20.19.01: 2019 Release 01
This product update corrects known issues in BMC Database Automation (BDA) and introduces enhancements to the product.
Corrected issues
For more information about the issues corrected in this product update, see Known and corrected issues and select 2019 Release 01 in the Corrected in list to filter the issues in the table.
Enhancements
This product update includes the following enhancements:
BDA now works with Java OpenJDK 11 and does not require Oracle JDK editions
- Support for Microsoft Windows Server 2019
- Support for IBM DB2 11.1 (Enterprise Server Edition, Advanced Enterprise Server Edition and Advanced Workgroup Server Edition)
Support for Windows Server Failover Clusters using PowerShell rather than cluster.exe
Note
The command line tool cluster.exe is replaced by PowerShell Cmdlets. For Windows Server 2012 and later, cluster.exe is not installed by default.
When applying patches - all nodes, that were brought down for applying patches, are brought up irrespective of the Job status. For more information, see BDA Communities article BDA 2019 Release 1 is now available for download .
Note
This enhancement is applicable only for Oracle Install and Rollback patches.
Addressed security fixes for Third party software vulnerabilities
Removed unwanted vulnerable files:bootstrap.js
bootstrap-slider.js
moment.js
angular.js
- Outdated JQuery files
Added security updates to gridapp.conf file
Note
(Optional) After you upgrade BDA to 2019 Release 01, run the following command (to apply the updated gridapp.conf) and then restart all BDA services:
/app/clarity/var/www/mgmt/bin/enable_ssl.sh --force
This enables BDA GUI to run on https. If BDA GUI is already running on https, the preceding command will only update the Apache configuration located at
/etc/httpd/conf.d/gridapp.conf
.Added the following headers:
Header always set Strict-Transport-Security "max-age=31536000; includeSubDomains"
- Header always set X-Content-Type-Options nosniff
- SSLProtocol All -SSLv2 -SSLv3 is updated to SSLProtocol TLSv1.2
- SSLCipherSuite updated to be more secure and support latest browsers
Downloading the product update
For instructions on downloading the update, see Downloading the installation files.
Installing the product update
For instructions on installing the update, see Applying maintenance, patches, or fixes.
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