Client requirements
To find the latest information about the client requirements, see BigFix Support Matrix.
If you are using BigFix Inventory, before storing scan uploads, see Hardware requirements for the client.
AIX
- xlC.rte >= version 16.1.0.10
- if libc++.rte version < 17.1.0.0, then libc++.rte must be >= version 16.1.0.10
- if libc++.rte >= 17.1.0.0, then libc++.rte, libc++abi.rte and libunwind.rte must be >= 17.1.1.4
These filesets are contained in the latest fix pack released by IBM.
Windows
On Windows systems, ensure that the BESClient service runs as the SYSTEM account.
Linux
On Red Hat Enterprise Linux™ 7 or later, ensure that you have installed the Athena library (libXaw package) before installing the client.
On Red Hat Enterprise Linux™ 9, ensure that you have installed the initscripts package before installing the client.
On Oracle Enterprise Linux™ 9, ensure that you have installed the initscripts package before installing the client.
On Rocky Linux™ 9, ensure that you have installed the initscripts package before installing the client.
On SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 11 PPC64, ensure that you have installed the rpm-32bit package before installing the client.
On SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 15 x86_64, ensure that you have installed the insserv-compat rpm package before installing the client.
On OpenSUSE Leap 15.4 x86-64, ensure that you have installed the sysvinit-tools rpm package before installing the client.
Mac
On Mac OS Mojave Version 10.14 or later, some default security settings restrict access to certain folders in the user's library which in turn might affect the behavior of custom content.
- Location
- Contacts
- Photos
- Calendar
- Reminders
- Camera
- Microphone
- Mail database
- Message history
- Safari data
- Time Machine backups
- iTunes device backups
- Locations and routines
- System cookies
- Go to the Privacy pane of Security & Privacy preferences.
- Select Full Disk Access.
- Add the BESAgent application.
Disk space requirements
Ensure that your targets have enough disk space before you start installing the BigFix client. The following table displays the disk space requirements for installing the BigFix client on the different operating systems.OS | Directory | Space required | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Windows | C:\Program Files (x86)\BigFix Enterprise\BES Client | 50 MB | Client Data and Installation Directories |
Linux Intel & zLinuz | /var/opt/BESClient | 20 MB | Client Data Directory |
/opt/BESClient | 75 MB | Client Installation Directory | |
Linux PPC | /var/opt/BESClient | 20 MB | Client Data Directory |
/opt/BESClient | 100 MB | Client Installation Directory | |
AIX | /var/opt/BESClient | 20 MB | Client Data Directory |
/opt/BESClient | 115 MB | Client Installation Directory | |
Solaris | /var/opt/BESClient | 20 MB | Client Data Directory |
/opt/BESClient | 85 MB | Client Installation Directory | |
Mac | /Library/Application Support/Bigfix | 45 MB | Client Data Directory |
/Library/BESAgent | 50 MB | Client Installation Directory |