What's new in this Catalog release

BigFix Inventory provides new features and enhancements that facilitate your work with the application. For more information, follow BigFix Forum - Inventory (Release Announcements).

Notice: Starting in July 2024, Catalog updates are available from a new BigFix Inventory Discovery site, and BigFix Inventory server version 11.x is required for this and all subsequent catalog releases. It is recommended to update to the latest versions, as every update may bring important security updates. BigFix Inventory v10 site is deprecated and is no longer updated.

Starting from 20240612 release, Catalog updates are available from a new BigFix Inventory Discovery site, and BigFix Inventory server version 11.x is required for all subsequent catalog releases.

With BigFix Inventory version 10.0.13, the BigFix Inventory team initiated catalog-related improvements to be ready for more frequent and server-independent updates. All changes up to version 10.0.16 are summarized in a dedicated BigFix forum post.

Catalog update 20241025

Product and published site

BigFix Inventory Catalog update 20241025 - version 7

Features available in the current release

Key updates in HCL BigFix Inventory Catalog 20241025:

  • End-of-Support information refreshed for Veritas (new- 11, updated -3) and Micro Focus (new- 46)
  • Discovery of 75+ new software versions with the use of standard and template signatures, including but not limited to the following software manufacturers Adobe, Oracle, and Red Hat.

To view the complete list of new features and defects that were fixed in this application update, refer to the Catalog release notes. To view the complete catalog content, use the Software Components report in BigFix Inventory.

Actions needed

To apply the new discovery capability, run the Server Software Catalog Update Fixlet (check the new BigFix Inventory Discovery site) from the BigFix console and then wait for the next data import.

If the BigFix Inventory Discovery site is not visible,

  1. check for License Update through the BigFix License Overview (refresh if needed). For more information, refer to License Overview dashboard.
  2. enable new sites: BigFix Inventory and BigFix Inventory Discovery. For more information, refer to Selecting Sites.

If you upgraded to BigFix Inventory server v11, then verify if your BigFix Inventory server v11 is not impacted by specific issues BigFix Inventory: Application Update 11.0.0.0 build 20240820-1428 published 2024-08-27 - Release Announcements / Inventory (Release Announcements) - BigFix Forum . Apply related hotfixes if necessary before updating the catalog.

If your BigFix Inventory server version is less than version11, then upgrading the BigFix Inventory server to version 11 is required to activate the catalog import option. Previous versions of BigFix Inventory server will ignore new catalogs during import time. See server release notes for details and upgrade procedure: https://support.bigfix.com/bfi/BigFix-Inventory-11.0.0.0-ReleaseNotes.pdf.

Catalog update 20241010

Product and published site

BigFix Inventory Catalog update 20241010 - version 6

Features available in the current release

BigFix Inventory delivers increased value and demonstrates HCL’s commitment towards HCL, IBM and Oracle customers.

Key updates in HCL BigFix Inventory Catalog 20241010:

  • Discovery of 100+ new software versions with use of standard and template signatures, including but not limited to the following software manufacturers Hewlett-Packard, Microsoft, Oracle & RED HAT.
  • New Publishers “i3 International Inc.” and “LiveAction” are added to our Catalog.

To view the complete list of new features and defects that were fixed in this application update, refer to the release notes.

Catalog: https://support.bigfix.com/bfi/BigFix-Inventory-Catalog-20241010-ReleaseNotes.pdf 2

To view the complete catalog content, use the Software Components report in BigFix Inventory.

Actions needed:

To apply new discovery capability, run the Server Software Catalog Update Fixlet (check new BigFix Inventory Discovery site) from the BigFix console and then wait for the next data import.

If BigFix Inventory Discovery site is not visible

  1. Check for License Update via BigFix License Overview (refresh if needed)

    License Overview dashboard 1

  2. Enable new sites: BigFix Inventory and BigFix Inventory Discovery.

    Selecting Sites 1

Starting from 20240612 release, Catalog updates are available from a new BigFix Inventory Discovery site, and BigFix Inventory server version 11.x is required for all subsequent catalog releases.

If you already upgraded to BigFix Inventory server v11, then verify if your BigFix Inventory server v11 is not impacted by specific issues [BigFix Inventory: Application Update 11.0.0.0 build 20240820-1428 published 2024-08-27 - Release Announcements / Inventory (Release Announcements) - BigFix Forum 1 ]. Apply related hotfixes if necessary before updating the catalog.

If your BigFix Inventory server version is less than V11, then upgrading the BigFix Inventory server to version 11 is required to activate the catalog import option. Previous versions of BigFix Inventory server will ignore new catalogs during import time. See server release notes for details and upgrade procedure: https://support.bigfix.com/bfi/BigFix-Inventory-11.0.0.0-ReleaseNotes.pdf 2

Catalog update 20240910

Product and published site

BigFix Inventory Discovery - version 5

Features available in the current release

  • Discovery of 170+ new software versions with use of standard and template signatures, including but not limited to the following software manufacturers Citrix, Microsoft & Oracle.
  • End-of-Support information refreshed for IBM Software (new- 61, update -7).
  • One Idea implemented: BFINV-I-273 1 .

To view the complete list of new features and defects that were fixed in this application update, refer to the release notes.

Catalog: https://support.bigfix.com/bfi/BigFix-Inventory-Catalog-20240910-ReleaseNotes.pdf

To view the complete catalog content, use the Software Components report in BigFix Inventory.

Actions needed

To apply new discovery capability, run the Server Software Catalog Update Fixlet (check new BigFix Inventory Discovery site) from the BigFix console and then wait for the next data import.

If BigFix Inventory Discovery site is not visible

  1. Check for License Update via BigFix License Overview (refresh if needed)

    License Overview dashboard

  2. Enable new sites: BigFix Inventory and BigFix Inventory Discovery.

    Selecting Sites

Starting from 20240612 release, Catalog updates are available from a new BigFix Inventory Discovery site, and BigFix Inventory server version 11.x is required for all subsequent catalog releases.

If you already upgraded to BigFix Inventory server v11, then verify if your BigFix Inventory server v11 is not impacted by specific issues [BigFix Inventory: Application Update 11.0.0.0 build 20240820-1428 published 2024-08-27 - Release Announcements / Inventory (Release Announcements) - BigFix Forum ]. Apply related hotfixes if necessary before updating the catalog.

If your BigFix Inventory server version is less than V11, then upgrading the BigFix Inventory server to version 11 is required to activate the catalog import option. Previous versions of BigFix Inventory server will ignore new catalogs during import time. See server release notes for details and upgrade procedure: https://support.bigfix.com/bfi/BigFix-Inventory-11.0.0.0-ReleaseNotes.pdf 1

Catalog update 20240813

Product and published site

BigFix Inventory Catalog update 20240813: BigFix Inventory Discovery - version 4

Features available in the current release

  • Two Ideas implemented: BFINV-I-387 2 (includes 7 software titles) and BFINV-I-388
  • Discovery of 90+ new software versions with use of standard and template signatures, including but not limited to the following software manufacturers Amazon, Citrix, IBM, RedHat & SAP
  • End-of-Support information refreshed for CentOS components (new- 46)

To view the complete list of new features and defects that were fixed in this application update, refer to the Catalog release notes. To view the complete catalog content, use the Software Components report in BigFix Inventory.

Actions needed

To apply new discovery capability, run the Server Software Catalog Update Fixlet (check new BigFix Inventory Discovery site) from the BigFix console and then wait for the next data import.

If BigFix Inventory Discovery site is not visible

  1. Check for License Update via BigFix License Overview (refresh if never had refreshed)

    License Overview dashboard

  2. Enable new sites: BigFix Inventory and BigFix Inventory Discovery.

    Selecting Sites

Starting from 20240612 release, Catalog updates are available from a new BigFix Inventory Discovery site, and BigFix Inventory server version 11.x is required for all subsequent catalog releases.

If you already upgraded to BigFix Inventory server v11, then verify if your BigFix Inventory server v11 is not impacted by specific issues [BigFix Inventory: Application Update 11.0.0.0 build 20240820-1428 published 2024-08-27 - Release Announcements / Inventory (Release Announcements) - BigFix Forum 2 ]. Apply related hotfixes if necessary before updating the catalog.

If your BigFix Inventory server version is less than V11, then upgrading the BigFix Inventory server to version 11 is required to activate the catalog import option. Previous versions of BigFix Inventory server will ignore new catalogs during import time. See server release notes for details and upgrade procedure: https://support.bigfix.com/bfi/BigFix-Inventory-11.0.0.0-ReleaseNotes.pdf 1.

Catalog update 20240717

Product and published site

BigFix Inventory Catalog update 20240717: BigFix Inventory Discovery version 3

Note: BigFix Inventory v10 site is deprecated and no longer used for updates.

Features available in the current release

  • Discovery of 240+ new software versions using standard and template signatures, including but not limited to the software manufacturers, such as Autodesk, Cisco, Microsoft, Oracle, and Red Hat.
  • Ideas implemented: BFINV-I-315, BFINV-I-327 and BFINV-I-335.
  • End-of-Support information refreshed for Red Hat (new- 46, updated -67) & VMware (new - 2) softwares

To view the complete list of new features and defects that were fixed in this application update, refer to the release notes.

To view the complete catalog content, use the Software Components report in BigFix Inventory.

Actions needed:

To apply the new discovery capability, run the Server Software Catalog Update fixlet (check the new BigFix Inventory Discovery site) from the BigFix console and then wait for the next data import.

If the BigFix Inventory Discovery site is not visible:

  1. Check for License Update through the BigFix License Overview (refresh if needed).
  2. Enable the new sites: BigFix Inventory and BigFix Inventory Discovery.
Note: Starting with the 20240612 release, Catalog updates are available from the new BigFix Inventory Discovery site, and BigFix Inventory server version 11.x is required for all subsequent catalog releases. Upgrading the BigFix Inventory server to version 11 is required to activate the catalog import option. Previous versions of the BigFix Inventory server will ignore new catalogs during import time.

Catalog update 20240612

Features available in the current release

  • A new BigFix Inventory Discovery site for catalog updates
  • Reduced catalog package size as backward compatible files were removed
  • Refined the main catalog content for streamlined processing and removal of orphan records
  • Integrated new definitions to reduce noise and enhance out-of-the-box discovery capabilities.
  • A new format of changelist that includes additions, removals, and modifications. The first changelist includes all changes between the 20240306 catalog and this release, and it will grow bigger with each update.
  • Discovery of 250+ new software versions with the use of standard and template signatures, including software manufacturers such as Adobe, Micro Focus, Microsoft, Oracle, VMware, etc.
  • The ideas implemented are BFINV-I-270 and BFINV-I-355. GUIDs are added to the new change list.
  • End-of-support information has been refreshed for Oracle software.

To view the complete list of new features and defects that were fixed in this application update, refer to the Catalog release notes.

To ensure a seamless transition without disrupting existing BigFix Inventory, deployments there is change to the distribution method and compatibility definitions of the catalog.

Upgrading the BigFix Inventory server to version 11 is required to activate the catalog import option. Previous versions of the BigFix Inventory server will ignore new catalogs during import time. For more information, refer to Upgrading BigFix Inventory.

Contact support if specific discovery gaps are noticed in reports before and after catalog updates.