Technology Knowledge Update 2014-May-1

BMC Atrium Discovery Technology Knowledge Update 2014-May-1 is a deliverable for BMC Atrium Discovery 8.3, 9.0 and 10.0series.

The May 2014 TKU includes changes to the CMDB Sync mapping (introduced between TKU Jan 2014 and TKU Mar 2014)

  • When you synchronize with the CMDB the first time, the BMC_ComputerSystem CIs mapped from partition Host nodes are updated and their PartitionIds are set.
  • During data synchronization to the CMDB, FunctionalComponent nodes representing CAM Functional Components are mapped to BMC_ConcreteCollection CIs.
  • When you synchronize with the CMDB the first time, the BMC_ComputerSystem CIs mapped from HostContainer nodes are updated and their TokenIds are set.
  • When you synchronize with the CMDB the first time, all BMC_ApplicationService CIs are updated and their TokenIds are set.

Release Compatibility

TKU 2014-May-1 is released in three streams:

  • Release compatible with BMC Atrium Discovery 8.3 series
  • Release compatible with BMC Atrium Discovery 9.0 series
  • Release compatible with BMC Atrium Discovery 10.0 series

Download

Customers can access this TKU release from the BMC Electronic Product Distribution Website. If you are a customer or partner and do not already have a login please contact your BMC account manager.

Check out this demo  if you are unsure how to download from BMC EPD site

Contents

The release comprises components packaged as two entities:

  • 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 series - Installation and upgrade instructions are provided here
  • Atrium Discovery 9.0 series - Installation and upgrade instructions are provided here
  • Atrium Discovery 10.0 series - 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-2014-05-1.xls

New Pattern Modules

Vendor

Product

Category

Platforms

Instances

Versioning

Product Page

IBM

Cognos Planning

End-User Query, Reporting, and Analysis

Windows

Y

Y

IBM

Tivoli CAM for Application Diagnostics

Performance Management Software

UNIX/Windows

N

Y

Oracle

Business Activity Monitoring

Process Automation Middleware

UNIX/Windows

Y

Y

Red Hat

Enterprise Virtualization (Manager)

Clustering and Availability Software

UNIX

Y

Y

Symantec

Veritas Storage Foundation Cluster File System

File System Software

UNIX

Y

Y

 

Enhanced Pattern Modules

RFE ref.

Product

Enhancement

SI Key Change

Product Page

QM001820401 & TKU-2263

Autonomy IDOL

Package versioning support has been added.

N

QM001820602

Citrix Presentation Server/ Citrix XenApp

Edition information has been added to the Software Instance

N

QM001824496

Oracle VM VirtualBox

Updated Oracle VM VirtualBox VM pattern with relevant metadata

N

QM001824607

Oracle Clusterware

The path versioning function utilised by the Oracle RDBMS pattern has been augmented to enhance path versioning.

N

QM001827688

IBM InfoSphere QualityStage

Versioning and possibly identification has been enhanced by removal of the versioning method based on 'buildinfo.txt'.

N

QM001828801

BMC BladeLogic Server Automation

The active versioning regular expression in the Agent pattern has been improved.

N

QM001829491

Oracle Database

Via the Configuration section, databases can now be excluded based on substrings.

N

QM001829652

Microsoft Internet Information Services

The protocol is now retained where several protocols all of the same type are returned. Instance attribute has been added to Software Component nodes.

N

QM001829711

IBM DB2

Pattern now creates a number of client-server connections to DB2 database servers that were previously missing via fix in RDBMS functions.

N

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Red Hat Cluster Suite

Added support for version 6 by additionally triggering on rgmanager process.

N

TKU-2105

BMC Control-M Batch Impact Manager

Model has been improved

N

-

BMC BladeLogic Server Automation Suite

File Server pattern added

N

 

Defects Resolved

The following defects have been fixed in BMC Atrium Discovery Technology Knowledge Update 2014-May-1

Defect No

Details

Product Page

QM001824589

Problem: When triggering on a tlmagent.bin process, both an IBM License Metric Tool Agent SI and an IBM Tivoli License Compliance Manager SI are incorrectly created. Solution: Only an IBM Tivoli License Compliance Manager Agent SI is now created.

QM001804865

Problem: VERITAS File System pattern was modelling the wrong product by incorrectly triggering on processes associated with VERITAS Cluster File System. Solution: VERITAS File System pattern now models the correct product.

QM001824660

Problem: Patterns report no service pack information Solution: Service pack attribute has been added to Software Instances

QM001827709

Problem: Pattern could potentially cause an ECA error Solution: Additional check added to prevent such ECA error

QM001827800

Problem: Pattern could potentially cause an ECA error Solution: sort_list function in Common Functions updated.

QM001828540

Problem: Impact Portal pattern could potentially cause an ECA error Solution: Additional check added to prevent such ECA error

QM001829002

Problem: Pattern could potentially cause an ECA error Solution: Fixed ECA error and improved versioning in file versioning method

QM001829775

Problem: Pattern is not relating Oracle Database to Master Service Solution: Changed order of paths for tnsnames.ora file

QM001829783

Problem: Incorrect profile file may be past to SAP pattern, causing it to be unable to locate correct Message Server Host. Certain SAP components were failing to be linked into SAP Suite 2nd order Software Instance. Solution: Now reports correct profile file from which to obtain Message Server Host. Now links additional SAP components into SAP Suite 2nd order Software Instance.

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Problem: PXE Server pattern fails to trigger on the PXE Windows service. Solution: PXE Server pattern now additionally triggers on the PXE Windows service.

TKU-2028

Problem: Windows XP and 2003 could report incorrect CPU details if KB953955 fix is missing Solution: Added a discovery condition pattern for reporting incorrect CPU details on XP and 2003 when KB953955 fix is missing

TKU-2204

Problem: IBM WAS can get incorrect versioning information from trigger process command line arguments Solution: ???

TKU-2207

Problem: SI type hardcoded and not set according to version Solution: SI type is now set correctly based on product version

TKU-2209

Problem: Patterns failed to create SI when version was not obtained Solution: Patterns now create SI even if version is not obtained

TKU-2214

Problem: Quest Foglight currently reports product version to two levels. Solution: Quest Foglight now reports product version to three levels.

TKU-2240

Problem: No manufacturer set for processor type "PowerPC POWER 3808 Mhz" Solution: Corrected the processor_vendors table.

 

 

 

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