Recent updates
Updates
Your BMC Helix Discovery instances are updated each month and you will receive an email notification by our notification policy.
For BMC Helix Discovery, each month's TKU is applied to Non-Prod, and Prod instances on the advised dates. The included BMC Discovery Outpost is automatically updated by default unless you have configured manual updating. If you have configured manual updating, you should ensure that you apply the updates as soon as is practical. Otherwise, there could be a mismatch between BMC Helix Discovery and the BMC Discovery Outpost that might result in an incorrect model or slightly degraded discovery. See Configuring the BMC Discovery Outpost for more information on configuring automatic updates.
The TKU changes that occur each month improve the capabilities of, and sometimes, these change the model. If you have a single Outpost operating with your Non-Prod and Prod instances, the Outpost is updated to the latest Non-Prod version, causing a mismatch between the Outpost version and your Prod instance. Occasionally this mismatch might result in an incorrect model or slightly degraded discovery, and would be noted in the updates table below. The mismatch will last until the next update and will likely be infrequent. This situation can be avoided by installing a separate Outpost for your Non-Prod and Prod instances.
More information about TKU content and schedules is available in the BMC Discovery content reference (Configipedia).
Generally available 2025 enhancements
The following updates have been released in 2025.
June 2025
This is the release of BMC Helix Discovery version 25.2.02.
This version of BMC Helix Discovery introduces the following capabilities:
Deep container discovery
BMC Helix Discoveryprovides detailed discovery of software running inside containers. A scan of a container in the data center has two parts: SSH access and API access. SSH access discovers running processes, whether they are containers, running in containers, or one of the levels of orchestration or runtime processes. If the process is identified as a container, and it is simply running on a host without orchestration software, its discovery continues by using SSH. Patterns determine the version of the software running in the container.
The 25.2.02 version also applies the Technology Knowledge Update TKU 2025-Jul-1.
May 2025
This is the release of BMC Helix Discovery version 25.2.01.
This version of BMC Helix Discovery introduces the following capabilities:
- BGP network route discovery. BMC Helix Discovery discovers IP links between network devices by using BGP IP routing information, and discovers site-to-site connectivity using ISP AS path information. It supports iBGP and eBGP. For further information, see IP Connectivity using BGP data.
- A new node kind, Certificate, representing Certificates discovered on Hosts, Load Balancer Services, MF Parts, Network Devices, Software Instances, Cloud Services, Network Services, and Management Controllers.
The 25.2.01 version also applies the Technology Knowledge Update TKU 2025-Jun-1 and resolves the following defects:
Description | Defect ID |
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A pattern fails with the following message: Problem setting pattern state: cannot access local variable 'a' where it is not associated with a value. | DRUD1-52025 |
The TPL code generated from some CAM model does not compile. | DRUD1-51960 |
April 2025
This is the release of BMC Helix Discovery version 25.2.
This version of BMC Helix Discovery introduces the following capabilities:
- Discover hosts using Oracle Cloud Infrastructure bastion. BMC Helix Discovery accesses the bastion with the OCI credential, and the bastion creates a managed SSH session to Linux hosts without requiring further credentials. For more information, see Discovering hosts in OCI by using OCI bastion.
- Trigger run types. A ‘trigger’ discovery run allows you to create a discovery run that executes a pattern without performing any discovery. The pattern can be a simple pattern, or one written to access a defined data source type. For more information, see Creating import triggers and Performing a discovery run.
- OAuth2 authentication using client_id and client_secret no longer requires user name and password. See Discovery restful functions for more information.
- The OAuth2 authentication method is a client credentials grant or user credentials grant, as described on the IETF Tools website.
- User credentials grant is used if a username and password is specified in the credential or data source.
- Client credentials grant does not support a username, but requires a Client ID and secret.
- The OAuth2 authentication method is a client credentials grant or user credentials grant, as described on the IETF Tools website.
The 25.2 version also applies the Technology Knowledge Update TKU 2025-Apr-1 and resolves the following defects:
Description | Defect ID |
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Request to document that the short_name is used as the label in visualization. | DRUD1-31741 |
Cloud Database nodes are not synchronized to ServiceNow CMDB. | DRUD1-42396 |
License use for BMC Helix Operations Management and Helix Intelligent Integrations created hosts is unclear. The licensing page in the UI, and the documentation has been updated. | DRUD1-46557 |
The BMC Helix Discovery Outpost Credential Import button can be clicked repeatedly leading to duplicate credentials. | DRUD1-50580 |
The option to Compress a currently active Log file should be removed. | DRUD1-50704 |
Username and password should not be mandatory for data sources with oauth2. | DRUD1-50787 |
Online compaction on multi-generational Datastore should not run when only one read-only generation exists. | DRUD1-50845 |
CMDB Services Sync does not start when the vault requires a passphrase. | DRUD1-51020 |
Rarely, the ECA engines might encounter a problem and consume excessive resources. This has been fixed. | DRUD1-51025 |
A visual query that uses the before condition does not return the expected output. | DRUD1-51094 |
Taxonomy modification for visibility of SoftwareInstance ElementUsingFile relationship in the UI. | DRUD1-51135 |
CMDB Services Sync might remove relationships in BMC Helix Discovery while they are present in the CMDB. | DRUD1-51175 |
A traceback is seen when viewing some StorageSystems. | DRUD1-51272 |
Discovery by using the vCenter API does not return network interface information. | DRUD1-51282 |
Allow fetching token for REST API with OAuth2 authentication using basic authentication header. | DRUD1-51320 |
Queries that use parameters that you save in "Favorite Queries" fail with an "Invalid conditions" message. | DRUD1-51518 |
The Search Query function friendly_duration does not work as expected. See [Query Language Functions] for updated documentation. | DRUD1-51521 |
Receiver restart during a Consolidation of inferred data resync caused all synced data to be destroyed on the receiver. | DRUD1-51661 |
When targets that are not expecting a password are scanned by using SSH with a username/password combination, a traceback is logged. | DRUD1-51900 |
March 2025
There was no BMC Helix Discovery release in March 2025.
February 2025
This is the release of BMC Helix Discovery version 25.1.01.
This version of BMC Helix Discovery introduces the following capabilities:
- Visualizations allow you to view their state at earlier dates. For more information see Viewing a visualization at earlier points in its history.
- Results from the discovery of additional endpoints are shown on the requesting DiscoveryAccess. For more information, see the DiscoveryAccess page.
- The Directly Discovered Data removal statistics page shows how the automatic aging of DDD is keeping up with the creation of DDD. For more information, see Viewing statistics for Directly Discovered Data removal.
The 25.1.01 version also applies the Technology Knowledge Update TKU 2025-Feb-2 TKU to DEV and PROD instances and resolves the following defects:
Description | Defect ID |
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Discovery scripts for some platforms (such as aix.sh) do not contain the getHBAInfo method. | DRUD1-50714, |
Setting record mode incorrectly required the security/options/write permission. | DRUD1-50539 |
Attribute retrieval for a large set of nodes can take a very long time. | DRUD1-50889, |
There is no way to purge logs in the BMC Discovery Outpost. | DRUD1-50596 |
"Type" for "Wireless LAN Controller" and "Access Point" is missing in CMDB sync for ServiceNow CMDB. | DRUD1-38937 |
CMDB Services Sync can remove relationships in BMC Discovery although they are still present in the BMC CMDB. | DRUD1-51175, |
Consolidation of inferred data occasionally stops synchronizing. | DRUD1-51003, |
Windows 2025 Server hosts are classified as a "Windows 10 Desktop" when discovered from the BMC Discovery Outpost. | DRUD1-51019 |
The following security related issues have also been fixed:
- DRUD1-50944
- DRUD1-50942
January 2025
This is the relase of BMC Helix Discovery version 25.1.
This version of BMC Helix Discovery introduces the following new capabilities:
- Support for OpenSSH and ECDSA SSH keypairs for target scanning.
BMC Helix Discovery supports RSA2, DSA, ECDSA, and ED25519 keys in PEM format, generated with OpenSSH or OpenSSL. For hosts that only support SSH v1, you must use credentials for authentication. - Support for the BMC Discovery Outpost using an HTTPS proxy.
- Add related nodes to a visual query quickly without applying and adding each individual node.
The 25.1 version also applies the Technology-Knowledge-Update-TKU-2025-Jan-1 TKU to DEV and PROD instances and resolves the following defects:
Description | Defect ID |
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Attribute retrieval for a large set of nodes can take a very long time. | DRUD1-50893, |
VMware guest scanning leaves PowerShell sessions running after discovery has been completed. | DRUD1-50693, |
Discovery of OpenVMS by using the BMC Discovery Outpost and SSH fails. | DRUD1-50574, |
PowerShell GetPackage list fails when package names contain control or special characters. | DRUD1-50499, |
Mainframe Discovery by using the latest BMC Discovery Outpost fails. | DRUD1-50437, |
The vCenter heuristic does not complete, and the scan times out. | DRUD1-50407, |
SQL queries of MySQL and PostgreSQL can fail reporting NoAccessMethod. | DRUD1-50154 |
Endpoint scans might finish, resulting in an ExecutionFailure error message. | DRUD1-50002, |
The BMC Discovery Outpost can occasionally cause DiscoveryAccess timeouts and slow scanning. | DRUD1-49943, |
Pie charts in a chart channel do not display when their name contains spaces. | DRUD1-49910 |
Custom report file names are truncated after the first period character. | DRUD1-49875 |
PowerShell reports 'Too many TCP connections (Bound state). | DRUD1-49701, |
Sometimes, a DiscoveredCommandResult.result contains unexpected characters. | DRUD1-49492, |
Using a generic webapi credential occasionally results in an "AssertionError: Credential doesn't support webapi sessions” exception. | DRUD1-49037, |
The model service does not start when using a custom report with custom attributes of table type. | DRUD1-40112 |
Generally available 2024 enhancements
The following updates were made during 2024.
December 2024
This is the release of BMC Helix Discovery version 24.4.02.
The 24.4.02 version applies the Technology-Knowledge-Update-TKU-2024-Dec-1 TKU to DEV and PROD instances.
Description | Defect ID |
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Attribute retrieval for a large set of nodes can take a very long time. | DRUD1-50893, DRUD1-50889 |
VMware guest scanning leaves PowerShell sessions running after discovery has been completed. | DRUD1-50693, DRUD1-50801 |
Discovery of OpenVMS by using SSH and the BMC Discovery Outpost fails. | DRUD1-50574, DRUD1-50558 |
PowerShell GetPackage list fails when package names contain *** non English *** characters. | DRUD1-50499, DRUD1-50419 |
Mainframe Discovery by using the latest BMC Discovery Outpost fails. | DRUD1-50437, DRUD1-50669, DRUD1-49329 |
The vCenter heuristic does not complete and the scan times out. | DRUD1-50407, DRUD1-49599, DRUD1-49969, DRUD1-50391, DRUD1-50457 |
SQL queries of MySQL/Postgresql might fail and report the error NoAccessMethod. | DRUD1-50154 |
Endpoint scans might finish and report the error ExecutionFailure. | DRUD1-50002, DRUD1-50683, DRUD1-49990, DRUD1-49955 |
The BMC Discovery Outpost can create too many worker processes, which consume too many resources, resulting in DiscoveryAccess timeouts and slow scanning. | DRUD1-49943, DRUD1-49460, DRUD1-49385 |
A pie chart in a chart channel fails to display when its name contains spaces. | DRUD1-49910 |
Custom report file names are truncated after the first period character. | DRUD1-49875 |
"Too many TCP connections (Bound state)" reported by PowerShell. | DRUD1-49701, DRUD1-49683 |
Sometimes, the DiscoveredCommandResult.result contains unexpected characters. | DRUD1-49492, DRUD1-49808, DRUD1-50672, DRDC1-24140, DRUD1-50314 |
"AssertionError: Credential doesn't support webapi sessions” relate to trying a generic webapi credential an exception is observed. | DRUD1-49037, DRDC1-24731, DRUD1-49026, DRUD1-49931, DRUD1-50144, DRUD1-48860, DRUD1-49385 |
The model service can fail to start when using a custom report with custom attributes of table type. | DRUD1-40112 |
November 2024
This is the release of BMC Helix Discovery version 24.4.01.
The 24.4.01 version also applies the Technology-Knowledge-Update-TKU-2024-Nov-1 TKU to DEV and PROD instances and resolves the following defects:
Description | Defect ID |
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In the Service and Application modeling UI, the View History option is missing for Model Definition nodes. | DRUD1-47996 |
When you when try to Export Model definitions, the export fails with an "Error 504 (Gateway timeout)" message. | DRUD1-47718 |
Testing a BMC Remedy ITSM Authentication data source URL using an FQDN causes an error: "URL must contain an IP address instead of DNS name to test the credential." | DRUD1-41901 |
Clicking Save in the Query Constructor panel does not close the window. | DRUD1-49859 |
Modifying the variables in a blueprint affects Services that are created from the blueprint. Scans result in ECA Errors of the form: Error on rule evaluate_model_definition due to: Parameter 'n___1type_0' not provided. | DRUD1-49573 |
"WARNING: Error parsing" when the name of a custom channel matches the name of a custom report. | DRUD1-47694 |
A visualization of an application model does not complete loading, and its model definition does not show the option to republish. | DRUD1-41825 |
The Blueprint preview configuration does not show the list of nodes from response. | DRUD1-50291 |
Where the parent of a child service is changed, notification not received from the child service that its parent changed. | DRUD1-47179 |
A data completeness warning was raised for multiple locations. Locations with different semantics like Region, Country, DC-Room, and so on are now permitted. | DRUD1-47711 |
October 2024
This is the release of BMC Helix Discovery version 24.4.00.
This version of BMC Helix Discovery introduces the ability to consolidate inferred data from an on-premises BMC Discovery appliance, or another BMC Helix Discovery SaaS instance. Consolidation of the inferred model is used primarily to synchronize data from existing on-premises BMC Discovery appliances into the BMC Helix ecosystem, where other products, such as BMC Helix AIOPs, can use BMC Discovery's rich data.
For more information, see Consolidation.
This version of BMC Helix Discovery applies the Technology-Knowledge-Update-TKU-2024-Oct-1 TKU.
September 2024
This is the release of BMC Helix Discovery version 24.3.02.
This version of BMC Helix Discovery applies the Technology-Knowledge-Update-TKU-2024-Sep-1 TKU to DEV and PROD instances.
August 2024
This is the release of BMC Helix Discovery version 24.3.01.
This version of BMC Helix Discovery provides the following enhancements:
- Automatic discovery of cloud-based Kubernetes clusters occurs by default when you scan your supported cloud services. When BMC Discovery finds a Kubernetes cluster, it creates an automatic scan using a Kubernetes token obtained from the cloud provider. Automatic scanning of Kubernetes clusters can be disabled (Automatically scan Kubernetes clusters) for each scan. No additional credentials are required. The API token is generated depending on your existing privileges. See Discovering-Kubernetes-clusters and Kubernetes (BMC Discovery Content Reference) for more information.
- Select and export any combination of credentials from the credentials page, in addition to exporting single credentials or the entire credentials vault. See Exporting-and-importing-the-credential-vault for more information.
The 24.3.01 version also applies the Technology-Knowledge-Update-TKU-2024-Aug-1 TKU to DEV and PROD instances and resolves the following defects:
Description | Defect ID |
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Models created by using Service Blueprints and adding information from tags are empty. | DRUD1-49014 |
Error when saving Blueprint Service Definition that includes regex. | DRUD1-48715 |
July 2024
This is the release of BMC Helix Discovery version 24.3.00.
This version of BMC Helix Discovery provides the following enhancements:
- Use SAML based SSO authentication for the discovery of VMware guest hosts.
- An admin user can delete a saved query shared by another user.
- The definitions for credentials in the REST API show only the common attributes and are easier to use.
- TPL templates are provided so that you can write sync mapping extensions for Azure services.
- The Visual Query Builder supports queries with parameters specified when you run the query.
- To avoid missing devices that listen on UDP only, you can skip pre-scanning when configuring a scan.
- Export the entire credential vault, individual credentials, or the credentials you have selected for display in the UI.
The 24.3 version also applies the Technology Knowledge Update TKU 2024-Jul-1 TKU to DEV and PROD instances and resolves the following defects:
Description | Defect ID |
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Guest and ESX hosts are missing when vCenter is scanned with the option VMware Guest Scanning enabled. | DRUD1-47940 |
When you discover databases, memory consumption increases with the size of the database cluster. | DRUD1-42656 |
ServiceNow CMDB sync connection that times out shows an incorrect error message. | DRUD1-43073 |
Expired Kerberos credentials might block subsequent scans with 30 min timeouts. | DRUD1-47007 |
When a Host node is synced twice, the resulting CI might receive unexpected updates. | DRUD1-48512 |
A RecursionError is reported when processing CMDB filters. | DRUD1-46967 |
Windows hostnames discovered by using PowerShell are truncated. | DRUD1-47963 |
A duplicate host might be created when two sources have conflicting MAC address information for a Linux host. | DRUD1-48254 |
During CMDB sync, a custom CMDB sync pattern fails with AttributeError: module 'cmdb_sync.functions' has no attribute 'hasSubword'. | DRUD1-48712 |
When scanning AWS, SSM connections do not respect the TLS certification check setting in the credential. | DRUD1-46701 |
Destruction of nodes in a model causes a full update of the model, even if it is in the review-suggested state. | DRUD1-48261 |
June 2024
This is the release of BMC Helix Discovery version 24.2.02.
This version applies the Technology Knowledge Update TKU 2024-Jun-1 and resolves the following defects:
Description | Defect ID |
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Added the ability in the BMC Discovery Outpost to configure the number of worker processes in the queue group. | DRUD1-46829 |
Updated the BMC Discovery Outpost thread pool size to adjust for the number of worker processes. | DRUD1-47263 |
Discovery of the HP iLO product fails stating there is NoAccess. | DRUD1-48094 |
DataSource discovery by using the BMC Discovery Outpost. | DRUD1-48133 |
May 2024
This is the release of BMC Helix Discovery version 24.2.01.
This version applies the Technology Knowledge Update TKU 2024-May-1.
April 2024
This is the release of BMC Helix Discovery version 24.2.00.
This version applies the Technology Knowledge Update TKU 2024-Apr-1 and includes the following enhancements:
- Discover and display additional attributes for TLS Certificate Discovery.
- The BMC Discovery Outpost only uses 'Modern' ciphers as defined by Mozilla. See this article on the Mozilla website.
The update also resolves the following defects:
Description | Defect ID |
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Content Security Policy contained in BMC Helix Discovery does not allow Gainsight-required artifacts to be displayed. | DRUD1-47014 , DRUD1-47216 |
The licensing page shows "Not Installed Storage Discovery" while Storage TKU is installed. | DRUD1-47068 , DRUD1-46828 |
Powershell discovery failure message is not helpful. | DRUD1-43886 , DRUD1-46439 |
Outpost SSH workers remain after the scan is finished. | DRUD1-43058 , DRUD1-43920 |
SSM Setting on a scheduled Discovery Run cannot be changed to Disabled. | DRUD1-43392, DRUD1-43928, DRUD1-46862, DRUD1-43057 |
Contributor:Inference relationship should be deleted or updated with new Package version. | DRUD1-40477 |
The dashboard does not uncheck the checkbox for a custom channel in the UI. | DRUD1-40019 |
March 2024
This is the release of BMC Helix Discovery version 24.1.02.
This release applies the Technology Knowledge Update TKU 2024-Mar-1.
The update includes the following new features:
- Enhanced pattern compilation and execution:
- Reduced compile times
- Improved compile-time errors and warnings
- Runtime ECA Errors now include a traceback of the TPL calls
- The changes fix or improve some of the existing behaviors in TPL. See What-s-new-in-TPL for more information.
- Pattern management enhancements:
- Deactivated patterns stay deactivated when a new TKU is applied.
- Provide a direct link to newly imported pattern modules after upload.
- Securely register BMC Discovery Outposts by using the Outpost and BMC Helix Discovery REST APIs. See Authenticating-with-the-Outpost-REST-API for more information.
- Securely register Outposts using the REST APIs
- Exchange tokens by calling APIs on both Outpost and BMC Helix Discovery.
- Filter on relationship attributes in the visual query builder.
- Produce compact JSON output from the REST API.
The update also resolves the following defects:
Description | Defect ID |
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The licensing page displays "Not Installed Storage Discovery" although the Storage TKU is installed | DRUD1-46828 |
The taxonomy does not contain the relationship (GenericElement) | DRUD1-46696 |
Windows UBR (Update Build Revision) Registry Key is not discovered when using WMI. | DRUD1-43532 |
The TPL mail.send documentation incorrectly states that SMTP is required on BMC Helix Discovery instances. | DRUD1-41529 |
February 2024
This is the release of BMC Helix Discovery version 24.1.01.
This release applies the Technology-Knowledge-Update-TKU-2024-Feb-1.
The update also resolves the following defects:
Description | Defect ID |
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New documentation is provided for the BMC Helix Discovery ServiceStatus page. | DRUD1-42635 |
Documentation for SNMP discovery has been updated to clarify that login attempts with SNMP queries are used only if:
| DRUD1-42455 |
January 2024
This is the release of BMC Helix Discovery version 24.1.00.
This release introduces the ability to automatically synchronize services from BMC Helix CMDB into BMC Helix Discovery.
The Technology-Knowledge-Update-TKU-2024-Jan-1 was applied.
The update also resolves the following defects:
Description | Defect ID |
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Discovering Citrix NetScaler devices by using the REST API fails after November TKU. | DRUD1-43492 |
In certain rare upgrade failure circumstances the vault could become inaccessible. This has been corrected. | DRUD1-43484 |
BMC Discovery Outpost connection through proxy does not work until name resolution is available from the BMC Discovery Outpost. | DRUD1-43456 |
External events are not sent by consolidation. | DRUD1-43342 |
When the BMC Discovery Outpost released with the November TKU is installed on a FIPS enabled host, if it is not installed in the C:\ drive, the installation/upgrade does not place the fips.conf file correctly. | DRUD1-43256 |
HTML bold font code is visible when searching for ModelDefinitions. | DRUD1-43119 |
Since outpost 130.86.7818.867818, connection to the Hashicorp credential vault fails. | DRUD1-42843 |
tw_svc_cluster_manager.log showing security.api: WARNING: User 'xxxxxx' does not have permission for operation 'cmdb_sync'. | DRUD1-42587 |
The REST API does not honor maintenance mode. | DRUD1-42324 |
A connection error is displayed in the UI on CMDB timeouts. | DRUD1-41552 |
You cannot bulk delete Recognition Rules, or sort rules in the UI according to Status. | DRUD1-41491 |
Generally available 2023 enhancements
December 2023
This is the release of BMC Helix Discovery version 23.4.02.
This release introduces the Visual query builder which enables you to define queries using a visual representation of the nodes and relationships. You can filter using combinations of attributes, focus the results on any of the nodes, and specify columns from any of the related nodes to show in the results. See Using-the-visual-query-builder for more information.
The Technology-Knowledge-Update-TKU-2023-Dec-1 was applied.
The update also resolves the following defects:
Description | Defect ID |
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For some AIX 7.1 targets, the getIPAddresses method fails with error "Unexpected Output format". | DRUD1-42906 |
Running a saved query fails and displays an error page. | DRUD1-43324 |
RunCommand fails with a 'Bad HTTP response returned from the server. Code: 400, Content:' error although the command result is visible and correct. | DRUD1-43072 |
SSH discovery is timing out for some Linux hosts. | DRUD1-42317 |
The ServiceNow dependencies for classes "cmdb_ci_logical_datacenter" and "cmdb_ci_resource_group" are undocumented. See ServiceNow-Mapping-for-Cloud for updated documentation. | DRUD1-35561 |
A lookahead in a regex does not work correctly in the regex.extract() TPL function. | DRUD1-42619 |
When syncing Microsoft Azure subscritions, cmdb_ci_azure_subscription object_id is fed with cloud region subscription_name instead of subscription_id. | DRUD1-40883 |
Outpost API Patch Credential Fails for AWS Credentials. | DRUD1-41040 |
ServiceNow syncmapping: sync of stacked devices is not working correctly. | DRUD1-32009 |
ServiceNow syncmapping: sync of Serial Number for cmdb_ci_lb class is not working correctly. | DRUD1-32010 |
ServiceNow syncmapping: sync of ip_version mapping for IP Address CI is incorrect. | DRUD1-31779 |
ServiceNow syncmapping: the ServiceNow.SoftwareInstance_cmdb_ci_appl syncmapping does not consider related pattern publishers to set manufacturer. | DRUD1-34794 |
ServiceNow syncmapping: the ServiceNow.NetworkDevice_Host_Linkage does not create Connects_to__Connected_by relationship for edge connectivity. | DRUD1-34817 |
ServiceNow syncmapping: for Linux hosts, the OS service pack is not synced to ServiceNow CMDB for Linux Hosts. | DRUD1-34886 |
November 2023
This is the release of BMC Helix Discovery version 23.4.01.
The Technology-Knowledge-Update-TKU-2023-Nov-1 was applied.
The update also resolves the following defects:
Description | Defect ID |
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When Outposts or TKUs are updated, some Outposts were disconnected from the instance and must be updated manually. | DRUD1-40540 |
Cross-Services CI links were not exposed by 'topology/nodes' endpoint | DRUD1-40253 |
SAAM modeling: Following Management connections added large numbers of unwanted nodes to the model. The system no longer follows Management connections. | DRUD1-42057 |
Incorrectly formed .xml report files caused a Critical Exception. | DRUD1-42337 |
October 2023
This is the release of BMC Helix Discovery version 23.4.
The Technology-Knowledge-Update-TKU-2023-Oct-1 was applied.
The update also resolves the following defects:
Description | Defect ID |
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Occasionally scans fail showing an SSH timeout error on hosts with non-English locales. | DRUD1-42317 |
A credential test failure in Thycotic credentials broker shows password in readable format. | DRUD1-42295 |
When editing and saving a CyberArk credential, the BMC Discovery UI shows a 502 Error - Service Temporarily Overloaded. | DRUD1-42129 |
September 2023
This is the release of BMC Helix Discovery version 23.3.02.
The Technology-Knowledge-Update-TKU-2023-Sep-1 was applied.
Description | Defect ID |
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Cannot download a BMC Discovery Outpost through an HTTP proxy that has a backslash character '/' in its name. You can workaround this problem by using percent encoding for the backslash. See Downloading and installing a BMC Discovery Outpost for more information. | DRUD1-42216 |
The models API gives the state of a published model, including the published node's node ID. It should also include the published node's key. | DRUD1-42082 |
August 2023
This is the release of BMC Helix Discovery version 23.3.01.
The Technology-Knowledge-Update-TKU-2023-Aug-1 was applied.
July 2023
This is the release of BMC Helix Discovery version 23.3.
The update provides the following new enhancements:
- Discover hosts by using PowerShell and Windows Just Enough Administration (JEA).
- The Technology-Knowledge-Update-TKU-2023-Jul-1 was applied.
The update also resolves the following defects:
Description | Defect ID |
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The discovery.getCertificate() TPL function should handle timeouts. | DRUD1-41408 |
Cannot generate a new key when the company name is too long. | DRUD1-40932 |
Cannot extract DOMAIN from Cyberark from an arbitrary attribute. See Using-CyberArk-credentials-for-discovery for more information. | DRUD1-40301 |
Unable to load credentials when the Enter key is used instead of the APPLY button. | DRUD1-39597 |
Windows package names can contain garbage characters. | DRUD1-38879 |
Windows could not start the Outpost Service because of timezone setting. | DRUD1-37180 |
ECA error:RuleError on rule reasoning_host_create_if_necessary. | DRUD1-31727 |
June 2023
This is the release of BMC Helix Discovery version 23.2.02.
The update provides the following new enhancements:
- View log files to help you diagnose problems with CMDB synchronization and writing patterns. You can watch logfiles in the BMC Helix Discovery UI, or you can download them to analyze on your local computer.
- The Technology-Knowledge-Update-TKU-2023-Jun-1 was applied.
The update also resolves the following defect:
Description | Defect ID |
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Lifecycle reports enhancements (end of life data). | DRDC1-19678 |
May 2023
This is the release of BMC Helix Discovery version 23.2.01.
The update provides the following new enhancements:
- Use blueprint-based modeling to model services.
- Create and upload custom reports.
- Improvements in Start Anywhere Modeling:
- See combined software and infrastructure in a single view with Display > Focuses.
- Turn individual types of data on or off.
- Choose to see only incoming or only outgoing impacts.
- Mixed focuses.
- 'Directly Connected' focus allows you to see all the relationships of any node, and enables you to view imported graph data.
- 'Provenance' focus shows how data is inferred.
- See combined software and infrastructure in a single view with Display > Focuses.
- Improvements in visualizations, such as mixed focuses.
- Miscellaneous improvements:
- New and enhanced REST APIs, such as the ability to import topology information.
- Set default values for the Cloud Host Detection and VMWare Guest scanning options. These options set the defaults, the setting can still be specified for each Discovery run.
- The Technology-Knowledge-Update-TKU-2023-May-1 was applied.
The update also resolves the following defects:
Description | Defect ID |
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The PRIV_LSHW privileged command was undocumented. | DRUD1-40899 |
SIs hosted on MFParts were not aging correctly. | DRUD1-40594 |
The last_discovered attribute should be set when a destroyed node is synced to ServiceNow CMDB. | DRUD1-40421 |
Recent run in Consolidator showing an error regarding "Outpost no longer registered". | DRUD1-40320 |
Discovery Run Errors on LPARs when Job Name is not reported. | DRUD1-40268 |
Powershell credential failures are not recorded in UI Session Result List. | DRUD1-39829 |
Deep discovery of VMware Guest Hosts feature performing unnecessary implicit scans of vCenter guest. | DRUD1-39805 |
Occasionally Amazon Web Services fails with ECA error, inference is None in InferenceKeyMaintainer.extract_keys(). | DRUD1-39802 |
Audit Log did not record login failure for user without correct permission. | DRUD1-39641 |
Unable to load credentials when Enter key is used instead of Apply button. | DRUD1-39597 |
Thycotic token expires after 20 minutes leading to scan failures. | DRUD1-39596 |
It is possible to get a URI Too Large Error. | DRUD1-39226 |
There is no detail within model Activity Record for some nodekinds. | DRUD1-38847 |
Database discovery attempts to use disabled credentials. | DRUD1-38387 |
Outpost login page unresponsive after vulnerability scan using Qualys. | DRUD1-37923 |
The Solaris serial is not discovered when the sneep utility is not in /opt/SUNWsneep/bin. | DRUD1-36534 |
CMDB resync may occasionally use excessive memory and the resync fail. | DRUD1-33393 |
DiscoveryRun node not able to attach to the DataSourceAccess node when a custom pattern triggers on the same DiscoveryRun node. | DRUD1-32538 |
Discovery pre-scan phase with Nmap, many non-existent unsupported devices were being created. | DRUD1-31351 |
Multiple processes running on the Proxy server are not being killed, resulting in the server requiring rebooting. | DRUD1-30304 |
April 2023
This is the release of BMC Helix Discovery version 23.2.
The update provides the following new enhancements:
- For users who access BMC Helix Discovery from BMC Helix Portal, in-app help is available from a floating widget at the bottom of every screen. Click the self-help widget to access a product tour, interactive guides, instructions for setting up and going live, and more.
- The Technology-Knowledge-Update-TKU-2023-Apr-1 was applied.
The update also resolves the following defects:
Description | Defect ID |
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The BMC Discovery Outpost automatic update occasionally fails resulting in a BMC Discovery Outpost that can no longer connect to BMC Helix Discovery. The installation failure is not logged. | DRUD1-40329 |
After applying the Technology Knowledge Update TKU 2022-Dec-1 (December 2022) the BMC Discovery Outpost can no longer scan its own host. | DRUD1-39911 |
Discovery of OpenVMS using ssh from the BMC Discovery Outpost fails. | DRUD1-39902 |
A link is displayed to a report of CIs awaiting incremental resync, though the link is not documented. | DRUD1-23565 |
March 2023
This is the release of BMC Helix Discovery version 23.1.02.
The Technology Knowledge Update TKU 2023-Mar-1 was applied.
The update resolves the following defects:
Description | Defect ID |
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The Host node view page shows a table of network interfaces and their IP addresses. If there are no NetworkInterfaces, no IP address information is shown. | DRUD1-40243 |
vCenter polling can stop if interesting events are infrequent. | DRUD1-40114 |
Explicit and Implicit scans of the same endpoint can cause odd failures. | DRUD1-40107 |
The CyberArk vault management page usability improvements. | DRUD1-39985 |
February 2023
This is the release of BMC Helix Discovery version 23.1.01.
The Technology-Knowledge-Update-TKU-2023-Feb-1 was applied.
January 2023
This is the release of BMC Helix Discovery version 23.1.
The update also provides the following new enhancements:
- Deep discovery of VMware Guest Hosts using vCenter APIs.
- You can disable cloud host detection for individual scans, avoiding an unnecessary step when you scan hosts that, for example are on a subnet that is not hosted in the cloud.
- The calls made to target systems have been further optimized. For example, irrelevant methods are skipped for targets and the DiscoveryAccess shows the reason as RequestSkipped.
- Installation of the BMC Discovery Outpost is supported on a Windows Server Core host.
- The Technology-Knowledge-Update-TKU-2023-Jan-1 was applied.
The update resolves the following defects:
Description | Defect ID |
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The Model > Devices page shows error "Something went wrong!" | DRUD1-38936 |
The first credential test or scan after a Kerberos Outpost start fails. | DRUD1-36819 |
ServiceNow CMDB Sync. The isVirtual flag is not updated during sync due to case mismatch. | DRUD1-39294 |
The boot_time attribute on the HostInfo node is not described in the documentation or taxonomy. | DRUD1-39293 |
Boot Time for Windows hosts is not in the same date format when discovered using WMI and PowerShell. | DRUD1-39014 |
Clicking the scanner name on the consolidation configuration UI on the Consolidator reports "404 Error - File not found". | DRUD1-39250 |
Exporting Visualizations does not center on the printout. | DRUD1-39141 |
The Disk Monitoring email notifications do not provide the machine details. | DRUD1-39398 |
The documentation and Swagger UI require detailed options for /discovery/runs/scheduled, /discovery/runs/scheduled/{run_id} for get, patch and post actions. | DRUD1-39390 |
A duplicate HBA is created on clustered Windows hosts when using Remquery (hbacmd). | DRUD1-24146 |
Searching RootNodeKeyInfo can create queries too complex to run. | DRUD1-30120 |
Disk Monitoring can stop Discovery or shut down services even when Online Compaction is in progress. | DRUD1-39399 |
Insufficient error filtering leads to bogus Disk Drive model and vendor. | DRUD1-39393 |
Incorrect dns_domain reported for Windows servers when Win32_NetworkAdapterConfiguration returns multiple entries for dns_domain. | DRUD1-34157 |
Discovery Outpost proxy settings issue | DRUD1-39178 |
AWS Cloud Credentials show failure when you test them, but work during scanning. | DRUD1-37688 |
During ServiceNow sync, the AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'acquireLock' is logged. | DRUD1-33343 |
The getPackageList method returns less data using PowerShell than WMI, and gives different architecture values. | DRUD1-38524 |
vCenter polling can stop if interesting events are infrequent. | DRUD1-25931 |
Model and Vendor are missing from the PDF Profile. | DRUD1-39010 |
Generally available 2022 enhancements
Generally available 2021 enhancements