[BESAdmin-Announcements] BigFix Patch now supports Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 on IBM System Z

[Announcements for BES Administrators]

BigFix Patch is pleased to announce support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
on IBM System Z architecture.

The new site called ‘Patches for RHEL 9 on System z’ uses DNF package
manager and contains content from the following channels:

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 9 - BaseOS (RPMs)

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 9 - AppStream (RPMs)

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 9 - Supplementary (RPMs)

Actions to Take:

RHEL 9z requires BigFix Client version 11 Patch 3 (11.0.3).

Subscribe to the ’Patches for RHEL 9 on System z’ 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.

You will also need to upgrade the RHSM download plug-in to version
1.0.11.1. Upgrade the RHSM download plug-in from the Manage Download
Plug-ins dashboard, available from the ‘Patching Support’ site.

Users of the RHSM download cacher will need to update to version 1.0.11.1:

Windows -
http://software.bigfix.com/download/bes/util/RHSMDownloadCacher.exe

Linux -
http://software.bigfix.com/download/bes/util/RHSMDownloadCacher-linux.tar.gz

Published Sites:

Patches for RHEL 9 on System z, site version 4

Patching Support, site version 1259



Application Engineering Team

BigFix
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