[BESAdmin-Announcements] BFI 9.x and ILMT 9.x Discovery Capability Extension (January 2018)

[Announcements for BES Administrators]

The BigFix Inventory and IBM License Metric Tool team is pleased to
announce the extension of discovery capability for BigFix Inventory 9.x.
and IBM License Metric Tool 9.x


What's new



Applies to all IBM License Metric Tool and BigFix Inventory customers:


Following changes were applied:
      Software classification capability for new releases of IBM software
      products as described in the ILMT Catalog Release Notes.
      APAR fixes to software classification capability for existing
      releases of IBM software products http://ibm.biz/LMT_updates.

Applies to BigFix Inventory customers only


Following changes were applied:
      Added discovery capability for selected ArcGIS, BMC, CA, Citrix,
      Oracle, SAP and Symantec products as described in BigFix Inventory
      Release Notes.
      Multiple updates and additions for non-IBM software titles. See the
      change list for additional details.


For details of the changes, you can also see the description of the
Software Catalog Update fixlet.


Enabling the new discovery capabilities in BigFix Inventory
   1. Upgrade the BigFix Inventory server to version 9.2.9 or higher. For
   detailed instructions, see: Upgrading to BigFix Inventory 9.2.9.
   Upgrading the server is required due to the following reasons:
   - Problems with catalog import that occurred in versions 9.2.6 to 9.2.8.
   For more information, see the technote.
   - Lack of support for the software catalog in the canoncial 3.0 format
   in versions earlier than 9.2.5.
   2. Upload the software catalog to BigFix Inventory. To download the
   catalog, run the Software Catalog Update fixlet. Then, upload it to
   BigFix Inventory. For detailed instructions, see: Downloading the
   software catalog.

Site Information

BigFix Inventory 9.x
      Site: IBM BigFix Inventory v9
      Version: 103
      Publish Date: 02/01/2018

IBM License Metric Tool 9.x
      Site: IBM License Reporting (ILMT) v9
      Version: 112
      Publish Date: 02/01/2018

Useful Links
      Knowledge Center for BigFix Inventory
      Developer Works Wiki for BigFix Inventory
      IBM BigFix Support Center

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