Technology Knowledge Update 2013-Mar-1
BMC Atrium Discovery Technology Knowledge Update 2013-Mar-1 is a deliverable for BMC Atrium Discovery 8.3 and 9.0 series.
Release Compatibility
TKU 2013-Mar-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 March 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-2013-03-1.xls
In this Release
New Pattern Modules
Vendor | Product | Category | Platforms | Instances | Versioning | Product Page |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
BMC | FootPrints Asset Core | Change and Configuration Management Software | UNIX, Windows | Y | Y | |
IBM | Cognos Mobile | End-User Query, Reporting, and Analysis | UNIX, Windows | Y | Y | |
Oracle | Entitlements Server | Security and Vulnerability Management Software | UNIX, Windows | Y | Y |
Enhanced Pattern Modules
RFE ref. | Product | Enhancement | SI Key Change | Product Page |
|---|---|---|---|---|
QM001778245 | Hardware Reference Data | Hardware Reference Data added to our Extended Data Pack based on customer feedback | N/A | |
QM001778371 | BMC Atrium CMDB | BMC Atrium CMDB pattern module was enhanced through addition of a new pattern for BMC Atrium Integrator | N | |
QM001780044 | HP Business Availability Center | Pattern enhanced with additional registry versioning approach and additional package regex to cover newer versions of the product. | N | |
QM001782040 | Hardware Reference Data | Hardware Reference Data added to our Extended Data Pack based on customer feedback | N/A | |
QM001783322 | Microsoft Exchange Server | Pattern module enhanced with an additional pattern to codel Microsoft Exchange Clusters using a 2nd order SI | N | |
QM001783410 | Microsoft System Center Operations Manager | Pattern updated with an improved algorithm for creation of relationship between Microsoft System Center Operations Manager SI and its related Microsoft SQL Server SI | N | |
QM001783449 | OS Support Details | Support lifecycle information added for Microsoft Windows Server 2012 and Microsoft Windows 8 | N | |
QM001783491 | Oracle Database Server | Oracle RDBMS extended database discovery pattern updated to introduce a limiting mechanism for schema and tablespace retrieval to prevent Atrium Discovery running out of resources when discovering Oracle RDBMS installations with large number of schemas. Schema retreival limit is user defined. Alternatively, users can also configure a global option to stop retrieval of Oracle schema information. Retrieval of tablespace information is governed by a global option to either allow or stop retrieval of this data | N/A | |
QM001784245 | Oracle Database Server | Pattern updated with an improvements to the code to determine edition information | N | |
QM001784257 | OS Support Details | Pattern that generates OS Support details for SUSE Linux updated to cater for minor changes in the OS classifier behaviour in Atrium Discovery 9.0 and later | N | |
QM001785028 | IBM Tivoli Storage Manager | IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Client pattern enhanced through addition of more trigger processes to improve rate of detection of this product component | N | |
#US154660 | IBM Content Manager OnDemand | Pattern enhancement to improve product versioning, the SI model created, as well as adding code to create a communication relationship to the related database server SI | Y | |
#US158995 | Multiple patterns | Trigger conditions in certain patterns made slightly more efficient | N | |
#US160688 | BMC Atrium Orchestrator | Patterns now set product_version to 3 digits which is more accurate for this product | N | |
#TKU-1779 | Oracle Identity Analytics | Pattern update - SI 'name' attribute now include instance name to improve the SI model created | N |
Defects Resolved
The following defects have been fixed in BMC Atrium Discovery Technology Knowledge Update 2013-Mar-1
Case No | Defect No | Details | Product Page |
|---|---|---|---|
ISS04067809 | QM001778938 | Problem: FLEXnet Software Instance key is incorrect leading to multiple SIs merging into one and not all relevant license file Detail nodes being linked to the resultant SI Solution: Code fix. SI key (and therefore model) creation code updated to handle multiple invocations of FLEXnet Publisher that are managing different vendor daemons but running from the same installation location | |
ISS04089152 | QM001782746 | Problem: VMware pattern does not create a relationship between the VM Software Instances and the virtual hosts if these virtual hosts are running Solaris OS due to the serial number format being different to that expected Solution: Code fix. | |
ISS04090587 | QM001783168 | Problem: The version for the IBM WebSphere Application Server cannot be discovered on some Windows hosts Solution: Code fix. File versioning method improved | |
ISS04087194 | QM001784141 | Problem: BMC BladeLogic Server Automation Application Server pattern will in cases where the installation path contains spaces fail to create an SI due to incorrect parsing of the installation path Solution: Code fix. | |
ISS04067958 | QM001784636 | Problem: Hardware Reference Data for HP Proliant DL380p Gen 8 is incorrect Solution: HRD updated with correct values | |
ISS04092734 | QM001785154 | Problem: Solaris LDOM pattern does not correctly remove relationships between Control and Guest domains, if the Guest domain moves to another host - relationship now exists to two Control domains Solution: Code fix. Solaris LDOM pattern updated with code that manages better Control - Guest domain relationship maintenance | |
- | #TKU-1783 | Pattern updated to no longer create an explicit dependency relationship between IBM InfoSphere Warehouse SI and IBM WebSphere Application Server SI as the relationship is implicit, and the pattern cannot always determine which WebSphere App Server instance the relationship should be attached to (there can be more than one WebSphere Application Server instances running from the same installation path, but only one is likely to have InfoSphere Warehouse running as an application within it) | |
- | #TKU-1785 | Problem: The way the AirWatch Cloud Messaging Cluster is being modelled is incorrect as this is an application cluster for which the Atrium Discovery Cluster node cannot be used in the current data model Solution: Code fix. AirWatch Cloud Messaging Cluster is now modelled as a 2nd order SI which represents the application cluster | |
- | #TKU-1787 | Embarcadero Change Manager pattern updated, making the code that attempts to obtain installation path more flexible | |
- | #TKU-1788 | Problem: Oracle Database Server pattern can in certain cases incorrectly populate the 'listen_tcp_sockets' attribute which can lead to extended database discovery failing Solution: Code fix. Parsing of listening IP/port information improved. | |
- | #TKU-1797 | Problem: IBM InfoSphere Guardium Data Redaction Server pattern can in certain cases exit with an ECA Engine error Solution: Code fix. |