(imported topic written by hanspjacobsen)
I was wondering if there is an option that the bes server doesn’t cache any patched and that each client downloads the patches them self.
(imported comment written by jessewk)
Big WARNING… this is very dangerous if you have a lot of clients. I would never recommend doing this except in one-off, special circumstances cases. But since you asked…
You can edit the action to use ‘download now’ instead of ‘download’ and the client will try to get the package without going through the relay chain.
Jesse
(imported comment written by BenKus)
You can also use a BigFix Client setting so that the agent downloads all files directly from the source (and again… big warning on this one to be careful with this one)… More info at http://support.bigfix.com/bes/misc/besconfigsettings.html:
_BESClient_Download_Direct
Normally, BES Clients will contact their BES Relay to receive downloads from the internet. This setting forces the BES Client to download files directly from the internet using the url specified. This setting takes precedence over other download settings.
Default Value: 0 (False)
Setting Type: Boolean
Value Range: 1 (True) - download from the Internet
0 (False) - download normally
Task Available: No
Ben