The BigFix Team is pleased to announce the release of version 10 Patch 11 (10.0.11.108) of BigFix Platform. The main features in this release are as follows:
Security enhancements
Added support for BigFix Agent:
• Added support for BigFix Agent running on VIOS 3.1.3
Upgrade of the following libraries/drivers:
• The libcURL library was upgraded to Version 8.5.0
• ODBC driver was upgraded to version 17.10.5
Defect Articles (DA), defect fixes and Serviceability enhancements
For details, see the technical specification section below.
Additional information about this release
• The standalone BigFix tools are published under the 10.0 Utilities section in BigFix Enterprise Suite Download Center.
• A Non-Functional Requirements checklist, covering both performance and security management of your BigFix deployment, is available at BigFix Performance & Capacity Planning Resources
References
• See the full technical changelist.
Pre-Upgrade Considerations
• This release includes all the BigFix Platform components. It also includes the Plugin Portal that enables the Multicloud and Modern Client Management capabilities.
• The unixODBC RPM package is a prerequisite for the Server components on Linux systems (see Server Requirements). This applies to version 10.0.2 and later.
• Upgrade paths to BigFix 10 begin with v9.5.10 or later. For details, see Upgrade paths (Windows) and Upgrade paths (Linux).
• For detailed information on the specific changes to minimum supported versions of operating systems and databases for BigFix 10, see Detailed system requirements.
• 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).
Useful links
• BigFix downloads and release information
• BigFix 10 documentation
• Home page
• Upgrade Windows considerations
• Upgrade Linux considerations
• Detailed system requirements
Upgrade Fixlets are available in BES Support version 1487 (or later).