Welcome
Upgrading
A new version of BigFix Inventory is released periodically, typically at the end of each calendar quarter. Upgrade to the new version regularly to take full advantage of new features and application fixes.
Migrating BigFix Inventory

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BigFix 11 Inventory Documentation
Welcome to the BigFix Inventory documentation, where you can find information about how to install and configure BigFix Inventory. The application provides you with information about your inventory and license metrics. You can manage your software assets, gather information about your hardware, and ensure license compliance for your enterprise using BigFix Inventory.
BigFix Platform
Overview
Become familiar with key concepts that are necessary to understand how BigFix Inventory works and learn about features and functions that are introduced in every version of the application.
Installing
Learn about the requirements and available installation scenarios to ensure that the deployment of BigFix Inventory goes smoothly in your environment.
Configuring
After you install BigFix Inventory, configure the application. Create accounts for the users who need access to the application and set up scans to collect software and hardware inventory data from your environment.
Upgrading
A new version of BigFix Inventory is released periodically, typically at the end of each calendar quarter. Upgrade to the new version regularly to take full advantage of new features and application fixes.
- Upgrading BigFix Inventory
  BigFix Inventory is currently offered in single maintenance stream. Upgrading to the entire environment includes upgrading the BigFix Inventory server, VM Manager tool, the scanner, and the database. For best results, update the server regularly to benefit from new capabilities and defect fixes. Once you finish the upgrade, you must restart all ongoing actions to enable the fixlets.
- Migrating BigFix Inventory
  - Side-by-Side migration
Catalog Overview
This section provides information about catalog updates available with every release.
Managing the infrastructure
After you complete the initial configuration of BigFix Inventory, learn how to manage components of its infrastructure: VM managers, server, database, and data sources.
Software inventory and license utilization
You can classify the discovered software so that reports in BigFix Inventory reflect your entitlements and properly show utilization of license metrics by particular products.
Managing security threats
Learn how to use BigFix Inventory to manage security threats in your environment. You can view whether any of the installed components is prone to any Common Vulnerability and Exposure (CVE).
Tutorials
Tutorials help you understand how to use BigFix Inventory. They consist of modules that focus on broad goals. Modules consist of tasks that show how to configure specific settings step-by-step.
Security
Configure different security features to adequately protect business assets and resources in the data model when using BigFix Inventory.
Troubleshooting and support
Learn about solutions to common problems that might arise when you use BigFix Inventory BigFix Inventory and how to find logs and trace files that help you troubleshoot those problems.
Tuning performance
Learn how to plan the infrastructure of BigFix Inventory and to configure the application server to achieve optimal performance. The following guidelines are applicable in big data environments as well as in smaller environments that are running on low-performance hardware.
Integrating with REST API
External systems integration is one of the key features of BigFix Inventory. Business logic is enabled for integration and interfaces are provided for common integration points.
Glossary
Guide in PDF format
DataFlow ServiceNow Integration

Migrating BigFix Inventory

Migration can be limited to a scenario of moving BigFix inventory database from one server to another or migrating the whole BigFix deployment from one type of operating system to another.

In the below table, you can find summary of possible migration scenarios with reference to the procedure:


Migration scenario	What to do?	History preserved	Details
Migrate BFI database to different server	Backup and restore database. Reconfigure BigFix Inventory database connection.	Yes	Migrate BigFix Inventory database to different server
Migrate BFI Server to different server	Install BigFix Inventory on new host and point to the existing database.	Yes	Reinstalling BigFix Inventory with an existing database
Migration of VM Manager Tool	Move configuration files and regenerate `VMM_ID` for each configuration.	Yes	Backing up and restoring the VM Manager tool
Migration of BigFix Platform Server or database to different host	Edit the Data Source to set new connection details.	Yes	Editing a data source
Migration of BigFix Inventory between different server operating systems	Side-by-side migration Migration process is manual, and it is recommended to get assistance from HCL services.	No	Side-by-Side migration Tutorial: Migrating software assignments between two BigFix Inventory servers
Migration of BigFix Platform between different server operating systems	Side-by-side migration Migration process is manual, and it is recommended to get assistance from HCL services.	No	Side-by-Side migration Tutorial: Migrating software assignments between two BigFix Inventory servers
Migrate from IBM License Metric Tool to BigFix Inventory	Side-by-side migration Migration process is manual, and it is recommended to get assistance from HCL services.	No	It is recommended to get assistance from HCL services.

Additional remarks

Moving BigFix Platform Agent between BigFix Platform Servers is recognized as a removed device on source and new on destination. The same will be observed in BigFix Inventory when both Platform servers are visible in a single BigFix Inventory. Any classification will be lost. Can be migrated following the Tutorial: Migrating software assignments between two BigFix Inventory servers and using computer_id as the reference for source / target computers.