[BESAdmin-Announcements] BigFix Inventory: Application Update 11.0.2.0 published 2024-12-12

Thu Dec 12 13:07:53 PST 2024

The BigFix Inventory Team is proud to announce the new version of BigFix
Inventory.

*Product:*BigFix Inventory application update 11.0.2.0

*Published site:*BigFix Inventory version 6

*Note: The BigFix Inventory v10 site is deprecated and no longer used for
updates. BigFix Inventory v11 is a continuation of BigFix Inventory v10.Use
the BigFix Inventory, BigFix Inventory Discovery and new BigFix Scanner
sites for this and the future updates. *

*Refresh the License Overview Dashboard, enable new sites, and subscribe to
the endpoints. For a complete procedure, refer to the Actions Needed
section or the release notes or product documentation.*

*Features:*BigFix Inventory delivers increased value and demonstrates HCL’s
commitment towards HCL, IBM and Oracle customers.

Key features in HCL BigFix Inventory 11.0.2.0:

* BigFix Scanner v11.0.37.0 is available now under new *BigFix Scanner* site
version 2
  - New BigFix Scanner package for Linux on SystemZ / s390
  - Technical equivalent to IBM Common Inventory Technology component
v9.2.37
  - BigFix Inventory site content for scanner installation, upgrade,
uninstallation, configuration and troubleshooting was moved under the
new *BigFix
Scanner* site.
   For details refer to the release notes:
https://support.bigfix.com/bfi/BigFix-Scanner-11.0.37.0-ReleaseNotes.pdf
   With this change the scanner is prepared to be shared with other BigFix
solutions and is enabled for independent delivery in the future.

Important! Fixlets and analysis related to BigFix Scanner are no longer in
the *BigFix Inventory* site! Use the new *BigFix Scanner *site to access
this content.

* Oracle Database extended discovery enhancements
  - Decreased the size of log information collected by the fixlet.
  - On UNIX systems free disk space is verified if sufficient for the data
storage.

* Idea BFINV-I-205. Reports are enhanced with product license type and
software component category information.
Software Classification and Software Installations reports offer new
columns with data powered by AI and adjusted for improved accuracy by the
BigFix Inventory Discovery team.

* Ideas BFINV-I-76, BFINV-I-31. Audit Trail can be configured to store
information also for non-IBM software. A new column* Included in IBM audit
snapshot* is added into the Audit Trail report.

* Idea BFINV-I-138. The *Computer Name* column is added into Computer level
reports. This information can be exported easily to a CSV file now.

* Ideas BFINV-I-113, BFINV-I-313. New server setting to automate removal of
old log files.

* Serial Number information is available now also for MAC computers. It is
gathered by the *Collect Detailed Hardware* Information task.

* The *Computers* report is extended with *System Serial Number*
 information.

* Catalog 20241125 is included in the server package.

* Equivalent to IBM License Metric Tool 9.2.37 for IBM Virtualization
Capacity reporting
Note: The new version is under certification process by IBM on the release
date. To view the status of IBM validated releases, refer to
https://public.dhe.ibm.com/software/passportadvantage/SubCapacity/BFI_and_HCL_FAQ.pdf
.

* Security enhancements
  - IBM WebSphere Liberty was updated to version 24.0.0.11.
  - Rails framework updated to version 7.2.2
  - JRuby updated to version 9.4.6.0
  - A number of other libraries have been updated.

To view the complete list of new features and defects that were fixed in
this application update, refer to the release notes.
Server and tools:
https://support.bigfix.com/bfi/BigFix-Inventory-11.0.2.0-ReleaseNotes.pdf
Catalog:
https://support.bigfix.com/bfi/BigFix-Inventory-Catalog-20241125-ReleaseNotes.pdf
Scanner:
https://support.bigfix.com/bfi/BigFix-Scanner-11.0.37.0-ReleaseNotes.pdf

For a hands-on tutorial for contract management, refer to the product
documentation:
https://help.hcl-software.com/bigfix/11.0/inventory/Inventory/softinv/Contract_management.html
.
For status of IBM-validated releases, refer to
https://public.dhe.ibm.com/software/passportadvantage/SubCapacity/BFI_and_HCL_FAQ.pdf
.

*Actions needed:*

*Note: The BigFix Inventory v10 site is deprecated and does not offer
download options for older packages. If your BigFix Inventory version is
10.0.10 or above, use the BigFix Inventory, BigFix Inventory Discovery and
BigFix Scanner sites to upgrade the BigFix Inventory server to version 11.x
and update the scanner and server software catalog. If your BigFix
Inventory version is older than 10.0.10.0, contact HCL support for
instructions.*
*Upgrading BigFix Inventory Server from the 10.x to 11.x. version has a few
additional steps to be followed before and after the standard upgrade
procedure. Those steps are one-time tasks. *

*For more details,
check https://support.bigfix.com/bfi/BigFix-Inventory-11.0.0.0-ReleaseNotes.pdf
<https://support.bigfix.com/bfi/BigFix-Inventory-11.0.0.0-ReleaseNotes.pdf>.*
To upgrade the BigFix Inventory server to application update 11.0.2.0, run
the* Upgrade to the latest version of BigFix Inventory* fixlet from the
BigFix console and the new *BigFix Inventory site*.

After the server upgrade for smooth transition to the new BigFix Scanner
and new scan actions, implement the steps in the sequence as listed below.

1. Run one-time action:* Create Scanner Wrapper for Scanner version
11.0.0.0 or lower* fixlet for all relevant endpoints.
This is to assure the previous scanner version can be used by actions and
analysis until the scanner is updated to the new HCL BigFix Scanner.
This step can be ignored if it was already run with the previous update or
the scanner is already upgraded to 11.0.36.0 or higher.

2. Update all scan-related actions to version 11.0.37.0.
Check if action from step 1 is complete to assure the previous scanner
versions continue to work with the new actions.

3. Upgrade the BigFix Scanner.
After scan-related actions are updated to version 11.0.37.0, run the *Install
or Upgrade scanner* fixlet from the BigFix console and the new *BigFix
Scanner site*.

*Important! *Fixlets related to BigFix Scanner are no longer in the *BigFix
Inventory* site! Use the new *BigFix Scanner *site to access this content.

The complete upgrade procedure and post-upgrade steps are available in the
product documentation:
https://help.hcl-software.com/bigfix/11.0/inventory/Inventory/upgrading/t_upgrading.html
.
https://help.hcl-software.com/bigfix/11.0/BigFix_Scanner/BigFix_Scanner/Installation/installing_scanner.html

For more information about how to install, maintain, and use the BigFix
Inventory application, refer to the user documentation:
https://help.hcl-software.com/bigfix/11.0/inventory/welcome/BigFix_Inventory_welcome.html
.
https://help.hcl-software.com/bigfix/11.0/BigFix_Scanner/index.html

To find out more about Software Asset Management at BigFix, visit the
BigFix page: https://www.hcl-software.com/bigfix/software-asset-management.

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

Thank you!

– The BigFix Inventory Team
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