<font size=2 face="sans-serif">IBM BigFix Patch is pleased to announce
the support for custom repository to facilitate patching for endpoints
on CentOS Linux version 5 and later.</font><br><font size=2 face="sans-serif"> </font><br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Through the <b>CentOS Custom Repository
Management</b> dashboard, users of the following native tools sites
can now register their custom repositories with BigFix: </font><ul><li><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Patches for CentOS 5 Native tools </font><li><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Patches for CentOS 6 Native tools </font><li><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Patches for CentOS 7 </font></ul><br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">With the custom repository support,
users can use YUM to download patches from the local repositories and distribute
them to CentOS endpoints. Users can also leverage their custom repositories
to deliver custom software through BigFix.</font><br><font size=2 face="sans-serif"> </font><br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">In this release, BigFix also provides
the<b> YUM Transaction History</b> dashboard where users can view all YUM-related
transactions in a single view. This dashboard is also equipped with transaction
management features such as rollback, undo, and redo.</font><br><br><br><font size=2 face="sans-serif"><b>Highlights:</b></font><br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Dashboard: CentOS Custom Repository
Management</font><br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Dashboard: YUM Transaction History</font><br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Analysis: Repository Configuration -
CentOS (ID #50)</font><br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Analysis: YUM Logs (ID #28)</font><br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Analysis: YUM Transaction History (ID
#27)</font><br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Task: Enable custom repository support
- CentOS (ID #51)</font><br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Task: Disable custom repository support
- CentOS (ID #52)</font><br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Task: Install packages by using YUM
(ID #18)</font><br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Task: YUM: Check Available Package Updates
(ID #39)</font><br><br><br><font size=2 face="sans-serif"><b>Actions to Take: </b></font><ul><li><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Ensure that you are subscribed to the
Patching Support site.</font><li><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Activate the 'Repository Configuration
- CentOS' analysis. </font><li><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Enable the following task: 'Enable custom
repository support - CentOS'. </font><li><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Your custom repositories must be pre-configured
with the packages and required metadata and headers before you use the
CentOS Custom Repository Management dashboard. </font></ul><font size=2 face="sans-serif"> </font><br><br><font size=2 face="sans-serif"><b>Published Site Version:</b></font><br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Patching Support site, version 566</font><br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Patches for CentOS 5 Native tools, version
57</font><br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Patches for CentOS 6 Native tools, version
68</font><br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Patches for CentOS 7, version 45 </font><br><br><br><font size=2 face="sans-serif"><i>Application Engineering Team</i></font><br><font size=2 face="sans-serif"><i>IBM BigFix Patch</i></font><BR>