[BESAdmin-Announcements] SUA 2 March software catalog update.

[Announcements for BES Administrators]

The Tivoli Endpoint Manager for Software Use Analysis team is pleased to announce the release of software catalog update for SUA 2.0.  The major changes included in this update are: 

	Catalog 30
The catalogs for both SUA 1.x and SUA 2.x include separated editions for specific Adobe and Microsoft software suites:
Adobe Creative Suite 6
Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2
Microsoft SQL Server 2012
Microsoft Visual Studio
	Catalog 29
When SUA 2.0 was released, some Adobe and Microsoft titles were dropped due to unresolved ambiguities. These titles were added back to the SUA 2.x catalog
29 release.

	Catalog 28
When SUA 2.0 was released, some highly used software suites were not optimally organized. The SUA 2.0 catalog

	The latest catalog update may cause some software products to be recreated with new GUID.  If you created a contract with any of the software items listed with  "Name/GUID Change" 		Status, you will have to manually recreate that contract definitions after the catalog upgrade.  The development team is aware of the issue and will work towards its resolution in next SUA  server release. We’re sorry it may cause any inconvenience.    Please refer to software catalog change list for more information. 					                                                                                                                              

The SUA 2 catalog is distributed via a fixlet (number 47 in the IBM Software Inventory) site.  This fixlet will place an archive with the latest software catalog update on your SUA 2 server in the SUA installation directory under "sua_catalog" folder (default: "C:\Program Files\BigFix Enterprise\TEMA\sua_catalog"). 

Software Catalog Installation Process: 

1) If your organization does not customize the software catalog 

  - Log in to TEM SUA 

  - Go to Management >> Catalog Update 

  - Click "Browse" and locate the downloaded catalog file (note: software 

  - Click "Upload" 

  - The catalog will be installed during the next import. 

  
2) If your organization has customized the software catalog 

  - Log in to SWKBT 

  - Go to Manage Imports >> Canonical XML Document 

  - Click on "New Import" and follow the SWKBT upload wizard  (refer to SWKBT documentation for catalog upload and conflict resolution) 

  - Then go to Manage Exports >> Publish Catalog 

  - Check "Canonical 2.0 (for Software Use Analysis 2.0)" and click "Publisher" 

  - Log in to TEM SUA 

  - Go to Management >>  Catalog Servers 

  - Click "Update catalog" button (refer to TEM SUA  2 documentation on how to set up connection to SWKBT) 

  - The catalog will be installed during the next import. 



Best regards, 

Software Use Analysis Software Catalog Team. 



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