TrueSight Server Automation 20.02
- TrueSight Server Automation 20.02
- TrueSight Server Automation 8.9.00
Date | Title | Summary |
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September 15, 2020 | 20.02.01: Patch 1 for TrueSight Server Automation 20.02 | Lists the enhancements and defect fixes in TrueSight Server Automation version 20.02.01. |
February 21, 2020 | 20.02 enhancements | Lists the enhancements added in TrueSight Server Automation version 20.02. |
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Patch 1 is now available for TrueSight Server Automation 20.02. This topic provides the enhancements and defect fixes in the patch and instructions to download and apply the patch.
Known and corrected issues
For information about the issues corrected in this patch, see Known and corrected issues.
Enhancements
This patch provides the following enhancements:
Patching enhancements
You can now download and apply patches on CentOS systems using the out-of-the-box patching solution. For more information, see Getting started with CentOS patch analysis.
The existing patching solution that uses the Vendor Patch Content (VPC) installer is also supported.
Support for managing targets in private networks
You can now manage target servers in private networks (in on-premises or cloud environments such as AWS). For more information, see Deployments in cloud environments and Getting started with Smart Agents.
Compliance template enhancements
This release now supports the following new templates: CIS for RHEL 8, CIS for Oracle Linux 8, and CIS for CentOS 8
For information about downloading and importing these templates, see the following topics:
- Updating CIS for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 to newer benchmarks
- Updating CIS for Oracle Linux 8 to newer benchmarks
- Updating CIS for CentOS 8 to newer benchmarks
Also, updated the benchmarks for the following templates:
- CIS for Windows 2019
- DISA for Windows 2012 DC
- DISA for RHEL7
- DISA for Windows 2016
Support for SCAP 1.3
This release now supports Security Content Automation Protocol (SCAP) 1.3. For more information, see SCAP compliance analysis.
New operations dashboard
You can now use a new operations dashboard to know the overall status of jobs in your environment. For more information, see Ops dashboard.
Upgrade enhancement
TrueSight Server Automation upgrade using the unified product installer no longer installs or upgrades the following artifacts by default:
- Zipkit
- blcontent script
- Script to create container compliance jobs
- Quick start page
If you want to install or upgrade any of these artifacts, you can provide the appropriate parameters to the upgrade command. For more information, see the following topics:
- Walkthrough: Upgrading to the latest version for Microsoft Windows
- Walkthrough: Upgrading to the latest version for Linux
- Upgrading silently using the unified product installer
Logging enhancements
This release offers the following logging enhancements:
- Version of Log4j is updated from 1.x to Apache Log4j 2.
- Logging configuration is changed from the properties to XML format. Therefore, the configuration changes you have made in the properties files such as log4j.properties, rcp,cf, and blcli-log.cf are not retained after the upgrade.
For information about configuring the logs, see Controlling Application Server logging.
ACL Push job enhancement
While running ACL Push jobs, you can now exclude the target servers where the File Server or Repeaters are installed. For details, see ACL Push Job - General.
RSCD Agent enhancement
On Linux systems with systemd support, the systemctl commands are now the default commands to start or stop the RSCD and Smart Agents. For details, see Starting and stopping TrueSight Server Automation components and Managing the Smart Agent.
Job management enhancements
This release now includes the job policy rules that are used to manage the following job-related parameters:
- Maximum targets that a job can run simultaneously
- Maximum targets that can be assigned to a job
- Job scheduling frequency
By default, these rules are assigned to all the user roles. For details, see Managing job policy rules.
Database enhancement
Added support for scheduling an automatic database cleanup. For details, see Scheduling the automatic data cleanup.
Support for SMTPS
You can now use the secure SMTP for a job complete notification email. For information about configuring the email settings, see Configuring a mail server.
REST API enhancements
This release offers the following REST API enhancements:
- A new version of API to retrieve the list of all patches in catalogs.
- Support for patching on SUSE systems.
- Support to select logging levels.
- Support for Remedy Single Sign-On authentication. For details, see Implementing Remedy Single Sign-On authentication.
- Support to cancel and abort Patching, Deploy, and NSH Script jobs.
For more information, see Trying out the REST APIs and REST API endpoints.
Security enhancements
This release offers the following security enhancements:
- Enabled TLS 1.2 as a default protocol for the new installation of TrueSight Server Automation. For more information, see Configuring the TLS protocol.
- Upgraded JRE to version 1.8.0_252.
- Added support for PBKDF2 to be used with the secure remote password (SRP) authentication. For more information, see Secure remote password authentication.
Support for new operating systems and databases
TrueSight Server Automation now supports the following operating systems and databases:
- CentOS 8
- Oracle Enterprise Linux 8
- Ubuntu 20.04
- Oracle Exadata
- Debian 9 and 10
- SQL Server 2019
For information about the modules for which this support is added and for the complete list, see Supported platforms.
Supported TrueSight Smart Reporting for Server Automation version
TrueSight Server Automation 20.02.01 supports TrueSight Smart Reporting for Server Automation version 20.02.01. If you are using TrueSight Smart Reporting for Server Automation, upgrade it to 20.02.01 prior to upgrading TrueSight Server Automation to 20.02.01. For the upgrade instructions, see
Upgrading TrueSight Smart Reporting for Server Automation
.
Important
- TrueSight Smart Reporting for Server Automation versions prior to 20.02.01 are not compatible with TrueSight Server Automation 20.02.01.
- TrueSight Server Automation 20.02.01 does not support BMC Decision Support for Server Automation. If you are still using BMC Decision Support for Server Automation, migrate it to TrueSight Smart Reporting for Server Automation 20.02.01 before upgrading TrueSight Server Automation to 20.02.01. For migration instructions, see
Migrating from BMC Decision Support for Server Automation
.
Downloading the patch
This patch includes the full installer of TrueSight Server Automation 20.02.01. For instructions, see Downloading the installation files of TrueSight Server Automation.
Applying the patch
The following table explains the various scenarios for applying the patch:
Scenario | Perform these steps |
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You do not have TrueSight Server Automation installed in your environment. | |
You already have one of the following versions of TrueSight Server Automation in your environment:
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General questions
Installation and upgrade questions
General product usage
Patch management
REST APIs
Powershell execution
Troubleshooting
Top Knowledge Articles from BMC Customer Support
BMC Communites maintains a list of the top 10 Knowledge Articles (KAs) as recommended by the Customer Support team for BMC BladeLogic Server Automation.The KAs are selected by a combination of both the collective experience of the team and other quantitative factors, with the goal of sharing the most relevant and useful information in a easy to consume format.See Top 10 Knowledge Articles for BladeLogic Server Automation on BMC Communities for the list.Available walkthroughs
Walkthrough topics introduce you to a key BMC BladeLogic Server Automation use case (for example, compliance), and provide step by step, cookbook-style examples that demonstrate a specific aspect of that use case.
Additional resources
The following BMC sites provide information outside of the TrueSight Server Automation documentation that you might find helpful:
- BMC Communities, Server Automation community, where you can find a series of Best Practice webinars
- BMC Support Knowledge Base, search filtered by TrueSight Server Automation
- BMC Educational Services, TrueSight Server Automation learning path
- BMC Global Services, TrueSight Server Automation offerings
- www.bmc.com, information about TrueSight Server Automation
- YouTube channel for TrueSight Server Automation
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