HCL Software Academy HCL-BF-PRO-10 Based on Real Exam Environment

• An analysis is a type of content that collects and reports information about the computers in the BigFix environment1.
• An analysis can be activated or deactivated by an operator who has the permission to do so1.
• An analysis can be authored by a Master Operator or a Non-Master Operator who has the Custom Content permission2.
• An analysis can be stored in a custom site or an external site2. A custom site is a site that is created and managed by a Master Operator, while an external site is a site that is provided by HCL or a third-party vendor3.
• According to the BigFix documentation, the following statements are true about the rights and restrictions of BigFix Console operators when activating, deactivating and modifying analyses2 :
• Based on the above information, the only valid statement among the options is B. Non-Master operators cannot deactivate an analysis activated by other operators on computers they administer. References:
• 1: [Using analyses]
• 2: [The Console Operators]
• 3: [Sites]
• : [Operators permissions]
• : [Using analyses]
• : [The Console Operators]
• : [Sites]
• : [Operators permissions]

• BigFix clients can download resources directly from the Internet instead of their parent relay by using the download now command in the action script1. This command bypasses the relay hierarchy and requests the file from the URL specified in the action script2.
• However, this command may not be suitable for all scenarios, as it may consume more bandwidth and increase the download time2. Therefore, BigFix provides several settings to control the download behavior of the clients based on different criteria3.
• One of these settings is _BESClient_Download_Direct_SubnetList, which allows the clients to download resources directly from the Internet if they are on a specific subnet4. This setting is useful for clients that are connected to the enterprise network through a VPN, as they may have a faster connection to the Internet than to their parent relay4.
• To enable this setting, the clients need to have the following values in their configuration files4:
• For example, if the clients are on the subnets 172.31.148.0/22, 172.31.152.0/22, 172.31.156.0/22, 172.31.160.0/24, 10.31.148.0/22, 10.31.152.0/22, 10.31.156.0/22, or 10.31.160.0/24, the setting value would be4:
• The other settings, such as _BESClient_Download_DirectPatchList, _BESClient_Download_Direct_Domainlist, and _BESClient_Download_Direct_ByVendor, are used to download resources directly from the Internet based on the patch name, the domain name, or the vendor name, respectively3. These settings are not relevant for the question scenario, as they do not depend on the client’s network location. References:
• Configuration Settings
• Managing Downloads
• Download Commands
• Setting creation to download the patch content Directlyy

• When installing the BigFix agent on a Windows endpoint, you can optionally include a pre-defined settings file in the same directory as the setup.exe file, to create custom settings for the Windows client at installation time, for example to assign the new client to a specific parent relay1.
• The name of this file must be clientsettings.cfg12. This file should contain one setting per line, in the format SETTING_NAME=SETTING_VALUE23.
• The other options are incorrect because:
• For more information on how to use the clientsettings.cfg file and what settings can be defined, see the following references. References:
• 1: Installing the Client using the .exe setup
• 2: Clientsettings.cfg question
• 3: Unix/Linux/Mac Client Deploy Tool

To create a new retrieved property in BigFix, the following steps are required:

• From the BigFix Console, select Manage Properties from the Tools menu. The Manage Properties dialog is displayed.
• You can filter the properties by using the left filter panel to select a subset of the properties to view on the right. If you cannot find what you want in this list, create a new property: click Add New, then enter a name for the property and a valid Relevance expression. This can access hardware characteristics, registry entries, and even data in specific files on the client computers.
• After you define the new property, the Clients automatically compute the value of the corresponding relevance expression and return it to the Database. Click the OK button.
• The new property will be available in the column headers of computer listings, allowing you to sort and filter on its values. It can also be used to target Fixlet actions and generate Web Reports.

References:

• Creating Retrieved Properties
• Adding new properties under “By retrieved properties”