BigFix Endpoint Manager for Software Distribution Version 5.5, which is part of the Lifecycle Management suite, provides a consolidated, comprehensive solution to quickly deploy software throughout a network from a single, centralized location. This solution delivers cost-effective operational control and visibility to your software delivery and installation process.

To start working with OS Deployment, run the configuration Fixlets and tasks listed in the Setup Node.

To perform OS Deployment of Windows operating systems, you prepare your deployment environment and resources using the Bundle and Media Manager Dashboard.

The Manage Images and Drivers node includes tasks to prepare and import drivers for deployment to Windows targets.

You can import Linux OS Resources needed to create network boot media and to capture and deploy Linux images

The Manage Images and Drivers node includes tasks to capture, import and manage images for deployment to targets.

By default, the OS images are permanently stored in the BigFix root server.

Reimaging is the process of saving the user state on a computer, installing a new image on it, and then restoring the user state.

To upgrade your existing Windows systems to Windows 10 or Windows 11 you can use the in-place upgrade fixlets.

You can install and manage BigFix for OS Deployment servers and create profiles for bare metal deployments.

You can track and monitor all deployment activities in your Endpoint Management network.

You can monitor deployment activities, correct exceptions and adjust configuration settings specific to your environment through dashboards and tasks available for these purposes.

You can choose to configure your OS Deployment and Bare Metal Imaging site in an air-gapped network.

This topic lists the functionalities that are still present in OSD, but are deprecated.

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.

This guide is for users who want to administer BigFix® Remote Control.

Use BigFix® Remote Control to start remote control sessions over the internet with targets that do not have the target software installed.

Power Management is policy-driven software for distributed environments. Built on IBM® BigFix technology, it allows you to apply conservation policies infrastructure-wide, while providing the granularity to apply power management policies to a single computer.

Power Management is policy-driven software for distributed environments. Built on IBM® BigFix technology, it allows you to apply conservation policies infrastructure-wide, while providing the granularity to apply power management policies to a single computer.

BigFix Lifecycle Server Automation provides you with the capability to automate provisioning workflows. You can automate a sequence of Fixlets, Tasks, and Baselines across different endpoints, such as servers or computers. Server Automation exploits the agility and scalability of BigFix to deliver powerful functionality in a lean and efficient manner, with minimal impact on your network.

BigFix Lifecycle Server Automation provides you with technology to sequence actions, such as the deployment of Fixlets, across multiple endpoints. To sequence automation, you create an Automation Plan. Your Automation Plan contains all of the actions for your end-to-end automation sequence.

Virtualization is a software technology that allows multiple operating systems to run on the same host computer at the same time. Additional uses of virtualization include the quick creation of new systems for testing, training, and demonstration. Using virtualized computers saves the cost of hardware, management, and administration of the server infrastructure.

This section describes how the BigFix architecture is relevant for Server Automation. It also describes how Server Automation can affect BigFix performance.

Server Automation is shipped with a number of sample Automation Plans that you can run out of the box. To run these Automation Plans out of the box, ensure that the Fixlets contained in them are available. Typically, you would substitute some of the Fixlets contained in these samples with particular Fixlets that you want to run. Use the information in each of the following sections to find out more about each of the sample plans.

Server Automation provides content that you can use to automate processes and software deployment.

BigFix Profile Management is a WebUI-based feature of BigFix Lifecycle.

You can enforce device compliance by creating and deploying profiles.

When a deployment fails, you can determine the cause of the error by viewing the available logs and error code information.