Technology Knowledge Update 2013-Aug-1
BMC Atrium Discovery Technology Knowledge Update 2013-Aug-1 is a deliverable for BMC Atrium Discovery 8.3 and 9.0 series.
Release Compatibility
TKU 2013-Aug-1 is released in two streams:
- Release compatible with BMC Atrium Discovery 8.3 series
- Release compatible with BMC Atrium Discovery 9.0 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.
Check out this demo if you are unsure how to download from BMC EPD site
Contents
The release comprises components packaged as two entities:
- BMC Atrium Discovery Technology Knowledge Update
- Core - Patterns that model various software products
- Extended Database discovery - Patterns that extend some of the core database patterns to obtain additional detailed information about certain databases
- Middleware discovery - Patterns that obtain detailed information about certain J2EE Application Servers and Web servers
- Network Device Integration Module with associated Network Device definition files, Printer definition files and SNMP Managed Device definition files
- System - Patterns that detect configuration issues and populate Discovery Conditions (Atrium Discovery 8.3.xx , Atrium Discovery 9.0.xx ) as well as patterns used by the CMDB sync system
- BMC Atrium Discovery Extended Data Pack, which is a separately licenseable product.
- 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.
Installation and Upgrade
- Atrium Discovery 8.3.00 - Installation and upgrade instructions are provided here
- Atrium Discovery 9.0.00 - 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-2013-08-1.xls
In this Release
New Pattern Modules
Vendor | Product | Category | Platforms | Instances | Versioning | Product Page |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Automic | ONE Automation | Process Automation Middleware | UNIX/Windows | Y | Y | |
Oracle | Directory Server | Data Integration and Access Software | UNIX/Windows | Y | Y | |
Oracle | Process Manager | Other Application Server Middleware | UNIX/Windows | Y | Y | |
Oracle | Web Cache | Other Application Server Middleware | UNIX/Windows | Y | Y |
Enhanced Pattern Modules
RFE ref. | Product | Enhancement | SI Key Change | Product Page |
|---|---|---|---|---|
QM001790444 | VMware vCenter Server | VMware vCenter Server pattern module was enhanced through addition of a pattern to support discovery of vCenter Server Linux Virtual Appliance | N/A | |
QM001793954 | BMC Network Automation | BMC Network Automation Server pattern (Windows) was updated with an improved trigger condition to increase the likelyhood of the discovery of this product. The SI key was also updated to be in sync with the SI key created for the BMC Network Automation Server SI when discovered on the UNIX platform. | Y | |
QM001794855 | TIBCO Rendezvous | Pattern was enhanced through an addition of a new trigger as well as new package used for package versioning | N | |
QM001795684 | Software AG webMethods Integration Server | Pattern updated with an improved trigger to enable identification of newer versions of the software | N | |
QM001795872 | IBM Lotus Notes and Domino | IBM Lotus Domino Server pattern updated through addition of another SI attribute which stores fully hierarchical server name | N | |
QM001796582 | IBM Rational ClearCase | IBM Rational ClearCase pattern that creates a 2nd order SI to model the software has been updated with stricter conditions under which this SI will be created | N | |
QM001796829 | Software Support Details | Software Support Details for Oracle Fusion Middleware components updated | N/A | |
QM001798119 | Oracle PeopleSoft Enterprise Pure Internet Architecture | Application Server pattern updated with an improvement to the file versioning approach | N | |
QM001798324 | BMC BladeLogic Server Automation Suite | Function in the module that performs active versioning updated | N | |
#TKU-1850\\ #TKU-1887\\ #TKU-1894 | HP Systems Insight Manager | Patterns in the HP Systems Insight Manager module have had a number of improvements including updating the SI key to improve the model, service pack information now set in the service_pack attribute instead of being embedded in the product_version attribute, patch information set in the patch attribute (if applicable) | Y | |
#TKU-1851 | SAP Business Suite | SAP pattern has been updated to model the modules identified running in a SAP environment as SoftwareComponent nodes - the old model which created Detail nodes is still present, but should be regarded as deprecated | N | |
#TKU-1852 | IBM Forms Designer\\IBM Forms Server Services Platform\\IBM Forms Server Webform Server | Patterns updated to set the correct SI type and product attributes based on version to enable correct mapping to entries in BMC Product Catalog | N | |
#TKU-1898 | Microsoft Office Project Portfolio Server | Search queries used by the pattern to relate the created SI with Microsoft IIS were updated to sync up with recent changes to the Microsoft IIS pattern | N | |
#TKU-1900 | Microsoft Windows Rights Management Services | Pattern trigger updated and aligned with recent changes to the Microsoft IIS pattern | N | |
- | Oracle Application Server | The relationship that ApplicationServerOC4J pattern creates between Oracle Application Server OC4J Instance SI and Oracle Process Manager SI has now been changed to 'Management' relationship as this is more appropriate. A minor update was also made to path versioning in ApplicationServerOC4J and OC4J patterns. | N | |
- | BMC Remedy AR System | BMC Remedy AR System module has had additional application GUIDs added to ApplicationSupportedType table to enhance identification of installed applications | N |
Defects Resolved
The following defects have been fixed in BMC Atrium Discovery Technology Knowledge Update 2013-Aug-1
Case No | Defect No | Details | Product Page |
|---|---|---|---|
ISS04164558 | QM001796832 | Problem: SI key used in the patterns in Sybase ASE module may not be unique enough in certain scenarios Solution: Code fix. SI key updated in all Sybase ASE module patterns | |
ISS04144816\\ ISS04157590 | QM001798081 | Problem: IBM WebSphere Application Server extended J2EE discovery pattern can exit with an ECA error while parsing application details Solution: Code fix. Parsing improved. | |
ISS04171436 | QM001799288 | Problem: BMC Network Automation server (UNIX) pattern has incorrect trigger Solution: Code fix. Trigger condition updated. | |
ISS04170798 | QM001799702 | Problem: EMC NetWorker Client pattern may fail to correctly parse information about the server host with too much data retrieved Solution: Code fix. Parsing algorithm updated. | |
- | #TKU-1841 | Problem: IBM Rational RequisitePro parses incorrectly the name of the file to be read to obtain version information Solution: Code fix. Regular expression to extract the file name improved. | |
- | #TKU-1896 | Problem: Oracle WebLogic Server extended J2EE discovery pattern can exit with an ECA error when parsing application information Solution: Code fix | |
- | #TKU-1902 | Problem: FoundationSecurity pattern can exit with an ECA engine error Solution: Code fix. | |
- | #TKU-1904 | Patterns in the BMC Performance Manager Portal, BMC Recovery Manager and BMC CONTROL-M/Forecast modules updated to set product_version to greater level of detail to align it with EOL data as published by BMC Software. | |
- | #TKU-1905 | Problem: IBM DB2 High Performance Unload pattern can potentially exit with an ECA engine error if one of the commands it executes fails. Solution: Code fix. | |
- | #TKU-1906 | Problem: Oracle VM VirtualBox Virtual Machine pattern can under certain circumstances create an SI without the SI type attribute being set Solution: Code fix. Updated pattern to prevent the above | |
- | #TKU-1912 | BMC CONTROL-M Forecast pattern updated to always perform registry versioning if version not obtained through active versioning approach. | |
- | #TKU-1917 | Problem: Formatting of the attributes of the Detail nodes created by Quest Spolight Console pattern is poorly interpreted by Atrium Discovery UI due to the way the data is stored Solution: Pattern updated to store the data in a different manner (as strings and not as lists) | |
- | #TKU-1921 | Problem: IBM Information Center pattern can under certain circumstances exit with an ECA engine error Solution: Code fix. |