[BESAdmin-Announcements] OS Deployment and Bare Metal Imaging 3.5 Release

[Announcements for BES Administrators]

The IBM Endpoint Manager OS Deployment team is pleased to announce the 
release of OS Deployment and Bare Metal Imaging 3.5.


This release has the following features: 

* Windows deployment support for Setup Images
        * Image creation from installation media (.ISO, DVD, ...)
        * Image provisioning supported both through Re-Imaging and Bare 
Metal deployment 
* Windows deployment improvements 
        * OS resources preparation concurrent to Windows Setup Image 
import
* Linux Enterprise deployment support for Setup images
        * Image creation from installation media (.ISO, DVD, ...)
        * Image provisioning supported both through Re-Imaging and Bare 
Metal deployment
        * Supported Linux versions: RHEL 5, RHEL 6, SLES 11
* Enablement of the content pack for Smart Cloud Orchestration integration
        * Content pack for Bare Metal deployment available in the Smart 
Cloud Orchestrator marketplace 


Actions to take: 

This release is an update of the existing site. No immediate actions are 
required and the current product will continue to function normally. Some 
changes were made to existing features and to the User Interface. 
To take advantage of the new features, you may need to create a new 3.5 
MDT Bundle and update your Bare Metal Servers to Tivoli Provisioning 
Manager for OS Deployment 7.1.1 Fixpack 16. 
Tivoli Provisioning Manager for OS Deployment can be downloaded from 
FixCentral. In airgapped or proxy environments,  you may need to cache 
files on the IBM Endpoint Manager Server and/or the Console. 


Additional Resources: 

Link to Users Guide: 
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SS63NW_9.1.0/com.ibm.tivoli.tem.doc_9.1/Lifecycle_Man/OSD_Users_Guide/c_osdug_intro.html


Link to Users Guide (PDF version):
https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/form/api/wiki/90553c0b-42eb-4df0-9556-d3c2e0ac4c52/page/f510379c-851f-4917-9e6b-114d2a929e78/attachment/1c99d1e1-fe45-4f0c-9b38-64373e16170e/media/OSD_Users_Guide.pdf

Link to Wiki: 
https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home?lang=en#!/wiki/Tivoli%20Endpoint%20Manager/page/OS%20Deployment 


Instructions for air-gapped can be found at the following location: 
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21616689


Published site version: 
OS Deployment and Bare Metal Imaging, version 41


Application Engineering Team 
IBM Endpoint Manager 



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