Updated BES Server and BES Console Now Available! (Version 6.0.28) - BES < 6.0
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Version 6.0 of the BigFix Enterprise Suite is now available!

The latest version of the BigFix Enterprise Suite provides several enhancements and fixes including a critical security fix that was a result of a formal security audit and code review. Due to the nature of the security changes, BigFix recommends upgrading whenever possible. This Fixlet message will upgrade all BES Servers and Consoles on the targeted computers. Click the link below for more information on changes in BES 6.0.

Please take a few moments to read through all of the upgrade material available before attempting the upgrade. Depending on the details of your deployment, the full upgrade process can take a while and BES will not be usable during the upgrade process.

Please use the following upgrade path to upgrade to BES 6.0 (upgrading in a different order may lead to problems):

  1. BES Server and BES Console: Upgrade the BES Server and BES Console at the same time with this Fixlet message (if they are upgraded separately, you will not be able to connect with the BES Console).
  2. BES Relays: Upgrade all the BES Relays using another Fixlet message that will become relevant for all old BES Relays. Please upgrade the BES Relays before the BES Clients.
  3. BES Clients: The BES Clients will notice that the BES Server is updated and will begin to report the upgrade Fixlet message relevant (the BES Clients by default check once per six hours for the version of the BES Server). It is recommended that you target the BES Client upgrade Fixlet message at "All Computers" instead of "Specific Computers" to make sure to upgrade all BES Clients who have not yet reported.

If you have any issues during the upgrade, you may want to review the manual upgrade instructions below to help resolve the issues.

Note: If the BES Console is open while the BES Console upgrade installer is run, the upgrade will not be complete until the computer is restarted.

Important Note: If the BES Console is open while the BES Server upgrade installer is running, the user may experience an error or a dialog that asks the user to shut down the BES Console. The user would have to exit the BES Console, and then re-open the BES Console again after the upgrade has completed on the BES Server. Please deploy this action at a time when this service interruption is acceptable.

Important Note: If you are using database replication on the BES database, you must disable the replication before upgrading the BES Server.

File Size:

30.46 MB

Property Details

ID576
TitleUpdated BES Server and BES Console Now Available! (Version 6.0.28) - BES < 6.0
CategoryUpgrade
Download Size31936102
SourceBigFix
Source ID<Unspecified>
Source SeverityCritical
Source Release Date2/28/2008 12:00:00 AM
KeywordsBES Console upgrade Clients Please
Added by on 10/17/2012 1:16:16 PM
Last Modified by on 10/17/2012 1:16:16 PM
Counters 3946 Views / 1 Download
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name of operating system as lowercase starts with "win"
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(if exists property "in proxy agent context" then ( not in proxy agent context ) else true )
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evaluation of client license = false
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((version of client < it) OR ((if (exists relay service) then version of relay service else version of main gather service) < it)) of version "7.2"
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not exists site whose (name of it is "SecureInfo EVR")
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not exists site whose (name of it = "eEye Remediation Manager")
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not exists keys ("{BF7023BC-319B-4FE1-B569-C854A19F81F8}"; "{92422B17-B5F0-4E7F-951E-5E94DF88260F}"; "{34AF2C0B-6FEC-4E84-9244-EFB0AB5FE216}") whose (value "DisplayName" of it as string contains "Retina") of key "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall" of registry
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(exists key "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\BigFix\Enterprise Server" whose ((value "Version" of it) as string as version < "6.0" AND (value "Version" of it) as string as version >= "5.1" AND exists value "BESInstalled" of it AND value "BESInstalled" of it =1) of registry) OR (exists regapp "BESConsole.exe" whose (version of it < "6.0" AND version of it >= "5.1"))

Actions

Action 1

Action Link Click here for manual upgrade instructions.
Script Type URL 
http://support.bigfix.com/bes/install/upgradebes.html

Action 2

Action Link Click here to upgrade all BES Server and/or BES Console components on the target computers. (Recommended)
Script Type BigFix Action Script 
// Update the BES Server
download http://download.bigfix.com/download/bes/60/BESServerUpgrade-6.0.28.4.exe
continue if {(size of it = 16953434 AND sha1 of it = "84a0fdc1bcefd1600ac9d8f207469bfc99e344c7") of file "BESServerUpgrade-6.0.28.4.exe" of folder "__Download"}
wait __download\BESServerUpgrade-6.0.28.4.exe /s /a /s /z"UseRoot"
action may require restart
// Update the BES Console if it is installed
continue if {(exists regapp "BESConsole.exe" whose (version of it < "6.0.28.4"))}
download http://download.bigfix.com/download/bes/60/BESConsoleUpgrade-6.0.28.4.exe
continue if {(size of it = 14982668 AND sha1 of it = "f24608af21a3054f83bc4755e83ec6c7f223559a") of file "BESConsoleUpgrade-6.0.28.4.exe" of folder "__Download"}
wait __download\BESConsoleUpgrade-6.0.28.4.exe /s /a /s /v"INSTALLDIR=\"{pathname of parent folder of regapp "BESConsole.exe"}\""
action may require restart
Success Criteria

This action will be considered successful when the applicability relevance evaluates to false.

Action 3

Action Link Click here to see the new features in BES 6.0.
Script Type URL 
http://support.bigfix.com/bes/changes/changes-6.0.html

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