Technology Knowledge Update 2013-Feb-1
BMC Atrium Discovery Technology Knowledge Update 2013-Feb-1 is a deliverable for BMC Atrium Discovery 8.3 and 9.0 series.
Release Compatibility
TKU 2013-Feb-1 is released in two streams:
- Release compatible with BMC Atrium Discovery 8.3 series
- Release compatible with BMC Atrium Discovery 9.0 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
- 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
- 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 February In The Spotlight Page
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-2013-02-1.xls
In this Release
New Pattern Modules
Vendor | Product | Category | Platforms | Instances | Versioning | Product Page |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
AirWatch | Mobile Device Management | Security and Vulnerability Management Software | Windows | Y | Y | |
Corosync | Cluster Engine | Clustering and Availability Software | UNIX | Y | Y | |
ClusterLabs | Pacemaker | Clustering and Availability Software | UNIX | Y | Y | |
IBM | Cognos Finance | End-User Query, Reporting, and Analysis | Windows | Y | Y | |
IBM | Cognos Upfront | Content Management | UNIX/Windows | Y | Y | |
IBM | Lotus Organizer | Consumer Software | Windows | Y | Y | |
Open Source | Linux-HA | Clustering and Availability Software | UNIX | Y | Y | |
Oracle | Business Intelligence Publisher | End-User Query, Reporting, and Analysis | UNIX/Windows | Y | Y | |
Oracle | Enterprise Single Sign-On | Identity and Access Management | Windows | Y | Y | |
Oracle | Identity Analytics | Identity and Access Management | UNIX/Windows | Y | Y |
Enhanced Pattern Modules
RFE ref. | Product | Enhancement | SI Key Change | Product Page |
|---|---|---|---|---|
QM001769101 | IBM Sterling Control Center | Pattern module enhanced to add support for identification of the product on the UNIX platforms as well as identification of newer versions of the product | N | |
QM001778245 | Hardware Reference Data | Hardware Reference Data added to our Extended Data Pack based on customer feedback | N/A | |
QM001778626 | HP Operations Manager | HP Operations Agent pattern enhanced through addition of an addition trigger process to cater for newer versions of the product. The SI type for both HP Operations Agent and HP Operations Manager changes based on the version of the product. Package versioning updated with addition of new package names to cater for newer versions of the product | N | |
QM001778973 | Oracle WebLogic Server | Extended J2EE WebLogic Server discovery using configuration files extended to add support for virtual host based application deployments | N/A | |
QM001779063 | Microsoft SharePoint | Version mapping tables for Microsoft SharePoint and Microsoft Foundation Services updated to add support for version 2013 | N | |
QM001779722 | OS Support Details | Support lifecycle information added for certain versions of Red Hat Enterprise Linux, and updated for certain versions and editions of Microsoft Windows, and HP-UX | N/A | |
QM001780301 | Oracle WebLogic Server | Code in Oracle WebLogic Server pattern linking domain information with WebLogic Server instances was enhanced to ensure that domain information is more reliably and more frequently obtained during initial discovery enabling its use in the SI key. Support added (via an user configuration option) for parsing domain information from the command-line when this is set using a '-D_<domain><instance>' format | N | |
#TKU-1730 | HSQL Development Group HyperSQL | HyperSQL Database Server pattern enhanced with addition of file versioning and modelling of databases (as DatabaseDetail nodes) on the DB server | N | |
#TKU-1751 | BEA AquaLogic Business Process Management | BEA AquaLogic Business Process Management pattern updated to store license information as a Detail node rather than as attributes on the SI | N | |
#TKU-1754 | Microsoft Exchange Server | Microsoft Exchange Server pattern was enhanced to add support for Exchange Server 2013. In addition to this registry versioning was improved and path versioning method was added | N | |
- | Multiple patterns | Patterns in Oracle Essbase, Oracle UCM Document Management and Oracle Berkeley DB pattern modules updated with minor improvements to setting of product version | N | |
- | Symantec VERITAS NetBackup | Symantec VERITAS NetBackup Server and Client patterns updated with an additional package regex to improve versioning of newer versions of the product | N |
Defects Resolved
The following defects have been fixed in BMC Atrium Discovery Technology Knowledge Update 2013-Feb-1
Case No | Defect No | Details | Product Page |
|---|---|---|---|
ISS04033218 | QM001776148 | Problem: IBM InfoSphere Warehouse pattern can in certain rare case exit with an ECA Engine error Solution: Code fix. Pattern has also had its SI model (and therefore SI key) updated to improve the way the product is modeled | |
ISS04063496 | QM001777058 | Problem: Oracle WebLogic Server pattern could pick an incorrect path to config.xml the WebLogic Server instance is using, by incorrectly interpreting the information in domain-registry.xml file. Solution: Code fix. | |
ISS04073052 | QM001778850 | Problem: CA Wily Introscope can exit with an ECA engine error due to an incorrect regular expression used for obtaining product version Solution: Code fix. Pattern further updated with an improved trigger and SI model (SI key updated) based on customer feedback | |
ISS03978033 | QM001779226 | Problem: Active version method in Microsoft Exchange Server pattern can fail due to the pattern incorrectly extracting the installation path Solution: Code fix - parsing of installation path improved | |
ISS04076985 | QM001779854 | Problem: Microsoft System Center Operations Manager Agent pattern can trigger on hosts not running this product as the trigger condition cross-matches a process from another vendor. Solution: Code fix. Trigger condition improved. | |
ISS04080582 | QM001780950 | Problem: If the name of the ESX cluster changes a new Detail node representing the cluster is linked to the vCenter SI, but the Detail node representing the old cluster is not removed implying that the same virtual host is now a member of 2 clusters Solution: Node management code implemented | |
ISS04083196 | QM001780980 | Problem: Databases once discovered by Microsoft SQL Server and MySQL RDBMS extended DB discovery pattern are not removed from the model if they are no longer discovered on subsequent scans, unless the actual database server SI ages out. Solution: Node management code implemented | |
ISS04084615 | QM001782644 | Problem: Path versioning in Red Hat JBoss Application Server pattern can return incorrectly formatted version. Solution: Code fix. Additional parsing implmented. | |
- | #TKU-1755 | Problem: BMC BladeLogic Client Automation Tuner Service pattern should set SI type to 'BMC Configuration Management Tuner' in case an older version of the product is discovered Solution: Pattern updated. SI type changes according to the version of the product | |
- | #TKU-1756 | Problem: BMC CONTROL/M Agent Listener pattern can create an SI with the 'name' and 'instance' attributes containing additional spaces. Solution: Code fix. | |
- | #TKU-1760 | Problem: Autonomy Interwoven Universal Search pattern does not create correct link to Autonomy IDOL Server Solution: Code fix. |