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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:IT">The BigFix team is pleased to announce the release of version 9.5 Patch 17
(9.5.17.94) of the BigFix Platform.<br>
The main features in this release are as follows:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ul type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo1">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:IT">DAs and defect fixes<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo1">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:IT">Added support for BigFix Server and Console running on Windows Server 2019.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo1">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:IT">Added support for BigFix Agent running on:
<o:p></o:p></span></li><ul type="circle">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l3 level2 lfo1">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:IT">MacOS 11.0 x86 64-bit.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l3 level2 lfo1">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:IT">Windows 10 Enterprise for Virtual Desktops.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo1">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:IT">Added support for DB2 Version 11.5.4<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:IT">Upgraded the following external library:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo1">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:IT">The Curl library was upgraded to Version 7.73.0<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-language:IT">Additional information about this release</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:IT"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ul type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:IT">After applying this Platform patch, when a new WebUI update is published, in deployments where WebUI is configured not to auto-update, the
<b>WebUI service will no longer be automatically restarted.</b></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:IT"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:IT">New RPM package required. Starting from Version 9.5 Patch 17, the
<b>unixODBC RPM package must be installed</b> for the Server component on Linux systems (see
<a href="https://help.hcltechsw.com/bigfix/9.5/platform/Platform/Installation/c_tivoli_endpoint_manager_server.html">
Server Requirements info</a>) </span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:IT"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:IT">The standalone BigFix tools are published under the 9.5 Utilities section on the</span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:IT">
<u><span style="color:blue"><a href="http://support.bigfix.com/bes/release/">BigFix Enterprise Suite Download Center.</a></span></u><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-language:IT">References</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:IT"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:IT">See the full</span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:IT">
<u><span style="color:#0563C1"><a href="https://support.bigfix.com/bes/changes/fullchangelist-95.txt">technical changelist</a></span></u>
<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-language:IT">Pre-Upgrade Considerations</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:IT"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ul type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo1">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:IT">All BigFix Platform components are being released in this patch.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo1">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:IT">Ensure to STOP the WebUI and any other active application connecting to the BigFix database BEFORE starting the upgrade.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo1">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:IT">A manual Server upgrade is required if you upgrade from a version earlier than 9.5.5.
<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-language:IT">Useful links</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:IT"><br>
BigFix <u><span style="color:blue"><a href="http://support.bigfix.com/bes/release/9.5/patch17/">downloads and release</a></span></u> information<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:IT">Upgrade instructions in HCL Help Center<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo4">
<span style="mso-fareast-language:IT"><a href="https://help.hcltechsw.com/bigfix/9.5/platform/Platform/Installation/c_upgrading1_linux.html"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:blue">BigFix Server on Linux
</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:IT"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo4">
<u><span lang="EN-US" style="color:blue;mso-fareast-language:IT"><a href="https://help.hcltechsw.com/bigfix/9.5/platform/Platform/Installation/c_upgrading1.html">BigFix Server on Windows</a>
</span></u><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:IT"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:IT">Upgrade Fixlets are available in BES Support version 1444 (or later).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US">Discuss this on the <a href="https://forum.bigfix.com/t/bigfix-9-5-patch-17-is-now-available/36498">
forum</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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