IBM Endpoint Manager, Version 9.0

Transferring Downloaded Files

Deploying Fixlets on the main Endpoint Manager server requires downloaded patches and other files from the Internet. Included in the BES Air Gap Package is the BES Download Cacher utility. This utility helps:

Download and transfer files to the main Endpoint Manager server.
Download patch contents in a Fixlet site or single file downloads from a url.

You can download the current utility from http://software.bigfix.com/download/bes/util/BESDownloadCacher.exe. The BES Download Cacher utility can only be run on a machine that has the BESRELAY service installed and running.

Some sites require additional steps to download content from patch vendors that restrict access. For additional information see the following Knowledge documents that describe using a tool to manually download patches for Solaris, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, SuSE Linux Enterprise, and AIX.

These sites require a three step process:

Run the BESAirgapTool.exe to download Fixlets and Tasks for each site.
Run the BES Download Cacher utility to download any site tools from IBM Endpoint Manager.
Run the download tool for each vendor to download patch contents.

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