Every month, during patch week, Windows administrators face challenges trying to execute a successful patch cycle. These can range from something as small as time constraints in their patch windows, to major obstacles like server owner resistance in allowing their...
BigFix is a powerful, feature-filled endpoint management solution. Like the three points in a trident, each component of the platform complements and enhances the capabilities of the other two. The BES Client is the intelligence and the Root Server is the ideal...
For years I’ve been asked a question about a nagging scenario on some Windows clients: “Why does BigFix show the computer in a state of Pending Restart even after it’s been rebooted?” As far back as I can remember, BigFix had an answer. To paraphrase: A status of...
If you’ve ever taken an action on a Fixlet (or more annoyingly on a Baseline) and a specific component just sits there with a never changing status of “Pending Downloads” then you might have been a victim of the dreaded “MANUAL_BES_CACHING” scenario. Note that there...
1Patching using BigFix is easy. Whether you’re sending off a single patch or a hundred wrapped in a Baseline, you use the same set of clicks. The learning curve is more like a learning ‘ramp’. Once you know how to patch Windows computers you know how...
