2021 Release 01

RHEL 8.3 support added for BDA Agents

BDA Agent supports RHEL 8.3.

For more information, see OS-requirements-for-the-Agent.

Updates to supported databases and platforms

• Oracle 19c is supported on RHEL 8 for the following server types:
  • Single Instance
  • Single Instance (Restart-enabled)
  • RAC (CRS)
  • PDBs
    For more information, see Oracle > RHEL.
• Oracle 19c and 12.2.0.1 are supported for AIX 7.1 and AIX 7.2. For more information, see Oracle > AIX.
• IBM Db2 11.5 Mod 5 is supported on RHEL 8. For more information, see IBM Db2.
• MySQL 8 is supported on RHEL 7 and RHEL 8. For more information, see MySQL.
• SAP ASE Dataserver and Replication Server versions 16.0 SP4 and 16.0 SP3 PL09 are supported on RHEL 8. For more information, see SAP.

• PHP is upgraded to version 7.4.15.
• Added support for rh-PostgreSQL 12.4. For more information, see Support for rh-PostgreSQL 12.4.

DISA compliances upgrades

• The following DISA compliances are upgraded for MSSQL:
  • MSSQL 2016 Instance STIG-V2_R2
  • MSSQL 2016 Database STIG-V2_R1
• The DISA compliance Oracle Database 12c STIG-V1_R18 is upgraded for Oracle.

CIS compliances upgrades

• The following CIS compliances are upgraded for MSSQL:
  • MSSQL 2019 Benchmark v1.1.0
  • MSSQL 2017 Benchmark v1.1.0
  • MSSQL 2016 Benchmark v1.2.0
  • MSSQL 2012 Instance Benchmark v1.6.0
• The following CIS compliances are upgraded for Oracle:
  
  • Oracle Database 19c Benchmark v1.0.0
  • Oracle Database 18c Benchmark v1.0.0

Updates to sysadmin user password

From this release, you can set a password to sysadmin user.

For more information, see Installing the Manager software.

Updates to user password expiration time

From this release, user passwords are encrypted with the latest encryption.

For more information, see Expiring-user-passwords.

Stopped support for BMC Cloud Lifecycle Management

From this release, BDA has stopped integration support for BMC Cloud Lifecycle Management.

Stopped support for BMC Decision Support - Database Automation

From this release, BDA has stopped integration support for BMC Decision Support - Database Automation.