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Below are a variety of utilities that will assist you in using IBM BigFix. Please note that these tools are very powerful and have the potential to cause serious damage to your IBM BigFix installation/deployment if used improperly. Although the use of these tools are supported and recommended for use, they are separate from the IBM BigFix product and you will need to assume the risk involved from using these utilities.  Test the use of these tools in your test deployment environment before running them in your production deployment environment.  As a best practice, ensure you have a backup of the BigFix databases ahead of running them.  Alternatively, if you are running the BigFix server on a VM, you could also take a snapshot before executing them.


NOTE: This page lists the latest versions of each tool. For earlier versions of each tool, please click on the name of the tool which will bring you to the tool's user guide.
 

Tool Current Version Description
BigFix Remove Utility

9.5.13.130  (4.45 MB)

The Remove utility will allow you to run each of the uninstallers for the IBM BigFix components and then remove all the left-over data (IBM BigFix database, user interface settings, etc.) from a computer.
Airgap Tool 9.5.13.130  (5.7 MB)

Details can be found at Installing in an Air-Gapped Network or AirGap Visual Guide.

Fixlet Debugger (QnA) 9.5.13.130  (12 MB)  
RESTAPI Command-line Interface (CLI) 9.5.13.130  (3.6 MB)  
Computer Remover

Windows:  3.0.1.164  (4.16 MB)
Linux:  4.0.0.0  (5.29 MB)

9.5.0 is integrated in the platform

Windows: Computer Remover

Linux: removecomputers

This command line utility is designed to automate the process of removing computers from the IBM BigFix Console and deleting the data from the database.

The standalone tool is not supported for Bigfix 9.5.0 because starting from that version it has been integrated in the product.

Details can be found: Windows: Computer Remover, Linux: removecomputers

Audit Trail Cleaner

Windows:  3.0.10.99  (4.11 MB) 
Linux:  4.0.0.0  (5.29 MB)

9.5.0 is integrated in the platform

Windows: Audit Trail Cleaner

Linux: audittrailcleaner

The Audit Trail Cleaner application is a command line utility that will allow you to remove previous versions and deleted versions of custom Fixlets, Properties, Analyses, and Actions from the IBM BigFix database.

The standalone tool is not supported for Bigfix 9.5.0 because starting from that version it has been integrated in the product.

Details can be found: Windows: Audit Trail Cleaner, Linux: audittrailcleaner

Client Deployment Wizard (Stand alone)  

IBM Endpoint Manager Agent Deployment Wizard is being deprecated, but is still available to use.


For BigFix v9.5.5, use the Bigfix Client Deploy Tool to deploy clients on all target platforms.

Client Refresher 3.0.3.76  (7.42 MB) This tool can be used to help force IBM BigFix Clients to report all of their current state data.
Client MSI Editing Tool 9.5.13.130 (312 KB)  This tool can be used to update the BigFix Client Microsoft Installer (MSI) with a masthead.
Property ID Mapper

3.0.3.202  (4.1 MB)

9.5.0 is integrated in the platform

Windows: Property ID Mapper

Linux: propertyidmapper

This utility creates a PropertyIDMap table within the BFEnterprise database to link properties with their corresponding names.

The standalone tool is not supported for Bigfix 9.5.0 because starting from that version it has been integrated in the product.

Details can be found: Windows: Property ID Mapper, Linux: propertyidmapper

Download Cacher (Windows) 5.8.6  (4.68 MB) The Download Cacher is used to cache or pre-fetch all files that will be downloaded by all Fixlets in an IBM BigFix Fixlet Site.
Download Cacher (AIX) Current Version

The latest version of the requires the BFArchive tool to extract cacher tool, which is a Perl executable, and its required components like the JRE and ECC client.

Note: The acceptable FixID must be in the following format: <OS Ver>-<TL>-<SP>-<BUILD DATE>
For example: 6100-09-05-1524

Download Cacher (CentOS) Current Version  
Download Cacher (HP-UX) Current Version  
Download Cacher (RHEL 6 and 7)

Windows: Current Version

Linux: Current Version

Use the Red Hat Subscription Management (RHSM) download cacher tool to download and cache RHEL 6 (x86 and x86_64 ) and RHEL 7 (x86_64) patches in air-gapped environments.
Download Cacher (RHEL 6 on System Z) Current Version (RHEDownloadCacher.exe) Use this tool to cache patches for RHEL 6 on System Z.
Download Cacher (Solaris) Current Version (v6.1)  
Download Cacher (SLED/SLES 11 and 12)

Windows: Current Version

Linux: Current Version
Use the SUSE Customer Center (SCC) download cacher tool to download and cache SLED/SLES 11 (x86 and x86_64 ) and SLED/SLES 12 (x86_64) patches in air-gapped environments.
Download Cacher (SLES 11 on System Z) Current Version (SUSEDownloadCacher.exe) Use this tool to cache patches for SLES 11 on System Z.
Client Diagnostics 3.0.2.31  (2.6 MB)  
Registration List Cleaner 3.0.3.75  (3.13 MB) Note:  This tool is compatible on IBM BigFix versions 8.2 or earlier only.
Downloads Cleaner 3.0.1.122  (2.35 MB) Note:  This tool is compatible on IBM BigFix versions 8.2 or earlier only.
Relays.dat Parser 1.0.0.2  (313 KB) The Relays.dat Parser can be used to decode and output a relays.dat file to a human readable file.
SiteDataReader Current Version  
Server Signing Key Tool

Version for 32-bit

Version for 64-bit

The server signing key tool is required to migrate IBM BigFix Server version 8.2.xx where LDAP server has been configured to allow LDAP users to use the console.
make-prefetch Tool github.com/bigfix/make-prefetch  
SHA1 Tool 1.1.2.2  (375 KB) Note:  This tool has been superseded. Please use the latest version of the make-prefetch tool.
BFArchive Tool Windows 64 bit:  9.3.1
Windows 32 bit:  9.3.1
Linux 64 bit:  9.3.1
Mac:  9.3.1
The BFArchive tool can be used to compress and extract files used in BigFix Action Scripts.
BigFix Agent Deployment Wizard (stand-alone)   Using the IBM BigFix Agent Deployment Tool, you can deploy the BigFix agent to one or more computers in your network.
Cleanup IBM BigFix Registry Keys Current Version Note: This tool has been superseded. Use the latest version of the Remove Utility.

The CleanupIEMRegistryKeys script will remove old product installer keys left behind from previous installs and upgrades that are not removed when the BigFix Remove utility is run.  The presence of these keys will prevent the Client Deploy Tool from installing a new client on an endpoint.