[BESAdmin-Announcements] New Release: IBM Endpoint Manager for Software Use Analysis 2.2 patch 2 Now Available!

[Announcements for BES Administrators]

IBM is pleased to announce that patch 2 for IBM Endpoint Manager for 
Software Use Analysis 2.2 is available.
Site version updated:  44

APARs fixed in this patch
APAR
Symptoms
Behavior after applying the patch
IV48876
Scan results cannot be uploaded because a wrong date of running the Upload 
Scan Results fixlet is chosen. The problem might occur if the fixlet is 
run when the upload of scan results is already in progress.
Scan results are uploaded because the correct date of running the fixlet 
is chosen.
IV49935
When you export the Contract Usage report to a CSV file, some columns are 
empty even though they are filled on the user interface. 
All values that are visible on the user interface are also reflected in 
the CSV file.
IV50348
As a consequence of daily imports, the size of Software Use Analysis 
tables increases indefinitely. 
Documentation is updated to contain information how to set up data 
retention period. You can use this option to specify the period after 
which historical data from previous imports is removed from Software Use 
Analysis.
IV50680
Documentation does not provide scalability recommendations that concern 
MSSQL.
Documentation is updated to contain recommendations that concern MSSQL.
IV51245
Documentation does not provide information about how to back up and 
restore the Software Use Analysis database.
Documentation is updated to contain the backup and restore procedures. 
Additionally, information is how to check the version of Software Use 
Analysis to which you are attaching the database is provided. 
IV53740
The relevance for checking prerequisite libraries for the Common Inventory 
Technology and software inventory tool scanners are not correct. It causes 
that the fixlets are sometimes not applicable to computer to which they 
should be applicable. 
The Software Scanner Applicability fixlet is introduced to check whether 
all prerequisites for installing the Common Inventory Technology and 
software inventory tool scanners are fulfilled by the target computer.


Internal defects fixed in this patch
Defect number
Symptoms
Behavior after applying the patch
93785
When you create a role that has the View Raw Data permission and assign it 
to a user, the user should not have access to the Unrecognized Files 
report. However, the report is visible to the user. 
The Unrecognized Files report is not visible to the user who is assigned a 
role with the View Raw Data permission only.
94039
Documentation does not provide clear information about where to look for 
installation logs. 
Documentation is updated to contain information about the location of 
installation logs. 
94415
The response file for silent uninstallation contains references to 
products other than Software Use Analysis and some irrelevant parameters. 
It might suggest that the response file is not to be used for the 
uninstallation of Software Use Analysis but of different products. 
References to other products and the irrelevant parameters are removed 
from the response file. 
97183
Imports run for a long time due to inefficient relations in the data 
model. 
Data model for usage and file rule matching is reworked so that imports 
take less time.
97966
The current version of the software inventory tool scanner requires the 
libstdc++-libc6.2-2.so.3 library that is not compatible with the common 
setup of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server and Red Hat Enterprise Linux. 
Fixlets that are related to the software inventory tool scanner are 
updated so that they use the latest version of the scanner. This version 
has extended compatibility with Linux x86 libraries. 
98205
Exposure to known security vulnerabilities. The details are not provided 
in this readme file because of security best practices.
The known security vulnerabilities are resolved.
99235
The size of the Software Use Analysis database increases after each 
import.
The problem occurs because database entries for deleted computers are 
incorrectly removed. After you install the patch, the database entries are 
properly removed and the database size does not increase so significantly. 

99236
The default logging mode does not provide information about which scan XML 
file was not incorrectly parsed. To see this information, it is required 
to set the DEBUG mode. 
Information about incorrectly parsed scan XML files is logged when the 
default logging mode is set.

Installing the patch
To obtain the upgrade installer, log in to the Endpoint Manager console, 
and click Sites > External Sites > IBM Software Inventory > TEM SUA 
Upgrade (2.2 patch 2).
To obtain a fresh installer for Software Use Analysis that already 
contains the fixes that are introduced in the patch, log in to the 
Endpoint Manager console, and click Sites > External Sites > IBM Software 
Inventory > Dashboards > Software Use Analytics.
Software Use Analysis patches are cumulative. To see the list of APARs and 
internal defects that were fixed in patch 1, see the attached 
sua_2.2_patch_2.html readme file. 

IEM Software Use Analysis Team

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