Welcome
Console Operator's Guide
Learn how to work with the BigFix Console.
Client Computers
Removing Computers
This feature allows you to remove computers that are no longer reporting in, such as decommissioned computers.

BigFix Documentation Homepage
BigFix 11 Platform Documentation
Welcome to the BigFix Platform documentation, where you can find information about how to install, maintain, and use BigFix.
Detailed system requirements
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Platform guides in PDF format
Following is a list of links to the BigFix Platform user guides in PDF format:
Common Criteria Certification
BigFix 10.0.1.41 complies with the requirements of the standard ISO/IEC 15408 (Common Criteria) v. 3.1 for the assurance level: EAL2
Getting Started
Use this section to become familiar with BigFix infrastructure and key concepts necessary to understand how it works.
HTTPS across BigFix applications
This topic describes how the SSL/HTTPS communication works in BigFix applications and links the tasks on how to configure it.
Installation Guide
Learn the system requirements, licensing and installation instructions, and how to configure and maintain BigFix.
Configuration Guide
Learn how to configure BigFix according to your needs.
Console Operator's Guide
Learn how to work with the BigFix Console.
- Accessing the console
  The console is the visible face of BigFix, used by the operator to monitor and repair networked computers running the BigFix client.
- Fixlets and Tasks
- Actions
  Actions are scripts that run on selected targets. They are used to fix policy violation and security exposures and to run configuration steps. Fixlet, tasks, and baselines depend on actions to run their remediation mission.
- Sites
- Domains
- Roles
- Client Computers
  - Introducing Client Computers
    Client Computers represent those computers in your network running the BigFix Client.
  - Running actions on the computers
    You can perform the following actions on the computers.
  - Monitoring Computer Status
    BigFix can be used to analyze the computers in your network.
  - Grouping Computers
    The BigFix Console allows you to group your computers to target them more efficiently.
  - Commenting on Computers
    You can attach a comment to a BigFix Client Computer, which other operators can read.
  - Creating Retrieved Properties
    You can collect information from BigFix Clients by defining various retrieved properties.
  - Creating Client Dashboards
    You can create custom BigFix Client Dashboards, similar to those in the Console.
  - Locking Computers
    You can change the locked status of any BigFix Client in the network.
  - Removing Computers
    This feature allows you to remove computers that are no longer reporting in, such as decommissioned computers.
- Computer Groups
- Analyses
- Baselines
- Relays and Servers
- Activating the license counting process
  How to activate the license counting process.
- Displays and Reports
- Menus
- The Dialogs
- Disabling local operators on BigFix Console
  Starting from BigFix Version 10.0.8, you can decide to disable the local operators from logging into the BigFix Console, to use LDAP operators instead.
Asset Discovery User's Guide
Learn how BigFix Asset Discovery works.
Web Reports Guide
Learn how the Web Reports feature extends the power of BigFix.
BigFix Explorer Guide
Learn how the BigFix Explorer feature extends the power of BigFix.
WebUI User's Guide
Read this guide for an introduction to the WebUI tools, concepts, and terminology.
WebUI Administration Guide
Read this guide for information about installing and administering the WebUI.
Glossary
This glossary provides terms and definitions for the Modern Client Management for BigFix software and products.

Removing Computers

This feature allows you to remove computers that are no longer reporting in, such as decommissioned computers.

When you remove a computer from the database, you do not need to uninstall or unsubscribe the client. If the client gets reactivated and reports back to the Console, the computer is included in the database with its old information intact. Until then, the client is not listed in the Console.

To remove a computer from the database, follow this procedure:

Click the Computers icon in the Domain Panel navigation tree to see a list of Clients in the List Panel.
Right-click a Computer in the list and select Remove from Database from the context menu (or select Remove from the Edit menu).
Confirm the removal in the subsequent dialog.

This computer is no longer visible in the Console unless reactivated by the BigFix Client itself.