Release Notes
Abstract
This technical note provides guidance for installing IBM Guardium Data Protection patch 12.0p234, including resolved or known issues, or notices associated with the patch.
Content
Patch information
- Patch file name: SqlGuard-12.0p234.tgz.enc.sig
- MD5 checksum: 4f68adede6f53c6d25791ae2df4e3df7
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: 12.2
- Platform: All
- On the "Identify fixes" page, select Browse for fixes and click Continue.
- On the "Select fixes" page, select Other Patch. Then, enter the patch information in the Filter fix details field to locate the patch.
For information about Guardium patch types and naming conventions, see the Understanding Guardium patch types and patch names support document.
Prerequisites
- Guardium Data Protection 12.0p233 (see release notes)
- The latest Guardium Data Protection health check patch 12.0p9997 (see release notes)
Installation
Notes:
- This patch restarts the nanny, classifier, 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.
Overview:
- Download the patch and extract the compressed package outside the Guardium system.
- Review the latest version of the patch release notes just before you install the patch.
- Pick a "quiet" or low-traffic time to install the patch on the Guardium system.
- Install patches in a top-down manner on all Guardium systems: start with the central manager, then aggregators, then the collectors.
For information about installing Guardium Data protection patches, see Installing patches in the Guardium documentation.
Resolved issues
| Patch | Issue key | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| 12.0p234 | GRD-132118 | Fixed issue with configuring IBM Cloud Object Storage for long-term retention using Data lake patch 12.0p90230. |
| GRD-132587 | Fixed issue when using a public simple storage service (S3) with Guardium long term retention, users experienced a timeout when running the store cold_storage catalog_protocol rest command to distribute the datalake-catalog certificate during the upgrade process from Data lake patch 12.0p80111 to Data lake patch 12.0p90230. |
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Modified date:
14 September 2026
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