BigFix Patch for Windows is now releasing all language independent Windows Fixlets for both English and non-English operating systems in the Patches for Windows site. BigFix Patch for Windows will stop releasing language independent patches into the different language sites.
As part of this change, the Patches for Windows (English) site was renamed to the Patches for Windows site. Language independent content for both English and non-English operating systems are now published in one site - the Patches for Windows site. You must be subscribed to the Patches for Windows site to avoid missing future content releases. This change takes effect starting from December 1, 2015 and applies to language independent patches.
Fixlets will still be released for language dependent patches into each language supported Patches for Windows site.
If all your endpoints were subscribed to the Patches for Windows (English) site (now called Patches for Windows), you don’t have to take action.
If you have endpoints that are subscribed to non-English sites, go to the License Overview dashboard and subscribe your endpoints to the Patches for Windows site.
Are the Fixlets that were already released on each language site moving to the Patches for Windows site?
No. All previously released fixlets will continue to exist in the respective patch sites.
Starting from 1st Dec 2015, all language independent patches will only be available in the Patches for Windows site. Patches for Windows (English) was renamed to Patches for Windows. You must subscribe your endpoints with non-English operating systems to the Patches for Windows site in order to get language independent patches.
When will the planned change start?
The change takes effect on December 1, 2015.
I am currently subscribed to a non-English Windows site. In addition to this site, I am now subscribing to Patches for Windows (English), with over ten thousands Fixlets. Will this slow down the performance?
Although the Patches for Windows (English) site contains many ‘English-only’ content, they are designed so that the BigFix agent will skip all of them on non-English endpoints with a few simple relevance evaluations. There is very little impact to the performance of the BigFix agent.
Will the non-English sites be removed or disabled?
No, the non-English sites are available.
Starting December 1, will the new released Fixlets in the Patches for Windows site apply for each language independently or is a single Fixlet applicable for multiple languages?
For a language independent patch, BigFix will release a single Fixlet in the Patches for Windows site and it will be applicable to both English and non-English operating systems. For a language-dependent patch, we will release separate Fixlets into each supported Patches for Windows language sites, and these Fixlets will be applicable to operating systems of the corresponding language only.
Highlights:
Patches for Windows (English) site was renamed to Patches for Windows site.
Actions to take:
If all your endpoints are subscribed to the Patches for Windows (English) site, no action is required.
If you have endpoints that are still subscribed to non-English sites, subscribe the endpoints to the Patch for Windows site.
Site:
Patch for Windows, version 2385.
Application Engineering Team
IBM BigFix Patch for Windows