Release Notes
Abstract
This technical note provides guidance for installing IBM Guardium Data Protection Windows Agents 11.4.0.479, including any new features or enhancements, resolved or known issues, or notices associated with the patch.
Content
Patch information
| Product: | IBM Guardium |
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| Release version: | Guardium 11.4 Windows S-TAP |
| Completion date: | 17 March 2025 |
Fix IDs
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Guardium_11.4.0.479_S-TAP_Windows
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Finding the patch
- Select the following options to download this patch on the IBM Fix Central website and click Continue.
- Product selector: IBM Security Guardium
- Installed Version: 11.0
- Platform: Windows
- On the "Identify fixes" page, select Browse for fixes and click Continue.
- On the "Select fixes" page, select Database Agent (STAP, GIM and CAS). Then, enter the patch information in the Filter fix details field to locate the patch.
When to reboot after installing or upgrading to Guardium 11.4 Windows S-TAP
- A fresh install of Guardium 11.4 does not require a reboot.
- When you upgrade between versions, you must reboot the database server to update the NmpProxy driver. If there are no issues with your current NmpProxy functionality, you can delay the reboot until the next maintenance cycle. No fixes will be applied to the NmpProxy driver until a server reboot is completed.
- IBM strongly recommends that you do not use the following builds as they contain instabilities that can lead to system failure. Uninstall these builds and reboot before you install S-TAP 11.4. For all other builds, you can upgrade as usual.
- 11.4.0.168 through 11.4.0.204
- 11.3.0.257 through 11.3.0.287
For more information, see Windows: When to restart or reboot the database server after installing or upgrading S-TAP.
Deprecated support and functionality
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 and 2012 R2
Windows Server 2012 and 2012 R2 reached end of support by Microsoft on 10 October 2023 and no longer receive security updates. For this reason, as of 31 March 2024, Guardium no longer maintains support for these operating systems. For more information, see IBM Guardium support discontinuance notification for Microsoft Windows Server version 2012 and 2012 R2.
Windows Server 2012 and 2012 R2 reached end of support by Microsoft on 10 October 2023 and no longer receive security updates. For this reason, as of 31 March 2024, Guardium no longer maintains support for these operating systems. For more information, see IBM Guardium support discontinuance notification for Microsoft Windows Server version 2012 and 2012 R2.
Microsoft SQL Server 2012
Guardium no longer supports Microsoft SQL Server 2012 as of 12 July 2022. For more information, see IBM Guardium support discontinuance notification for Microsoft SQL Server version 2008 and 2012.
Known issues and workarounds
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Issue key
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Description
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GRD-91681
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TCP traffic might not be captured by Windows S-TAP after server restart. If that occurs, the workaround is to:
1. Stop the S-TAP service. 2. Change the S-TAP service type to be Automatic (Delayed Start). 3. Start the S-TAP service. |
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GRD-95833
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S-TAP parameters cannot be updated when a S-TAP is using version 8 protocol, scrub policy is triggered by IBM Db2 shared memory, and DB2_TAP_INSTALLED=1.
Workaround: Stop the database before updating the parameters as needed. When upgrading S-TAP, Db2 should also be stopped to avoid issues with the upgrade.
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Resolved issues
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Patch
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Issue key | Summary | Known issue (APAR) |
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11.4.0.447
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See release note for Windows S-TAP 11.4.0.447.
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11.4.0.479
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GRD-84608
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Fixed an S-TAP instability when using protocol 8 and DB-TYPE value is specified in lowercase.
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DT431890
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GRD-85678
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Added GUARDIUM_CA_PATH and SQLGUARD_CERT_CN parameters to guard_tap.ini and GIM setup by client.
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DT416618
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| GRD-88033 | Added separate event handles to notify S-TAP when 64-bit and 32-bit database processes start. | DT416655 | |
| GRD-88200 |
Fixed an instability in Microsoft SQL Server instance due to the Correlator Proxy dynamic-link library (DLL). You must reboot the database server to update the Correlator Proxy DLL.
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DT398828 | |
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GRD-89466
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Prevent S-TAP instability by ignoring empty traffic messages.
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DT417031
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Installers with MD5Sums
| MD5Sum | File Name |
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7085e0ef509bfc0dd68755de5a9d1f81
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Windows-STAP-V11.4.0.479.zip
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df72798e08bfcc43c60b919e74591e43
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conf.reload.WINSTAP
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7f067806a8f588c8240301eb270ee125
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guard-WINSTAP-11.4_r110400479_1-x86_x64.gim
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6e8cdc71e09e35ca915fea7db819fba2
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guard-WINSTAP-guardium_11.4_r110400479_1-Windows-Server-Windows-x86_x64.exe.signed
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Related Guardium updates
Guardium Data Protection Windows GIM 11.4.0.479 (see release note)
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Modified date:
16 May 2025
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ibm17185689