Content pack 9.2.11.3 provides new discovery capability for a number of software products.
In this content pack, software discovery capability is extended due to software catalog updates. Additionally, new version of Installed Windows Applications analysis and Initiate Software Scan fixlet is provided for discovery of Microsoft SQL Server 2017 on Windows.
Apply this content pack in the following scenarios:
- You installed IBM products that were released after publication date of the BigFix Inventory server version you are running
- The content pack provides discovery of non-IBM components that you need (for example Microsoft SQL Server 2017)
Published site version
IBM BigFix Inventory - version 112. For information about changes that were introduced in each version of the site, see: Updates and patches.
New discovery capability
This content pack provides discovery capability, among others, for the following software components:
- Adobe products:
- Adobe Acrobat DC
- Adobe Acrobat Reader DC
- Adobe Creative Cloud
- Adobe Lightroom CC
- Adobe Lightroom Classic
- Microsoft products:
- Microsoft SQL Server 2017 (on Windows)
- Microsoft Flight Simulator
- Microsoft OneDrive
- Microsoft Power BI Desktop
- Microsoft SQL Report Builder
- VMware products:
- VMware View Agent
- VMware View Persona Management
To browse the full catalog content after you apply this content pack, use the Software Catalog widget in BigFix Inventory. Link to full change list is available in description of the Software Catalog Update fixlet.
Applying the content pack
To apply this content pack, perform the following actions:
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Update software catalog. For BigFix Inventory version 9.2.11, run the Software Catalog Update fixlet from the BigFix console and run data import. For older versions, see: Updating the software catalog to ensure accuracy of software reporting.
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Restart Initiate Software Scan actions on Windows endpoints to use the new fixlet definition.
Installation of this content pack, does not upgrade the BigFix Inventory server.