What's New in CMS 10.31

Version 10.31 of the HPE Configuration Management System consists of Universal CMDB 10.31 (UCMDB) and Universal Discovery 10.31 (UD). Version 10.31 is released in the same time frame with UCMDB Browser version 4.12 and Content Pack 22.00.

This release extends the features that were introduced in version 10.30, including improvements to the REST API, improvement to Automated Service Modeling, new content for cloud and network. Starting from this version, new modules are being migrated from the Administration module in UCMDB UI into the UCMDB Browser, with the introduction of the new package manager.

The main items that are introduced in this release are:

Automated Service Modeling

Universal CMDB

UCMDB Browser

Universal Discovery

Content Pack 22

Automated Service Modeling

The Automated Service Modeling (ASM) feature has the following improvements:

HPE Universal CMDB

Accessibility improvement

Hybrid user management with multiple user repositories

Starting from version 10.31, when you have LDAP server(s) configured, you can also authenticate with UCMDB users. This allows you to perform hybrid user management with multiple user repositories. Now a UCMDB user has an ID composed of name and repository. For example, now you can have the user admin from UCMDB, and also a user named admin from the LDAP server Repository1. For more details, see "Hybrid User Management with Multiple User Repositories" in the HPE Universal CMDB Hardening Guide guide.

Improvement to the SOLR search engine

Starting from version 10.31, the SOLR auto commit feature is enabled by default, this means that SOLR will automatically commit documents (indexed CI data):

Since UCMDB can run heavy data-in operations, by setting these values the updated data is often sent to Solr, therefor the Solr's performance is improved.

For more information, see "Solr Auto Commit" in the HPE Universal CMDB Administration Guide.

UCMDB ChatOps tool available

Added the UCMDB ChatOps tool, which is a simplified collaboration model that enables people, processes, tools and bots (chat robots) to exchange information, trigger activities and automate manual tasks in a simpler, rapid, and more cost-efficient way. You can use this tool to search for CIs, as well as to view the following information for a specified CI:

For more details, see the HPE Universal CMDB ChatOps Administrator and User Guide.

  UCMDB ChatOps requires UCMDB version 10.31. It is not bundled with CMS 10.31. You can download UCMDB ChatOps and its documentation from HPE Live Network .

Other Improvements

Extended Support Matrix Coverage

UCMDB Browser

 UCMDB Browser 4.12 is not bundled with CMS 10.31. You can download UCMDB Browser 4.12 and its documentation from HPE Live Network.

For more details, see the UCMDB Browser 4.12 documentation.

Universal Discovery (UD)

HPE Universal Discovery (UD) software provides visibility into IT environments by automatically discovering and mapping IT applications and infrastructure elements. This is an overview of the main new features and enhancements in Universal Discovery 10.31.

Content Pack 22.00

Content Pack 22.00 is not bundled with CMS 10.31. You can download Content Pack 22.00 from the HPE Live Network. Content Pack 22.00 can be installed on:

  • UCMDB 10.11 CUP6 (or a later CUP)
  • UCMDB 10.22 (or with a CUP on top of 10.22)
  • UCMDB 10.30
  • UCMDB 10.31

HPE releases frequent Content Packs that extend the breadth and depth of discovery and integration content, and enhancements to existing content. Content Pack 22.00 delivers a wide range of content in the areas of support matrix, new discoveries, new and enhanced jobs, and integrations.

Discovered Operating Systems

Added support for discovery and inventory (including agent support) for the following operating system:

Discovered Applications

Added support for discovering the following applications:

New Discoveries

Added support for Cloud Foundry Event Discovery.

Cloud Foundry provides RESTful API to get the events. The Cloud Foundry Event Monitor job queries the events every 30 seconds and reports them into UCMDB.

Integrations

Others

For more information, see the Content Pack 22.00 documentation.