Tomcat pattern can exit with an ECA engine error when it encounters an unexpected time format in the log files it parses and tries to then convert this to a time type variable in Atrium Discovery Solution: Pattern updated further with code to handle the variations in the time format in the log file | |
ISS03954939 | QM001753785 | Problem: Following a large overhaul in TKU April, WebLogic Application Server pattern (UNIX) can exit with an ECA engine error when discovering WebLogic Application Server where the config.xml file contains _channels_ information Solution: Code fix. | |
ISS03951259 | QM001754206 | Problem: Oracle TNS Listener pattern from TKU April 2012 can fail to parse certain listener.ora files leading to failure to obtain listening IP and port details Solution: Code fix. Parsing of listener.ora file improved. | |
- | #16010 | Pattern updated with an improved code to manage Software Instance ageing | |
- | #16027 | Algorithm for determining whether the product is present on the scanned host has been improved to make it less likely that false positives will occur | |
ISS03916697 | #16042 | Problem: Host node 'os_class' attribute for VMware ESX/ESXi was changed in Atrium Discovery 8.3 from 'UNIX' to 'Other' as it is a Hypervisor. This can impact patterns that trigger on instances of ESX Server (when discovered via ssh) and use the 'os_class' attribute to run specific parts of the code (typically related to versioning) Solution: Continuing on from TKU April, and additional set of patterns was reviewed and updated if required. Products for which patterns were updated are listed | |
- | #16074 | Problem: The format of 'product_version' attribute in Microsoft SQL Server and Microsoft Application Center patterns contains SP information which is not consistent with other patterns - this information should be stored in the 'service_pack' attribute. Furthermore, SP information is written as 'SP 1', 'SP 2', etc and should be 'SP1', 'SP2', etc. Solution: Patterns updated and SP information moved to the correct attribute. Content of 'name' attribute left the same (including SP information if present) | |
- | #16109 | Problem: The Oracle pattern may incorrectly parse either the output of lsnrctl command or contents of listener.ora file and use port information related to HTTP/FTP protocols in the list of Oracle listening ports Solution: Code fix. Parsing of lsnrctl command and listener.ora improved |