[BESAdmin-Announcements] BigFix Inventory: Application Update 11.0.5.0 published 2025-09-24
Announcements for BES Administrators
besadmin-announcements at bigmail.bigfix.com
Wed Sep 24 07:28:26 PDT 2025
The BigFix Inventory Team is proud to announce the new version of the
BigFix Inventory.
Product:
BigFix Inventory application update 11.0.5.0
Published site:
BigFix Inventory version 10
Features:
Key features in HCL BigFix Inventory 11.0.5.0:
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Out of the box reports to manage inactive software
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Software: Inactive for more than 1 month
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Software: Inactive for more than 3 months
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Software: Inactive for more than 6 months.
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New columns in software reports informing if usage data collection is
enabled/current and if usage is confirmed as actively monitored for
selected software.
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The Inventory Summary dashboard updates
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New Inactive Software Instances widget with drill down to the out of
the box reports
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Changed order of selected charts in the dashboard
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Added legend to Computer per OS and End of Support Status widgets.
For details, refer to
https://help.hcl-software.com/bigfix/11.0/inventory/Inventory/overview/inventory_dashboard.html
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The Spend dashboard updates
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The new filter option is available now. Idea [BFINV-I-439
<https://bigfix-ideas.hcltechsw.com/ideas/BFINV-I-439>] Filter Spend
dashboard by Publisher, Software Product, Project and Cost Center.
For details, refer to
https://help.hcl-software.com/bigfix/11.0/inventory/Inventory/overview/spend_dashboard.html
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The Reports dashboard widgets’ style unified with the Spend dashboard.
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Contract Management enhancements
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Idea [BFINV-I-443
<https://bigfix-ideas.hcltechsw.com/ideas/BFINV-I-443>] Export
contracts to CSV for further CSV import
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Idea [BFINV-I-432
<https://bigfix-ideas.hcltechsw.com/ideas/BFINV-I-432>] Separate
permission for managing Contract Custom Fields & Metric Custom Fields.
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Detected Computer Owner information is available in Computers and
related software inventory reports. This information is supported for
Windows computers if Continuous Discovery Processing is enabled and it
is based on direct logins to the computer.
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Vulnerability Risk data source change
Support for NVD JSON 2.0 schema only.
The previous schema version is no longer supported as NVD JSON 1.1 updates
are not available.
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The Continuous Discovery Processing enhancements
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Support for Software Instances discovered with a catalog-less
discovery mechanism for MAC OS devices. Those software instances can be
explored now on the same day shortly after the scan data is available on
the BigFix server
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Support for discovery coming from shared disks
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The Component Evidence column supports filters
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Information about the source of discovery (Local Disk or Shared Disk)
is presented in the Instance details section in the Details panel.
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IBM reporting changes
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Terminology used for IBM Cloud Paks, IBM FlexPoints and other IBM
product bundles was unified to IBM Product Bundle.
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IBM Product Bundle Conversion Ratio column in the Software
Classification report.
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BigFix Inventory 11.0.5 is an equivalent to IBM License Metric Tool
9.2.40 for IBM Virtualization Capacity reporting
Note:
1.
The scanner equivalent - BigFix Scanner v11.0.40.0 is available under
the new BigFix Scanner site. For details refer to the scanner release
notes:
https://support.bigfix.com/scanner/BigFix-Scanner-11.0.40.0-ReleaseNotes.pdf
2. The new version is under certification process by IBM on the release
date. To view the status of IBM validated releases, refer to
https://public.dhe.ibm.com/software/passportadvantage/SubCapacity/BFI_and_HCL_FAQ.pdf
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Usability and serviceability enhancements
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Information about duplicated computers (with the same name and IP
address) is available now in the Computers report
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Idea [ BFINV-I-407
<https://bigfix-ideas.hcltechsw.com/ideas/BFINV-I-407> ] Hostname
added to the mustgather file name.
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The BigFix Inventory Scanner Service component was renamed to BigFix
Inventory Image Scanning Service to distinguish from the BigFix Scanner
component. The BigFix Inventory Image Scanning Service is part of the
BigFix Inventory Software Discovery in Containers solution.
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File system monitoring using USN Journal is available with the BigFix
Scanner 11.0.40.0:
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The technical preview announced in previous updates is now available as
a standard scanner function. File system cache updates are synchronized
with USN Journal monitoring. For details refer to the scanner release notes.
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Catalog 20250908 is included in the server package
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Support for new systems and platforms
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Windows Server 2025 is supported for BigFix Inventory server
deployment
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RHEL 9 with systemd is supported for BigFix Inventory server
deployment
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NTT Data OpenCanvas public cloud for managed devices
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 for managed devices
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IBM i 7.6 and CentOS Stream 10 x86_64 for managed devices
(disconnected scanner).
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Security enhancements
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IBM WebSphere Liberty was updated to version 25.0.0.8 with applied
IFPH67132 fix
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Java updated to Semeru v17.0.16 for the server and components
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A number of other libraries have been updated.
To view the complete list of new features and defects that were fixed in
this application update, refer to the release notes.
Server and tools:
https://support.bigfix.com/bfi/BigFix-Inventory-11.0.5.0-ReleaseNotes.pdf
Catalog:
https://support.bigfix.com/bfi/BigFix-Inventory-Catalog-20250908-ReleaseNotes.pdf
Scanner:
https://support.bigfix.com/scanner/BigFix-Scanner-11.0.40.0-ReleaseNotes.pdf
Actions needed:
To upgrade the BigFix Inventory server to application update 11.0.5.0, run
the Upgrade to the latest version of BigFix Inventory Fixlet from the
BigFix console and the BigFix Inventory site.
The complete upgrade procedure and post-upgrade steps are available in the
product documentation:
https://help.hcl-software.com/bigfix/11.0/inventory/Inventory/upgrading/t_upgrading.html
https://help.hcl-software.com/bigfix/11.0/BigFix_Scanner/BigFix_Scanner/Installation/upgrading_scanner_tools_actions.html
For more information about how to install, maintain, and use the 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 Software Asset Management at BigFix, visit the
BigFix page: https://www.hcl-software.com/bigfix/software-asset-management
We hope you find this latest release of BigFix Inventory content useful and
effective.
Thank you!
– The BigFix Inventory Team
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