[BESAdmin-Announcements] Content update for IBM Software Inventory Site

[Announcements for BES Administrators]

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

- Fixes for incorrect organization of some software suites 
- ISV catalog updates through January (all updates through SUA 1 catalog 28) 
- Updates to the IBM component detection signatures 

	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 see catalog change list for more information. 					http://software.bigfix.com/download/tema/catalog/SUA2_Feb_2012_Change_List.pdf                                                                                                                                             

The SUA 2 catalog is distributed via a fixlet (number 47 in the IBM Software Inventory) site.  This fixlet will place the latest catalog 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 

  - 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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