Technology Knowledge Update 2013-Jul-1
BMC Atrium Discovery Technology Knowledge Update 2013-Jul-1 is a deliverable for BMC Atrium Discovery 8.3 and 9.0 series.
Release Compatibility
TKU 2013-Jul-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 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.
To see some of the highlights of this release visit the TKU July 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-2013-07-1.xls
In this Release
New Pattern Modules
Vendor | Product | Category | Platforms | Instances | Versioning | Product Page |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CA | Workload Automation | Workload Scheduling and Automation Software | UNIX/Windows | Y | Y | |
Oracle | Enterprise Repository | Content Management | UNIX/Windows | Y | Y | |
Oracle | WebCenter Interaction | Enterprise Portals | UNIX/Windows | Y | Y | |
Software AG | webMethods Optimize for Infrastructure | Performance Management Software | UNIX/Windows | Y | Y |
Enhanced Pattern Modules
RFE ref. | Product | Enhancement | SI Key Change | Product Page |
|---|---|---|---|---|
QM001785717 | Microsoft Internet Information Services | Microsoft IIS pattern module and Microsoft IIS extended discovery pattern modules have been extended to add support for discovery of Microsoft IIS FTP Server including extended discovery of FTP Server (enumeration of FTP sites) | N/A | |
QM001790255\\ QM001794490 | Software Support Details | Support Details added for a number of software products based on customer requests and data provided | N/A | |
QM001792462\\ QM001792463 | Oracle Internet Directory | Oracle Internet Directory Server pattern was updated to obtain listening port information whenever it is available in the obtained information. The pattern was further enhanced with a more robust approach to obtain installation path for the product allowing the way the pattern is modelled to be improved (necessitating SI key change). | Y | |
QM001791776 | BMC Remedy AR System | BMC Remedy AR Mid-Tier updated to support identification of Remedy Mid-Tier 8.0 and 8.1 | N | |
QM001793933 | IBM WebSphere Portal Server | IBM WebSphere Portal Server pattern trigger was enhanced to enable discovery of the product (in majority of cases) when the OS restrictions mean that process command line output is truncated at 4096 characters | N | |
QM001794326 | EMC PowerPath | EMC PowerPath Server (UNIX) pattern enhanced through addition of support for AIX and HPUX, update of the commands listing configuration information (supporting newer versions of the product) as well as enriching the model created by the pattern | N | |
QM001795063 | Hardware Reference Data | Minor update to Hardware Reference Data for IBM System x3650 M4 Server based on customer data provided | N/A | |
#TKU-1834 | HP Mercury SiteScope | Pattern code that manages Detail nodes updated to use functionality available in Atrium Discovery 8.3 and later | N | |
#TKU-1857 | IBM Information Center | IBM Information Center pattern trigger has been improved to increase the likelihood of the product being identified on a host | N | |
#TKU-1859 | Software AG webMethods Integration Server | Software AG webMethods Integration Server pattern trigger and file versioning approach enhanced to add support for identification and versioning of newer versions of this product | N | |
#TKU-1885 | SAP BusinessObjects Crystal Reports | SAP BusinessObjects Crystal Reports Designer pattern updated to use a version mapping table to map the version obtained to a marketing version of the product. | N | |
#TKU-1861 | Software AG webMethods Broker | Software AG webMethods Broker Server pattern enhanced through improvement in file versioning as well as improvement in the way the product is modelled. SI key changed | Y | |
#US167536 | BMC Atrium Discovery and Dependency Mapping | BMC Atrium Discovery and Dependency Mapping pattern module updated with enhancements to better model Atrium Discovery installations (some functionality will only be seen on ADDM 9.0 SP2 and later) | N |
Defects Resolved
The following defects have been fixed in BMC Atrium Discovery Technology Knowledge Update 2013-Jul-1
Case No | Defect No | Details | Product Page |
|---|---|---|---|
ISS03991289 | QM001771903 | Problem: CMDB sync failed to create a relationship between second-order SI and its contained SI. SoftwareInstance maps to BMC_SoftwareServer or BMC_ApplicationSystem, depending upon whether it is first-order or second-order SI. CMDB.SoftwareInstance_Containment CDM mapping currently handles first-order SI only. Solution: CMDB.SoftwareInstance_Containment CDM mapping will handle first-order and second-order SI. | |
ISS04096044, ISS04119398 | QM001783964 | Problem: CMDB sync patterns that map some Atrium Discovery node attributes to Atrium CMDB CI sometimes does not set unique enough values for ADDM RE Identification Rules to identify these. This regularly ends up in Duplicated CIs problems for BMC_Database, BMC_SoftwareServer, BMC_ApplicationSystem and BMC_Cluster CIs. Solution: TokenId is now populated for these CIs with unique enough values. | |
ISS04151363 | QM001794178 | Problem: Support Details information for Windows Server 2012 is not being linked to hosts identified as running Windows Server 2012 Solution: An issue in the way Atrium Discovery OS classifier was setting the version of Windows Server 2012 which prevented the Support Detail node to be linked to the Host node has been resolved | N/A |
- | #TKU-1798 | Problem: IBM Rational Host On-Demand pattern can delete valid License Detail nodes Solution: Code fix. | |
- | #TKU-1843 | BMC Impact Manager pattern now sets more granular product version to allow for mapping to Support Detail information | |
- | #TKU-1844 | BMC Performance Assurance patterns now set more granular product version to allow for mapping to Support Detail information | |
- | #TKU-1880 | Problem: Pattern in Oracle Transparent Gateways module that creates Detail nodes may fail to obtain the information on Windows platform due to incorrect creation of the path to access the data Solution: Code fix. | |
- | #TKU-1881 | Patterns in the HP Data Protector module now normalize the version obtained using active versioning approach to ensure that the version is set uniformly. Mapping to product version has also been standardized to allow for successful linking to Support Detail nodes for the product. | |
- | #TKU-1886 | Problem: Oracle Secure Enterprise Search pattern fails to create a communication relationship to a related Oracle Database SI due to an incorrect regular expression used in the datastore search query Solution: Code fix. Regular expression updated | |
- | #TKU-1882 | Problem: Parallels Virtuozzo Containers pattern creates a 'vm_ip' attribute containing '--' characters if it cannot obtain the information to populate this attribute. This approach does not follow best practice - setting the attribute to an empty string. Solution: Code fix. The attribute will now be either set to an IP address if the data is obtained, or to an empty string otherwise. | |
- | #TKU-1840 | Minor fix to a function attempting to obtain Oracle Database edition using elevated privileges |