Maybe a stupid question, but is it possible to run 2 consoles next to each other?
I’ve tried running as a different user etc, but it always open my console that is already open.
We have 2 different environments, so it would be nice if I don’t need to close and open the console all the time…
I mean RDP into a VM hosted externally to the computer you are on.
While not mandatory, generally you should be accessing the console from a terminal server or similar in the same data center as the root server for best performance.
Also, you could use the WebUI. The WebUI may not have all of the functionality you are looking for today, but this is the eventual answer to your issue.
The only option to run more than one instance locally that we’ve found is to virtualize the console with Citrix or App-v. That has worked well if you have that option.
What are you doing when you have both consoles open that requires this?
If you are exporting content from one console and importing it into another, there is an option to sync content between root servers that might be a better solution.
You would have to use different ports for each implementation of BigFix if you tried to run two clients, and even then I suspect Windows would complain about two instances of the “BES Client” service.
My solution for this dilemma was to create two separate BigFix deployments, and I RDP into another computer to run the Test/Dev Console. If I want to move systems from Production into Test, I have Tasks that switch the Masthead, and a match Tasks to move them back to Production.