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<p><font size="2" face="sans-serif">IBM is pleased to announce that BigFix Patch for AIX released several enhancements to the AIX Advanced Deployment Wizard to help manage alternate disk patching, as well as enhancements to the AIX Deployment Wizard to support NFS when deploying patches. This release also includes a new dashboard for checking the overall health of an AIX deployment.</font>
<p><font size="2" face="sans-serif"><b>Highlights:</b></font>
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<li><font size="2" face="sans-serif">Technology level and service pack deployment on existing rootvg clones<br>
You can use the options in the </font><font size="2" face="sans-serif"><b>AIX Advanced Deployment Wizard</b></font><font size="2" face="sans-serif"> to create a custom content for deploying technology level and service pack updates to an existing rootvg clone.</font>
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<li><font size="2" face="sans-serif">Mirror management<br>
You can break two-way mirrors before creating an alternate disk clone from the </font><font size="2" face="sans-serif"><b>AIX Advanced Deployment Wizard</b></font><font size="2" face="sans-serif">. Breaking mirrors before patching is a common practice and is typically in a failback plan. When the patch installation or the upgrade is verified, you can use the </font><font size="2" face="sans-serif"><b>Re-mirror disk back to rootvg</b></font><font size="2" face="sans-serif"> task (ID #83) to resume disk mirroring.</font>
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<li><font size="2" face="sans-serif">Alternate disk clone creation<br>
You can use the options in the </font><font size="2" face="sans-serif"><b>AIX Advanced Deployment Wizard</b></font><font size="2" face="sans-serif"> to create an alternate disk clone of the current rootvg on targeted AIX systems without deploying any updates to the clone.</font>
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<li><font size="2" face="sans-serif">Deployment previews<br>
You can use the options in the </font><font size="2" face="sans-serif"><b>AIX Advanced Deployment Wizard</b></font><font size="2" face="sans-serif"> to create a Fixlet to run installation previews for technology level or service pack patches for a selected fix pack. The preview can help you identify the installation commands that are used and if there are any missing filesets.</font>
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<li><font size="2" face="sans-serif">Fileset rejection<br>
As a rollback feature, you can use the </font><font size="2" face="sans-serif"><b>AIX Advanced Deployment Wizard</b></font><font size="2" face="sans-serif"> to reject filesets, which are in the applied state, and restore the previous version of the update . You can reject filesets individually or by fix pack. You can also preview the fileset rejection process before actually rejecting any filesets.</font>
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<li><font size="2" face="sans-serif">NFS support <br>
You can now deploy fileset updates and program temporary fixes (PTFs) from an Network File System (NFS) share. The </font><font size="2" face="sans-serif"><b>AIX Deployment Wizard</b></font><font size="2" face="sans-serif"> recognizes NFS paths as the source location of these updates therefore allowing you to access the files remotely. Deploying updates from an NFS share shortens the installation time, decreases bandwidth usage, and reduces storage costs.</font>
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<li><font size="2" face="sans-serif">AIX Deployment Health Check Dashboard<br>
You can use the </font><font size="2" face="sans-serif"><b>AIX Deployment Health Check Dashboard</b></font><font size="2" face="sans-serif"> to view a listing of all the filesets that are installed on an endpoint and the results of running preview deployments.</font>
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<p><font size="2" face="sans-serif"><b>Actions to Take:</b></font><br>
<font size="2" face="sans-serif">Gathering of the site will automatically show the updates made. </font><br>
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<font size="2" face="sans-serif"><b>Published Site Version:</b></font><br>
<font size="2" face="sans-serif">Patches for AIX Site, version 424</font><br>
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<font size="2" face="sans-serif"><b>Documentation:</b></font><br>
<font size="2" face="sans-serif">For more information about the new features, see the </font><a href="http://www-01.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SS6MER_9.2.0/com.ibm.tem.patch.doc_9.2/Patch_Man/Patch_Man_AIX/c_prerequisites.html"><font size="2" face="sans-serif">Patch Management for AIX User's Guide</font></a><font size="2" face="sans-serif">.</font><br>
<font size="2" face="sans-serif">Important Notes:</font><font size="2" color="#FF0000" face="sans-serif"> </font><a href="https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home?lang=en#!/wiki/Tivoli%20Endpoint%20Manager/page/Important%20Notes%20for%20Alternate%20Disk%20Patching"><font size="2" face="sans-serif">https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home?lang=en#!/wiki/Tivoli%20Endpoint%20Manager/page/Important%20Notes%20for%20Alternate%20Disk%20Patching</font></a><br>
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<font size="2" color="#2F2F2F" face="sans-serif"><i>Application Engineering Team</i></font><br>
<font size="2" color="#2F2F2F" face="sans-serif"><i>IBM BigFix</i></font><br>
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