<div class="socmaildefaultfont" dir="ltr" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10.5pt" ><div dir="ltr" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10.5pt" ><div dir="ltr" ><div dir="ltr" ><font face="Default Sans Serif,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" size="2" ><span style="font-size:0.714em;" ><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;" >It's almost time to say goodbye to the following non-Native Tools Red Hat Enterprise Linux and SUSE Linux Enterprise sites that will be deprecated on <strong>January 31, 2016</strong>. To help you prepare for this migration, we have given you a head's up with <a href="https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/blogs/a1a33778-88b7-452a-9133-c955812f8910/entry/BigFix_Patch_to_deprecate_RHEL_and_SLE_non_Native_Tools_sites_by_January_31_2016?lang=en" target="_blank" title="https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/blogs/a1a33778-88b7-452a-9133-c955812f8910/entry/BigFix_Patch_to_deprecate_RHEL_and_SLE_non_Native_Tools_sites_by_January_31_2016?lang=en" >this announcement</a> a few months ago.</span></span></font><br> </div>
<div dir="ltr" ><ul dir="ltr" > <li><font face="Default Sans Serif,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" size="2" ><span style="font-size:0.714em;" ><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;" >Patches for RHEL 5</span></span></font></li> <li><font face="Default Sans Serif,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" size="2" ><span style="font-size:0.714em;" ><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;" >Patches for RHEL 5 Dependency Resolution</span></span></font></li> <li><font face="Default Sans Serif,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" size="2" ><span style="font-size:0.714em;" ><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;" >Patches for RHEL 6 Dependency Resolution</span></span></font></li> <li><font face="Default Sans Serif,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" size="2" ><span style="font-size:0.714em;" ><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;" >Patches for SLE11</span></span></font></li></ul></div>
<div dir="ltr" ><div dir="ltr" ><br><font face="Default Sans Serif,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" size="2" ><span style="font-size:0.714em;" ><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;" >BigFix Patch will no longer provide content and support for these sites and they will no longer be available on the License Overview Dashboard after January 31, 2016. </span></span></font></div>
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<div dir="ltr" ><font face="Default Sans Serif,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" size="2" ><span style="font-size:0.714em;" ><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;" ><strong>What action do I need to take?</strong></span></span></font></div>
<p dir="ltr" ><font face="Default Sans Serif,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" size="2" ><span style="font-size:0.714em;" ><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;" >If you haven't done so, we encourage you to subscribe to the following non-Native Tools Red Hat Enterprise Linux and SUSE Linux Enterprise sites.</span></span></font></p>
<ul dir="ltr" > <li><font face="Default Sans Serif,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" size="2" ><span style="font-size:0.714em;" ><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;" >Patches for RHEL 5 - Native Tools site</span></span></font></li> <li><font face="Default Sans Serif,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" size="2" ><span style="font-size:0.714em;" ><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;" >Patches for RHEL 6 - Native Tools site</span></span></font></li> <li><font face="Default Sans Serif,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" size="2" ><span style="font-size:0.714em;" ><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;" >Patches for SLE11 - Native Tools site</span></span></font></li></ul><br><font face="Default Sans Serif,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" size="2" ><span style="font-size:0.714em;" ><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;" ><strong>Does the site deprecation cause any additional impact?</strong></span></span></font></div>
<div dir="ltr" ><p dir="ltr" ><font face="Default Sans Serif,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" size="2" ><span style="font-size:0.714em;" ><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;" >The deprecation of the sites affect the baselines and custom sites that are associated with the non-native sites. While you can still see the source Fixlets, no new content will be provided and the sites will no longer be visible in the License Overview dashboard. You must create new, separate baselines with the native tools sites.</span></span></font></p>
<p dir="ltr" ><font face="Default Sans Serif,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" size="2" ><span style="font-size:0.714em;" ><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;" ><em>Other references:</em><br>To learn more, see the following information:<br>RHEL: <a href="http://www-01.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SS6MER_9.2.0/com.ibm.tem.patch.doc_9.2/Patch_Man/Patch_Man_RH/t_subscribing_to_patches_for_rhel_sites.html?lang=en" target="_blank" >http<wbr>://w<wbr>ww-0<wbr>1.ib<wbr>m.co<wbr>m/su<wbr>ppor<wbr>t/kn<wbr>owle<wbr>dgec<wbr>ente<wbr>r/SS<wbr>6MER<wbr>_9.2<wbr>.0/c<wbr>om.i<wbr>bm.t<wbr>em.p<wbr>atch<wbr>.doc<wbr>_9.2<wbr>/Pat<wbr>ch_M<wbr>an/P<wbr>atch<wbr>_Man<wbr>_RH/<wbr>t_su<wbr>bscr<wbr>ibin<wbr>g_to<wbr>_pat<wbr>ches<wbr>_for<wbr>_rhe<wbr>l_si<wbr>tes.<wbr>html<wbr>?lan<wbr>g=e<wbr>n</a><br>SLE: <a href="http://www-01.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SS6MER_9.2.0/com.ibm.tem.patch.doc_9.2/Patch_Man/Patch_Man_SUSE/c_patching_methods.html?lang=en" target="_blank" >http<wbr>://w<wbr>ww-0<wbr>1.ib<wbr>m.co<wbr>m/su<wbr>ppor<wbr>t/kn<wbr>owle<wbr>dgec<wbr>ente<wbr>r/SS<wbr>6MER<wbr>_9.2<wbr>.0/c<wbr>om.i<wbr>bm.t<wbr>em.p<wbr>atch<wbr>.doc<wbr>_9.2<wbr>/Pat<wbr>ch_M<wbr>an/P<wbr>atch<wbr>_Man<wbr>_SUS<wbr>E/c_<wbr>patc<wbr>hing<wbr>_met<wbr>hods<wbr>.htm<wbr>l?la<wbr>ng=e<wbr>n</a></span></span></font></p>
<p dir="ltr" ><font face="Default Sans Serif,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" size="2" ><span style="font-size:0.714em;" ><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;" >Earlier announcement: <a href="https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/blogs/a1a33778-88b7-452a-9133-c955812f8910/entry/BigFix_Patch_to_deprecate_RHEL_and_SLE_non_Native_Tools_sites_by_January_31_2016?lang=en" target="_blank" >https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/blogs/a1a33778-88b7-452a-9133-c955812f8910/entry/BigFix_Patch_to_deprecate_RHEL_and_SLE_non_Native_Tools_sites_by_January_31_2016?lang=en</a></span></span></font></p>
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<p dir="ltr" ><font face="Default Sans Serif,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" size="2" ><span style="font-size:0.714em;" ><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;" ><em>Application Engineering Team</em><br>BigFix Patch</span></span></font></p></div></div></div></div><BR>