The BigFix Scanner Team is proud to announce the new version of the BigFix Scanner update 11.0.38.0
Published sites:
BigFix Scanner version 3
Use the new BigFix Scanner site for this and the future updates. Refresh the License Overview Dashboard, enable the new site, and subscribe to the endpoints.
Review the next BigFix Inventory Application announcements for related updates.
Features:
Key features in this update:
- BigFix Scanner v11.0.38.0 is available under the new BigFix Scanner site.
- Technical equivalent to IBM Common Inventory Technology component v9.2.38.
- Support for Windows Server 2025
To view the complete list of new features and defects that were fixed in this update, refer to the release notes https://support.bigfix.com/scanner/BigFix-Scanner-11.0.38.0-ReleaseNotes.pdf.
The BigFix team published a set of articles explaining the change related to the new Scanner site, scanner naming, versioning, common and product specific fixlets. For details refer to the release notes or the BigFix Scanner documentation.
Actions needed:
Use the BigFix Scanner site for this and the future updates. Refresh the License Overview Dashboard, enable the new site, and subscribe to the endpoints.
If the BigFix Scanner site is not visible, then execute the following steps.
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Refresh the BigFix license to get access to the new site. Follow the procedure described in Extending the license entitlements Extending the license entitlements
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Enable the BigFix Scanner site.
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Subscribe the site to ‘All Computers.’
IMPORTANT! After the BigFix Scanner Site refresh, run the one-time action: ‘Create Scanner Wrapper for Scanner version 11.0.0.0 (9.2.35) or lower’ for all relevant endpoints. If this action was already run during the previous update, then it can be ignored now. This action enables the use of the new BigFix Scanner site content, including Analysis.
Then follow the standard install and upgrade procedure using the Install or Upgrade scanner fixlet from the BigFix Scanner site.
The complete upgrade procedure and post-upgrade steps are available in the product documentation:
Upgrading the scanner.
For more information about how to install, maintain, and use the BigFix Scanner, refer to
https://help.hcl-software.com/bigfix/11.0/BigFix_Scanner/index.html.
– The BigFix Scanner Team