Release of Guardium Data Protection ad hoc patch 11.0p582

Content

• Patch file name: SqlGuard-11.0p582.tgz.enc.sig
• MD5 checksum: e3ad0eb5e234643050e1bf8e609d3e8b

1. Select the following options to download this patch on the IBM Fix Central website and click Continue.
   • Product selector: IBM Security Guardium
   • Installed version: 11.5
   • Platform: All
2. On the "Identify fixes" page, select Browse for fixes and click Continue.
3. On the "Select fixes" page, select Appliance Bundle. Then, enter the patch information in the Filter fix details field to locate the patch.

• Guardium 11.0p580 (see release note)
• The latest Guardium patch signing certificate on your Guardium appliance.  For more information, see IBM Guardium - Patch signing certificate set to expire in March 2025.

• This ad hoc patch restarts the classifier, nanny, and Tomcat processes.
• Do not reboot the appliance while the patch install is in progress. Contact IBM Support if there is an issue with patch installation.
• When changing the password of CLI and guardcli users in the Guardium command line interface, a password strength warning appears even when strong passwords are not enabled. To remove the strong password checks, execute the CLI command store user strong_password disable.
• If you have single sign-on enabled and are upgrading from below 11.0p530, you must re-download metadata from the upgraded central manager and apply it on the identity provider.

1. Download the patch and extract the compressed package outside the Guardium system.
2. Be sure to check the latest version of this patch release note online just before you install this patch.
3. Pick a "quiet" or low-traffic time  to install the patch on the Guardium system.
4. Install patches in a top-down manner on all Guardium systems: start with the central manager, then aggregators, then the collectors.
5. Apply the latest quarterly Guardium Database Protection Service (DPS) patch and Rapid Response DPS patch available on the IBM Fix Central website.