[BESAdmin-Announcements] BigFix Platform 10.0 Patch 12 is now available!

[Announcements for BES Administrators]

The BigFix Team is pleased to announce the release of version 10 Patch 12
(10.0.12.60) of BigFix Platform.

The main features in this release are as follows:

*VMware Plugin* *enhancements*

The VMware Plugin has been extended with inspectors and action commands to
improve the management capabilities for both host and guest systems. For
details, see Introduction to Cloud Plugins
<https://help.hcltechsw.com/bigfix/10.0/platform/Platform/Config/c_cloudplugins_introduction.html>
, Configuring cloud plugins
<https://help.hcltechsw.com/bigfix/10.0/platform/Platform/Config/c_config_cplugins.html>
, VMware Asset Discovery Plugin Inspectors
<https://help.hcltechsw.com/bigfix/10.0/platform/Platform/Config/c_vmware_cloudplugins_inspectors.html>
 and VMware Plugin Commands
<https://help.hcltechsw.com/bigfix/10.0/platform/Platform/Config/c_vmware_cloudplugins_commands.html>
.



*Security enhancements*

*Upgrade of the following libraries/drivers:*

   - The libcURL library was upgraded to Version 8.6.0
   - ODBC driver was upgraded to version 17.10.6

*Defect Articles (DA), defect fixes and Serviceability enhancements*

For details, see the technical specification section below.



*Additional information about this release*

   - The standalone BigFix tools are published under the 10.0 Utilities
   section in BigFix Enterprise Suite Download Center.
   - A Non-Functional Requirements checklist, covering both performance and
   security management of your BigFix deployment, is available at BigFix
   Performance & Capacity Planning Resources
   <https://bigfix-mark.github.io/>

*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). This applies to version 10.0.2
   and later.
   - Upgrade paths to BigFix 10 begin with v9.5.10 or later. For details,
   see Upgrade paths (Windows) and Upgrade paths (Linux).
   - For detailed information on the specific changes to minimum supported
   versions of operating systems and databases for BigFix 10, see Detailed
   system requirements.
   - 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/patch12/>
   - BigFix 10 documentation
   <https://help.hcltechsw.com/bigfix/10.0/platform/welcome/BigFix_Platform_welcome.html>
   - Home page <https://help.hcltechsw.com/bigfix/10.0/platform/index.html>
   - Upgrade Windows considerations
   <https://help.hcltechsw.com/bigfix/10.0/platform/Platform/Installation/c_upgrading1.html>
   - Upgrade Linux considerations
   <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 *1490* (or later).

Please continue to discuss on the Forum
<https://forum.bigfix.com/t/bigfix-10-0-patch-12-is-now-available/48579/>
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