Installing the Client on AIX

How to install the client on AIX.

To install and run BigFix Agent and Relay on AIX, starting from Patch 1, the system needs to match all of the following conditions:
  • At least version 16.1.0.10 of both LLVM runtime libraries (libc++.rte fileset) and XL C++ runtime libraries (xlC.rte fileset) must be installed
  • if libc++.rte fileset version 17.1.0.0 or higher is installed, then at least version 17.1.1.4 of IBM Open XL C/C++ runtime libraries (libc++.rte, libc++abi.rte and libunwind.rte filesets) must be installed

The 16.x filesets can be found in the latest fix version available of IBM XL C/C++ Runtime for AIX 16.1, while the 17.x filesets (along with the latest xlC runtime available) can be found in the latest fix version available of IBM Open XL C/C++ Runtime for AIX 17.1.1.

Perform the following steps:

  1. Download the corresponding BigFix client package file to the IBM AIX computer.
  2. Copy the BESAgent to the IBM AIX computer.
  3. Run the following command: 
    installp -agqYXd ./BESAgent-11.0.xxx.x.ppc_aixxx.pkg BESClient
    Important: Starting with release IBM AIX 7.2 with Technology Level 4, the software packages of the AIX operating system are digitally signed. The installation process verifies the digital signatures of the software package and takes action based on the digital signature policy. In order to successfully install/upgrade the BigFix Client, the Digital Signature Policy must be set to 'none'.
  4. Copy your action site masthead to the client computer (the masthead contains configuration, license, and security information). The action site masthead (actionsite.afxm) can be found in your BES Installation folders (by default they are placed under C:\Program Files (x86)\BigFix Enterprise\BES Installers\Client on Windows and /var/opt/BESInstallers/Client/ on Linux). If the masthead is not named actionsite.afxm, rename it to actionsite.afxm and place it on the computer at the following location: /etc/opt/BESClient/actionsite.afxm.
    Note: The directory /etc/opt/BESClient/ is not automatically created by the installer. If it does not exist, create it manually.
    The masthead file for each BigFix server is downloadable at http://servername:port/masthead/masthead.afxm (example: http://bes.BigFix.com:52311/masthead/masthead.afxm).
  5. Start the BigFix client by running the following command: 
    /etc/rc.d/rc2.d/SBESClientd start
Note:

You can install the client on Virtual I/O Server (VIOS). As a prerequisite, run the oem_setup_env command. The command places the user into the OEM software installation and setup environment.