[BESAdmin-Announcements] BigFix 10.0 Patch 3 is now available!

[Announcements for BES Administrators]

The BigFix team is pleased to announce the release of version 10.0 Patch 3 (10.0.3.66) of the BigFix Platform.
The main features in this release are as follows:

  *   Security enhancements
  *   Defect Articles (DA) and defect fixes
  *   Added support for the BigFix Agent running on macOS 11 ARM64.
  *   Upgrade the following external libraries:
     *   The SQLite library was upgraded to Version 3.34.1.
     *   The OpenLDAP library was upgraded to Version 2.4.56.
     *   The OpenSSL library was upgraded to Version 1.0.2y.

Additional information about this release

  *   The standalone BigFix tools are published under the 10.0 Utilities section in BigFix Enterprise Suite Download Center<http://support.bigfix.com/bes/release/>.
References

  *   See the full technical changelist<https://support.bigfix.com/bes/changes/fullchangelist-100.txt>
Pre-Upgrade Considerations

  *   This release includes all the BigFix Platform components. It also includes the Plugin Portal that enables the Multicloud and Modern Client Management capabilities.
  *   The unixODBC RPM package is a prerequisite for the Server components on Linux systems (see Server Requirements<https://help.hcltechsw.com/bigfix/10.0/platform/Platform/Installation/c_tivoli_endpoint_manager_server.html>). This applies to version 10.0 Patch 2 and later.
  *   Upgrade paths to BigFix 10 begin with v9.5.10 or later. For details, see Upgrade paths<https://help.hcltechsw.com/bigfix/10.0/platform/Platform/Installation/c_upgrade_paths.html> (Windows) and Upgrade paths<https://help.hcltechsw.com/bigfix/10.0/platform/Platform/Installation/c_upgrade_paths_linux.html> (Linux).
  *   For detailed information on the specific changes to minimum supported versions of operating systems and databases for BigFix 10, see Detailed system requirements<https://support.hcltechsw.com/csm?id=kb_article&sysparm_article=KB0087327>.
  *   BEFORE getting started with the upgrade process, stop any active application that is connected to the BigFix database (such as Web Reports, WebUI, BigFix Inventory, or BigFix Compliance).
Useful links

  *   BigFix downloads and release information<https://support.bigfix.com/bes/release/10.0/patch3/>
  *   BigFix 10 documentation
     *   Home page<https://help.hcltechsw.com/bigfix/10.0/platform/index.html>
     *   Upgrade considerations
        *   Windows<https://help.hcltechsw.com/bigfix/10.0/platform/Platform/Installation/c_upgrading1.html>
        *   Linux<https://help.hcltechsw.com/bigfix/10.0/platform/Platform/Installation/c_upgrading1_linux.html>
     *   Detailed system requirements<https://support.hcltechsw.com/csm?id=kb_article&sysparm_article=KB0087327>
Upgrade Fixlets are available in BES Support version 1451 (or later).
Discuss this on the forum<https://forum.bigfix.com/t/bigfix-10-0-patch-3-is-now-available/37936>.
-- BigFix Platform Engineering Team


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