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<p><font size="3" face="sans-serif">The IBM Endpoint Manager team is pleased to announce the latest release of the Software Distribution site.</font><br>
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<font size="3" face="sans-serif"><b><u>PKG support for Mac OS X</u></b></font><br>
<font size="3" face="sans-serif">Software Distribution now supports the installation of PKG files on Mac OS X. Creating tasks using PKG files will work the same as other supported file types such as EXE or MSI. Options to create individual logs for these tasks and upload them to the server are available. For more information about individual log generation, see the </font><a href="http://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/tivihelp/v26r1/topic/com.ibm.tem.doc_9.1/Lifecycle_Man/SWD_Users_Guide/c_introduction.html"><font size="3" color="#0000FF" face="sans-serif"><u>Software Distribution User’s Guide</u></font></a><font size="3" face="sans-serif">.</font><br>
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<font size="3" face="sans-serif">Due to the nature of PKG installations, the following limitations should be noted:</font>
<ul style="padding-left: 18pt"><font size="3" face="Symbol">· </font><font size="3" face="sans-serif">The Software Distribution dashboard is not able to create an associated uninstall task. </font><br>
<font size="3" face="Symbol">· </font><font size="3" face="sans-serif">The install tasks will remain relevant even after a successful installation. Reinstalling a PKG will not cause any issues.</font><br>
<font size="3" face="Symbol">· </font><font size="3" face="sans-serif">The "Policy Action" type of Mac PKG tasks is not supported in the Software Distribution task deployment process.</font></ul>
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<font size="3" face="sans-serif"><b><u>Self Service Portal Update</u></b></font><br>
<font size="3" face="sans-serif">This patch release includes library updates for the Self Service Portal and Trusted Service Provider. A new Fixlet named 'Upgrade JRE (6SR15FP1) and Jetty (8.1.14) for SWD components' with an ID of 750 has been added. </font><br>
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<font size="3" face="sans-serif">For customers who use IBM Endpoint Manager for Mobile Device Management, this Fixlet also updates the Management Extender for Apple iOS and the Admin Portal.</font><br>
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<font size="3" face="sans-serif"><b>Action Required:</b></font><font size="3" face="sans-serif"> Run the 'Upgrade JRE (6SR15FP1) and Jetty (8.1.14) for SWD components' Fixlet on applicable computers.</font><br>
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<font size="3" face="sans-serif"><b><u>Bug Fixes</u></b></font>
<ul style="padding-left: 18pt"><font size="3" face="Symbol">· </font><font size="3" face="sans-serif">Fixed a bug in the Self Service Portal where a comma in the LDAP name may prevent a user name from being written to the registry, which therefore prevents a user from registering computers and taking actions successfully. </font><br>
<font size="3" face="Symbol">· </font><font size="3" face="sans-serif">Fixed a bug in the Red Hat Upload Maintenance Service that cannot recognize lowercase folder names.</font><br>
<font size="3" face="Symbol">· </font><font size="3" face="sans-serif">Fixed a bug that sometimes causes a brief unwanted prompt when the user chooses to run a task as a current user.</font></ul>
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<font size="3" face="sans-serif">Published site version:</font><br>
<font size="3" face="sans-serif">Software Distribution, version 55</font><br>
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<font size="3" face="sans-serif">Application Engineering Team </font><br>
<font size="3" face="sans-serif">IBM Endpoint Manager</font></body></html>