Deploying the Windows gateway support

You can use the Deploy IBM® BigFix® Remote Control Gateway for Windows task to install gateway support onto a Windows® computer.

About this task

To start this task, complete the following steps:

Procedure

  1. Click Deployment > Windows in the navigation tree.
  2. Click Deploy IBM BigFix Remote Control Gateway for Windows.
  3. In the Task pane, review the description and follow the instructions in the Actions box to start the task.

    Description of what the Deploying gateway support for windows fixlet does.
  4. In the Take Action pane on the Target tab, select the relevant option for determining which targets to deploy the gateway support on.
  5. Click OK and enter your Private Key Password.

Results

The summary screen shows the progress of the task.

Gateway support is installed on the targets that you selected when you ran the deployment task. The files are in the \Program Files\IBM\tivoli\Remote Control\Gateway directory on the selected targets.

To use the gateway support, you must set up a gateway configuration for your environment. For more information about configuring the gateways, see the IBM BigFix Remote Control Administrator's Guide