<div dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(23,43,77);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">The BigFix Team is pleased to announce the release of version 11 Patch 1 (11.0.1.104</span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(23,43,77);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">) of BigFix Platform. The main features in this release are as follows:</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-left:30pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:6pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(23,43,77);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><b><span class="gmail_default"></span>Added support for BigFix Server on Linux with Microsoft SQL Server database</b></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-left:60pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Starting from BigFix Version 11 Patch 1, the Linux Server installation introduces the support of Red Hat 9 x86 64-bit with Microsoft SQL Server 2019 and 2022 databases. This augments the options you have for operating system and database, allowing you to better leverage the tools and skill sets already available in your enterprise.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-left:60pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(23,43,77);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">For details, see</span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(23,43,77);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> </span><a href="https://help.hcltechsw.com/bigfix/11.0/platform/Platform/Installation/c_installing_with_mssql.html" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,102,179);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Installing the Server with MS SQL</span></a><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(23,43,77);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> </span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(23,43,77);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">and</span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(23,43,77);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> </span><a href="https://help.hcltechsw.com/bigfix/11.0/platform/Platform/Installation/c_mssql_configuration.html" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,102,179);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Installing and configuring MS SQL</span></a><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(23,43,77);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">.</span><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-left:30pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:6pt"><b><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(23,43,77);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Added support for BigFix Agent </span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(23,43,77);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> running on </span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(23,43,77);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Windows 11 ARM64</span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-left:60pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(23,43,77);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">A new agent installer is available for Windows 11 on ARM64 processor. ARM chipsets are taking prominence and more growth is expected in the future; with 11.0.1, BigFix gives you the possibility to manage and control these devices with a native agent already today.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-left:30pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:6pt"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(23,43,77);vertical-align:baseline"><b>BESAdmin improvements in action control and user experience</b></span></p><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><p style="line-height:1.2;margin-left:30pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:6pt"><span style="color:rgb(23,43,77);font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Several improvements have been implemented to provide the BigFix administrator with more granular control over actions performed by BESAdmin tools, especially when those can, in specific cases, require a significant amount of time depending on the database size:</span></p></blockquote><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><ul><li style="margin-left:15px">Information messages have been improved</li><li style="margin-left:15px">At the startup of BESAdmin tool, when a license update is needed, the operator is given the option to skip  the license update at that time, so that they can run the license update at a more convenient time. For detail see <a href="https://help.hcltechsw.com/bigfix/11.0/platform/Platform/Installation/c_upgrading_the_masthead_on_windows.html" target="_blank" style="background-color:transparent;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Distributing the masthead from the Windows server to clients</span></a></li><li style="margin-left:15px">A new command option is added to BESAdmin tool for Windows, which was already present on Linux: <span style="background-color:transparent;font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(23,43,77);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">syncmastheadandlicense. </span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(23,43,77);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">T</span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(23,43,77);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">his option allows the user to perform the license update via a non-interactive command line. </span>For details, see<span style="background-color:transparent;font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(23,43,77);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> </span><a href="https://help.hcltechsw.com/bigfix/11.0/platform/Platform/Installation/c_besadmin_windows_cli.html" target="_blank" style="background-color:transparent;font-family:arial,sans-serif;text-decoration-line:none"><span style="color:rgb(0,102,179);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">BESAdmin Windows Command Line</span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(23,43,77);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">.</span></li><li style="margin-left:15px">Before starting the procedures : “Allow sha256 signatures” and “Require sha384 signatures”, the operator is warned about the fact that a relevant amount of time may be required. It is now possible to avoid that the operation starts, to be able to perform it at a later more convenient time- For details, see<span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(23,43,77);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> <a href="https://help.hcltechsw.com/bigfix/11.0/platform/Platform/Installation/c_security_settings.html" target="_blank">Security</a></span></li></ul></blockquote><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-left:36pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 6pt"><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-left:36pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:6pt"><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-left:30pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 6pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(23,43,77);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><b>Other improvements</b></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-left:30pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:6pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(23,43,77);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">License Overview dashboard "Device subscription by product" section changes</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-left:60pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">The “Device subscription by product” table, in the License Overview Dashboard, summarises the relevant information about the deployment. For each product, it now presents the renamed label “</span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Allocated" beside the existing "Actual". Moreover an Info Button is introduced and shows next to each label to better explain the </span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">meaning of those labels.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-left:60pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:22pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(23,43,77);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">For details, see</span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(23,43,77);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> </span><a href="https://help.hcltechsw.com/bigfix/11.0/platform/Platform/Console/c_license_overview_dashboard.html" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,102,179);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">License Overview dashboard</span></a><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(23,43,77);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;text-indent:36pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(23,43,77);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><br></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;text-indent:36pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(23,43,77);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><b>Inspector Updates</b></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;text-indent:36pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(23,43,77);background-color:transparent;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><br></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;text-indent:36pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(23,43,77);background-color:transparent;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Added client inspector support for unsigned integers</span><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-left:60pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(23,43,77);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">A new client inspector named uinteger was created to support the unsigned integers.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-left:60pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:22pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(23,43,77);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">For details, see</span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(23,43,77);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> </span><a href="https://developer.bigfix.com/relevance/reference/uinteger.html" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,102,179);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">uinteger</span></a><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(23,43,77);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-left:30pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:6pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(23,43,77);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><b>Added support for BigFix Plugin Portal on Linux RHEL 9</b></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-left:60pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(23,43,7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lor:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(23,43,77);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">A Non-Functional Requirements checklist, covering both performance and security management of your BigFix deployment, is available at </span><a href="https://bigfix-mark.github.io/" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="color:rgb(5,99,193);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">BigFix Performance & Capacity Planning Resources</span></a><span style="color:rgb(5,99,193);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline"> </span></p></li></ul><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(5,99,193);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline"></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(23,43,77);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><b>References</b></span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(23,43,77);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> </span></p><ul style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:36pt;list-style-type:disc;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(23,43,77);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">See the full technical </span><a href="https://support.bigfix.com/bes/changes/fullchangelist-110.txt" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="color:rgb(5,99,193);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">changelist</span></a><span style="color:rgb(5,99,193);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline"> </span></p></li></ul><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(23,43,77);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><b>Pre-Upgrade Considerations </b></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(23,43,77);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-left:36pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Important considerations</span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> to keep into account before upgrading to BigFix Platform Version 11 are:</span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> </span></p><ul style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:36pt;list-style-type:disc;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">BigFix Version 10.0.7 is the minimum version supporting the upgrade of the BigFix server components to Version 11 </span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:36pt;list-style-type:disc;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">You must enable the “Enhanced Security” before upgrading BigFix Platform to Version 11 </span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:36pt;list-style-type:disc;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">The minimum TLS supported protocol in BigFix V11 is TLS 1.2 </span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:36pt;list-style-type:disc;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">The SHA1 </span><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">hashing algorithm for content and action signature </span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">will no longer be supported. SHA1 is still supported for file download in actionscript</span></p></li></ul><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-left:18pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-left:18pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-left:18pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">For details, see the </span><a href="https://help.hcltechsw.com/bigfix/11.0/platform/Platform/Installation/c_overview.html" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(5,99,193);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">BigFix Platform V11 Overview Page</span></a><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">  </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-left:18pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p><ul style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:36pt;list-style-type:disc;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(23,43,77);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">The unixODBC RPM package is a prerequisite for the Server components on Linux systems (see Server Requirements). This applies to installations with a DB2 database.</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:36pt;list-style-type:disc;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(23,43,77);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> The msodbcsql17 RPM package is a prerequisite for the Server components on Linux systems (see Server Requirements). This applies to installations with a MSSQL database.</span></p></li></ul><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-left:36pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(23,43,77);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-left:18pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-left:18pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">For details, </span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(5,99,193);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">see </span><a href="https://help.hcltechsw.com/bigfix/11.0/platform/Platform/Installation/c_upgrading1.html" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(5,99,193);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">Upgrade paths (Windows)</span></a><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(5,99,193);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline"> </span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">and </span><a href="https://help.hcltechsw.com/bigfix/11.0/platform/Platform/Installation/c_upgrading1_linux.html" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(5,99,193);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">Upgrade paths (Linux)</span></a></p><ul style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:36pt;list-style-type:disc;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(23,43,77);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">For detailed information on the specific changes to minimum supported versions of operating systems and databases for BigFix 11, see </span><a href="https://support.hcltechsw.com/csm?id=kb_article&sysparm_article=KB0104120" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="color:rgb(5,99,193);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">Detailed system requirements</span></a><span style="color:rgb(5,99,193);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">.</span><span style="color:rgb(23,43,77);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> </span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:36pt;list-style-type:disc;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(23,43,77);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Before getting started with the upgrade process, stop any active application that is connected to the BigFix database (such as Web Reports, WebUI, BigFix Inventory, or BigFix Compliance). </span></p></li></ul><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(23,43,77);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">  </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><b><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(23,43,77);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Useful links</span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(23,43,77);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> </span></b></p><ul style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:36pt;list-style-type:disc;font-family:"Noto Sans Symbols",sans-serif;color:rgb(5,99,193);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://support.bigfix.com/bes/release/" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(5,99,193);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">BigFix downloads and release information</span></a><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> </span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:36pt;list-style-type:disc;font-family:"Noto Sans Symbols",sans-serif;color:rgb(5,99,193);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://help.hcltechsw.com/bigfix/11.0/platform/welcome/BigFix_Platform_welcome.html" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(5,99,193);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">BigFix 11 Platform Documentation</span></a></p></li></ul><ul style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:36pt;list-style-type:disc;font-family:"Noto Sans Symbols",sans-serif;color:rgb(5,99,193);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://help.hcltechsw.com/bigfix/11.0/platform/Platform/Installation/c_upgrading1.html" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(5,99,193);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Upgrade Windows considerations</span></a><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> </span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:36pt;list-style-type:disc;font-family:"Noto Sans Symbols",sans-serif;color:rgb(5,99,193);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://help.hcltechsw.com/bigfix/11.0/platform/Platform/Installation/c_upgrading1_linux.html" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(5,99,193);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Upgrade Linux considerations</span></a><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> </span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:36pt;list-style-type:disc;font-family:"Noto Sans Symbols",sans-serif;color:rgb(5,99,193);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://support.hcltechsw.com/csm?id=kb_article&sysparm_article=KB0104120" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(5,99,193);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Detailed system requirements</span></a><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> </span></p></li></ul><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">A blog that discusses the benefits of BigFix 11 is available </span><a href="https://bigfix-mark.github.io/Blogs/BigFix%2011%20Improvements%20v1.pdf" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(5,99,193);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">here</span></a><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(23,43,77);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Upgrade Fixlets are available in BES Support version</span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(23,43,77);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> </span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(23,43,77);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><span class="gmail_default"></span>1</span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(23,43,77);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">486 </span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(23,43,77);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">(or later). </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(23,43,77);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><br></span></p><p style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(23,43,77);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Continue to discuss on the <a href="https://forum.bigfix.com/t/bigfix-11-0-patch-1-is-now-available/47239" target="_blank">forum</a></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(23,43,77);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(23,43,77);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">– HCL BigFix – Platform Team</span></p></div>