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

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

• If UDP is not allowed on a network segment, the BigFix clients on that segment will not receive the UDP notifications from the server or relay, and will rely on the default 45-minute polling interval to check for new actions.1
• To reduce the delay in receiving new actions, you can enable the client polling feature, which allows the clients to poll the server or relay more frequently for new commands.2
• To enable the client polling feature, you need to set two client settings on the target clients:2
• You can set these client settings either through the console or manually on the endpoint.4
• After setting these client settings, the clients will poll the server or relay at the specified interval and receive new actions faster.

References:

• 1: https://help.hcltechsw.com/bigfix/9.5/platform/Platform/Installation/c_sample_proxy_configurations.html
• 2: https://help.hcltechsw.com/bigfix/9.5/platform/Platform/Config/r_client_set.html#_BESClient_Comm_CommandPollEnable
• 3: https://forum.bigfix.com/t/an-overview-on-the-client-evaluation-cycle/28056
• 4: https://help.hcltechsw.com/bigfix/9.5/platform/Platform/Config/r_client_set.html#Making_a_configuration_setting

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”