Technology Knowledge Update 2013-Sep-1
BMC Atrium Discovery Technology Knowledge Update 2013-Sep-1 is a deliverable for BMC Atrium Discovery 8.3 and 9.0 series.
Release Compatibility
TKU 2013-Sep-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.
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-2013-09-1.xls
In this Release
New Pattern Modules
Vendor | Product | Category | Platforms | Instances | Versioning | Product Page |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Entuity | Entuity | Network Management Software | UNIX/Windows | Y | Y | |
Revitas | CARS | Financial Accounting Applications | UNIX | Y | Y |
Enhanced Pattern Modules
RFE ref. | Product | Enhancement | SI Key Change | Product Page |
|---|---|---|---|---|
QM001790255 | Software Support Details | Software Support Details for various products updated | N/A | |
QM001793136 | SAP Business Suite | SAP Business Suite pattern was enhanced by adding support for discovery of SAP systems using IBM DB2 database | N | |
QM001800106 | Oracle Database | Path versioning in Oracle Database Server and TNS Listener patterns significantly enhanced | N | |
QM001800629 | Microsoft IIS | Microsoft IIS extended discovery pattern updated with parsing improvement to deal with unencoded ampersand parameter within XML configuration files it parses | N | |
QM001800837 | IBM WebSphere Application Server\\ \\ IBM WebSphere Portal Server\\ \\ IBM DB2 Alphablox\\ \\ IBM Tivoli License Compliance Manager | The IBM WebSphere Application Server pattern (and patterns that also use the same process as their trigger) was enhanced with an alternative approach to obtaining server name, Cell name and Node name to cater for situations where trigger process arguments are truncated | N | |
QM001800918\\ QM001800929 | EMC PowerPath | EMC PowerPath Server (UNIX) pattern updated to add support for discovery of Invista ID (EMC vplex for virtualization of storage), as well as improving the trigger condition for discovery of the product on AIX platform | N | |
QM001801404 | Oracle Data Integrator | Oracle Data Integrator Runtime Agent pattern enhanced with an improved trigger | N | |
#TKU-1197 | Borland Together | Borland Together SI key updated to improve the way the product is modeled | Y | |
#TKU-1828 | Oracle VM Server for SPARC | Oracle VM Server for SPARC pattern updated to set the correct SI type based on version of the software to enable correct mapping to entries in BMC Product Catalog. | Y | |
#TKU-1839 | Oracle Business Intelligence | Patterns in the Oracle Business Intelligence module updated with code to perform full version to product (marketing) version mapping for known versions of this product. | N | |
#TKU-1840 | Oracle Database | The function obtaining edition information further improved to make it simpler to obtain edition information if privilege elevation is required | N | |
#TKU-1847 | HP Performance Agent | HP Performance Agent 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-1849 | Oracle WebCenter Content Server / Oracle WebCenter Content Document Management | Patterns in the Oracle WebCenter Content Server (formerly Oracle UCM Content Server) and Oracle WebCenter Content Document Management (formerly Oracle UCM Document Management) modules updated with code to perform full version to product (marketing) version mapping for known versions of this product as well as to set the correct SI type based on version of the software to enable correct mapping to entries in BMC Product Catalog. | Y | |
#TKU-1911 | Common Functions | A number of functions shared by various patterns have been updated (or added) to improve searching for related SIs and also related database SIs. | N/A | AirWatch Mobile Device Management |
#TKU-1936 | Oracle Solaris Cluster | Oracle Solaris Cluster pattern updated to set the correct SI type based on version of the software to enable correct mapping to entries in BMC Product Catalog. | Y | |
#TKU-1952 | IBM PureEdge Webform Server | Pattern updated with additional trigger condition and improvement in package versioning | N | |
US160365 | Oracle Internet Directory | Oracle Internet Directory server pattern updated with additional active versioning approach to identify newer versions of the product as well as with improved parsing of port information and mapping of versions discovered to market version | N | |
US173353 | BMC Remedy AR System | BMC Remedy AR Server pattern updated with improved code to create relationship to back end Oracle Database | N |
Defects Resolved
The following defects have been fixed in BMC Atrium Discovery Technology Knowledge Update 2013-Sep-1
Case No | Defect No | Details | Product Page |
|---|---|---|---|
ISS04162758 | QM001796962 | Problem: Apache HTTPD-based Webservers Extended Discovery pattern fails to discover websites under certain circumstances due to either path to the configuration files not being parsed correctly, or because alias information is not parsed correctly Solution: Code fix. Pattern updated with improved parsing of configuration location and configuration file. | |
ISS04170322 | QM001799668 | Problem: Oracle Database Server pattern fails to obtain the full version of discovered instances of Oracle 7 Solution: Code fix. Version mappings for known releases of Oracle 7 updated | |
ISS04169178 | QM001800707 | Problem: A process running as part of Entuity Entuity product can incorrectly trigger IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for ERP pattern leading to it creating a Software Instance in error Solution: Pattern updated with code to check for false positives. | |
ISS04158948 | QM001801109 | Problem: Software AG webMethods Integration Server pattern can fail to obtain version information due to inability to correctly obtain the install location for the software. Solution: Pattern code to obtain install location improved. This has also lead to an update to the SI key being created by the pattern. | |
ISS04162303 | QM001801264 | Problem: Under certain circumstances, multiple Oracle TNS Listener instances belonging to different installations are being merged into a single SI Solution: Code fix. Oracle TNS Listener SI key has been updated to allow for the instances to be uniquely identified. | |
ISS04158948 | QM001801291 | Software AG webMethods Integration Server pattern updated to improve the trigger condition in order to prevent false positives. | |
ISS04181073 | QM001801601 | Problem: ADDM incorrectly creates an IBM Lotus Domino Document Manager SI on all Unix servers where it has identified IBM Lotus Notes Domino Server Solution: Code fix. Criteria for creation of the IBM Lotus Domino Document Manager SI revised | |
ISS04182526 | QM001801696 | Problem: Pattern performing extended Apache Tomcat discovery can exit with an ECA engine error while parsing log files containing unexpected time format. Solution: Code fix. Parsing of log files improved further | |
ISS04120473 | QM001802340 | Package versioning approach in HP Systems Insight Manager pattern updated based on customer feedback | |
- | #TKU-1805 | Problem: Code in the IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Server pattern incorrectly parses license serial number it retrieves. Solution: Code fix. Regular expression to parse the serial number improved. | |
- | #TKU-1923 | Problem: In certain deployment scenarios, discovered IBM Lotus Domino Server SI key is not unique enough leading to merging of multiple SIs Solution: Code fix. Algorithm to set the SI key updated based on SME feedback | |
- | #TKU-1924 | Problem: The format in which the version for VMware vCenter Agent is set does not follow best practice, making it inconsistent. Solution: Code fix. Format the version is set has been amended. | |
- | #TKU-1934 | Problem: IBM Informix Dynamic Server pattern does not set the product version (marketing version) to the required level of detail Solution: Code fix. | |
- | #TKU-1937 | Problem: Product version (marketing version) may not always be set in the Oracle Database Express pattern. Solution: Code fix. | |
- | #TKU-1945 | Problem: Oracle VM Server Agent pattern can fail to correctly extract version information when using path versioning approach. Solution: Code fix |