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BMC® Discovery Coverage Areas
 

FEATURE  Submit Areas You Would Like to See Us Explore BMC is committed to expanding our Discovery coverage areas to meet and exceed market expectations. We are interested in satisfying your needs for enhanced discovery across your business and IT environment. Please send requests for areas you would like to see us explore to discovery@bmc.com.

BMC Discovery enriches the CMDB by automatically discovering people, business process, and IT infrastructure data to provide an up-to-date picture of your business and IT environment, the people who depend upon it, and the business processes that make up your critical business services. BMC continually enhances Discovery coverage with the latest people, process, and technology data to support ITIL® and Business Service Management (BSM). BMC partners with leading vendors to obtain access to the latest data in their solution portfolio. Out of the box, BMC Discovery coverage includes: People Data BMC Discovery auto-discovers end users and customers to establish dependencies from people to business processes, applications and IT infrastructure. User Accounts on Managed Systems Directories (LDAP, Active Directory, etc.) Databases (Oracle, Sybase, DB2 UDB, MSSQL, Informix, etc.) Enterprise applications (SAP, PeopleSoft, Oracle Apps, Remedy) Distributed systems (AIX, Solaris, HPUX, Linux, Windows, etc.) Groupware (Lotus Notes, Exchange, etc.) Mainframe (RACF, Top Secret, etc.) Security systems (RSA, Entrust, etc.) Other (customizable) Person Information from Authoritative Sources SAP HR PeopleSoft HR Active Directory Other (customizable) Business Roles Managed system level roles (groups) Enterprise level roles – across managed systems (profiles) Business Process Data BMC Discovery auto-discovers business processes and services to establish a link from processes to people, applications and IT infrastructure. IDS Scheer ARIS Platform Oracle BPEL Process Manager Web Services Application and Infrastructure Data Application Dependency Mapping Data BMC Discovery’s knowledge base includes, but is not limited to: Standard Applications Any application that adheres to standard Windows installation conventions Packages in the Solaris package database Linux RPM packages AIX LPP packages Software usage (Windows and UNIX) Business Application Systems SAP Microsoft Exchange Oracle applications (including Siebel and PeopleSoft) Mainframe z/OS Subsystems Application Server (WebSphere) Communication Server (VTAM, TCP/IP) Database Server (DB2, IMS/DB, DBCTL, IDMS, ORACLE) Message Server (WebSphere MQS, WebSphere MQSI) Print Server (JES) Resource Server (GRS, IRLM, CQS (IMS), DBRC (IMS), MIM, SMS) Security Server (RACF, TOP SECRET, ACF2) Transaction Server (CICS, IMS/DC) Application Servers Apache Tomcat BEA WebLogic IBM WebSphere Oracle Sun ONE Sun Java System JBoss Sybase Enterprise Databases Oracle Database Server Microsoft Access, SQL Server Sybase Adaptative Server Enterprise IBM DB2, Informix Dynamic Server MySQL AB MySQl Server IMS/DB, DBCTL,IDMS Web Servers Microsoft IIS Apache, Easy PHP Server, Apache2 Web Server Sun ONE Web Server Macromedia JRUn Web Server Middleware/Messaging Tibco EMS (Enterprise Message Service) IBM CICS, Websphere MQ Series, Websphere MQSI IONA Technologies Orbix SOA/Web Services WSDL and UDDI registry Management Applications BMC PATROL, CONTROL-M BMC Remedy Action Request System, BMC Atrium CMDB HP Insight Manager, HP OVO Management Server, HP OpenView Network Node Manager IBM Tivoli Management platform Dell OpenManage Server Console Web Browsers Microsoft Internet Explorer Mozilla Netscape Opera Software Opera Network Services Microsoft Active Directory Server Microsoft DNS Server SunONE LDAP Server Microsoft Windows File Server (Samba) Open LDAP Server Application and System Software Business Object Broadcast agent, Crystal Reports Server Citrix ICA client, MetaFrame CompuServe Information Manager IBM Lotus Notes HP Mercury LoadRunner Microsoft Active Directory Server, Commerce Server, FrontPage, InfoPath, Live Communication Server, OneNote, MapPoint, Office Suites (Access, Excel, PowerPoint, Word), Project, Project Server, SharePoint Portal Server, Systems Management Server, Terminal Server, Visual Basic .NET, Visual FoxPro, Visual C# .NET, Visual C++ .NET, Outlook, Publisher, Visual J# .NET, Visual SourceSafe, Visual Studio .NET, .Net framework, Visio, Windows Media PointBase Embedded RealVNC VNC Solstice Backup Server VERITAS Enterprise Administrator, VERITAS File System, VERITAS NetBackup Enterprise Server, VERITAS Volume Manager, VERITAS Storage Foundation VMWare Virtual Center, VMWare Server, VMWare Virtual Machines Device, Asset, Host & Inventory Data BMC Discovery’s system, software and hardware configuration items (CIs) discovered include, but are not limited to: Devices (System Resources) Servers Mainframe z/OS (Mainframe, SYSPLEX, LPAR, CPC, virtual system, operating system) Desktops, laptops Handheld devices SMNP-enabled network devices Routers Switches Network printers SAN switches and storage devices Firewalls Other active network devices (load balancers, content switches) Assets Hardware Asset tag data (platform, manufacturer, etc.) Processor details Memory details Storage details Peripherals (modems, monitors, printers, input devices, etc.) System settings Operating system BIOS SMBIOS data Disk partition File systems Network settings Software and Patches Software titles and version Software settings Processes Patches titles and version Platforms (Including Virtual Systems) Apple Mac OS HP HP-UX IBM AIX, z/OS Microsoft Windows Vista, Windows Server 2003, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Mobile 5.0, Windows Mobile 2003, Windows CE RedHat Linux Sun Solaris Suse Linux VMware ESX, GSX, workstations The Discovery coverage areas described above span our entire comprehensive discovery solution. 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