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

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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.

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

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