[BESAdmin-Announcements] [New Release] IBM BigFix Patches for Red Hat Enterprise Linux releases the RHSM Download plug-in and other feature enhancements

[Announcements for BES Administrators]

BigFix Patch is pleased to announce the release of the Red Hat Subscription
Management (RHSM) Download Plug-in and other feature enhancements for users
of Patches for Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL).

Enhanced download plug-in called RHSM download plug-in
The new download plug-in uses Red Hat Subscription Management (RHSM) to
download patches from a vendor’s website to the BigFix server.
The RHSM download plug-in is available in the Manage Download Plug-ins
dashboard as a new plug-in entry called RHSM Plug-in. All patch Fixlets are
updated to use the RHSM Plug-in.

Note: The RHEL Plug-in will still be available to allow customers to use
the Fixlets that are in custom sites. However, the RHEL Plug-in will no
longer be supported for Red Hat 6 (x86 and x86-64).

Multiple-package baseline installation
This solution combines the installation of updates for multiple packages in
a baseline into a single task, which can reduce the execution time of the
baseline.

RHSM download cacher
Use the enhanced cacher to download and cache x86 or x86_64 Red Hat patches
in air-gapped environments.

Extended repo list (optional)
You can configure the RHSM download plug-in to download and cache packages
from repositories that are not shipped out of the box.

Highlights:
Download Plug-in Versions Analysis
Encryption Analysis for Clients Analysis
Enable the Multiple-Package Baseline Installation Feature - RHEL 6 task
Delete RHEL 6 Package List File for Multiple-Package Baseline Installation
TROUBLESHOOTING: RHEL 6 Patching Deployment Logs - Cleanup
Import RPM-GPG-KEY-redhat-release - RHEL 6
Enable the Multiple-Package Baseline Installation feature - RHEL 6
Multiple-Package Baseline Installation - RHEL 6 - x32 – Server
Multiple-Package Baseline Installation - RHEL 6 - x32 – Client
Multiple-Package Baseline Installation - RHEL 6 - x32 – Workstation
Multiple-Package Baseline Installation - RHEL 6 - x86_64 – Server
Multiple-Package Baseline Installation - RHEL 6 - x86_64 – Client
Multiple-Package Baseline Installation - RHEL 6 - x86_64 – Workstation

Published sites:
Patching Support site, version 683.
Patches for RHEL 6 - Native Tools, version 260.


Actions to take:
- Review your Red Hat subscription entitlements and ensure that they are
active.
- Register the RHSM download plug-in on the BigFix server.
- Create and download certificate entitlements through RHSM. For more
information, see: http://ibm.co/2gSEGJb
- Add the certificates to the download plug-in
- Use the Baseline Synchronization Dashboard to update existing baselines
and custom sites with the latest content from the external Fixlet sites.
For details on how to sync your baseline components with the external
sites, see https://ibm.biz/Bdsc8d. RHEL 6 users need to create new
baselines.

References:
For more information about using the RHSM download plug-in and the other
enhancements, see the wiki page: http://ibm.co/2gSEGJb
For the pre-announcement of the release, see:  http://bit.ly/2hRmUb2

Application Engineering team
IBM BigFix
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