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Console Operator's Guide
Learn how to work with the BigFix Console.
Client Computers
Running actions on the computers
You can perform the following actions on the computers:

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
  - Introducing Client Computers
    Client Computers represent those computers in your network running the BigFix Client.
  - Running actions on the computers
    You can perform the following actions on the computers:
  - Monitoring Computer Status
    BigFix can be used to analyze the computers in your network.
  - Grouping Computers
    The BigFix Console allows you to group your computers to target them more efficiently.
  - Commenting on Computers
    You can attach a comment to a BigFix Client Computer, which other operators can read.
  - Creating Retrieved Properties
    You can collect information from BigFix Clients by defining various retrieved properties.
  - Creating Client Dashboards
    You can create custom BigFix Client Dashboards, similar to those in the Console.
  - Locking Computers
    You can change the locked status of any BigFix Client in the network.
  - Removing Computers
    This feature allows you to remove computers that are no longer reporting in, such as decommissioned computers.
- Computer Groups
- Analyses
- Baselines
- Relays and Servers
- Activating the license counting process
- Displays and Reports
- Menus
- The Dialogs

Running actions on the computers

You can perform the following actions on the computers:

Send Refresh: If you right-click any computer and select Send Refresh, the computer information displayed is refreshed.

Send Wake on LAN Request: If you right-click any computer and select Send Wake on LAN Request, the computer is powered on.
If the subnet the computer belongs to does not have an active Wake-on-LAN packet forwarder, BigFix will not be able to power on the computer.

Send Client Alert Request: If you right-click any computer and select Send Client Alert Request, the computer that is sleeping in deep mode is woken up and performs a full cycle to go through all the content before going back to sleep again if nothing has changed.