BigFix Deployment Quick Reference
This page contains some references to information that you may find helpful during your deployment of the BigFix Enterprise Suite. More information about BigFix and other BigFix products is available from http://support.bigfix.com.Click here for a quick reference list for more information about deploying the evaluation version of BigFix.
BigFix Deployment Planning Information
- BigFix Documentation - Information on how to install, deploy, configure, and maintain BigFix in a production environment.
- BigFix Deployment Questions - Variety of questions to ask before deploying BigFix in a production environment to ensure that no important issues were overlooked.
- BigFix Server Requirements - Hardware and system requirements for the BigFix Server computer.
- BigFix Relay FAQ - Information on using BigFix Relays to reduce bandwidth on slow WAN links, increase scalability, and increase performance.
- BigFix Relay Health - Information on best practices for setting up and maintaining BigFix Relays.
- BigFix Network Traffic - Detailed information on the various types of network traffic related to BigFix.
BigFix Installation Information
- BigFix Downloads - Download links for BigFix.
- BigFix Installation Instructions - Instructions on obtaining the a license and installing the BigFix Server, BigFix Console, and BigFix Clients.
- Multi-Platform BigFix Agents - Information on how to download, install, and use the BigFix Clients for the various non-Windows platforms.
Additional BigFix Feature Information
- BigFix Retrieved Properties - Information on how to customize your BigFix deployment to retrieved various types of information from the BigFix Clients to create reports, create groups, etc.
- BigFix Custom Actions - Information on how to unlock the advanced power of BigFix to take arbitrary actions on any computer in your network.
- BigFix Bandwidth Throttling - Information that can be used to use the bandwidth throttling features available in BigFix.
- BigFix Advanced Configuration Settings - Additional configuration settings for the BigFix Server, BigFix Relays, and BigFix Clients.
Miscellaneous Additional Information
- BigFix Utilities - Various tools designed to help a BigFix administrator.
- Disaster Recovery Information - Information on how to recover from potential BigFix "disaster" situations (i.e., BigFix Server hardware fails, etc.)
- BigFix Performance Information - Information on how to improve performance of BigFix.
- BigFix Scanner - An application that will scan your network and detect if the BigFix Client is (or isn't) installed on computers.