Reduce Admin time for complex patching scenarios through automation plans that reference one or more baselines in a Site. Admins can simply update their baselines and the Automation Plan will execute these updates, triggered ad-hoc or based on a schedule (sample automation plans are also provided).
Along with a number of performance and quality enhancements, this release also delivers a new feature for VMware to support dual NICs on a created VM, and updated support for WebSphere Application Server versions 8, 8.5, and 8.5.5 on RHEL-based servers.
New Major Features & Enhancements:
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Automatic execution of baselines from a site.
You can run all of the Baselines contained in a particular site as part of an Automation Plan. See Running baselines from a site for more information, and this short video for more information. -
New middleware fixlets for managing/patching IBM Websphere Application Server 8, 8.5 and 8.5.5 on RHEL.
Currency updates for deployment, configuration and patching of WebSphere Application Server versions 8, 8.5, and 8.5.5 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server V6.0 or newer. -
Support for Dual NICs when creating VMs
You can configure two network cards when creating virtual machines for Linux and Windows using Server Automation Virtualization Tasks. -
Quality improvements and enhancements
Several defects have been fixed and quality enhancements have been included in this release. -
New sample Automation Plans
Several new sample automation plans have been added. See Sample automation plans for more information. -
Support for Endpoint Manager Platform 9.2, 64-bit.
For further information on IBM Endpoint Manager for Server Automation, please refer to the online Knowledge Center.