<html><body><p><font size="2">BigFix Patch is pleased to announce the release of the Red Hat Subscription Management (RHSM) Download Plug-in and other feature enhancements for users of Patches for Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL).</font><font face="Arial"> </font><br><font face="Arial"> </font><br><font size="2">Enhanced download plug-in called RHSM download plug-in</font><br><font size="2" face="Arial">The new download plug-in uses Red Hat Subscription Management (RHSM) to download patches from a vendor’s website to the BigFix server.</font><br><font size="2" face="Arial">The RHSM download plug-in is available in the Manage Download Plug-ins dashboard as a new plug-in entry called </font><i><font size="2" face="Arial">RHSM Plug-in. </font></i><font size="2" face="Arial">All patch Fixlets are updated to use the RHSM Plug-in.</font><br><font face="Arial"> </font><br><font size="2" face="Arial">Note</font><b><font size="2" face="Arial">: </font></b><font size="2">The RHEL Plug-in will still be available to allow customers to use the Fixlets that are in custom sites. However, the RHEL Plug-in will no longer be supported for Red Hat 6 (x86 and x86-64).</font><br><br><font size="2" face="Arial">Multiple-package baseline installation</font><br><font size="2" face="Arial">This solution combines the installation of updates for multiple packages in a baseline into a single task, which can reduce the execution time of the baseline.</font><br><br><font size="2">RHSM download cacher</font><br><font size="2" face="Arial">Use the enhanced cacher to download and cache x86 or x86_64 Red Hat patches in air-gapped environments. </font><br><br><font size="2">Extended repo list (optional)</font><br><font size="2" face="Arial">You can configure the RHSM download plug-in to download and cache packages from repositories that are not shipped out of the box.</font><br><font face="Arial"> </font><br><font face="Arial">Highlights:</font><br><font face="Arial">Download Plug-in Versions Analysis</font><br><font face="Arial">Encryption Analysis for Clients Analysis</font><br><font face="Arial">Enable the Multiple-Package Baseline Installation Feature</font><font face="Arial"> - RHEL 6 task</font><br><font face="Arial">Delete RHEL 6 Package List File for Multiple-Package Baseline Installation </font><br><font face="Arial">TROUBLESHOOTING: RHEL 6 Patching Deployment Logs - Cleanup </font><br><font face="Arial">Import RPM-GPG-KEY-redhat-release - RHEL 6 </font><br><font face="Arial">Enable the Multiple-Package Baseline Installation feature - RHEL 6 </font><br><font face="Arial">Multiple-Package Baseline Installation - RHEL 6 - x32 – Server</font><br><font face="Arial">Multiple-Package Baseline Installation - RHEL 6 - x32 – Client</font><br><font face="Arial">Multiple-Package Baseline Installation - RHEL 6 - x32 – Workstation</font><br><font face="Arial">Multiple-Package Baseline Installation - RHEL 6 - x86_64 – Server</font><br><font face="Arial">Multiple-Package Baseline Installation - RHEL 6 - x86_64 – Client</font><br><font face="Arial">Multiple-Package Baseline Installation - RHEL 6 - x86_64 – Workstation</font><br><br><font size="2" face="Arial">Published sites:</font><br>Patching Support site, version 683.<br>Patches for RHEL 6 - Native Tools, version 260.<br><br><br><font size="2" face="Arial">Actions to take:</font><font size="2"><br>- Review your Red Hat subscription entitlements and ensure that they are active.</font><br><font size="2">- Register the RHSM download plug-in on the BigFix server. </font><br><font size="2" face="Arial">- Create and download certificate entitlements through RHSM. For more information, see: </font><a href="http://ibm.co/2gSEGJb" target="_blank"><u><font size="2" color="#0000FF" face="Arial">http://ibm.co/2gSEGJb</font></u></a><br><font size="2" face="Arial">- Add the certificates to the download plug-in</font><font size="2"><br></font><font size="2">- Use the Baseline Synchronization Dashboard to update existing baselines and custom sites with the latest content from the external Fixlet sites. For details on how to sync your baseline components with the external sites, see </font><a href="https://ibm.biz/Bdsc8d" target="_blank"><u><font size="2" color="#0000FF">https://ibm.biz/Bdsc8d</font></u></a><font size="2">.</font><font size="2" face="Arial"> RHEL 6 users need to create new baselines.</font><br><br><font size="2" face="Arial">References:</font><br><font size="2" face="Arial">For more information about using the RHSM download plug-in and the other enhancements, see the wiki page: </font><a href="http://ibm.co/2gSEGJb" target="_blank"><u><font size="2" color="#0000FF" face="Arial">http://ibm.co/2gSEGJb</font></u></a><br><font size="2" face="Arial">For the pre-announcement of the release, see: </font><a href="http://bit.ly/2hRmUb2" target="_blank"><u><font size="2" color="#0000FF" face="Arial">http://bit.ly/2hRmUb2</font></u></a><br><font face="Arial"> </font><br><font size="2">Application Engineering team</font><font size="2"><br></font><font size="2">IBM BigFix</font><BR>
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