(imported topic written by sidharth91)
Hi,
Could someone tell me whether BigFix supports thin client technology in terms of patch management deployment on the Terminal server just like in case of a Anti virus server.
Thanks,
Regards,
Sidharth
(imported comment written by SystemAdmin)
Hi Sidharth,
I’m not sure I understand your question fully but I’ll try to answer it. The BES Client is considered ‘thin’ technology because it has minimal resource consumption on computers. All product offerings are delivered through the same BES Client agent and adding solutions doesn’t increase the BES Client footprint. The same agent is used to patch desktops, servers, terminal servers and run all BigFix solutions like power management, license management, ect…
So, I think that the answer is:
Yes, BigFix supports thin client technology for all of its solutions.
Hope this helps, let me know if I didn’t answer your question.
Tyler
(imported comment written by BenKus)
Hi sidharth,
To try to answer your question from a different angle… if you mean “thin client” like a separate instance of the client that runs in the user session:
BigFix runs on terminal servers, citrix servers, etc. just fine. But it does not require there be a “thin client” because the agent will run a single instance for the computer and treat the computer just as any other computer for patching, configuring, deploying apps, inventory, etc.
Ben
(imported comment written by sidharth91)
Hi,
Thanks a lot for your reply.
Let me clarify my requirement in detail. Currently we have a customer having over 1000 machines which do not have a HDD for running multiple applications and processes on the 1000 client machines.
All the client machines run on Windows XP and when they are booted up they are taking the OS from the Terminal server (mother server) which allocates and runs the required softwares on the client. We have a AV component installed on the terminal server and before granting access to the client since the resources are shared from the terminal server the AV scans the client for the same. One terminal server supports upto 20 client machines and has the AV component installed on the terminal server machine.
In the above scenario, can we deploy the BigFix client on the Terminal Server and it scans before it grants access to the Client machine.
Thanking you in advance,
Regards,
Sidharth
(imported comment written by BenKus)
Hi Sidharth,
In this configuration, do the remote computers have some sort of virtual harddrives and registries? How do they store data and how do applications read from the disks?
Ben