What is "Platform id" of 3

lgomba1 · November 27, 2024, 2:02am

According to

bigfix/developer.bigfix.com/blob/master/site/pages/relevance/_reference/docs/operating-system.md#platform-id-of-operating-system--integer

# type: operating system

The `operating system` type provides information about the operating system and computer.

# android of &lt;operating system&gt; : boolean

Returns whether the computer is an [Android](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Android_%28operating_system%29) device.

{% qna %}
Q: android of operating system
A: False
{% endqna %}

# apar &lt;string&gt; of &lt;operating system&gt; : apar

Returns the APAR whose APAR number exactly matches the string.

# apar of &lt;operating system&gt; : apar

Returns all APARs.

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it shows Platform id as having the following 2 values

Possible values are 1 for Win9x and 2 for WinNT.

for Platform id. I have a bunch of computers that did not upgrade from 9.5 to 10.0.9 due to relevance 6 of
ie.

((name of it starts with “Win”) AND (platform id of it != 3) AND (version of it >= “6.2”)) of operating system

What is the meaning of platform id of 3, as it does not explain this in the above reference and is preventing a bunch of my Windows computers from upgrading.

Thanks in advance.

Regards … Leslie

lgomba1 · November 27, 2024, 2:10am

I checked the values of
Platform id
and
version of operating system
and discovered that its the
version of operating system
thats not >= “6.2”

Is this check necessary, why is it in the relevance? Can I just remove that check?

Regards … Leslie

JasonWalker · November 27, 2024, 2:55am

Version 6.2 is the original release of Windows 8.
BigFix client version10 is not supported on Windows 7. Those unsupported operating systems likewise would need to remain on the unsupported BigFix 9.5 client versions or removed entirely.

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