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BigFix® Remote Control V9.1.4 Installation Guide
By using BigFix® Remote Control you can remotely support and control thousands of PCs and servers, on an enterprise scale, from a central location or directly, in peer to peer mode.
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Remote Control V9.1.4
- Release Notes V9.1.4 Fixpack 1
- BigFix® Remote Control V9.1.4 Installation Guide
  By using BigFix® Remote Control you can remotely support and control thousands of PCs and servers, on an enterprise scale, from a central location or directly, in peer to peer mode.
  - Audience
  - Versions
  - Terms used in this guide
  - Overview of the BigFix® Remote Control system
  - Get started
    Now that you understand the terms and components available in BigFix® Remote Control, you can identify which components you need to install:
  - Install the BigFix® Remote Control components
    The BigFix® Remote Control components can be installed in two ways. If you have access to the BigFix console, use a deployment fixlet to install the components.
  - Utility for extracting the component installation files
    BigFix® Remote Control provides a utility that you can use to extract the installation files that are required for each component.
  - Enable secure target registration
    To prevent unauthorized targets from registering with the BigFix® Remote Control server, you can enable the secure registration feature and use tokens to authenticate the target.
  - Install the driver for smart card authentication
    The BigFix® Remote Control Target provides an installation option to install a virtual smart card reader driver. You can also install the driver by running a fixlet in the BigFix console.
  - Manage the component services
    After you install the BigFix® Remote Control components, if you change their configuration, you can stop, start, or restart the component services.
  - Enabling email
  - Configure LDAP
  - Federal information processing standard (FIPS 140-2) compliance in BigFix® Remote Control
  - NIST SP800-131A compliance in BigFix® Remote Control
    BigFix® Remote Control version 9.1.0 components can be configured for NIST SP800-131A compliance.
  - Verifying the server installation
  - Recover from installation errors
  - Uninstall the components
  - Upgrade from previous versions
  - Maintaining the target installation
  - Properties that can be set in the target configuration
    You can configure target properties either during or after installation. The operating system on the target system determines which properties can be configured. The target properties determine the actions that can be carried out during a peer-to-peer session. If you set a server URL and set the Managed property to Yes, the actions are determined by the policies that are set on the Remote Control server.
- BigFix® Remote Control V9.1.4 Administrators Guide
  This guide is for users who want to administer BigFix® Remote Control.
- BigFix® Remote Control V9.1.4 Console Users Guide
- BigFix® Remote Control V9.1.4 Controller Users Guide
- BigFix® Remote Control V9.1.4 Target Users Guide
- BigFix® Remote Control V9.1.4 On-demand Target Guide
  Use BigFix® Remote Control to start remote control sessions over the internet with targets that do not have the target software installed.
- Remote Control V9.1.4 Readme file

Upgrade the broker component

You can upgrade the broker support by using any of the following methods:

Using the installation files: For more information about obtaining the component installation files, see Obtain the installation files. For more information about installing the broker support on a Windows™ system, by using the installation files, see Installing Windows broker support. For more information about installing the broker support in Linux™, by using the installation files, see Installing Linux broker support.
Using the BigFix® console: If you have the BigFix® console infrastructure installed, you can use the update fixlet to upgrade the broker support. For more information about the upgrade fixlet, see the BigFix® Remote Control Console User's Guide.