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Console Operator's Guide
Learn how to work with the BigFix Console.
Relays and Servers
Manually Assigning Multiple Clients
You can select all the computers (or any given subset) of the local network to gather from a specified relay.

Console Operator's Guide
Learn how to work with the BigFix Console.
- Accessing the console
  The console is the visible face of BigFix, used by the operator to monitor and repair networked computers running the BigFix client.
- Fixlets and Tasks
- Actions
  Actions are scripts that run on selected targets. They are used to fix policy violation and security exposures and to run configuration steps. Fixlet, tasks, and baselines depend on actions to run their remediation mission.
- Sites
- Domains
- Roles
- Client Computers
- Computer Groups
- Analyses
- Baselines
- Relays and Servers
  - Understanding Relays
    Relays are optional network components that can significantly improve the performance of your installation.
  - Relay requirements
    A Relay takes over most of the download tasks of the BigFix Server.
  - Setting up relays
    To set up a Relay, you must designate a client computer to take over some server duties.
  - Using Relays
    When you have set up a Relay you must direct BigFix Clients on your network to gather from that relay, instead of from your Server.
  - Automatic Relays
    How to ensure that your BigFix Client computers are automatically signing up to the nearest relays.
  - Manually Assigning Multiple Clients
    You can select all the computers (or any given subset) of the local network to gather from a specified relay.
  - Manually Assigning Single Clients
    how to set a single computer to point to a relay.
  - Adjusting the BigFix Server and Relays
    To get the best performance from BigFix, you might need to adjust the server and the relays.
- Activating the license counting process
  How to activate the license counting process.
- Displays and Reports
- Menus
- The Dialogs
- Disabling local operators on BigFix Console
  Starting from BigFix Version 10.0.8, you can decide to disable the local operators from logging into the BigFix Console, to use LDAP operators instead.

Manually Assigning Multiple Clients

You can select all the computers (or any given subset) of the local network to gather from a specified relay.

The procedure is different for setting a single computer or multiple computers. Here is how to set multiple computers to point to a relay:

Click the Computers icon in the Domain Panel to display a list of BigFix Client computers.
Select the set of computers that you want to connect to the BigFix Relay. You can use the filter panel on the left to narrow down the computer list.
Right-click the highlighted computers and select Edit Computer Settings from the pop-up menu.
Check the box labeled Primary Relay.
Select the name of a Relay from the pull-down menu.
Click the OK button.