Technology Knowledge Update 2015-May-1


BMC Atrium Discovery Technology Knowledge Update 2015-May-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-May-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.

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 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-2015-05-1.xls

New Pattern Modules

Vendor

Product

Category

Platforms

Instances

Versioning

Product Page

Oracle

Tuxedo Mainframe Adapter

Event-Driven Middleware

Unix

Y

Y

Nagios

Suite

Advanced Analytics Software

Unix, Windows

Y

Y

Hortonworks

Data Platform

Clustering and Availability Software

Unix

Y

Y

Datastax

DevCenter

End-User Query, Reporting, and Analysis

Unix, Windows

Y

Y

Datastax

OpsCenter

Database Development and Management Tools

Unix

Y

Y

Couchbase

Server

Nonrelational Database Management Systems

Unix, Windows

Y

Y

OpenStack Foundation

OpenStack

Clustering and Availability Software

Unix

Y

Y

Terracotta

BigMemory Max

Database Development and Management Tools

Unix, Windows

Y

Y

Apache

Ambari

Change and Configuration Management Software

Unix

Y

Y

McAfee

Application Inventory Agent

Security and Vulnerability Management Software

Windows

Y

Y

McAfee

Policy Auditor Agent

Security and Vulnerability Management Software

Windows

Y

Y

VoltDB

VoltDB

Relational Database Management Systems

Unix

Y

Y

Atlassian

Stash

Change and Configuration Management Software

Windows, UNIX

Y

Y

Enhanced Pattern Modules

RFE ref.

Product Page

Enhancement

SI Key Change

TKU-3711

Improvement in the listening port information extracted for BMC IT Data Analytics.

N

TKU-3915

The pattern now extracts information about the patches installed for Oracle database on Unix systems.

N

QM001878422

Improved versioning.

N

QM001878079

Improved versioning.

N

QM001878473

The pattern trigger has been improved to avoid false triggering on the Symantec Data Insight processes on Unix.

N

QM001878293

The pattern uses more intelligent method of building the name value for HP Partitioned Server host container.

N

QM001878613

The pattern was updated with an alternative trigger condition that handles discovery of the latest versions of the software.

N

TKU-4046

The pattern was improved to support Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager version 2012, 2012 SP1, and 2012 R2.

N

QM001878315

The packages are now created as detail nodes for HP ServiceGuard SI.

N

TKU-3863

Modeling of BMC Atrium Orchestrator Suite SI was discontinued, as this might cause ambiguity.

N

QM001879355

Improved WMI query.

N

TKU-3943

The pattern now models Perforce Proxy Server SI.

N

TKU-4102

The pattern was updated to support Apache Hive Metastore.

N

TKU-2232

The pattern was updated with improved trigger and does not use registry versioning any more.

N

QM001875181

Minor improvements.

N

TKU-3996

Extended WebSphere Discovery pattern

The pattern now creates a relationship between the WebSphere WAS and WebsphereMQ.

N

TKU-4011

The pattern now supports the Entrust GetAccess Server discovery.

N

QM001879301

The pattern now supports the recent versions of Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager. Improved package versioning of Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager.

TKU-3769

The pattern was updated to avoid Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services and Integration Services SIs created without a unique name.

Y

Defects Resolved

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

 Defect No

Details 

Product Page

QM001879574
Esc073902

Problem: The pattern could fail to retrieve database size when it exceeds 2,147,483,647 kb.

Solution: Code fix.

QM001879277

Problem: The pattern might trigger without sufficient evidence of Microsoft Internet Information Services running.

Solution: Code fix.

TKU-3780

Problem: The pattern could extract incorrect listening port value.

Solution: Code fix.

QM001879291

Problem: The pattern could fail to extract correct version.

Solution: Code fix.

QM001878930

Problem: IBM HTTP Server showing wrong version.

Solution: Code fix.

QM001879129

Problem: Missing "Microsoft Speech Server" Product Version.

Solution: Code fix.

QM001878647

Problem: ECA Rule Error for TKU pattern IIS_Extended.

Solution: Code fix.

QM001879746

Problem: In some cases the ColdFusionServerWindows pattern skips the active version method and parse the package version.

Solution: Code fix.

TKU-4118

Problem: The pattern could fail to extract correct version of Oracle Enterprise Data Quality.

Solution: Code fix.

TKU-1401

Problem: The pattern might be inefficient.

Solution: Code fix.

Configuration upgrade

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

  • IBM WebSphere Business Monitor

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

 

Tip: For faster searching, add an asterisk to the end of your partial query. Example: cert*