Session Inspectors
IBM® BigFix Console and Web Reports both depend on an in-memory session cache to provide an efficient view of your database. Due to their distinct environments, these two programs have some significant differences:
IBM BigFix Console | IBM BigFix Web Reports |
Does not maintain Fixlet History inspectors. | Maintains Fixlet History inspectors, however, to reduce the memory footprint, version 8.0 runs slower. |
Current inspectors are designed to work in the IBM BigFix Console only. | Current inspectors do not work. |
Inspectors dealing with globally visible Fixlet messages are consistent across applications. | Locally visible Fixlet messages return nothing. |
Works with only one IBM BigFix server. | Works across multiple IBM BigFix servers. |
JavaScript Relevance calls are instantaneous. | JavaScript Relevance calls generate an HTTP request, which incurs a round-trip penalty to the server. |
Links to Fixlet filters, computer groups, computers, Fixlet messages, tasks, and analyses work. | Links to Fixlet filters and computer groups do not work. However, links to computers, Fixlet messages, tasks, and analyses do work. |
For more information about these special Inspectors, see the IBM BigFix Session Inspector Guide.