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This section provides information on how the IT administrator can successfully achieve organization's infrastructure management goals using BMC Client Management.

The following table provides links to relevant topics for each goal:

Goal	Instructions
Understand BMC Client Management console	Navigating through the console Understanding common functionalities Understanding common objects Managing console preferences Managing the BMC Client Management agent Viewing autodiscovered objects Managing dynamically populated user and device groups Managing devices and device groups Managing users and user groups
Scan a complete network or parts of a network for all existing devices	Managing asset discovery scans Managing discovered devices Viewing result of the last scan Discovering the assets via the wizard
Understand the process of agent rollout	Agent rollout overview Getting started with agent rollout Rolling out your first agent Automatically rolling out agent using a wizard Downloading and installing rollout from a server Scheduling a rollout Alternative rollout methods Uninstalling the client agent via rollout
Understand and apply operational rules	Operational rules overview Getting started with operational rules Adding packages to operational rules Adding dependencies to operational rules Advertising an operational rule Assigning targets to operational rules Leveraging operational rule steps Operational rules wizards Examples of operational rules
Collect and manage inventory of a device or a device group	Managing inventory of a device Managing inventory of a device group Purging Collecting inventory remotely via USB for unconnected device Getting started with custom inventory
Monitor and manage installed applications	Overview of Application Management Getting started with application monitoring Defining an application for usage monitoring via the software catalog Defining an application for prohibited launch detection via the software catalog Uploading application monitoring events to the master Generating application monitoring reports Defining applications to use in application management Configuring application monitoring Adding an application from a device Managing application lists Managing custom applications Managing licensed software Managing schedule templates Managing software catalog
Track and manage usage of software licenses	Getting started with managing software licenses Creating a licensed software Evaluating the Licensed Software for Authorized Software Installations Modifying the Evaluation Schedule Software License Management Wizard
Track and manage financial data of IT assets	Overview of financial asset management Financially assessing your devices Evaluating a device group's financial data Creating Relations between Assets Adding Additional Information via Files Editing the financial information of a device Viewing calculated values
Evaluate compliance of your IT environment with necessary rules and regulations	Overview of Compliance management Getting started with custom compliance Evaluating your Environment for Compliance with a Basic Rule Assigning the compliance rule to a device group and evaluating its members Creating a Device Group of Non-compliant Devices Reporting compliance Managing compliance dashboards Compliance Rules for Compliance Management Dynamic Groups in Compliance Management Overview of SCAP compliance Managing SCAP Jobs Scap job wizard SCAP Implementation Statement
Manage, update, and download patches across your network	Getting started with patch management Prerequisites Patching Your First Device Automating Patch Management Regularly scanning a device group for missing patches Deploying a Bulletin to Affected Devices Scheduling Deployment Generating Patch Group Reports Automatically Downloading Patches Viewing the Patch Detection dashboard Managing patch inventory Working with patch groups Managing patch jobs Managing bulletins Managing service packs Managing dynamic downloader Locally accessing patch management Patch Service Pack Distribution Wizard
Automate distribution, installation, and configuration of all enterprise software	Software distribution overview Distributing your first package Creating an MSI Package and making it available Assigning an existing package to the targets for distribution Killing Firefox before starting the distribution Distributing only to devices with a minimum amount of RAM Using multicast distribution (predefined bandwidth) Rebooting the device at the end of the distribution Scheduling distribution Distributing with Wake-On-LAN enabled Managing Packages Software distribution wizards
Deploy and manage operating systems	Prerequisites for OSD Executing your first operating system deployment Performing advanced OSD tasks Managing OSD Managers Managing Image Repository Configuring Network Boot Listener Managing OSD Drivers Managing OSD Images Managing OSD Disk Configurations Managing OSD target lists Managing targets Managing OSD Projects Managing OSD multicast sessions Creating an OSD PXE Menu Managing OS Deployment via the wizards
Manage devices effectively and lock unauthorized devices	Creating your first device rule Monitoring local events Monitoring the results on the master
Monitor all systems on a network remotely	Remote management overview Remotely controlling a device Directly accessing a device
Implement power management on client systems	Power management overview Generating the Power Management inventory Monitoring the Power Management events Power Management reporting Defining an upload schedule for Power Management Regularly generating (update) the inventory Regularly uploading events Creating or modifying power scheme Changing active power scheme Managing Power Management Inventory Viewing alerts and events Power management step reference
Use diagnostic tools for verifications and checks	Launching a diagnostic Viewing device diagnostic results Viewing device group diagnostic results Canceling a running diagnostic Deleting diagnostic results Repairing corrupted data in the database Filtering for specific diagnostic results Filtering for specific status values Importing new diagnostic scripts
Remotely configure and manage iOS mobile devices	Managing mobile devices Enrolling mobile devices Viewing information about managed mobile devices Managing mobile applications Managing configuration profiles for managed mobile devices Performing remote operations on managed mobile devices

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