[BESAdmin-Announcements] Content in the Virtual Endpoint Manager Site has been published 2024-04-03

[Announcements for BES Administrators]

The BigFix Team is pleased to announce a new release of BigFix Virtual
Endpoint Manager.

The main reasons to upgrade to this release are as follows:



Virtual Endpoint Manager now leverages the BigFix VMWare Plugin!

Starting from this release, Virtual Endpoint Manager use cases on VMWare
VSphere can be exercised using the BigFix platform VMware Plugin (as an
alternative to the existing VMWare VCenter Management Extender).



Benefits of using the new Plugin include improved performance, scalability
and better integration with the BigFix platform and ecosystem.



More information about the VMWare Plugin can be found here:

https://help.hcltechsw.com/bigfix/11.0/platform/Platform/Config/c_cloudplugins_introduction.html

https://help.hcltechsw.com/bigfix/11.0/platform/Platform/Config/c_cloudplugins.html



As of now, in order to leverage the VMWare Plugin, you need to be at BigFix
Platform version 11.0.2 or above (VMWare plugin version 2.2.10).

BigFix team is working to extend the possibility to leverage the new Plugin
to a wider set of BigFix platform versions; when that happens, the existing
VMWare VCenter Management Extender will be deprecated.



Why Migrate to VMware Plugin ?
1. The new plugin offers a 92% improvement in processing efficiency over
the existing management extender.
2. The new plugin also provides correlation between proxied and native
device representations. This implies improved user experience and ease of
management, where previously with the management extender the proxied and
native devices are shown as separate entries.



Notes:
Existing users who are on BigFix V11.0.2, can consider migrating to the new
VMware Plugin using the migration guide available in the attached link.
https://help.hcltechsw.com/bigfix/11.0/patch/Patch/Patch_Virtual_Endpoint_Man/c_migration_to_vmwareplugin.html





VMWare VCenter management extender

Defect Article : KB0110247: Fail to configure the Management Extender on V11


Additional information about this release

*Published site and components version:
Virtual Endpoint Manager - Site Version: 71
VCenter plugin version : 3.0.91



Useful links

*BigFix SA Virtualization Documentation:
https://help.hcltechsw.com/bigfix/11.0/lifecycle/Lifecycle/ServerAutomation/SAUsersGuide/Server_Automation_virtualization/sa_c_vmware.html
https://help.hcltechsw.com/bigfix/10.0/lifecycle/Lifecycle/ServerAutomation/SAUsersGuide/Server_Automation_virtualization/sa_c_vmware.html

PatchesForESXI
https://help.hcltechsw.com/bigfix/11.0/patch/Patch/Patch_ESXi/c_introduction.html
https://help.hcltechsw.com/bigfix/10.0/patch/Patch/Patch_ESXi/c_introduction.html

Virtual Endpoint Management
https://help.hcltechsw.com/bigfix/11.0/patch/Patch/Patch_VirtualEM.html
https://help.hcltechsw.com/bigfix/10.0/patch/Patch/Patch_VirtualEM.html



– HCL BigFix – Lifecycle Team
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