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 Manage Catalogs permission to perform this task.
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 via 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
- Go to .
- 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 the Edit Component icon , 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
Starting from application update 9.2.12, end of support date is also displayed on the Software Classification report.
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.