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With BigFix Inventory, you always know what software you have,

where it is, and how you use it.

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Scalability: Properly handling a growing environment.

Upgrading: Supported scenarios for upgrade/migration.

Defect fixes: List and description of fixed defects in release notes.

 

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Recent updates

 

Catalog update 10.0.4.1 [18 May 2021]

Catalog update 10.0.4.1 brings you added discovery capability for 160+ software products. This update also includes implementation of new ideas.

For more information, click here.

Application update 10.0.4 [30 Mar 2021]

The server update includes following features:

Enhanced software discovery capability

  • Improved File Facts import process to optimize resource consumption and import duration.
  • Granular version discovery of software products, particularly in non-Windows products which are discovered based on package data version.
  • Ability to add custom metrics for software classification using API.
  • Extended License Usage API for integration with other licensing tools like IBM License Service Reporter.

For more information, click here.

Catalog update 10.0.3.1 [16 Feb 2021]

Catalog update 10.0.3.1 includes capability to discover new software products. The file facts are also improved in this release.

For more information, click here.

Application update 10.0.0.1 is available! [19 May 2020]

This application update provides the following features:

Enhanced software discovery capability

  • IBM License Metric Tool Software Catalog version 9.2.19.0
  • Added discovery capability for 800+ software versions including multiple additions to enterprise Microsoft, Symantec, Hewlett-Packard and Oracle software
  • Enhanced discovery of Detailed Component Version for Microsoft .NET Framework, Oracle GoldenGate and Open JDK
  • Discovery of Microsoft SQL Server 2019 Enterprise, Enterprise Evaluation, Standard, Developer and Express editions
  • 5 Ideas for software discovery delivered

Scanner version 9.2.19.0000 improvements

  • Scanner discovers number of sockets on E7 series of Xeon processors.

For more information, click here.

BigFix Inventory 10.0.0.0 has been validated for equivalence to IBM License Metric Tool! [16 April 2020]

BigFix Inventory 10.0.0.0 has been validated by IBM for equivalence to IBM License Metric Tool 9.2.18 for IBM Virtualization Capacity reporting requirements.

For current status of IBM validated releases see http://public.dhe.ibm.com/software/passportadvantage/SubCapacity/BFI_and_HCL_FAQ.pdf

Application update 10.0.0.0 is available! [3 April 2020]

There are six key features of HCL BigFix Inventory 10.0.0.0:

• Detailed Component Version discovery is available out of the box for:

  • Oracle Java Runtime Environment
  • Oracle Java JDK/SDK
  • Oracle Weblogic
  • Oracle Weblogic Enterprise Edition
  • Oracle Weblogic Suite

• Software Catalog version 10.0.0.0 containing:

  • IBM License Metric Tool Software Catalog version 9.2.18.0
  • Added discovery capability for 400+ software versions for number of titles including BMC, Citrix, EMC, Hewlett-Packard, Microsoft, Red Hat, Oracle, SAP, VMware, OpenJDK software

• DB2 11.5 support as BigFix Inventory server database

• Enhancement of computer_hardware API and Computers report with parent hostname information

• Validated equivalence to IBM License Metric Tool 9.2.18

• Security Enhancements

  • To maintain security, IBM Java JRE is upgraded to version: 8.0.6.0.
  • WebSphere Application Server Liberty is upgraded to version 19.0.0.11
  • Several libraries for Ruby on Rails component upgraded

For more information, click here.

Inventory 10.0.3.1 updates [16 Feb 2021]

The server update includes following features:

Improved File Facts import process to optimize resource consumption and import duration.

  • Granular version discovery of software products, particularly in non-Windows products which are discovered based on package data vers

    Inventory catalog 10.0.4.1 update [18 May 2021]

    Catalog update 10.0.4.1 brings you added discovery capability for 160+ software products. This update also includes implementation of new ideas.

    For more information, click here.

    Inventory 10.0.3.1 updates
    Catalog update 10.0.3.1 includes capability to discover new software products. The file facts are also improved in this release 

    ion.
  • Ability to add custom metrics for software classification using API.
  • Extended License Usage API for integration with other licensing tools like IBM License Service Reporter.