BigFix Inventory: Application Update 11.0.5.0 published 2025-09-24

[marcin.socha]

Product:
BigFix Inventory application update 11.0.5.0

Published site:
BigFix Inventory version 10

Features:
Key features in HCL BigFix Inventory 11.0.5.0:

• Out of the box reports to manage inactive software

  • Software: Inactive for more than 1 month
  • Software: Inactive for more than 3 months
  • Software: Inactive for more than 6 months.

• New columns in software reports informing if usage data collection is enabled/current and if usage is confirmed as actively monitored for selected software.

• The Inventory Summary dashboard updates

  • New Inactive Software Instances widget with drill down to the out of the box reports
  • Changed order of selected charts in the dashboard
  • Added legend to Computer per OS and End of Support Status widgets.
    For details, refer to Inventory Dashboard

• The Spend dashboard updates

  • The new filter option is available now. Idea [BFINV-I-439] Filter Spend dashboard by Publisher, Software Product, Project and Cost Center.
    For details, refer to Spend Overview

• The Reports dashboard widgets’ style unified with the Spend dashboard.

• Contract Management enhancements

  • Idea [BFINV-I-443] Export contracts to CSV for further CSV import
  • Idea [BFINV-I-432] Separate permission for managing Contract Custom Fields & Metric Custom Fields.

• Detected Computer Owner information is available in Computers and related software inventory reports. This information is supported for Windows computers if Continuous Discovery Processing is enabled and it is based on direct logins to the computer.

• Vulnerability Risk data source change
  Support for NVD JSON 2.0 schema only.
  The previous schema version is no longer supported as NVD JSON 1.1 updates are not available.

• The Continuous Discovery Processing enhancements

  • Support for Software Instances discovered with a catalog-less discovery mechanism for MAC OS devices. Those software instances can be explored now on the same day shortly after the scan data is available on the BigFix server
  • Support for discovery coming from shared disks
  • The Component Evidence column supports filters
  • Information about the source of discovery (Local Disk or Shared Disk) is presented in the Instance details section in the Details panel.

• IBM reporting changes

  • Terminology used for IBM Cloud Paks, IBM FlexPoints and other IBM product bundles was unified to IBM Product Bundle.
  • IBM Product Bundle Conversion Ratio column in the Software Classification report.

• BigFix Inventory 11.0.5 is an equivalent to IBM License Metric Tool 9.2.40 for IBM Virtualization Capacity reporting

  Note:

  1. The scanner equivalent - BigFix Scanner v11.0.40.0 is available under the new BigFix Scanner site. For details refer to the scanner release notes
  2. The new version is under certification process by IBM on the release date. To view the status of IBM validated releases, refer to validation status

• Usability and serviceability enhancements

  • Information about duplicated computers (with the same name and IP address) is available now in the Computers report
  • Idea [ BFINV-I-407 ] Hostname added to the mustgather file name.

• The BigFix Inventory Scanner Service component was renamed to BigFix Inventory Image Scanning Service to distinguish from the BigFix Scanner component. The BigFix Inventory Image Scanning Service is part of the BigFix Inventory Software Discovery in Containers solution.

• File system monitoring using USN Journal is available with the BigFix Scanner 11.0.40.0:

• The technical preview announced in previous updates is now available as a standard scanner function. File system cache updates are synchronized with USN Journal monitoring. For details refer to the scanner release notes.

• Catalog 20250908 is included in the server package

• Support for new systems and platforms

  • Windows Server 2025 is supported for BigFix Inventory server deployment
  • RHEL 9 with systemd is supported for BigFix Inventory server deployment
  • NTT Data OpenCanvas public cloud for managed devices
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 for managed devices
  • IBM i 7.6 and CentOS Stream 10 x86_64 for managed devices (disconnected scanner).

• Security enhancements

  • IBM WebSphere Liberty was updated to version 25.0.0.8 with applied IFPH67132 fix
  • Java updated to Semeru v17.0.16 for the server and components
  • A number of other libraries have been updated.

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

• Server and tools
• Catalog
• Scanner

Actions needed:

• To upgrade the BigFix Inventory server to application update 11.0.5.0, run the Upgrade to the latest version of BigFix Inventory Fixlet from the BigFix console and the BigFix Inventory site.
  The complete upgrade procedure and post-upgrade steps are available in the product documentation:
  Upgrading BigFix Inventory Server.
  Upgrading the Scanner
  For more information about how to install, maintain, and use the BigFix Inventory application, refer to the user documentation: BigFix 11 Inventory Documentation

To find out more about Software Asset Management at BigFix, visit the BigFix page

---

– The BigFix Inventory Team

[jbruns2017]

Rebooted the application server and ran upgrade. Still got a RC=41.

Still no movement on https:bigfix-ideas.hcltechsw.com/ideas/BFINV-I-452

Same thing happened with patch 4.

[Aleksander]

We understand that this is a pain point for our users. We are currently reviewing the installation process and plan to release improvements in the near future. This idea will be addressed in the next stage, and the Idea Portal will be updated accordingly once it is ready.

Additionally, we will be working with you through the support case to better understand the specifics of your scenario and identify what triggers this situation.

[scmethodist]

I noticed that when I ran the manual installation that it hung up on the step : Backing up the (server directory?) Step 3. Its making moving the wlp folder from program files\ibm\bfi\ and renaming it with the old version. I tried manually moving it and I noticed that it bombed when it got to a certain spot due to the pathname getting too long. I would imagine the automated version gets the same result. There are a ton of subfolders of subfolders of subfolders. I can see 10 levels in one folder. Maybe this is not the issue in everyone’s case, but it definitely is in mine. This is the first time I have ever had any issue with BFI upgrades in the past three years I have been doing them.

[itsmpro92]

I can confirm seeing the same issue with being unable to move/rename the wlp folder when I applied 10.0.5 on my lab server.

[ssakunala]

Hello,
Our BFI team are actively looking into the permissions issue. I also had the same upgrade issue in my lab some time back, where creating backup of wlp folder was failing. I also had the issue with long file names. I use the following work arounds, if you are willing to try. Hope these will help.

1. Update the Registry or Group Policy to allow LongPathsEnabled
   Modify or Create the LongPathsEnabled Key Locate the LongPathsEnabled entry. If it doesn’t exist, create it: Right-click on the right pane, select New > DWORD (32-bit) Value, and name it LongPathsEnabled. Double-click on LongPathsEnabled and set its value to 1.

   For group policy management, enable “Enable Win32 long paths” under: Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > System > Filesystem

2. The creating backup issue usually happens if any Service monitoring tool is running and will try to automatically start the BFI service during the upgrade. For this backup creation issue:
   Stop BFI service, update service startup to manual mode and run upgrade fixlet or follow the manual upgrade process
   Once the upgrade is complete, set the service back to Automatic
   Upgrading to BigFix Inventory version 10.0.1 fails with error code 1: Access is denied on step 3 "Backup the Server Directory" - Customer Support