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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA">The BigFix team is pleased to announce the release of version 9.5 Patch 14 (9.5.14.73) of the BigFix Platform.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA">The main features in this release are as follows:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0cm" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l2 level1 lfo1"><span lang="EN-CA">Security enhancements<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l2 level1 lfo1"><span lang="EN-CA">APAR and defect fixes<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l2 level1 lfo1"><span lang="EN-US">Added support for BigFix Agent for:<o:p></o:p></span></li><ul style="margin-top:0cm" type="circle">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l2 level2 lfo1"><span lang="EN-US">SLES 15 on PPC<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l2 level2 lfo1"><span lang="EN-US">RHEL8 on Intel<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l2 level2 lfo1"><span lang="EN-US">MacOS 10.15 (Catalina)<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l2 level1 lfo1"><span lang="EN-US">Upgraded the following external libraries:<o:p></o:p></span></li><ul style="margin-top:0cm" type="circle">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l2 level2 lfo1"><span lang="EN-US">libssh2 to version 1.8.2<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l2 level2 lfo1"><span lang="EN-US">OpenLDAP to version 2.4.42<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
</ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-CA">Additional information about this release</span></b><span lang="EN-CA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-CA"> </span></b><span lang="EN-CA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0cm" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l2 level1 lfo1"><span lang="EN-CA">Starting from this release, the standalone BigFix tools will be published under the 9.5 Utilities section on the
<a href="https://apc01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsupport.bigfix.com%2Fbes%2Frelease%2F&data=02%7C01%7Cfrancesco.lecciso%40hcl.com%7Cfa87e4e8316f43ec7b6308d75bcde03a%7C189de737c93a4f5a8b686f4ca9941912%7C0%7C0%7C637078812095213314&sdata=%2Bp5XYLeYfU%2F0%2FRQJeca%2FIzQ97U%2BllKqG0YbGahSfUrk%3D&reserved=0">
BigFix Enterprise Suite Download Center</a><span style="color:#002060">.</span><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-CA"> </span></b><span lang="EN-CA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-CA">References</span></b><span lang="EN-CA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0cm" type="disc">
<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo1"><span lang="EN-CA">See the full
<a href="https://apc01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fsupport.bigfix.com%2Fbes%2Fchanges%2Ffullchangelist-95.txt&data=02%7C01%7Cfrancesco.lecciso%40hcl.com%7Cfa87e4e8316f43ec7b6308d75bcde03a%7C189de737c93a4f5a8b686f4ca9941912%7C0%7C0%7C637078812095213314&sdata=a7tSOCxuUfvk2LG43zDY5k5qUQZATUqfCdP%2BHcr2Bkc%3D&reserved=0">
technical changelist</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-CA">Pre-Upgrade Considerations</span></b><span lang="EN-CA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0cm" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><span lang="EN-CA">All BigFix Platform components are being released in this patch.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><span lang="EN-CA">Ensure to STOP the WebUI and any other active application connecting to the BigFix database BEFORE starting the upgrade<span style="color:#002060">.</span><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><span lang="EN-CA">A manual Server upgrade is required if you upgrade from a version earlier than 9.5.5. Refer to the
<a href="https://apc01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ibm.com%2Fdeveloperworks%2Fcommunity%2Fwikis%2Fhome%3Flang%3Den%23!%2Fwiki%2FTivoli%2520Endpoint%2520Manager%2Fpage%2FIBM%2520BigFix%25209.5.5%2520Release%2520Notes&data=02%7C01%7Cfrancesco.lecciso%40hcl.com%7Cfa87e4e8316f43ec7b6308d75bcde03a%7C189de737c93a4f5a8b686f4ca9941912%7C0%7C0%7C637078812095223308&sdata=u1rLu7yulf8SHKTj0MRPsSZ%2F7SZ23DeK8PrBWvbpG%2FA%3D&reserved=0">
9.5.5 release notes</a> for more information.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-CA">Useful links</span></b><span lang="EN-CA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA">BigFix <a href="https://apc01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsupport.bigfix.com%2Fbes%2Frelease%2F9.5%2Fpatch14%2F&data=02%7C01%7Cfrancesco.lecciso%40hcl.com%7Cfa87e4e8316f43ec7b6308d75bcde03a%7C189de737c93a4f5a8b686f4ca9941912%7C0%7C0%7C637078812095223308&sdata=byJtWHO%2F6DpCFJF5CiaQUkqaHIRDwYPwg911poC2EWM%3D&reserved=0">
downloads and release</a> information<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA">Upgrade instructions in HCL Help Center<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0cm" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><span lang="EN-IN"><a href="https://apc01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fhelp.hcltechsw.com%2Fbigfix%2F9.5%2Fplatform%2FPlatform%2FInstallation%2Fc_upgrading1_linux.html&data=02%7C01%7Cfrancesco.lecciso%40hcl.com%7Cfa87e4e8316f43ec7b6308d75bcde03a%7C189de737c93a4f5a8b686f4ca9941912%7C0%7C0%7C637078812095233303&sdata=cO6mMTvYoK%2FpWiWe8nd%2F9kLRj%2FKSjoVdUNKg3HqKdGM%3D&reserved=0">BigFix
Server on Linux</a><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><span lang="EN-IN"><a href="https://apc01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fhelp.hcltechsw.com%2Fbigfix%2F9.5%2Fplatform%2FPlatform%2FInstallation%2Fc_upgrading1.html&data=02%7C01%7Cfrancesco.lecciso%40hcl.com%7Cfa87e4e8316f43ec7b6308d75bcde03a%7C189de737c93a4f5a8b686f4ca9941912%7C0%7C0%7C637078812095233303&sdata=BbTWzqq80QLPL2FTQQ7m3eHGk1Xc61MttA4dSz2ezbs%3D&reserved=0">BigFix
Server on Windows</a><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA">Upgrade Fixlets are available in BES Support version 1423 (or later).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">Discuss this on the<span class="apple-converted-space"> <a href="https://forum.bigfix.com/t/bigfix-9-5-patch-14-is-now-available/31918">forum</a>.</span></span><span lang="EN-CA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">-- BigFix Platform Engineering Team</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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