[BESAdmin-Announcements] Availability of BigFix Compliance Analytics V1.9: New policy reporting capability, feature enhancements, and defect fixes

[Announcements for BES Administrators]

IBM BigFix is pleased to announce the release of IBM BigFix Compliance
Analytics version 1.9.60. formerly called IBM Endpoint Manager for Security
and Compliance Analytics (SCA).

Product: IBM BigFix Compliance

Title: Availability of BigFix Compliance Analytics version 1.9.60: New
policy reporting capability and feature enhancements

Details:
The BigFix Compliance Analytics version 1.9.60 release includes the
following new features and updates.

Published site:
SCM Reporting, version 104.

New features and updates:
* BigFix Compliance Analytics now provides a policy compliance reporting
capability that allows for more effective analysis and reporting of
different security configuration policies. PCI DSS policies are available
for users of the Compliance PCI-Add component.
 For more details, see PCI Add-on Release Announcements (
https://forum.bigfix.com/c/release-announcements/pci-add-on ).
* BigFix Compliance Analytics users can receive email notifications for
failed imports and when unexpected changes to target reports occur.
Unexpected changes include the disparity in expected number of rows and
when the number of rows are updated on a saved report.
* Lines with lengthy content entries are wrapped and displayed correctly on
the Grid Report View and on PDF grid reports.
* BigFix Compliance Analytics and BigFix Inventory can now be deployed on
the same server without any session key conflicts
* The BigFix Compliance Analytics Overview page does not display the
Vulnerability Overview if there is no report about vulnerability.
* Upgrade to Ruby on Rails 4.2. No user action is required for this
upgrade.
* Update of IBM JRE to version 8.0.3.20. No user action is required for
this update.
* Support of upgrades from earlier versions of Compliance (refer to the
table in the Actions to take section)

Known issues:
* 43713: 1.9 upgrade/migration is sensitive to duplicate scm-ids within a
custom site
             http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21995816
* 43766: After upgrade, the 1.9 ETL is sensitive to accidental duplication
of applicability fixlets within a custom site
             http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21995820
* 43797: Datasource sequence reset post 1.9 upgrade increases initial 1.9
import duration to a time comparable with a remediation import

Actions to take:
The first time installation:
1. In the License Dashboard in the IBM BigFix console, enable the SCM
Reporting site.
2. In the Security Configuration domain in the console, open the
Configuration Management navigation tree.
3. Select the Fixlet named IBM BigFix Compliance 1.9 First-time Install
Fixlet under the IBM BigFix Compliance Install/Upgrade menu tree node.
4. Follow the Fixlet instructions and take the associated action to install
your BigFix Compliance deployment.

Upgrade installation:
Refer to the prescribed upgrade steps for the BigFix Compliance version
that you are using.
Important: Before you start any upgrade process, make sure that you perform
server and database backup.

A. If you're using IBM BigFix Compliance version 1.7 or 1.8, follow these
upgrade steps to upgrade for IBM BigFix Compliance version 1.9:
1. Make sure that you performed server and database backup
2. Make sure that known issues don't meet your environment
3. In the Security Configuration domain in the console, open the
Configuration Management navigation tree.
4. Under the IBM BigFix Compliance Install/Upgrade menu tree item, select
the IBM BigFix Compliance 1.9 Upgrade Fixlet, which automatically installs
and upgrades to the new version.
5. Follow the Fixlet instructions and take the associated action to upgrade
your IBM BigFix Compliance deployment.
6. Update the data schema. To do this, log in to the IBM BigFix Compliance
web interface from the host server and proceed with configuration.
   Upgrading the data schema is expected and it will take sometime to
complete.
Note: Automatic upgrade installation only affects installs running under
the LocalSystem account. Please follow the Fixlet instructions to install
the update manually if this fix cannot be applied.

B. If you're using a version earlier than 1.5.78, follow these upgrade
steps:
1. Manually upgrade to version 1.5.78. The 1.5.78 installer can be found
here.
2. Manually upgrade to version 1.8.33. The 1.8.33 installer can be found
here.
3. Upgrade to version 1.9 using the IBM BigFix Compliance 1.9 Upgrade
Fixlet. (See steps A)

C. If you're using a version than earlier than 1.6.139, follow these
upgrade steps:
1. Manually upgrade to version 1.8.33. The 1.8.33 installer can be found
here.
2. Upgrade to version 1.9 using the IBM BigFix Compliance 1.9 Upgrade
Fixlet. (See steps A)

More information:
BigFix Compliance Release Notes:
https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home?lang=en#!/wiki/Tivoli%20Endpoint%20Manager/page/SCA%20Release%20Notes

BigFix Compliance (SCA) Guides in the Knowledge Center:
- User Guide:
http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SS6MCG_9.5.0/com.ibm.bigfix.compliance.doc/Compliance/SCA_Users_Guide/securityandcomplianceanalyticsuserguide.html

- Setup Guide:
http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SS6MCG_9.5.0/com.ibm.bigfix.compliance.doc/Compliance/SCA_Setup_Guide/securityandcomplianceanalyticssetupguide.html

BigFix Compliance Payment Card Industry (PCI) Add-on Guides in the
Knowledge Center:
http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SS6MCG_9.5.0/com.ibm.bigfix.compliance.doc/pci.html

IBM BigFix Forums - Release Announcements Channel: https://ibm.biz/Bdsspw
IBM BigFix Blog:
https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/blogs/a1a33778-88b7-452a-9133-c955812f8910/date/201507?lang=en



BigFix Compliance team
IBM BigFix
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