[BESAdmin-Announcements] BigFix 9.5 Patch 15 is now available

[Announcements for BES Administrators]

The BigFix team is pleased to announce the release of version 9.5 Patch 15 (9.5.15.71) of the BigFix Platform.
The main features in this release are as follows:

  *   Security enhancements
  *   DAs and defect fixes

Upgraded the following external libraries:

  *   The OpenSSL toolkit level was upgraded to Version 1.0.2u

Additional information about this release

  *   The standalone BigFix tools are published under the 9.5 Utilities section on the BigFix Enterprise Suite Download Center.<http://support.bigfix.com/bes/release/>

References

  *   See the full technical changelist<https://support.bigfix.com/bes/changes/fullchangelist-95.txt>.

Pre-Upgrade Considerations

  *   All BigFix Platform components are being released in this patch.
  *   Ensure to STOP the WebUI and any other active application connecting to the BigFix database BEFORE starting the upgrade.
  *   A manual Server upgrade is required if you upgrade from a version earlier than 9.5.5. Refer to the 9.5.5 release notes<https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home?lang=en#!/wiki/Tivoli%20Endpoint%20Manager/page/IBM%20BigFix%209.5.5%20Release%20Notes> for more information.

Useful links
BigFix downloads and release<http://support.bigfix.com/bes/release/9.5/patch15/> information

Upgrade instructions in HCL Help Center

  *   BigFix Server on Linux <https://help.hcltechsw.com/bigfix/9.5/platform/Platform/Installation/c_upgrading1_linux.html>
  *   BigFix Server on Windows<https://help.hcltechsw.com/bigfix/9.5/platform/Platform/Installation/c_upgrading1.html>

Upgrade Fixlets are available in BES Support version 1434 (or later).

Discuss this on the forum<https://forum.bigfix.com/t/bigfix-9-5-patch-15-is-now-available/34054>.
-- BigFix Platform Engineering Team

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