Update:Improvements to Automated Scheduling and Centralized Reporting for RBI Compliance

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Product:
BigFix Compliance

Title: Update: RBI Compliance Report phase 2 release and support for RBI Scheduler in Linux(RHEL) MS-SQL and DB2 root servers.

We are pleased to announce the release of the RBI Compliance Report Phase 2. This update has

  1. Significant improvements to the reporting interface

  2. RBI Scheduler support to Linux-based root servers running on Linux(RHEL) MS-SQL and DB2.

Details:

  1. RBI Compliance Report

  • Sorting values in RBI Compliance Report Filters: The values in the filter are sorted alphabetically.

  • Rename “At Risk” label: The label “At Risk” is replaced with “Grace Period” everywhere in the report.

  • Refresh Details grid when clicking into the chart: The system now refreshes the Exposures Details Grid to display only the selected exposures when the user clicks on one of the three compliance categories ("Compliant," "Not Compliant," or "Grace Period") within the summary chart.

  • Show fixlets and devices with 0 exposures: The Fixlets Details Grid shows all matching Fixlets, even those with zero applicable devices. The Devices Details Grid shows all matching Devices, even those with zero applicable Fixlets.

  • Measure target of Compliance according to the date fixlet becomes relevant: The RBI Compliance Report filtering section now includes a new configurable setting allowing the user to select the baseline for compliance calculation. The options are ”Fixlet Release Date" (default) or "Device First Relevant". - Field name required by sachin and ss change

  • Show additional columns for the device view: Device ID, IP Address, Computer groups, Last Relevant.

  • Enhance RBI Compliance Export Capabilities: The export interface now presents a choice of data content: "Export only Fixlets," "Export only Devices," or "Export Both Fixlets and Devices” Along with this, now export provides an option to "Include filter description" in the exported file.

  1. RBI Scheduler

  • RBI Scheduler now supports root servers running on Linux(RHEL) machines with MS_SQL and DB2 configured.

  • RBI Scheduler is supported only on RHEL machines running on BigFix version 11.0.3 and later.

  • Since RHEL 7 does not support the latest BigFix platform versions, RBI Scheduler is not supported on RHEL 7, it is only supported in RHEL 8 and above.

Published Sites:
SCM Reporting, version 167

Actions to take:

  • To subscribe to the above site, you can use the License Overview Dashboard to enable and gather the site. Note that you must be entitled to the BigFix Compliance product, and you must be using BigFix version 9.5 and later.

  • Gather the indicated SCM Reporting site version.

  • Installation Instructions

    • If the RBI Scheduler is already installed:
      Run Update RBI Scheduler (Fixlet ID #2003) to upgrade to the latest version.

    • If the RBI Scheduler is not installed:
      Run Install RBI Scheduler (Fixlet ID #2001) to install it.

To access RBI Compliance Dashboard

  • Go to the BigFix Web Reports.

  • Open the RBI Compliance from the Report list.

  • Wait for initial data synchronization to complete.

More information:
To know more about the BigFix Compliance: Support for RBI , please see the following resource:

RBI Compliance User Guide:
https://help.hcl-software.com/bigfix/11.0/compliance/Compliance/RBI_intro.html