<html><body><p>The BigFix Inventory and IBM License Metric Tool team is pleased to announce the extension of discovery capability for BigFix Inventory 9.x. and IBM License Metric Tool 9.x
<p><b><font size="5">What's new</font></b><br><b><font size="4">Applies to all IBM License Metric Tool and BigFix Inventory customers:</font></b><p>Following changes were applied:
<ul><ul type="disc"><li>Software classification capability for new releases of IBM software products as described in the <a href="http://software.bigfix.com/download/tema/catalog/9.0_GA/ILMT/ILMTReleaseNotes.pdf"><u><font color="#0000FF">ILMT Catalog Release Notes</font></u></a>.
<li>APAR fixes to software classification capability for existing releases of IBM software products <a href="http://ibm.biz/LMT_updates"><u><font color="#0000FF">http://ibm.biz/LMT_updates</font></u></a>. <br></ul></ul><b><font size="4">Applies to BigFix Inventory customers only</font></b><p>Following changes were applied:
<ul><ul type="disc"><li>Added discovery capability for selected BMC, CA, Citrix, Red Hat, SAS Institute, Symantec, Tibco and VMWare products as described in <a href="https://software.bigfix.com/download/tema/catalog/BFI_catalog_release_notes.pdf"><u><font color="#0000FF">BigFix Inventory Release Notes</font></u></a>.
<li>Multiple updates and additions for non-IBM software titles. See the <a href="https://software.bigfix.com/download/tema/catalog/changelist/BFI_catalog_changelist_2018_02.pdf"><u><font color="#0000FF">change list</font></u></a> for additional details. </ul></ul>For details of the changes, you can also see the description of the Software Catalog Update fixlet.
<p><b>Enabling the new discovery capabilities in BigFix Inventory</b><ul><ul type="disc"><li>Upgrade the BigFix Inventory server to version 9.2.9 or higher. For detailed instructions, see: <a href="https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSKLLW_9.5.0/com.ibm.bigfix.inventory.doc/Inventory/upgrading/c_upgrading_from_9.html"><u><font color="#0000FF">Upgrading to BigFix Inventory 9.2.9. </font></u></a><ul><ul>Upgrading the server is required due to the following reasons:
<li type="disc">Problems with catalog import that occurred in versions 9.2.6 to 9.2.8. For more information, see the <a href="http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg22008565"><u><font color="#0000FF">technote.</font></u></a>
<li type="disc">Lack of support for the software catalog in the Canonical 3.0 format in versions earlier than 9.2.5. </ul></ul>
<li>Upload the software catalog to BigFix Inventory. To download the catalog, run the Software Catalog Update fixlet. Then, upload it to BigFix Inventory. For detailed instructions, see: <a href="https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/SSKLLW_9.5.0/com.ibm.bigfix.inventory.doc/Inventory/softinv/t_download_sw_catalog_tem.html"><u><font color="#0000FF">Downloading the software catalog. </font></u></a><br></ul></ul><b><font size="4">Site Information</font></b><br><b>BigFix Inventory 9.x</b><ul><ul type="disc"><li>Site: IBM BigFix Inventory v9
<li>Version: 104
<li>Publish Date: 02/28/2018<br></ul></ul><b>IBM License Metric Tool 9.x</b><ul><ul type="disc"><li>Site: IBM License Reporting (ILMT) v9
<li>Version: 114
<li>Publish Date: 02/28/2018<br></ul></ul><b><font size="4">Useful Links</font></b><ul><ul type="disc"><li><a href="http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSKLLW"><u><font color="#0000FF">Knowledge Center for BigFix Inventory</font></u></a><li><a href="http://ibm.biz/BdrUGJ"><u><font color="#0000FF">Developer Works Wiki for BigFix Inventory</font></u></a><li><a href="http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21624185"><u><font color="#0000FF">IBM BigFix Support Center</font></u></a></ul></ul><BR>
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