IBM BigFix Online Training
- 1. Management of your Complexity, Cost reduction and Boosting productivity by using IBM BigFix Technology Introduction: IBM BigFix technology provides instinctive and fast solution for endpoint and security management and also it helps to see and manage physical and virtual endpoints through a single type of agent. This IBM BigFix technology is a multi-layered technology platform that acts as the central part of the Global IT infrastructure. This platform is a strong and management of system works. And it delivers in terms of benefits as well as features. The IBM BigFix platform supports Mac OS, Microsoft Windows, UNIX and Linux. All the applications regarding for IBM BigFix runs top of the BigFix Platform. IBM BigFix having many capabilities to managing your business and environment needs and all of these capabilities by buying licenses for the particular products. Benefits and Features of IBM BigFix: • Policy Enforcement • Real-Time Visibility • Management of complexity • Patch management • Real-Time protection • Support for heterogeneous platforms • Mobile device management • OS deployment • Software distribution • Controlling from the single management console • Security management • Automatic end point assessment • Cost reduction • Increasing accuracy • Server Automation
- 2. ➢ Single intelligent agent ➢ A single console ➢ Single Server ➢ One or more relay ➢ Web reports ➢ Optional secondary server Career with IBM BigFix: More than 45000 Jobs available in this IBM BigFix technology. And more than 200 jobs available in United States. In this field many more vacancies available. Many people are choosing their career with IBM BigFix technology. Comparing with other technologies this is the best to start career with IBM. So, learn more about this technology through IBM BigFix tutorial pdf provide by Nisa Trainings. This is the online platform where you can learn on your flexible timings with Industrial Experts. Companies Using this IBM BigFix Technology: ✓ Peraton ✓ Apria Healthcare ✓ Marriott International ✓ Aerodyne Industries ✓ RedHat Inc ✓ University of California-Berkely These are the companies currently using this technology. And more job vacancies are available in this technology. IBM BigFix Technology Modules: Unit 1 BigFix Platform: Overview Unit objectives Lesson 1 Introduction • BigFix product highlights • Features and benefits • BigFix product licensing • BigFix Lifecycle • BigFix Patch
- 3. • BigFix Inventory • BigFix Compliance • BigFix Protection Lesson 2 Support and enhancements • Server requirements for Windows • Server requirements for Linux • Supported client operating systems Lesson 3 Reference terminology and resources • Terminology • BigFix technical resources • Unit summary Unit 2 BigFix Platform: Architecture Unit objectives Lesson 1 Component architecture • Platform component architecture • BigFix server • BigFix console • BigFix client • BigFix relay • Content delivery services • Content updates Lesson 2 Server software components • Server architecture • Relay architecture • Root server • Root service components • FillDB service • Gather service • GatherDB service • Web Reports service • Client evaluation loop • Client evaluation loop behaviours • Unit summary Unit 3 BigFix Platform: Operations Unit objectives
- 4. Lesson 1 Console navigation • Logging in to the console • Console screen elements • General terms • Console content components and relationships • Other Console elements • Computers and Computer Document • Computer retrieved properties • Console preferences • Exercise introduction Lesson 2 Workflow • Basic BigFix workflow • Domain views • Dashboard view • Filtering the view • Create a filter • Exercise introduction Lesson 3 Actions • Fixlets and Tasks • What happens during an action • Take action • Take action: Target tab • Take action: Execution tab • Take action: Users tab • Take action: Messages tab • Take action: Offer tab • Take action: Post-Action tab • Take action: Applicability, Success, Action Script • Actions • View action info • Action state • Action status • Stop action • Take default action • Policy actions • Presets • Exercise introduction Lesson 4 Computer groups
- 5. • About computer groups • Computer groups • Automatic groups • Adding a computer to manual group • Ad hoc group • Simplifying the generic patching process • Exercise introduction Lesson 5 Analyses and settings • What an analysis is • Analyses • Computer settings, single computer • Computer settings, multiple computers • Specialized operations • Exercise introduction Lesson 6 Dashboards and web reports • Reporting tools • Dashboards • Web Reports • Web Reports: Splash page • Web Reports: Explore Data • Web Reports: Report list • Exercise introduction • Unit summary Unit 4 BigFix Platform: Configuration Unit objectives Lesson 1 Server configuration • User roles and responsibilities • Manage the masthead • Edit the masthead • System options • Exercise introduction Lesson 2 Relay configuration • BigFix relay • Download cache • Relay download and gather cache corruptions • Relay requirements
- 6. • Relay recommendations • Relay hierarchy • Important retrieved properties • Relay selection • Manual relay selection • Automatic relay selection • Autoselection algorithm • Autoselection results • Relay Autoselection settings • Relay affiliation • Creating relay affiliation groups • Exercise introduction Lesson 3 Client configuration • Properties, analyses, and computer settings • Standard client logs • Extended client logging with EMsg logs • Example of extended logging • Example of Usage Profiler logs • Client diagnostic tool • Relay selection traffic • Autoselection settings: BESClient_RelaySelect_MaximumTLToPing • Autoselection settings: _BESClient_RelaySelect_IntervalSeconds • Autoselection settings: _BESClient_RelaySelect_ResistFailureIntervalSeconds • Autoselection settings: _BESClient_RelaySelect_MinRetryIntervalSeconds • Autoselection settings: _BESClient_RelaySelect_MaxRetryIntervalSeconds • Client settings for use with DMZ relay • Sample clientsettings.cfg • Exercise introduction • Unit summary Unit 5 BigFix Platform: Site Management Unit objectives Lesson 1 Product licensing • Product licensing • License update • License for available sites
- 7. Lesson 2 Content sites • Locating sites on the console • Managing content with sites • Types of content sites • Content site • Custom content site • Operator site (opsite) • Master Action site (action site) Lesson 3 Site governance • Relationship of sites, operators, and computers • BigFix roles and activities • Take action • Content site permissions • Adding computers to custom sites • Setting operator permissions • Exercise introduction • Unit summary Unit 6 BigFix Platform: Patch Unit objectives Lesson 1 Overview • Patch management discipline • Key capabilities • Supported Windows platforms • Supported Linux platforms • Other supported platforms • Typical patch management cycle • Generic patching process • Superseded patches • BigFix Patch domain • Patch dashboards • Patch Overview Dashboard • Enable BigFix Patch sites • Subscribe managed systems • Subscribing managed systems with relevance statements • Activate required analyses Lesson 2 Patching Windows systems • Patches for the Windows Overview dashboard
- 8. • Reviewing recent content • Applying a Windows patch • Microsoft Rollback Task wizard • Windows Software Distribution wizard Lesson 3 Patching other platforms Linux patch deployment Lesson 4 Advanced topics • Creating a baseline • Alternate baseline creation method • Lesson 5 Reporting and metrics • Progress reporting • Exercise introduction • Exercise introduction • Unit summary Unit 7 BigFix Platform: Operator administration Unit objectives Lesson 1 Server and console communications • Authentication communications • Console login process • Console communications • Console and server communication Lesson 2 Managing operator accounts • Operator accounts overview • Permissions management for Operators and Roles • Understanding permissions for Operators and Roles • New permissions for Operators and Roles • Console view comparison of operator types • Use case 1 • Use case 2 • Exercise introduction • Unit summary Unit 8 BigFix Platform: Troubleshooting Unit objectives Lesson 1 Diagnostic aids
- 9. • BigFix Diagnostics tool • BigFix Server Diagnostics • Deployment Health Checks dashboard • Deployment Overview dashboard • Server Audit log • Server FillDB log • Relay/Root Server log • Agent log • Site connectivity validation • BigFix utilities: debug • BigFix utilities: resolution Lesson 2 Method and use cases • Client communications issues • Relay selection issues • Failure to connect to expected parent • Client posting issues • Content distribution issues • Client gather issues • Content management on client • Alternative method for client distribution • Use Case: Clients are not being updated • Use Case: Server content is not being updated • Use Case: Actions are not propagating to a client • Use Case: Ensure patch deployment through the system • Exercise introduction • Unit summary Course Information IBM BigFix Online Course Course Duration: 25 Hours Timings: On Your Flexible Timings Training Method: Instructor Led Online
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