[BESAdmin-Announcements] BigFix Inventory: Application Update 9.2.16.1 published 2019-10-30

[Announcements for BES Administrators]

BigFix Inventory Team is proud to announce availability of new version of BigFix Inventory.



Product:
BigFix Inventory application update 9.2.16.1



Published site version:

BigFix Inventory v9 - version 128.



Features:
This update offers new discovery capability for number of software components and contains selected improvements.



* Enhanced software discovery capability

Oracle products:
o Java Runtime Environment

o Java JDK/SDK



SAP products:
o SAP Netweaver Business Client



VMware products:
o VMware vCloud Automation Center Agents

o VMware vCloud Automation Distributed Execution Manager

o VMware vCloud Automation Center Management Agent

o VMware vCloud Automation Center Server

o VMware vCloud Automation Center WAPI

o VMware vCloud Director



Open JDK


For more information please refer to Catalog Release Notes: https://software.bigfix.com/download/tema/catalog/BFI_catalog_release_notes.pdf

To browse the full catalog content, use the Software Components report in BigFix Inventory.



* Scanner version 9.2.17.0000 improvements

  *   Scanner discovers number of sockets on E7 series of Xeon processors.
  *   In hardware scan output CoreCount fields in LogicalDomains group on Solaris are filled with correct values.
  *   Scanner retrieves the values for Manufacturer, Product, SerialNumber and Type fields on Solaris x86 local zones.

Note:    1) Install or Upgrade Scanner fixlet version is 9.2.16.1 and the following fixlet description is not translated: Linux version of the scanner requires the following library: libstdc++.so.6. Additionally, the scanner on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.0 requires the following library: libnsl.so.1. For more information, see the product documentation.

2) Disconnected scanner packages contain previous version of the scanner.



* Oracle Feature Health Check analysis is updated

The following defect is fixed.

KB0073472: For large environments, Analysis with ID 2001 (Oracle Feature Health Check) generates too much data to load in the BigFix Console.

* Support for new platforms

On the endpoint side:
o Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.0

Note: The scanner requires libstdc++.so.6 and libnsl.so.1 library.



Action to take
Installation of this content pack does not upgrade the BigFix Inventory server.



To upgrade the BigFix Inventory scanner, run the Install or Upgrade scanner fixlet from the BigFix console.



To apply new discovery capability for version 9.2.11 or higher, run the Software Catalog Update fixlet from the BigFix console and then wait for the next data import. For instructions of applying the content pack on older versions, see: Updating the software catalog to ensure accuracy of software reporting in the user documentation.



To learn how to get the application update and deploy it as well as to view the full list of new features and defects that were fixed in this application update, see the following link: https://support.bigfix.com/bfi/BigFix-Inventory-9.2.16.1-ReleaseNotes.pdf



For more information about how to install, maintain, and use this application refer to BigFix Inventory user documentation: https://help.hcltechsw.com/bigfix/9.5/inventory/welcome/BigFix_Inventory_welcome.html



We hope you find this latest release of BigFix Inventory content useful and effective.



Thank you!



- The BigFix Inventory Team
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