Release notes - IBM Tivoli Application Dependency Discovery Manager 7.1.2

IBM® Tivoli® Application Dependency Discovery Manager, Version 7 Release 1.2 is available. Compatibility, installation, and other getting started issues are addressed.

Description

TADDM 7.1.2 gives you the rich details of configuration items with automated, agentless discovery of the assets and their application dependencies, as well as a Discovery Library technology to help leverage data from other sources.

TADDM is a configuration management tool that helps IT operations personnel ensure and improve application availability in application environments. The operational staff gets a top-down view of applications so the staff can quickly understand the structure, status, configuration, and change history of their business-critical applications. This view immediately isolates issues in times of performance or availability problems and enables more effective planning for application change without disruption. An agent-free creation and maintenance of a Configuration Management Database (TADDM database) is delivered without requiring custom infrastructure modeling. TADDM also provides complete cross-tier dependency maps, topological views, change tracking, event propagation, and detailed reports and analytics.

The following list includes the functionality that was added for the TADDM 7.1.2:
  • BIRT report infrastructure
  • Limited IPV6 capability
  • Console installation capability
  • Improved view performance
  • Improved details performance
  • Improved Enterprise Domain Server synchronization times
  • Improved API query performance
  • Improved post-discovery processing performance
  • Improved TBSM integration
  • Drilldown capability for business applications
  • Comparison report from Domain Manager
  • Cross-domain comparison reports from the Enterprise Domain Server
  • Additional MQ cluster information for IBM z/OS® operating system
  • Reduced WAN traffic during anchor usage
  • Upgraded first failure data capture tools
  • Weblogic 9.x and 10.x sensor support
  • Simplified migration from previous releases
  • Windows® 2008 support
  • AIX® 6.1 support
  • Problem fixes

Compatibility issues with earlier versions

You can install TADDM, Version 7, Release 1, Modification 2, for the first time, or upgrade to this release. If you upgrade to this release, you must have one of the following software applications installed:
  • IBM Tivoli Application Dependency Discovery Manager, Version 7, Release 1 Interim Fix 7.1.0.0-TIV-ITADDM-IF0006 or later
  • Tivoli Application Dependency Discovery Manager, Version 5.1.1 Fix Pack 004 (5.1.1.4-TIV-ITADDM-FP0004)

TADDM 7.1.2 stores each software package on UNIX® systems as a separate configuration item (CI), unlike in past versions where software package information was stored as a large text listing. UNIX software packages that are stored as text listings from earlier versions of TADDM are not migrated into individual CIs. Also, in TADDM 7.1.2, UNIX software packages are not displayed in the product console or domain manager. To have software packages displayed, you must run a new discovery.

System requirements

For information about hardware and software compatibility, see the IBM Tivoli Application Dependency Discovery Manager Planning and Installation Guide.

Installing TADDM, Version 7 Release 1.2

You can find information on the Quick Start DVD (or the corresponding downloadable image) and in the information center for the IBM Tivoli Change and Configuration Management Database at http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/tivihelp/v10r1/index.jsp?topic=/com.ibm.ccmdb.doc_7.1.1/ccmdb_welcome.htm.

Before you install TADDM, review the following resources:
Quick Start Guide
A two-page document that gives you the information you need to get started. The Quick Start DVD and the information center contain copies of the Quick Start Guide in several languages.
Download document
The download document describes how to download the product images from IBM Passport Advantage®. The Quick Start Guide contains a link to the download document.
IBM Tivoli Application Dependency Discovery Manager Information Center
The information center at http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/tivihelp/v10r1/index.jsp?topic=/com.ibm.taddm.doc_7.1.2/cmdb_welcome.html contains searchable topics (and PDF versions of topics). Especially see the topics on planning and installing TADDM.

The IBM Software Support site for Tivoli Application Dependency Discovery Manager at http://www-306.ibm.com/software/sysmgmt/products/support/IBMTivoliApplicationDependencyDiscoveryManager.html gives you access to the latest fixes and technical notes.

Known problems

Known problems are documented in the form of individual technotes in the Tivoli Application Dependency Discovery Manager Support site:

http://www.ibm.com/software/sysmgmt/products/support/IBMTivoliApplicationDependencyDiscoveryManager.html.

This site includes technotes, APARs (problem reports), downloads, and education materials. As problems are discovered and resolved, the IBM Support team updates the knowledge base. By searching the knowledge base, you can quickly find workarounds or solutions to problems.

To search for TADDM 7.1.2, complete the following steps:

  • Enter 7.1.2 in the Enter search terms field.
  • Click Go. The 7.1.2 technotes will be listed.
The following links launch a customized query for the latest updates about TADDM and CCMDB installation and configuration issues: