- Introduction
BigFix aims to solve the increasingly complex problem of keeping your critical systems updated, compatible, and free of security issues. It uses patented Fixlet technology to identify vulnerable computers in your enterprise. With just a few mouse-clicks you can remediate them across your entire network from a central console.
- BigFix Platform Unicode Support Overview
BigFix Platform V11 gathers data from BigFix clients deployed with different code pages and languages. It encodes all data into UTF-8 format, and reports it back to the BigFix server.
- Sample deployment scenarios
The following deployment scenarios illustrate some basic configurations taken from actual case studies.
- Requirements and assumptions
BigFix runs efficiently using minimal server, network, and client resources.
- Types of installation
Before you install the product, decide if you want to do an evaluation or production installation.
- Managing licenses
You must obtain a license key before you can install and use BigFix.
- Before installing
Before running the installation make sure that you read the following topics and run the requested activities if needed.
- Installing on Windows systems
Now that you understand the terms and the administrative roles, you are ready to get authorized and install the programs.
- Installing on Linux systems
After understanding the terms and the administrative roles, you are ready to actually get authorized and install the programs.
- Installing the clients
Install the BigFix client on every computer in your network that you want to administer, including the computer that is running the console.
- BigFix Administration Tool
The BigFix Administration Tool, also called BESAdmin, is the tool we use to perform configuration changes and maintenance operations.
- Post-installation configuration steps
After having run the installation, make sure that you read the following topics and run the requested activities if needed.
- Managing relays
Relays can significantly improve the performance of your installation.
- Introduction to Tiny Core Linux - BigFix Virtual Relay
Follow the step-by-step sequence of operations needed to build the virtual machine, from the downloading of the ISO image to the complete setup and configuration of the BigFix Virtual Relay.
- Setting up a proxy connection
If your enterprise uses a proxy to access the Internet, your BigFix environment can use that communication path to gather content from sites.
- Running backup and restore
You can schedule periodic backups (typically nightly) of the BigFix server and database files, to reduce the risk of losing productivity or data when a problem occurs by restoring the latest backup.
- HA and DR configurations
Starting with BigFix Platform Version 11.0.4, it is easier to use third-party technologies to implement High Availability (HA) and Disaster Recovery (DR) configurations for the BigFix Server component on Windows.
- Upgrading
The steps to upgrade the BigFix Platform.
- SQL Server parallelism optimization
The performance of an SQL Server database instance can often be improved by small tweaks. Performance might also be hindered by simple oversights. In fact, some SQL Server parallelism settings have suboptimal default values. Moreover, they have to be re-tuned after an hardware upgrade. Other issues might arise from inadvertent hardware configurations, especially when SQL Server is hosted on a virtual machine (VM).
- Known limitations and workarounds
This section describes the known limitations and possible workarounds.
- Logging
This section describes the log files associated with the BigFix components.
- Uninstalling the BigFix client
To uninstall the BigFix client installed on the various operating systems, see the following sections.
- Glossary
This glossary provides terms and definitions for the BigFix software and products.
- Support
For more information about this product, see the following resources:
- Accessibility features for BigFix
Accessibility features assist users who have a disability, such as restricted mobility or limited vision, to use information technology content successfully.
