This page details the support status of existing versions of BMC Atrium Discovery. For complete definitions of release numbering, release terminology, and support levels, see the BMC Software Product Support Policy.
Fully supported products
The following table lists the fully supported products and the corresponding documentation links:
 | Version naming convention change
The software support policy and versioning conventions used for BMC Enterprise Systems Management (ESM) software released as GA products after September 11 2011. This date fell between the end of the 8.2 releases and the start of the 8.3 releases of BMC Atrium Discovery. Software products are now versioned as follows:
VV.RR.SP where VV=major version, RR=minor release, and SP=Service Pack. |
Limited support products
The following table lists the limited support products and the corresponding end of support dates:
| Product |
End of support date |
- BMC Foundation Discovery and BMC Topology Discovery 1.6
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December 31, 2011 |
- BMC Atrium Discovery 7.5 and 7.5.01
- BMC Atrium Discovery 8.1
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October 31, 2012 |
When a product enters limited support:
- New enhancements are not made to that version of the product. For reported issues, BMC Software Customer Support directs customers to existing fixes, patches and workarounds.
- New Technology Knowledge Update (TKU) releases are not available for that version of the product.
During the time of limited support, BMC Software strongly encourages users of the respective versions of the product to upgrade to the latest current version.
Upgrading to newer product version and migration path
The following table lists the migration path to upgrade to BMC Atrium Discovery 8.3 from your current version and the corresponding documentation links:
| Current version |
Migration path |
Documentation links |
| BMC Foundation Discovery and BMC Topology Discovery 1.6 |
From BMC Foundation Discovery and BMC Topology Discovery 1.6, upgrading to a newer version of both BMC Atrium Discovery and BMC Atrium CMDB may require a contract modification; please consult your BMC Software account representative for more information about upgrading to the latest versions. |
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| BMC Atrium Discovery 7.5 and 7.5.01 |
From BMC Atrium Discovery, versions 7.5 and 7.5.01, upgrading to version 8.3 is not possible. You must migrate your data to a new installation of BMC Atrium Discovery version 8.3. |
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| BMC Atrium Discovery 8.1 |
From BMC Atrium Discovery 8.1, upgrading to version 8.3 requires incremental upgrades to versions 8.2, and then to 8.3. |
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Most recent unsupported versions
The following table lists the most recent unsupported versions, requirements to upgrade to BMC Atrium Discovery 8.3 from your current version, and the corresponding documentation links:
| Current version |
Migration path |
Documentation links |
| BMC Atrium Discovery 8.0 |
From BMC Atrium Discovery 8.0, upgrading to version 8.3 requires incremental upgrades to versions 8.1, 8.2, and then to 8.3. |
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| Tideway Foundation 7.3 and 7.3.1 |
From Tideway Foundation 7.3 and 7.3.1, upgrading to version 8.3 requires incremental upgrades to versions 8.1, 8.2, and then to 8.3. |
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| BMC Foundation Discovery and BMC Topology Discovery 1.5 and 1.5.01 |
From BMC Foundation Discovery and BMC Topology Discovery 1.5 and 1.5.01, upgrading to a newer version of both BMC Atrium Discovery and BMC Atrium CMDB may require a contract modification; please consult your BMC Software account representative for more information about upgrading to the latest versions. |
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