Remote Control V9.1.4
- Release Notes V9.1.4 Fixpack 1
- BigFix® Remote Control V9.1.4 Installation Guide
  By using BigFix® Remote Control you can remotely support and control thousands of PCs and servers, on an enterprise scale, from a central location or directly, in peer to peer mode.
- BigFix® Remote Control V9.1.4 Administrators Guide
  This guide is for users who want to administer BigFix® Remote Control.
- BigFix® Remote Control V9.1.4 Console Users Guide
  - Definition of terms that are used in BigFix® Remote Control
  - The BigFix® Remote Control console
  - Dashboards overview
  - Functions within BigFix® Remote Control
    - Deploy remote control components
    - Update the remote control components
      - Update the components on a Windows™ system
      - Update the Linux® components
        Updating the Linux™ target
        Updating the Linux™ controller
        Updating the Linux™ command line tools
        Updating the Linux™ gateway support
        Updating the Linux® broker support
    - Download the remote control server component
    - Start a remote control session
      The BigFix® Remote Control controller and target components can be used to establish remote connections between each other to monitor or control the target system.
    - Respond to warnings
    - Manage target and server configurations
    - Analyses
    - Enable smart card authentication
      To support smart card authentication in the BigFix® Remote Control Target you must install the device driver for the IBM® virtual smart card reader and certificates on the target. You can install the driver and certificates after you install the target by running a Fixlet® in the BigFix console. You can also install the certificates by using Active Directory Group Policy.
    - Configure single sign-on (SSO) on the server
      BigFix® Remote Control V9.1.3 introduced support for SAML 2.0 authentication on the BigFix Remote Control server.
    - Enable secure target registration
      To prevent unauthorized targets from registering with the BigFix® Remote Control server, you can enable the secure registration feature and use tokens to authenticate the target.
  - Viewing web reports
    BigFix® Remote Control offers a report available in the Web Reports component of the application. The web report was formulated to provide log data that is gathered from the controller and target logs relevant to specific targets. The data can be used for auditing purposes and for monitoring remote control activity on specific computers in your environment.
  - Frequently asked questions
  - Support
    Various resources are available for support of the product, including the Knowledge Center, BigFix Support Center, BigFix Support Portal, BigFix Developer, BigFix Wiki, and HCL BigFix Forum.
- BigFix® Remote Control V9.1.4 Controller Users Guide
- BigFix® Remote Control V9.1.4 Target Users Guide
- BigFix® Remote Control V9.1.4 On-demand Target Guide
  Use BigFix® Remote Control to start remote control sessions over the internet with targets that do not have the target software installed.
- Remote Control V9.1.4 Readme file

Updating the Linux™ gateway support

About this task

Use the Linux™ tasks to update the gateway support files, on a Linux™ computer. These tasks apply any new enhancements and fixes that are included in the chosen version to the gateway configuration that is already installed.

To initiate this task, complete the following steps:

Procedure

Click Updates > Linux in the navigation tree.
Select the Fixlet that is relevant to the version of gateway that you want to upgrade to. For example, Updated BigFix® Remote Control Gateway for Linux is now available! (Version 9.1.2).
In the Task window, review the description and follow the instructions in the Actions box to initiate the task.
In the Take Action window on the Target tab, select the relevant option for determining which targets to install the gateway update on.
Click OK.

Results

The summary screen shows the progress of the task.

The gateway support on the selected targets is upgraded to the version of the chosen update.