[BESAdmin-Announcements] Pre-Announcement: Software Distribution updates coming soon!

[Announcements for BES Administrators]

The IBM BigFix Software Distribution team is pleased to pre announce the
release of Software Distribution updates coming next week.


Reason for Update
The main purpose of this release is in BigFix platform version 9.1 and
above, the Manage Software Distribution dashboard is switching from using
the upload manager tool to using the BigFix platform for file uploads in
order to address potential security vulnerabilities. However, users are now
required to stay on the dashboard until the files are uploaded. Users who
uses the upload manager tool outside of the dashboard will need to update
to the latest version.


Additional Changes
   Fixed bug where certain packages cannot be exported from the dashboard.
   Fixed bug where the dashboard created Fixlets will not record a proper
   timestamp.
   Fixed bug with the Client Dashboard for Software Offers where content is
   not translated on non-English systems.
   Fixed bug with Upload Maintenance Service for Linux BigFix deployments
   where it cannot connect to the database.
   For the Analysis Software Distribution Deployment Results, number of
   lines returned have been increased from 200 to 1000.
   Minor string changes in the dashboard.


Actions to Take
Users of the upload manager tool outside of the Manage Software
Distribution dashboard will need to update the tool by copying the tool
from the Software Distribution site folder.

Linux BigFix users will need to update the Upload Maintenance Service.
Fixlet 6: IBM BigFix Server: Upgrade IBM BigFix Upload Maintenance Service

Users of the Client Dashboard for Software Offers will need to update the
dashboard component.
Fixlet 16: Update Client Dashboard for Software Offers and Generate a PIN
for Self Service Portal Registration (Windows, Mac)


Site Version
Software Distribution, site version TBD


Additional Links
Software Distribution User's Guide:
http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SS63NW_9.5.0/com.ibm.bigfix.lifecycle.doc/swd_ug_toc.html


Application Engineering Team
IBM BigFix
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