Computer Remover

Click Run Now in the BES Computer Remover section to remove computers.



The following window is displayed:

The tool separates the deletion operations to mark a computer as being deleted in the database and to be removed from BigFix Console or Web Reports. Marking a computer as being deleted does not remove any data from the database and if the computer reports back in, it is restored. The tool also supports the removal of data about computers from the database to free disk space and allow the database to run faster.

You can specify to remove the following data:

  • Duplicated computers by selecting Mark Duplicate Computers as deleted and specifying the name of the duplicated computer. The computer is marked as deleted if a computer exists with the specified property.
    Note: To successfully delete the duplicated computer, specify in the text field of the BES Computer Remover panel the property name in English, for example the computer name. The BES Computer Remover tool, like all other Clean Up tools, interacts directly with the database, and the property names are stored inside the database in English. For this reason, the property names must be specified in English.
  • Expired computers by selecting Mark Expired Computers as deleted and specifying a number of days. The computers are marked as deleted if they have not sent any reports after the specified number of days.
  • Deleted Computers by selecting Remove data from the database for Deleted Computers and specifying the number of days and the batch size. The data from computers that are already marked as deleted and have not sent any reports after the specified number of days is removed.
  • Removed computers by selecting Remove Deleted Computers and specifying a number of days (minimum 30). The computers are those ones marked as deleted since the specified number of days.
  • Uploaded files by selecting Remove Deleted Uploads. The uploaded files are those ones marked as deleted.
  • Uploaded files related to deleted computers by selecting Erase uploaded files for Removed Computers. The uploaded files are those ones of clients whose definition has been removed from the database.
  • Specific computers by selecting Specify a text file with Computer names to be deleted and entering the name of a text file containing a list of computer names separated by new lines. This option is not available if you schedule the computer deletion operation.
    Note: When removing computer names by using a text file, you can use the "%" character as a wildcard in the text file, and the tool will remove all computer names starting with the text string that you specified before the "%" character.

To automate the process of removing computers from the BigFix Console and deleting the data from the database, you can schedule the process by clicking Schedule in the BES Computer Remover section of the BigFix Administration Tool.

The following window is displayed:

You can specify the date to start the computer deletion and also a period of time to make this deletion operation recursive.