Starting a remote control session

Use the Start Session action to connect to and control a remote target. For details about the types of remote control sessions that can be established, see Types of remote control sessions that can be established. You can start remote control sessions from the server between users and targets who are members of groups that have permissions links defined. For details about creating and assigning members to user and target groups, for creating permissions links, and for how the policies and permissions are resolved for a remote control session, see the IBM® BigFix® Remote Control Administrator's Guide.

The Start session action is available when you select a target from any report that displays one or more targets. Some examples of these reports are

All Targets

See Viewing all targets.

Note: This report also displays the user ID of the user who is logged on to the target.

Recently Accessed

See Viewing recently accessed targets.

Favourites

See Viewing the favorite targets list.

Search Targets

See Searching for targets.

For the steps required to start session from the server, see Starting a remote control session from the server.