<html><body><p><font size="2" face="Arial">IBM BigFix Inventory and IBM License Metric Tool </font><b><font size="2" face="Arial">application update 9.2.9</font></b><font size="2" face="Arial"> is now available.</font><p><font size="2" face="Arial">This update contains features that extend software discovery and enhance license reporting. The key features include:</font><br>
<ul><br><font size="2" face="Symbol">· </font><b><font size="2" face="Arial">Reporting of SAP license usage with integration of SAP License Administration Workbench (SLAW) and SAP USMM (BigFix Inventory only)</font></b><ul><br><font size="2" face="Arial">This is the first delivery of a capability that allows for managing SAP license usage in BigFix Inventory. It is now possible to have SAP license usage reports consolidated into BigFix Inventory by integration with the SLAW and USMM tools. The measurements from all SAP systems in the SAP landscape are transferred to the central SAP and combined into one SLAW report. You can integrate the report into BigFix Inventory so that utilization of license metrics for SAP products is shown on the Resource Utilization report. The capability is available for all SAP products that can be measured by SAP USMM and SLAW tools.</font><p><b><font size="2" face="Arial">Benefits:</font></b><font size="2" face="Arial"> Centralized management of gathering SAP license usage data and single pane of glass reporting of license usage information.</font></ul><br><font size="2" face="Symbol">· </font><b><font size="2" face="Arial">Adding custom fields to license metric reports</font></b><ul><br><font size="2" face="Arial">You can extend the All Metrics report and its derivatives by adding custom fields in which you can add information related to software products. The information can be of any type and therefore can help you better identify ownership and purpose of the discovered products as well as additional license management information such as purchase orders, product owners or other. Once the information is added, you can use it to create filtering and grouping criteria such as contract name, placement, allocation, date, or other.</font><p><b><font size="2" face="Arial">Benefits:</font></b><font size="2" face="Arial"> Reporting is enhanced with more powerful filtering criteria and information. You can also enable notifications that are triggered when specific criteria are met.</font></ul><br><font size="2" face="Symbol">· </font><b><font size="2" face="Arial">Extending discovery of Oracle Databases to Solaris (BigFix Inventory only)</font></b><ul><br><font size="2" face="Arial">Reporting of Oracle Databases is extended to Solaris 10 and 11 operating systems for all discoverable versions. You can retrieve granular information about the edition (Standard or Enterprise), options, Management Packs (including Oracle Real Application Cluster, RAC), and user concurrent sessions of Oracle Databases that are deployed in your environment.</font><p><b><font size="2" face="Arial">Benefits:</font></b><font size="2" face="Arial"> You can manage licenses of Oracle Databases across a wider set of operating system in your environment.</font></ul><br><font size="2" face="Symbol">· </font><b><font size="2" face="Arial">Stand-alone scanner for monitoring isolated systems is extended to AIX</font></b><ul><br><font size="2" face="Arial">The stand-alone scanner available for computers that cannot be connected to the central management servers due to security reasons is extended to AIX operating system. It is now possible to discover software and hardware inventory by using disconnected scans. Scan results are placed in files that can be later on used to import the collected data to the BigFix Inventory or License Metric Tool server.</font><p><b><font size="2" face="Arial">Benefits:</font></b><font size="2" face="Arial"> You can collect software and hardware inventory data from AIX servers that cannot have the BigFix client installed.</font></ul><br><font size="2" face="Symbol">· </font><b><font size="2" face="Arial">Information about packages that can be used to create software signatures</font></b><ul><br><font size="2" face="Arial">Package Data report is enhanced by adding information about which of the packages that are discovered in your infrastructure are already used as software signatures. </font><p><b><font size="2" face="Arial">Benefits:</font></b><font size="2" face="Arial"> It is easier to identify which packages can be used to extend software discovery as they do not form software signatures.</font></ul><br><font size="2" face="Symbol">· </font><b><font size="2" face="Arial">Improved security of storing VM manager passwords</font></b><ul><br><font size="2" face="Arial">You can overwrite the default key that is used to encrypt VM manager passwords or change the default password to the VM Manager Tool keystore. </font><p><b><font size="2" face="Arial">Benefits:</font></b><font size="2" face="Arial"> Security of storing VM manager passwords is improved.</font></ul><br><font size="2" face="Symbol">· </font><b><font size="2" face="Arial">Discovery of new components from Oracle, SAP, and Red Hat (BigFix Inventory only)</font></b><ul><br><font size="2" face="Arial">The software catalog is extended to discover a number of new components from Oracle, SAP, and Red Hat. To discover the components, ensure that you upload the software catalog published in September 2017, and upgrade BigFix Inventory to version 9.2.9.</font><p><font size="2" face="Arial">Below is the list of the newly added components. To learn about their exact versions, use the Software Catalog widget in BigFix Inventory to browse the catalog content.</font><ul><br><font size="2" face="Symbol">· </font><font size="2" face="Arial">Added discovery capability for Oracle products</font><ul><br><font size="2" face="Arial">o Oracle Business Process Management Suite</font><p><font size="2" face="Arial">o Oracle Database Gateway for APPC</font><p><font size="2" face="Arial">o Oracle Database Gateway for Informix</font><p><font size="2" face="Arial">o Oracle Database Gateway for Microsoft SQL Server</font><p><font size="2" face="Arial">o Oracle Database Gateway for ODBC</font><p><font size="2" face="Arial">o Oracle Database Gateway for Sybase</font><p><font size="2" face="Arial">o Oracle Database Gateway for Teradata</font><p><font size="2" face="Arial">o Oracle Database Gateway for WebSphere MQ</font><p><font size="2" face="Arial">o Oracle JRockit</font><p><font size="2" face="Arial">o Oracle Procedural Gateway for APPC</font><p><font size="2" face="Arial">o Oracle Transparent Gateway for DRDA</font><p><font size="2" face="Arial">o Oracle Transparent Gateway for Microsoft SQL Server</font><p><font size="2" face="Arial">o Oracle Transparent Gateway for Sybase</font><p><font size="2" face="Arial">o Oracle Transparent Gateway for Teradata</font></ul><br><font size="2" face="Symbol">· </font><font size="2" face="Arial">Added discovery capability for SAP products</font><ul><br><font size="2" face="Arial">o SAP Crystal Server</font><p><font size="2" face="Arial">o Sybase Adaptive Server Enterprise</font><p><font size="2" face="Arial">o Sybase Enterprise Connect Data Access</font><p><font size="2" face="Arial">o Sybase IQ Server</font><p><font size="2" face="Arial">o Sybase Replication Server</font></ul><br><font size="2" face="Symbol">· </font><font size="2" face="Arial">Added discovery capability for Veritas products</font><ul><br><font size="2" face="Arial">o Veritas NetBackup Client</font><p><font size="2" face="Arial">o Veritas NetBackup Media Server</font></ul><br><font size="2" face="Symbol">· </font><font size="2" face="Arial">Added discovery capability for CA Technologies products</font><ul><br><font size="2" face="Arial">o CA Unified Infrastructure Management</font><p><font size="2" face="Arial">o CA Unified Infrastructure Management Snap</font></ul><br><font size="2" face="Symbol">· </font><font size="2" face="Arial">Added discovery capability for RED HAT Technologies products</font><ul><br><font size="2" face="Arial">o Red Hat JBoss Data Grid</font><p><font size="2" face="Arial">o Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform</font><p><font size="2" face="Arial">o Red Hat Satellite Server</font></ul><br><font size="2" face="Symbol">· </font><font size="2" face="Arial">Added discovery capability for AXWAY products</font><ul><br><font size="2" face="Arial">o Axway Transfer CFT</font><p><font size="2" face="Arial">o Axway Transfer Interpel</font></ul><br><font size="2" face="Symbol">· </font><font size="2" face="Arial">Added discovery capability for RES products</font><ul><br><font size="2" face="Arial">o RES ONE Automation Agent</font><p><font size="2" face="Arial">o RES ONE Automation Console</font><p><font size="2" face="Arial">o RES ONE Automation Dispatcher</font></ul><br></ul><b><font size="2" face="Arial">Benefits:</font></b><font size="2" face="Arial"> More visibility into deployed products and components and better license management without the need to develop custom signatures.</font></ul></ul>
<p><b><font size="2" face="Arial">Action to take</font></b><p><font size="2" face="Arial">To learn how to get the application update and deploy it as well as to view the full list of new features and APARs that were fixed in this application update, see the following links:</font><p><font size="2" face="Arial">BigFix Inventory: </font><a href="http://ibm.biz/bfi_update_929"><u><font size="2" color="#0000FF" face="Arial">http://ibm.biz/bfi_update_929</font></u></a><p><font size="2" face="Arial">License Metric Tool: </font><a href="http://ibm.biz/lmt_update_929"><u><font size="2" color="#0000FF" face="Arial">http://ibm.biz/lmt_update_929</font></u></a><p><font size="2" face="Arial">During the upgrade, new versions of the software catalog and PVU table are uploaded. The versions that are uploaded are the newest ones that were available during the release of the application update to which you are upgrading.</font><p><p><b><font size="2" face="Arial">Questions</font></b><p><font size="2" face="Arial">If you have any product-related questions, please post them on one of the following fora:</font><p><a href="http://ibm.biz/BFI_Forum"><u><font size="2" color="#0000FF" face="Arial">http://ibm.biz/BFI_Forum</font></u></a><p><a href="http://ibm.biz/ILMT_Forum"><font size="2" color="#0000FF" face="Arial">http://ibm.biz/ILMT_Forum</font></a><BR>
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