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Console Operator's Guide
Learn how to work with the BigFix Console.
Computer Groups
Commenting on Computer Groups
You can attach a comment to a Computer Group, which other operators can read.

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
  - Introducing Computer Groups
    Grouping your BigFix Client computers can simplify the maintenance of large networks.
  - Creating Manual Computer Groups
    To manually create a computer group, follow this procedure.
  - Creating Automatic Computer Groups
    To create a group that automatically enlists computers, follow this procedure.
  - Commenting on Computer Groups
    You can attach a comment to a Computer Group, which other operators can read.
  - Removing Computer Groups
    To remove a computer from BigFix administration, follow this procedure.
- Analyses
- Baselines
- Relays and Servers
- Activating the license counting process
- Displays and Reports
- Menus
- The Dialogs

Commenting on Computer Groups

You can attach a comment to a Computer Group, which other operators can read.

Open the Computer Groups icon in the Domain Panel navigation tree and choose one of the categories under the icon to narrow down your list.
Select a computer group from the resulting List Panel on the right by clicking it.
From the document panel below, select the Description tab.
Scroll to the bottom of the page, type your comment into the text box and click the Add Comment Button.

Your comment is name- and time-stamped for other operators to view it. As well as Computer Groups, you can attach comments to Fixlets, Tasks, Actions, and Analyses.