<html><body><p><font face="Arial">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) 7. </font><br><font face="Arial"> </font><br><font face="Arial">Enhanced download plug-in called RHSM download plug-in</font><br><font 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 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 face="Arial">RHSM Plug-in. </font></i><font face="Arial">All patch Fixlets are updated to use the RHSM Plug-in.</font><br><font face="Arial"> </font><br><font face="Arial">Note</font><b><font face="Arial">: </font></b><font face="Arial">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 7 (x86_64).</font><br><br><font face="Arial">Multiple-package baseline installation</font><br><font 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 face="Arial">RHSM download cacher</font><br><font 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 face="Arial">Extended repo list (optional)</font><br><font 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 - RHEL 7 task</font><br><font face="Arial">- Delete RHEL 7 Package List File for Multiple-Package Baseline Installation</font><br><font face="Arial">- TROUBLESHOOTING: RHEL 7 Patching Deployment Logs - Cleanup</font><br><font face="Arial">- Import RPM-GPG-KEY-redhat-release - RHEL 7</font><br><font face="Arial">- Enable the Multiple-Package Baseline Installation feature - RHEL 7</font><br><font face="Arial">- Multiple-Package Baseline Installation - RHEL 7 - x86_64 - Server</font><br><font face="Arial">- Multiple-Package Baseline Installation - RHEL 7 - x86_64 Client</font><br><font face="Arial">- Multiple-Package Baseline Installation - RHEL 7 - x86_64 Workstation</font><br><br><font face="Arial">Published sites:</font><br><font face="Arial">Patching Support site, version 683.</font><br><font face="Arial">Patches for RHEL 7 - Native Tools, version 121.</font><br><br><br><font face="Arial">Actions to take:</font><font face="Arial"><br>- Review your Red Hat subscription entitlements and ensure that they are active.</font><br><font face="Arial">- Register the RHSM download plug-in on the BigFix server. </font><br><font face="Arial">- Create and download certificate entitlements through RHSM. For more information, see: </font><a href="http://ibm.co/2gSEGJb" target="_blank"><u><font color="#0000FF" face="Arial">http://ibm.co/2gSEGJb</font></u></a><br><font face="Arial">- Add the certificates to the download plug-in</font><font face="Arial"><br>- 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 color="#0000FF" face="Arial">https://ibm.biz/Bdsc8d</font></u></a><font face="Arial">.</font><br><br><font face="Arial">References:</font><br><font 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 color="#0000FF" face="Arial">http://ibm.co/2gSEGJb</font></u></a><br><font face="Arial">For the pre-announcement of the release, see: </font><a href="http://bit.ly/2hRmUb2" target="_blank"><u><font color="#0000FF" face="Arial">http://bit.ly/2hRmUb2</font></u></a><br><font face="Arial"> </font><br><font face="Arial">Application Engineering team<br>IBM BigFix</font><BR>
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