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<p><font size="2" face="sans-serif">Late yesterday we removed the IBM Endpoint Manager 8.2.1400 (patch 8) upgrade fixlets from the BES Support site to help prevent an issue related to upgrade failures from 8.2.1400 to any 9.0 version (original release or patch 1) to fail. However, removal of the 8.2.1400 upgrade fixlets caused problems for customers that were in the middle of the upgrade process. Therefore, </font><font size="2" face="sans-serif"><b>we have restored the 8.2.1400 upgrade fixlets in BES Support version 1093.</b></font><br>
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<font size="2" face="sans-serif">We advise customers that have already installed 8.2.1400 to wait until the 9.0 patch 2 release before upgrading to 9.0. For customers that are at version 8.2.1400 and do not wish to wait before upgrading to 9.0, there is a workaround for the upgrade failure as documented in the following knowledge base article: </font><a href="http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21642385"><font size="2" face="sans-serif">http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21642385</font></a><font size="2" face="sans-serif">.</font><br>
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<font size="2" face="sans-serif">We apologize for the confusion caused by removing the upgrade fixlets and will ensure proper notification in the future.</font><br>
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<font size="2" face="sans-serif">Sincerely, </font><br>
<font size="2" face="sans-serif">IBM Endpoint Manager Product Team</font><br>
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