HCL-BF-PRO-10 Exam Dumps : HCLSoftware U Certified Professional-BigFix Platform 1

• A Manual Computer Group is a group that is defined by manually selecting the computers from the Computers List Panel1. A Manual Group can only be shared between Master Operators2.
• An Automatic Computer Group is a group that is defined by using Relevance expressions or properties to indicate the group membership3. An Automatic Group can change its population dynamically depending on the evaluation of the group properties3.
• An operator might create a Manual Computer Group instead of an Automatic Computer Group if they need to base the group membership on information that is not available using Relevance expressions or properties. For example, if the operator wants to group computers based on their physical location, owner, or usage, they might not be able to use Relevance expressions or properties to determine that information. In that case, they can manually select the computers that belong to the group4.
• However, Manual Groups have some drawbacks, such as being static, not scalable, and not extensible5. Therefore, it is recommended to use Automatic Groups whenever possible and use Manual Groups sparingly25. References:
• Manual Computer Groups - HCL Product Documentation
• Manual Groups vs Automatic - Platform - BigFix Forum
• Creating Automatic Computer Groups - HCL Product Documentation
• Task or Fixlet to move computers into manual group - BigFix Forum
• Regarding Manual Computer Groups - BigFix Forum

• To upgrade the BigFix platform components, you need to follow the recommended order and the version rules as documented in the Upgrade Paths and the BigFix Upgrade Best Practices.
• The recommended order of upgrading the components is as follows:1
• The version rules for the components are as follows:12

References:

• 1: Upgrade paths for BigFix 10 - HCL Product Documentation
• 2: Upgrading on Windows systems - HCL Product Documentation
• 3: BigFix Wiki - BigFix Upgrade Best Practices

A Top Level Relay is a relay that directly communicates with the BigFix Server and has other relays as its children. A Top Level Relay has no limit as to the number of relays they can manage, but it is recommended to have no more than 1000 relays per Top Level Relay for optimal performance. When designing a relay hierarchy, the BigFix Administrator should consider the following factors:

• The network bandwidth and latency between the relays and the server
• The number and size of the fixlets, actions, and reports that are exchanged between the relays and the server
• The CPU and memory resources of the relays and the server
• The relay affiliation and selection settings of the clients and the relays
• The encryption and decryption of the client reports by the relays and the server

References:

• Creating top-level decrypting relays
• Top-Level Relays - Platform - BigFix Forum
• Relay Health - BigFix
• Creating top-level decrypting relays - IBM