[BESAdmin-Announcements] BigFix Inventory: Catalog 20241209 Update published 2024-12-12

[Announcements for BES Administrators]

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

 Product:

BigFix Inventory Catalog update 20241209

Published site version:

BigFix Inventory Discovery - version 10

Note: BigFix Inventory v10 site is deprecated and no longer used for
updates.

Features:

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

Key updates in HCL BigFix Inventory Catalog 20241209:

   -

   20000+ software titles in the catalog are updated with respective
   Software product license type and  19000+  software titles  are updated
   with  software component categories  they belong .  This data is powered
   by Artificial Intelligence (AI) and verified in-house for selected vendors
   to provide accuracy close to 90%.
   -

   Discovery of 100+ new software versions with use of standard and
   template signatures, including but not limited to the following software
   manufacturers Microsoft, Oracle & RED HAT.
   -

   Idea  BFINV-I-309 <https://bigfix-ideas.hcltechsw.com/ideas/BFINV-I-309>
   - Include Impero to the software catalog.
   -

    New publisher ‘Impero Solutions Limited’ is added to catalog.

To view the complete list of new features and defects that were fixed in
this application update, refer to the release notes.

Catalog:
https://support.bigfix.com/bfi/BigFix-Inventory-Catalog-20241209-ReleaseNotes.pdf

To view the complete catalog content, use the Software Components report in
BigFix Inventory.

Actions needed:
To apply new discovery capability, run the Server Software Catalog Update
Fixlet (check new BigFix Inventory Discovery site) from the BigFix console
and then wait for the next data import.

If BigFix Inventory Discovery site is not visible

1. Check for License Update via BigFix License Overview (refresh if needed)

      License Overview dashboard
<https://help.hcl-software.com/bigfix/11.0/platform/Platform/Console/c_license_overview_dashboard.html>

2. Enable new sites: BigFix Inventory and BigFix Inventory Discovery.

       Selecting Sites
<https://help.hcl-software.com/bigfix/11.0/platform/Platform/Console/c_selecting_sites.html>

Starting from 20240612 release, Catalog updates are available from a new
BigFix Inventory Discovery site, and BigFix Inventory server version 11.x
is required for all subsequent catalog releases.

For more information about how to install, maintain, and use BigFix
Inventory application, refer to the user documentation:

https://help.hcl-software.com/bigfix/11.0/inventory/welcome/BigFix_Inventory_welcome.html


To find out more about Catalog Updates, visit:  Catalog Overview
(hcltechsw.com)
<https://help.hcl-software.com/bigfix/11.0/inventory/Inventory/Discovery/Catalog_overview_main.html>

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



Thank you!

 – The BigFix Inventory Team
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