Technology Knowledge Update 2016-Jul-1
BMC Discovery Technology Knowledge Update 2016-Jul-1 is a deliverable for BMC Atrium Discovery 10.0, 10.1, 10.2 and BMC Discovery 11.0 series.
Release Compatibility
TKU 2016-Jul-1 is released in the following streams:
- Release compatible with BMC Atrium Discovery 10.x series
- Release compatible with BMC Discovery 11.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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Contents
The release comprises components packaged as such entities:
- BMC 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 10.0.xx, Atrium Discovery 10.1.xx, Atrium Discovery 10.2.xx and BMC Discovery 11.0.xx) as well as patterns used by the CMDB sync system
- BMC Atrium Discovery Extended Data Pack, which is a separately licensable product.
- Hardware Reference Data - Patterns and data import CSV file that populate BMC Discovery with power and heat consumption figures for various hosts.
- National Vulnerability Database – A pattern that populates BMC Discovery with information about the CPE ID of each product, full details here
- Product Lifecycle - Patterns that populate BMC 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
- BMC Discovery for Storage, which is a separately licensable product.
- Storage Systems: Patterns that model many Storage Systems. See the full list of currently supported storage devices here. Visit the Storage System Release Notes page to get details about what's new.
- Improvements on existing Storage patterns. See what we have fixed or improved in existing patterns in the Storage Systems Release Notes page.
Installation and Upgrade
- 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
- BMC Discovery 11.0 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-2016-07-1.xlsx
New Pattern Modules
Products
Vendor | Product | Category | Platforms | Instances | Versioning | Product Page |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
BMC | BMC Remedy Encryption Security | Process Automation Middleware | Windows, Unix | Y | Y | |
BMC | BMC TrueSight Middleware Administrator | Process Automation Middleware | Windows, Unix | Y | Y | |
Docker | Docker Swarm | Virtual Machine Software | Unix | Y | N |
Enhanced Pattern Modules for Cluster Awareness in BMC Discovery 11.x series
BMC Discovery 11.0.x introduces a new extended cluster discovery.
Cluster Modeling approaches and Key changes:
- Clustering Platform that generate a Cluster Node. In most cases the Key doesn’t change.
- Clustered Software. In previous releases, the SIs were modeled running on Host nodes. Now, if they are running on a cluster, they are modeled running on the Cluster node .That means that instances of these products that run on clusters have changed Keys. Instances that do not run on clusters do not have changed Keys.
- Software Performing Clustering - products that implement their own Clustering Scheme without using a Clustering Platform. In general, the SoftwareCluster is given the same Key that was previously given to the SoftwareInstance.
More about new clustering technologies and clustering models you may find here.
Task No | Product Page | Enhancement | Clustering Model | Key Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
DRDC1-6371 | New pattern for Docker module which supports the new Cluster data model | Software Performing Clustering | N | |
DRUD1-18009 | SoftwareInstance nodes representing the virtual machines in a cluster will no longer be linked to the Cluster node, and will only now be linked to the host they are running on. | Clustering Platform | N | |
DRDC1-6445 | Removed cluster identifier from the name in SystemMirror Cluster node | Clustering Platform | N |
Enhanced Pattern Modules
RFEs
RFE ref. | Product Page | Enhancement | SI Key Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Esc091146 | Pattern enhancement implemented | N | |
DRDC1-6360 | Added BMC TrueSight Operations Manager latest version support (10.5) | N | |
DRDC1-6411 | Fixed the issue when pattern does not find cluster name + model details as software components | N | |
Esc091009 | Fixed TKU Data Quality issue | N | |
DRDC1-6435 | Removed -s option for olsnodes command for specific versions | N | |
DRDC1-6296 | SI type updated | N | |
DRDC1-6412 | SI type updated | N | |
DRDC1-6303 | Fixed the issue with discovering virtual machines | N | |
DRDC1-6290 | Fixed opatch issue | N | |
DRDC1-5673 | Added a new version support | N | |
Esc090695 | Fixed Weblogic discovery issue | N | |
DRDC1-6405 | Fixed Instance Splunk Forwarder SI creation issue | N | |
DRDC1-6448 | Fixed the issue with oracle DBs detection | N | |
DRDC1-6447 | Updated vm_hostname assignment | N | |
DRDC1-6285 | MongoDB pattern update | N | |
DRDC1-6488 | Trigger updates implemented | N | |
DRDC1-6492, DRDC1-6493 | Versioning methods updated | N | |
DRDC1-6486 | Package name update | N | |
DRDC1-6441 | Minor pattern enhancement | N |
Defects Resolved
The following defects have been fixed in this BMC Discovery Technology Knowledge Update.
Defect No | Details | Product Page |
|---|---|---|
DRDC1-6487 | Problem: Syntax error in OralceRDBMS.tplpre | |
DRDC1-6438 | Problem: Pattern issues | |
DRDC1-6044 | Problem: vCenter Cluster Nodes disappear after scan of vCenter because queries fail | |
DRDC1-6339, DRDC1-6358 | Problem: Some LDOMs missing information and some LDOM guest domains are not linked to host containers | |
DRDC1-6502 | Problem: Oracle WebLogic Application Server pattern path versioning does not correctly handle modern versions | |
Esc 088627 | Problem: Citrix Xen UUID are not reliable to use them for linking of VMs. Same Situations when Citrix Xen Server has no UUID at all | |
DRDC1-5969 | Problem: Relationship between software components and JDBC rerources is missing | |
DRDC1-6128 | Problem: CandidateSoftwareInstance shouldn't be created for interactive SQL clients | |
DRDC1-6444 | Problem: VMware vCenter pattern does not handle situation where discovery.vSphereGetLicenses fails | |
DRDC1-6456 | Problem : Host_Processor ADDM 11.0+ sync mapping always has no manufacturer for new processor details |
Command/File Matrix
The Command/File Matrix lists every command executed or file read by a TKU pattern. The workbook contains one worksheet named 'Sheet1' (This will change in TKU August 2016).
This worksheet has the following columns:
Column | Command or FilePath Related | Description |
|---|---|---|
Product | Both | The name of the product as mentioned in the tkn_name metadata within the pattern module |
Pattern | Both | The name of the pattern or function (if called from a define block) |
Command | Command | The command being executed |
Reason | Command | The reason for needing to execute the command |
Platform | Command | The platform (Windows, UNIX, Linux, Solaris, AIX, HP-UX, UNIX/Windows) on which the command will be executed |
Privileges | Command | A note of whether Discovery requires elevated privileges in order to execute the command |
When | Command | A note of the circumstances under which the command will be executed |
FilePath | FilePath | The path and leafname of the file being read (or accessed) |
Reason | FilePath | The reason for needing to read the file |
Platform | FilePath | The platform (Windows, UNIX, Linux, Solaris, AIX, HP-UX, UNIX/Windows) on which the file will be read |
Privileges | FilePath | A note of whether Discovery requires elevated privileges in order to read the file |
When | FilePath | A note of the circumstances under which the file will be read |
TKU Last Updated | Both | The TKU release (e.g. TKU_2016_07_01) in which the pattern or function were last updated |
TKU When Command/FilePath Last Changed | Both | The TKU release (e.g. TKU_2016_07_01) in which the command to be executed or file to be read were added or last updated |
The format outlined above is considered a legacy format and will be changed for TKU August 2016.