[BESAdmin-Announcements] Important update to 11.0 Patch 5 agents

[Announcements for BES Administrators]

The BigFix Platform team announces the re-release of BigFix 11.0 Patch 5
agents; the new version is  *v11.0.5.204*. This version provides all
previously announced 11.0.5 functionality and also resolves a defect
identified in the original v11.0.5.203 agents:

https://support.hcl-software.com/csm?id=kb_article&sysparm_article=KB0125086



This applies to all agent operating systems.

The supported 11.0.5 environment will have v11.0.5.204 agents reporting to
v11.0.5.203 relays, server and console - only the agents are being
re-released.



*Urgent action needed:*



*1.* Any endpoint running v11.0.5.203 agent should be upgraded
to v11.0.5.204.

        To avoid that the agent upgrade action triggers the problem
described in the defect article, the agent upgrade task must be run from
within a baseline.

      a. For each operating system that you need to target for the upgrade,
create a baseline in a custom site of your choice that can be deployed to
the interested endpoints

      b.  Add the relevant upgrade fixlet for the operating system from BES
Support site to the baseline

    c. Deploy the baseline to the interested endpoints





*2.  *After a fresh installation of a 11.0.5 BigFix Root Server,  or in
most cases after an upgrade of the BigFix Root Server to version 11.0.5, on
either Windows or Linux, the agent component on the Root Server itself must
be upgraded to v11.0.5.204. For doing that, please run the same steps
described in point 1. towards the BigFix Root Server computer.

Please note that this continues to apply also if you install/upgrade the
server to 11.0.5 after this announcement.



3.Agent installers for Windows and RedHat that are made available  on the
BigFix Root Server file system are not being updated with version 204 at
this time.

   - On Windows Server

<BESServer_inst_path>\BES Installers\Client\setup.exe

<BESServer_inst_path>\BES Installers\ClientARM\setup.exe

<BESServer_inst_path>\BES Installers\ClientMSI\BigFixAgent.msi

<BESServer_inst_path>\BES Installers\ClientARMMSI\BigFixAgent.msi



   - On RedHat Server:

/var/opt/BESInstallers/Client/BESAgent-11.0.5.203-rhe7.x86_64.rpm

/var/opt/BESInstallers/Client/BigFix-BES-Client-11.0.5.203.exe

/var/opt/BESInstallers/Client/BigFix-BES-Client-ARM-11.0.5.203.exe



If you need to download the latest version, you can do it at the
following links:

http://software.bigfix.com/download/bes/110/BigFix-BES-Client-11.0.5.204.exe

http://software.bigfix.com/download/bes/110/BigFix-BES-Client-ARM-11.0.5.204.exe

http://software.bigfix.com/download/bes/110/BigFix-BES-ClientMSIBundle-11.0.5.204.zip

http://software.bigfix.com/download/bes/110/BigFix-BES-ClientARMMSIBundle-11.0.5.204.zip

https://software.bigfix.com/download/bes/110/BESAgent-11.0.5.204-rhe7.x86_64.rpm







The upgrade fixlets for agents are available in *BES Support version 1505*
(or later).



The BigFix Platform team
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