23.4.00 enhancements and patches
Updates in 23.4.00
Disaster recovery for BMC Helix ITOM
Configure disaster recovery to back up your data, save it in the MinIO on the production site, and then replicate the data onto the MinIO on the standby site at scheduled intervals.
When a disaster occurs, you can failover to the standby site and continue your operations with minimal or no impact.
For more information, see Disaster-recovery-deployment.
Collect and view BMC Helix ITOM application logs by enabling BMC Helix Logging
BMC Helix Logging
gets installed in the same namespace as the BMC Helix ITOM, and it supports restricted pod security standards.BMC Helix Logging uses Elasticsearch, Fluent Bit, and Kibana (EFK) to collect, store, and view logs.
For more information, see Preparing-to-collect-logs-by-enabling-BMC-Helix-logging.
Support for updated technology stacks
The following technology stacks are supported:
- Kubernetes 1.27
- OpenShift version 4.13
- Nginx Ingress Controller version 1.8.1 and 1.9.3
For more information, see System-requirements.
Parameters added to or removed from the infra.config file and deployment.config files
No parameters were added or removed from the infra.config and deployment.config files.
For more information, see Configuration-file-settings.
Proactive problem management (PPM) module of BMC Helix ITSM Insights is unavailable
If you choose use BMC Helix ITOM version 23.4 with BMC Helix IT Service Management version 22.1.06 and create a PPM job on an SSL-enabled restricted environment, the Proactive problem management (PPM) module of BMC Helix ITSM Insights will not be available. To resolve this issue, you must apply hotfix-23.4.00.001-6-Post.
For more information, see Known and corrected issues in the BMC Helix IT Service Management Deployment documentation.