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BMC Helix Discovery Overview

What is BMC Helix Discovery?

BMC Discovery (formerly BMC Atrium Discovery and Dependency Mapping, or ADDM) creates a dynamic, holistic view of all data center assets and the relationships between them, giving IT crucial visibility into how the assets support the business. Each scan delves into the information and dependencies for all software, hardware, network, storage, and versions, providing IT with the context needed to create an application map from any piece of information about it. A lightweight footprint allows IT to map applications with up to 100% accuracy in 15 minutes or less.

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Product Description

BMC Helix Discovery is a cloud-native discovery and dependency mapping solution for visibility into hardware, software, and service dependencies across multi-cloud environments

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BMC Discovery has over 10 years of experience offering remarkable discovery and dependency mapping capabilities. With research conducted by IDC which found 470% ROI in 5 years with a payback of 8 months, we are certain you will be impressed and delighted with the value that comes from having BMC Discovery.


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BMC helps customers run and reinvent their businesses with open, scalable, and modular solutions to complex IT problems. BMC works with 86% of the Forbes Global 50 and customers and partners around the world to create their future. With our history of innovation, industry-leading automation, operations, and service management solutions, combined with unmatched flexibility, we help organizations free up time and space to become an Autonomous Digital Enterprise that conquers the opportunities ahead.


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Verified UserEnterprise (> 1000 emp.)
4.5 out of 5
"A highly integrated tool with easy to use and advance features."
It is very user friendly and easy to you.
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4.5 out of 5
"More for less"
- Data modeling is one of the most important features - Very fast deployment - Very stable - Quick upgrade and transparent for the final user ...
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"BMC Discovery is the most powerful discovery & application mapping tool"
Businesses can optimize resources and costs along with managing compliance & security of the overall estate.
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Raghav S.
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Frontend Developer
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
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What do you like best about BMC Helix Discovery?

What I like the most is the ability to quickly identify all the IT assets of your company, the time it takes to evaluate it is very fast and the program offers a lot of details; is able to identify all aspects of IT ownership, perform software modeling and provide a large amount of data. BMC Discovery also analyzes and checks the changes in software and hardware components. I also like that it does not require the user to have advanced knowledge, and that the installation and use of the software is accessible to most people (with minimal computer knowledge, of course). All communications are made through secure connections, to ensure that the security of the company is not compromised. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about BMC Helix Discovery?

It is a frankly good program, and I would not know how to improve it. I do not have anything bad to say. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is BMC Helix Discovery solving and how is that benefiting you?

It is relatively easy to install (although it is at this time of the installation when you have to pay more attention to program it correctly and then do not have to touch up anything) and to use, and provide so valuable information about the assets of the company, that it is worth acquiring it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

HIMANSHU S.
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What do you like best about BMC Helix Discovery?

Which can show me any device or device connected to my network, provided it belongs to the address ranges indicated. I can quickly see the structure of a network with the schemas it shows. I can allow any user of the company to connect and use it Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about BMC Helix Discovery?

That does not show me the equipment that is staked in the same pile, since this information is necessary to carry out my inventory. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is BMC Helix Discovery solving and how is that benefiting you?

With this tool I can have my inventory updated automatically with my other Remedy ticketing tool without having to export the data manually. Time saving The good thing about BMC Discovery is that if it is configured correctly, administration is very limited. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Telecommunications
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What do you like best about BMC Helix Discovery?

Data could be easily configured according to specified categories. The real in-depth functionality reduces the customization for more mature and effective service. It's a quick Application Development tool with all the customization required. It's an extremely inexpensive tool as available in the market as compared to all other such tools in the market. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about BMC Helix Discovery?

BMC Discovery offers me a lot of auto generated mails that have stuffed my mail box with lots of irrelevant mails for me from them . There is a lack of more depth in functionality which leads to decreased handling with the lackage of benefit of better reporting for management. Still, usability is one of the highlighted issue in it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is BMC Helix Discovery solving and how is that benefiting you?

We have successfully implemented it in our organization to keep the track of the servers and their interference with all other applications. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about BMC Helix Discovery?

The user interface is easy to use and very intuitive. Additionally, it is very simple to install, configure, and maintain, so there is no problem adapting to the use of this software.

It is the ideal tool to know even the smallest detail of the company's IT asset situation, and it provides crucial information to decide when it is necessary to renew the servers, either because they are at the end of their useful life or simply because their performance is no longer efficient. In this way, costs are saved without affecting the company's performance or security, as many of these obsolete servers could be used as backdoors, allowing unauthorized third-party access. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about BMC Helix Discovery?

The price may be a bit high for some small businesses. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering BMC Helix Discovery:

If you are looking for a program for managing your IT inventory that is easy to use and also saves a lot of time (as long as the price is not an issue for you), BMC Discovery is what you are really looking for. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is BMC Helix Discovery solving and how is that benefiting you?

It facilitates license management, allows for controlling the good condition of the hardware or the monitoring of applications. Ultimately, it contributes essentially to the good functioning of the company. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about BMC Helix Discovery?

This is an incredible program that allows you to know, practically in real-time, the situation of your company's IT assets. The speed with which it analyzes and identifies changes in software and hardware components is surprising, detecting which servers have become old or inefficient, and therefore need to be replaced.

Another aspect to highlight of BMC Discovery is that, once it is running, it requires very little attention, as it performs its work almost unattended. If the initial configuration is done correctly, you can let it run, as long as its recognition tasks have been well scheduled. After this startup, the only special care it requires will be to keep the version updated. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about BMC Helix Discovery?

It is a frankly good program, and I wouldn't know how to improve it. I have nothing bad to say. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering BMC Helix Discovery:

It is relatively easy to install and use, and it provides such valuable information regarding the company's assets that it is worth acquiring. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is BMC Helix Discovery solving and how is that benefiting you?

BMC Discovery is a great help in detecting obsolete or insecure servers that need to be replaced, which allows for investment in their renewal in an appropriate way, optimizing costs, and promoting the proper functioning of all equipment. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about BMC Helix Discovery?

a Unique feature about this product that I felt astonishing is that the product is user friendly and easy to set up.

At the same time, reliability, time saving with fast, secure mapping.

The automation of virtual discovery at times makes it really useful also the dependency relations on the available assets in the data center. On the whole, I would love to have this seen on my work environment. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about BMC Helix Discovery?

Since we deal with large amounts of data, its necessary that we have large disk space, but Comparably the disk Storage seems to be less and cannot accommodate more than 2 TB which has be improved.

The quick action from the team, like support, updating the necessary plugins and all have to be faster than now. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Well, a piece of cake for beginner usages Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is BMC Helix Discovery solving and how is that benefiting you?

Supply chain management is the main reasson for me to use this product. I use BMC discovery to store information on my server regarding store products, itenaries,some media and info regarding store incoming materials information especially regarding the history of filing details necessary for property transfers plannings and processings over future and longer time. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about BMC Helix Discovery?

There are several positive aspects that can be highlighted about BMC Discovery, but the following could be highlighted:

It allows the detection of backdoors in servers that pose a security risk to the company.

All communications are carried out through secure connections.

The initial configuration, and subsequent use, is very easy.

It is also very easy to integrate with BMC CMDB. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about BMC Helix Discovery?

For example, they could implement a function that allows a review of the data at the end of the useful life. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering BMC Helix Discovery:

BMC Discovery allows identifying all aspects of the company's IT ownership and performing software modeling, providing a large amount of useful information. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is BMC Helix Discovery solving and how is that benefiting you?

By clearly identifying assets and their dependencies, BMC Discovery makes it much easier to decide which assets can be moved to the cloud and which fixed assets should be retired due to being obsolete or posing a security risk.

It also saves company workers a lot of time when inventorying IT, as doing it manually would take longer and would probably be less accurate than BMC reports. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about BMC Helix Discovery?

What I like the most is the ability to quickly identify all the IT assets of your company, the assessment time is very fast, and the program offers a large amount of detail; it is capable of identifying all aspects of IT ownership, performing software modeling, and providing a large amount of data. BMC Discovery also analyzes and checks changes in software and hardware components.

I also like that it does not require the user to have advanced knowledge, and that the installation and use of the software is accessible to most people (with minimal computer knowledge, of course).

All communications are carried out through secure connections to ensure that the company's security is not compromised. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about BMC Helix Discovery?

In general, it is a very good product in terms of its performance, but they could try to improve its price a bit to compete better with other similar products. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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In addition to what has already been said, it also fulfills essential security functions, as it can locate servers that could be backdoor entry points, quickly identifying requests affected by this issue, and performing a quick analysis of OpenSSL. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is BMC Helix Discovery solving and how is that benefiting you?

BMC Discovery automatically shows the entire IT inventory of the company (including software, hardware, network, storage, and versions), allowing the identification of old and inefficient servers that need to be replaced, which results in savings in operating expenses. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about BMC Helix Discovery?

It can show me any device connected to my network as long as it belongs to the addressing ranges I specify. I can quickly see the structure of a network with the diagrams it shows. I can allow any user in the company to connect and use it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about BMC Helix Discovery?

That it does not show me the equipment that is stacked in the same pile, as this information is necessary to carry out my inventory. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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danip_@hotmail.com Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is BMC Helix Discovery solving and how is that benefiting you?

With this tool, I can have my inventory automatically updated with my other ticketing tool, Remedy, without having to export the data manually. I save time. The good thing about BMC Discovery is that if it is configured correctly, the administration is very minimal. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Ashu G.
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Software Development Engineer
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What do you like best about BMC Helix Discovery?

I like this tool very much, helps me to discover data centre information in very less time.Helps me to analyse data properly and due to which I take good decision. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about BMC Helix Discovery?

BMC discovery is a great tool but the least I like is the GUI of the application is not that great. For the beginner it is complicated to understand. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is BMC Helix Discovery solving and how is that benefiting you?

As am working in the data analysis field. So BMC discovery helps me to discover meaningful data from the data centre and helps me to analyse them. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.