Software Distribution - No recognized installation file Type found

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Hi, I can see that a number of files in the Software Distribution site sync.bigfix.com/cgi-bin/bfgather/softwaredistribution (version 111) have been updated today Wed,23 Mar 2022 13:44

The spb file is being selected from managed files in the package to create a distribution task.

After this update we are unable to create distribution tasks on spb files with the following error:

“No recognized installation file type was found in the package root. Please specify a custom installation command.”

This was working find on Friday, can you please investigate what has been changed that is impacting spb files.

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Dev has been notified about your post. Could you also open a support case so we can track this? https://support.hcltechsw.com/csm?id=kb_article&sysparm_article=KB0010164

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Hi Chris,

An update to the recent Software Distribution release announcement just came out and it turns out that support for SPB file types has been removed as of site version 111.

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Thanks for the update. Is there a way to roll back a site version? Rgds Chris

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Unfortunately there isn’t a way to rollback a site once your server updates unless perhaps you have a full server backup available (not just a DBbackup) and then you run an air-gapped deployment to prevent the server from gathering the updates automatically.

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@clarkc How are you still using SPB? I thought they were obsolete since Tivoli Configuration Manager went end of life in 2015.

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/lifecycle/search?q=Tivoli%20Configuration%20Manager