Step 1 - Downloading IBM Endpoint Manager

Download BigFix from IBM Passport Advantage portal.

You can download BigFix also from the support site at http://support.bigfix.com/bes/install/downloadbes.html or from the DeveloperWorks trial site at http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/downloads/tiv/endpoint/. The demonstration trial installer is the same installer program for a normal production installation.

To install the server component, download the following e-images from Passport Advantage:

Table 1. Parts required for installing BigFix Server
Software Name Part Number Image
IBM BigFix Platform Install V9.2.6 for Multiplatform Multilingual CN7CZML BigFix_Pltfrm_Install_V92.zip
IBM BigFix Platform Install V9.2.6 for Linux and DB2 Multilingual CN7D0ML BigFix_Pltfrm_Install_V92_Lnx_DB2.tgz

To extract the BigFix Linux Server installation files, perform the following steps:

  1. Copy the BigFix Server compressed zip file BigFix_Pltfrm_Install_V92.zip on your Linux Server.
  2. Expand the compressed zip file using the following command: 
    unzip "BigFix_Pltfrm_Install_V92.zip"
  3. From the linux_server folder, expand the ServerInstaller_9.2.6.xxx-rhe6.x86_64.tgz file on your Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server by using the following command: 
    tar -zxvf ServerInstaller_9.2.6.xxx-rhe6.x86_64.tgz
    You can find the install.sh file to install the Linux Server in the ServerInstaller_9.2.0.xxx-rhe6.x86_64 folder.

To extract the BigFix Linux Server installation files together with DB2, perform the following steps:

  1. Copy the tar file BigFix_Pltfrm_Install_V92_Lnx_DB2.tgz on your Linux Server.
  2. Expand the compressed file using the following command: 
    tar -zxvf BigFix_Pltfrm_Install_V92_Lnx_DB2.tgz
  3. When you expand the BigFix_Pltfrm_Install_V92_Lnx_DB2.tgz image, you have the DB2 image, v10.5fp3_linuxx64_server_r.tar.gz in the BigFix-9.2.6.xxx-Linux-DB2 folder, on your computer. To install the Linux server and the DB2 server, run the install.sh command from the ServerInstaller_9.2.6.xxx-rhe6.x86_64 folder.
    Note: Do not expand the v10.5fp3_linuxx64_server_r.tar.gz file, because the install.sh command searches for the DB2 archive *.gz.