Changing end of support date
Available from 9.2.11. Set or change the end of support
date for your software components to have a comprehensive overview of your software
inventory.
Before you begin
You must have the View Software Catalog and Signatures
permission to perform this task.
About this task
After you install or upgrade the BigFix Inventory server, the end of support date
is automatically populated for the following components after the initial import of data.
- BigFix components announced through https://support.hcltechsw.com/csm?id=bigfix_support
Microsoft software that according to information provided on 20 November 2018 is announced to be out of support between 30 November 2015 and 1 November 2021. For more information, see: Microsoft Lifecycle Policy.
Procedure
- In the top navigation bar, click Reports > Software Components.
- Select one or more components for which you want to set the end of support date. You can select up to a 100 rows at a time.
- Hover over Edit, and click Change End of Support.
- Choose the end of support date, and click Change.
- Optional: To clear the end of support date, remove the date, and click Change.
Results

Note: End of Support columns for
Microsoft components shows the latest available end of support date.
What to do next
You can use end of support dates to filter and sort the report. You can also create a saved
report view that is filtered by the specified information, and enable notifications
that are triggered when specific criteria are met.
Note: The End of Support (EOS)
date for some IBM components are set to the divestiture date (dates of
sub-components). You can update the dates or set a custom date. See HCL Product Lifecycle for information
on end of support dates for a given divested product.