Free HCL-BF-PRO-10 Questions Attempt

• A BigFix Enterprise Server (BES) is the central component of the BigFix architecture that manages and communicates with the BigFix agents and relays1.
• The BES consists of several subcomponents, such as the root server, the console, the web reports, the web UI, and the server API1.
• The BES can support up to 300,000 endpoints in a single deployment, depending on the hardware configuration, network bandwidth, and workload2.
• The BES capacity planning document provides guidelines and recommendations for sizing and scaling the BES components based on various factors, such as cores, memory, network, storage, cloud, and concurrent users2.
• The BES capacity planning document also provides examples of typical deployments and best practices for optimizing the BES performance and stability2. References:
• BigFix Platform Overview
• BigFix Capacity Planning

• The WebUI is a web-based interface that provides access to the flexibility and power of BigFix.
• A Master Operator is a user role that has full permissions to manage all aspects of the BigFix environment, including creating, modifying, and deleting content, actions, and users.
• An action is a deployment of content, such as Fixlets, tasks, or baselines, to one or more endpoints. An action can have various statuses, such as open, completed, stopped, or expired.
• To review all actions taken in their BigFix environment, a Master Operator can log into the WebUI and navigate to the Deployments page, which provides a list of all actions, along with their details, such as name, source, target, status, start time, and end time.
• The Deployments page also allows the Master Operator to filter, sort, search, and export the list of actions, as well as view the action details, results, and logs for each action.
• The other pages in the WebUI do not provide a comprehensive list of all actions. The Activities page shows the recent actions taken by the current user, the Fixlets and Tasks page shows the available content from the BigFix sites, and the Reports page shows the predefined and custom reports for the BigFix environment. References:
• WebUI User’s Guide
• WebUI Administration Guide
• BigFix WebUI

• A Non-Master operator can create a Retrieved Property by creating an Analysis, which is a collection of properties and relevance expressions that can be evaluated on a set of computers1.
• To create an Analysis, the operator needs to have the Create Custom Content permission and the Read permission on the site where the Analysis will be created2.
• To create an Analysis, the operator can follow these steps3:
• After creating the Analysis, the operator can activate it by right-clicking on it and choosing Activate from the context menu. The Analysis will then be evaluated on the computers that match the relevance expression and the property values will be reported to the server4.
• The operator can view the property values by selecting the Analysis from the Analyses list area in the Console and then selecting the Results tab. The property values will be displayed in the columns corresponding to the property names.
• The operator can also use the property values as filters, sorts, or targets in other Console features, such as computer listings, Fixlet actions, or Web Reports.

References:

• 1: What is an Analysis?
• 2: Creating an Analysis
• 3: Creating an Analysis
• 4: [Activating an Analysis]
• : [Viewing Analysis Results]
• : [Using Analysis Properties]

• The BigFix Client contacts its Relay to gather new content using the UDP protocol on port 52311 (by default).
• The UDP protocol is used for notifications, which are messages sent by the Relay to inform the Client that there is new content available, such as actions, fixlets, tasks, or analyses.
• The Client then initiates a TCP connection with the Relay on the same port to download the new content and report the results back to the Relay.
• The TCP protocol is used for data transfers, which are more reliable and secure than UDP, but also more resource-intensive and slower.
• The Relay then forwards the Client reports to the Root Server or another Relay using the TCP protocol as well. References:
• Port requirements for communication between root to clients via relay
• BigFix Wiki - BigFix Relays
• How is BigFix secure? Authentication or Protocol used in BigFix for secure communication