Bigfix and DB2?

Hi all,

due to the big costs related to Oracle SQL Server, one of our customers was asking whether it is possible to install Bigfix on a Windows server combined with DB2 ? Now we only get the possibility to select an SQL server during installation of Bigfix Server.

I do understand it is possible to install a Redhat server with a Bigfix installation using DB2, but then we still need an extra Windows machine to run Console and Admin tool.

Greetings,

Davy

Even it might work, it’s not officially supported: http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21505691. DB2 is only supported on RHEL. I’ve had this same conversation with IBM before and this was the answer back in 2013. I don’t know if that has changed since. Some IBMer might know better :smile:

You’ll need Windows for the console but not for the Admin tool.
There is a Linux version of the Admin tool on the Linux version of Bigfix.

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It doesn’t need to be a Windows Server machine to run the console. Also, you probably shouldn’t be running the console on the root server itself typically just for security reasons.

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