Technology Knowledge Update 2015-Jun-1

BMC Atrium Discovery Technology Knowledge Update 2015-Jun-1 is a deliverable for BMC Atrium Discovery 9.0, 10.0, 10.1, and 10.2 series.

Note

In TKU March 2015, privileged execution configuration using the pattern configuration files is deprecated. It is recommended to use the BMC Atrium Discovery platform configuration instead. Previous TKU releases introduced some important changes to the CMDB Sync mapping and Oracle Database modeling.

Release Compatibility

TKU 2015-Jun-1 is released in the following streams:

Release compatible with BMC Atrium Discovery 9.x series
Release compatible with BMC Atrium Discovery 10.x 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.

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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 9.0.xx , Atrium Discovery 10.0.xx, Atrium Discovery 10.1.xx, and Atrium Discovery 10.2.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 9.0 series - Installation and upgrade instructions are provided here
Atrium Discovery 10.0 series - Installation and upgrade instructions are provided here
Atrium Discovery 10.1 series - Installation and upgrade instructions are provided here
Atrium Discovery 10.2 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-2015-06-1.xls

New Pattern Modules

Products

Vendor	Product	Category	Platforms	Instances	Versioning	Product Page
Terrastore	Terrastore	Nonrelational Database Management Systems	Windows, Unix	Y	Y	Terrastore
Atlassian	Atlassian Bamboo	Team Collaborative Applications	Windows, Unix	Y	Y	Atlassian Bamboo
TIBCO	TIBCO ActiveSpaces	Data Integration and Access Software	Windows, Unix	Y	Y	TIBCO ActiveSpaces
DataStax	DataStax Enterprise	Nonrelational Database Management Systems	Windows, Unix	Y	Y	DataStax Enterprise
Varnish	Varnish_Cache	Other Application Server Middleware	Windows, Unix	Y	Y	Varnish_Cache

Enhanced Pattern Modules

RFE ref.	Product Page	Enhancement	SI Key Change
QM001864246 QM001878927	Oracle Enterprise Manager	The pattern was updated with improved algorithm for creating some relationships for the Oracle Enterprise Manager Management Server SI.	N
	Oracle Management Packs	The pattern was updated with a new trigger (Oracle Enterprise Manager Management Server SI), improved Details key that is linked to the trigger SI. Some outdated methods were eliminated.	N
	Oracle RDBMS Installed Options	The pattern now reports only those installed options that were enabled.	N
TKU-4330	Oracle WebLogic Server	The pattern was updated with improved versioning.	N
QM001879943	Citrix XenServer	The pattern was updated with improved command versioning.	N
QM001876230	CA Workload Automation	The pattern was updated with improved versioning.	N
QM001881299	Oracle Process Manager	The pattern was updated with improved versioning to support Oracle Process Manager version 11G and later.	N
TKU-4154	BigMemory Max	The pattern now supports custer configuration of BigMemory Max.	N
TKU-4237	BMC Atrium Discovery and Dependency Mapping	The pattern was improved to support latest changes introduced in the BMC Atrium Discovery version 10.2.	N
QM001877934	Oracle Entitlements Server	The pattern now supports discovery of the Oracle Entitlements Administration Server.	N
TKU-3198	Oracle Secure Global Desktop	The pattern now supports Gateway and Server Array components.	N
QM001881113	Microsoft Forefront Identity Manager	The pattern was updated with improved WMI and active versioning, and also supports version 2007 FP1 and 2010 R2.	N
QM001880003	VMware Virtual Machine software	The pattern was updated with improved package versioning and better vm name retrieval.	N
QM001880362	IBM DB2 RDBMS	The pattern was updated with improved full version extraction mechanism and edition retrieval algorithm.	N
QM001880963	Sybase Adaptive Server Enterprise	The pattern was updated with improved install root extraction.	N
QM001879891	Informatica PowerCenter	The pattern was updated with improved path versioning.	N
QM001880429	Microsoft Visual Studio Team Foundation	The pattern was updated with improved product versioning.	N
QM001880438	Oracle TimesTen In-Memory Database	The pattern was updated with improved product versioning.	N
QM001880482	Apache Derby RDBMS	The pattern was updated with improved active versioning.	N
TKU-4099	Symantec VERITAS Replication Exec	The pattern was updated with improved product versioning.	N
QM001880894 QM001881413	IBM WebSphere MQ	The pattern was updated with improved method for install_root retrieval.	N
QM001880741	IBM Rational Build Forge	The pattern was updated with improved trigger.	N
QM001881240	IBM Tivoli Storage Manager	The pattern was updated with improved versioning.	N
QM001881065	Oracle VM VirtualBox	The pattern was updated with the improved VM extraction mechanism.	N
QM001881271	Borland VisiBroker	The pattern was updated with the improved trigger to avoid false triggering on the Fusionworks Orbacus Nameserver.	N
QM001881144, QM001880419	Microsoft Internet Information Services - Extended Discovery	The pattern was updated with the improved extended discovery of Microsoft Internet Information Services, including improved product versioning.	N
TKU-4084	BMC Remedy AR System	The pattern now supports version 9.0 and has improved trigger and install root extraction for BMC Remedy AR System Mid-Tier SI, improved package versioning and better DB details extraction for BMC Remedy AR System Server SI, and improved relationship between BMC Remedy AR System Flashboard and BMC Remedy AR System Server.	N
QM001878957	TIBCO ActiveSpaces	The pattern for TIBCO ActiveSpaces discovery was created.	N

Defects Resolved

The following defects have been fixed in this BMC Atrium Discovery Technology Knowledge Update.

Defect No	Details	Product Page
QM001879309	Problem: The pattern might trigger without sufficient evidence of the HP OpenView ServiceCenter presence. Solution: Code fix.	HP OpenView ServiceCenter
TKU-4155	Problem: BMC Release Lifecycle Management DeploymentDispatcher pattern retrieves invalid listening_ports. Solution: Code fix.	BMC Release Lifecycle Management
QM001880559	Problem: The pattern might fail to extract correct product version for Oracle VM VirtualBox SI. Solution: Code fix.	Oracle VM VirtualBox
QM001880018	Problem: The pattern might fail to discover the version of Oracle Essbase Server SI. Solution: Code fix.	Oracle Essbase
TKU-4156	Problem: The pattern might use incorrect expected_ports. Solution: Code fix.	IBM WebSphere Application Server
TKU-3841	Problem: Clustered HP hosts might be modeled using host containers, which might cause issues with visualization. Solution: Code fix.	HP ServiceGuardHP nPar HP ServiceGuard
QM001879776	Problem: Latest TKU upgrade might cause issues with Apache Web Server configuration file discovery. Solution: Code fix.	Apache HTTPD-based Webservers
Esc 075627	Problem: Multiple issues with SQL Server Extended Discovery. Solution: Code fix.	Microsoft SQL Server - Database Detail Pattern
QM001880899	Problem: The pattern fails to retrieve some product versions of IBM FileNet Fax SI. Solution: Code fix.	IBM FileNet Fax
QM001880899	Problem: The pattern fails to trigger for some versions of Microsoft Internet Information Services. Solution: Code fix.	Microsoft Internet Information Services - Extended Discovery
TKU-4342	Problem: Apache Zookeeper Service pattern could create obsolete software instances when the cluster key changes. Solution: Code fix.	Apache Zookeeper
ADDM-16213	Problem: CMDB mapping for StorageProcessor does not put serial number. Solution: Code fix.	CDM Mapping for Storage
TKU-3363	Problem: Discovery NIC Condition pattern should not create DiscoveryCondition node on a Host where interface.negotiation is set to AUTO. Solution: Code fix.	Configuring-Windows-NIC-discovery
ADDM-16321	Problem: Missing OS Type in syncmappings for Windows 2012 and 10. Solution: Code fix.	CDM Mapping for Host

Configuration upgrade

In this release the following patterns have the configuration block updated:

The list is under construction.

Updating to this TKU will reset any custom configuration for these products to the default values.