Technology Knowledge Update 2013-Nov-1
BMC Atrium Discovery Technology Knowledge Update 2013-Nov-1 is a deliverable for BMC Atrium Discovery 8.3 and 9.0 series.
Release Compatibility
TKU 2013-Nov-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 licensable 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-2013-11-1.xls
In this Release
New Pattern Modules
Vendor | Product | Category | Platforms | Instances | Versioning | Product Page |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
IBM | Netezza NPS | Other System Software | UNIX | Y | Y | |
Microsoft | Windows PowerShell | Development Languages, Environments and Tools | Windows | Y | Y | |
Oracle | Audit Vault and Database Firewall | Security and Vulnerability Management Software | UNIX | Y | Y | |
Enhanced Pattern Modules
RFE ref. | Product | Enhancement | SI Key Change | Product Page |
|---|---|---|---|---|
QM001803350 | Revitas CARS | Pattern enhanced through addition of discovery of installed modules. These are modelled as Software Component nodes. | N | |
QM001803493 | Adobe ColdFusion | Adobe ColdFusion pattern module has been significantly enhanced to improve the discovery and modelling of the product on both UNIX and Windows platforms. Adobe JRun pattern was also updated to support enhancements in Adobe ColdFusion pattern module. | Y | |
QM001804683 | BMC Transaction Management Application Response Time | BMC TM ART patterns enhanced to support later versions of the software | N | |
QM001805145\\ QM001805624 | Oracle Database \\ Oracle Real Application Clusters\\ Oracle Content DB\\ Oracle E-Business Suite\\ | Patterns enhanced with support for discovery of multiple service names | N | |
QM001805813 | Sterling Commerce Connect Direct (IBM Connect Direct) | Sterling Commerce Connect Direct pattern for UNIX platform updated to improve versioning for later versions of the product | Y | |
QM001806168\\ QM001807162 | Hardware Reference Data | Hardware Reference Data for certain Oracle SPARC models added | N/A | |
QM001806458 | IBM DB2 RDBMS | IBM DB2 RDBMS pattern enhanced to obtain installation directory (used later in extended discovery) when using shell expansion on the UNIX platforms to perform versioning | N | |
QM001806936 | BMC Remedy AR System | BMC Remedy AR System patterns enhanced to support a scenario where more than one BMC AR Server share the same database server even though they are not in the same AR Server group. This has necessitated an update to the BMC AR System SI key. | Y | |
QM001807951 | Software Support Details | Software Support Details for Quest products updated | N/A | |
QM001809005 | Oracle WebLogic Server | Oracle WebLogic Server pattern (UNIX platform) has had the trigger condition updated to identify the software in certain cases when process command-line is truncated to 4096 characters. Additionally, another approach to obtain server name and domain name from command-line arguments was implemented. | N | |
#TKU-1848 | HP Performance Manager | Pattern updated to set the correct SI type based on version of the software to enable correct mapping to entries in BMC Product Catalog | N | |
#TKU-1895 | SAP Crystal Reports | Pattern updated to set the correct SI type and product attributes based on version of the software to enable correct mapping to entries in BMC Product Catalog | N | |
#TKU-1950 | Oracle MySQL Server | Oracle MySQL Server pattern enhanced with a | N | |
#TKU-1955 | IBM InfoSphere Warehouse | IBM InfoSphere Warehouse pattern trigger condition made a little more efficient | N | |
#TKU-1986 | Sybase ASE Dataserver | Sybase ASE Dataserver extended discovery pattern updated to improve its efficiency | N | |
#TKU-1987 | PostgreSQL RDBMS | PostgreSQL RDBMS extended discovery pattern updated to improve its efficiency | N | |
#TKU-1988 | IBM DB2 RDBMS | IBM DB2 RDBMS extended discovery pattern updated to improve its efficiency | N | |
#TKU-1989 | IBM Informix Dynamic Server | IBM Informix Dynamic Server extended discovery pattern updated to improve its efficiency | N | |
#TKU-1990 | Sterling Commerce Connect Direct (IBM Connect Direct) | Patterns updated to set the correct SI type and product attributes based on version of the software to enable correct mapping to entries in BMC Product Catalog | N | |
- | Multiple patterns | A 'vm_class' attribute is now added to Host nodes that are running virtualization software discovered by Atrium Discovery to enable easier reporting in a future version of Atrium Discovery | N |
Defects Resolved
The following defects have been fixed in BMC Atrium Discovery Technology Knowledge Update 2013-Nov-1
Case No | Defect No | Details | Product Page |
|---|---|---|---|
ISS04120473 | QM001805277 | Problem: Pattern combines multiple instances of TIBCO BusinessWorks Engine (some of which are different version) into one, leading to version attribute of the SI changing from scan to scan Solution: SI key changed to correctly model separate instances of the software | |
ISS04201550 | QM001805689 | Problem: Microsoft Windows HPC Server pattern can in certain cases exit with an ECA error Solution: Code fix. | |
ISS04199922 | QM001806454 | Problem: cdm_virtual_system_type attribute is not being set on Host nodes which represent AIX LPARs and Solaris LDOMs. The data stored in this attribute is therefore missing after syncing to the Atrium CMDB. Solution: Code fix. | |
ISS04181123 | QM001806749 | Problem: Some HRD nodes holding data about Oracle Solaris systems are no longer linked to their related Host nodes in Atrium Discovery 9.x due to the change of how hardware model information is set on the Host nodes. Solution: Hardware Reference data updated to cater for the differences between Atrium Discovery 8.3.x and 9.x | |
ISS04205371 | QM001807144 | Problem: Pattern for extended Apache Tomcat discovery can in certain circumstances exit with an ECA Engine error while parsing time stamps in log files Solution: Code fix. | |
ISS04209553 | QM001807299 | Problem: Oracle WebCenter Interaction (BEA AquaLogic User Interaction) pattern incorrectly creates an SI on hosts running Symantec Data Insight due to trigger process cross-match Solution: Code fix. Pattern updated to prevent SI creation unless it has determined that Oracle WebCenter Interaction is installed | |
ISS04193246 | QM001807401 | Problem: Under certain circumstances, hosts that do not belong to the same Solaris cluster may be consolidated under one Cluster node Solution: Code fix. The key used to determine the uniqueness of the cluster improved. | |
ISS04202939 | QM001807410 | Problem: The current Microsoft BizTalk Server pattern does not create an accurate model of BizTalk Server Solution: Microsoft BizTalk Server pattern significantly rewritten and an additional pattern to model BizTalk Server groups added to the module in order to improve the accuracy of the model created. | |
ISS04207042 | QM001807560 | Problem: Missing product version mapping for Microsoft Lync 2013 Solution: Code fix. Version mapping updated. The module further enhanced through addition of a pattern to identify Microsoft Lync Server Mediation | |
ISS04206817 | QM001807910 | Problem: Software Support Details not always linking to the related SI nodes even though EOL information for particular versions exists. Solution: Code fix in Software Support Detail and OS Support Detail patterns. | |
ISS04212018 | QM001808040 | Problem: Oracle Clusterware pattern that creates a Cluster node should not have the word 'Server' in the 'name' and 'type' attributes as it represents the cluster of servers and not a single server Solution: Code fix - 'name' and 'type' attributes updated. | |
ISS04207486 | QM001809570 | Problem: HP Performance Manager pattern can cause performance issues on the Atrium Discovery appliance with very large transaction log files being created if it identifies the HP Performance Manager software configured to communicate with the same software on large number of hosts Solution: Pattern now has a configuration option that controls whether it should attempt to create relationships to other HP Performance Manager SIs (disabled by default). Common library code (used by this and other patterns) also improved to make it more efficient. | |
- | #TKU-2007 | Problem: Search query in the pattern that attempts to relate the SI created to TIBCO Runtime Agent SI is incorrect which leads to failure to create the relationship Solution: Code fix | |
ISS04116634 | QM001808915 | Problem: WebLogic Server pattern doesn't make check install_root before returning it in getBeaHomeUnix() Solution: Code fix. |