[BESAdmin-Announcements] BigFix Patch now supports Patches for VIOS

[Announcements for BES Administrators]

BigFix Patch is pleased to announce that it has extended support to include
patches for PowerVM VIOS .

The new site called ‘Patches for VIOS’ currently includes support for the
following versions of PowerVM VIOS:


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   VIOS 4.1.1
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   VIOS 4.1.0
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   VIOS 3.1.4



What it Includes:

The following content is available as part of this release:


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   Interim Security Fixlets
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   Security Advisory Fixlets
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   Third-Party Package Updates (Java) Fixlets
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   Analysis and tasks Fixlets



Who Gets Access?

The “Patches for VIOS” external site is accessible to all the customers
having a BigFix Patch license or any broader BigFix entitlement.

Actions to Take:

VIOS patching requires BigFix Client version 11.0 Patch 1 (v. 11.0.1) or
10.0 version 11 (v. 10.0.11)

Subscribe to the ‘Patches for VIOS’ site from the License Overview
Dashboard. If the site is not showing in the License Overview dashboard,
update your license from the dashboard by clicking ‘Check for license
update’, then run the BigFix Administration Tool.


‘Patches for VIOS’ site uses the AIX-Plugin version 5.0.3.0 which is
available in the Manage Download Plugins dashboard of the Patching Support
site.

Register/Upgrade the “AIX Plug-in” Download Plugin from the “Manage
Download Plug-ins” Dashboard


Additional Info

The AIXPluginR2 has been enhanced to support third-party updates for VIOS,
such as OpenSSH and OpenSSL.

However, due to the Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) requirement on the
IBM login page for OpenSSH and OpenSSL package URLs, AIXPluginR2 is
currently unable to download these packages. This issue is being addressed.
In the meantime, the corresponding fixlets can still be deployed using the
manual cache method until the problem is resolved.

Documentation:
https://help.hcl-software.com/bigfix/11.0/patch/Patch/Patch_AIX_VIOS/c_introduction_aix-vios.html

Published Sites:

Patches for VIOS, version 1

Patching Support, version 1230


Application Engineering Team

BigFix
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