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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
Access and navigate the BMC Client Management console	Working with BMC Client Management console
Work with common functionalities and common objects	Understanding common functionalities Understanding common objects
Configure the screen appearance and other default settings of the BMC Client Management console	Managing console preferences
Manage BMC Client Management Agent	Managing the BMC Client Management agent
View auto-discovered objects	Viewing autodiscovered objects
Dynamically populate users and device groups with queries, directory server, and compliance rules	Managing dynamically populated user and device groups
Manage devices and device groups	Managing devices and device groups
Manage users and user groups	Managing users and user groups
Access and navigate the BMC Client Management web console	BMC Client Management web console
Transfer files between your local device and the remote device	Transferring the files
Remotely control a device	Remote control
Perform an audit on a device	Auditing a device
Perform direct actions such as ping, reboot, restart the agent, shut down, and wake up a device	Managing direct access to a remote device
Set web console preferences	Web console preferences
Scan a complete network or parts of a network for all existing devices	Managing asset discovery scans
Manage discovered devices	Managing discovered devices
View result of the last scan	Viewing result of the last scan
Discover the assets via the wizard	Discovering the assets via the wizard
Understand the process of agent rollout	Rolling out agents Getting started with agent rollout
Roll out your first agent	Rolling out your first agent
Automatically roll out agent using a wizard	Automatically rolling out agent using a wizard
Download and install rollout from a server	Downloading and installing rollout from a server
Schedule a rollout	Scheduling a rollout
Roll out client agents via the network neighborhood and roll out agents to specific IP address ranges	Alternative rollout methods
Uninstall the client agent via rollout	Uninstalling the client agent via rollout
Understand and apply operational rules	Applying operational rules Getting started with operational rules
Add packages and dependencies to operational rules	Adding packages to operational rules Adding dependencies to operational rules
Advertise an operational rule	Advertising an operational rule
Assign targets to operational rules	Assigning targets to operational rules
Leverage operational rule steps	Leveraging operational rule steps
Create and distribute operational rules	Operational rules wizards
Examples of operational rules with their respective steps	Examples of operational rules
Collect and manage inventory of a device and a device group	Managing inventory of a device Managing inventory of a device group
Purge the device and all its connected data from the database	Purging
Collect inventory remotely via USB for unconnected device	Collecting inventory remotely via USB for unconnected device
Configure a custom inventory	Getting started with custom inventory
Monitor and manage installed applications	Overview of Application Management Getting started with application monitoring
Upload application monitoring events to the master	Uploading application monitoring events to the master
Generate application monitoring reports	Generating application monitoring reports
Define applications to use in application management	Defining applications to use in application management
Configure application monitoring	Configuring application monitoring
Add an application via an executable file of a specific device	Adding an application from a device
Manage application lists, custom applications, licensed software, schedule templates, software catalog	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
Create a licensed software	Creating a licensed software
Evaluate the licensed software for authorized software installations	Evaluating the Licensed Software for Authorized Software Installations
Automatically manage software licenses and manually configure a managed software license	Software License Management Wizard
Track and manage financial data of IT assets	Managing financial information for assets
Assess your device financially	Financially assessing your devices
Evaluate the financial data of a device group	Evaluating a device group's financial data
Create relations between assets (add a parent or children to a device)	Creating Relations between Assets
view and attach files to the device	Adding Additional Information via Files
Edit the financial information of a device	Editing the financial information of a device
Evaluate compliance of your IT environment with necessary rules and regulations	Managing compliance Getting started with custom compliance Evaluating your Environment for Compliance with a Basic Rule
Assign the compliance rule to a device group and evaluate its members	Assigning the compliance rule to a device group and evaluating its members
Create a device group of a non-complaint devices	Creating a Device Group of Non-compliant Devices
Generate your first report and create your own compliance report	Generating your first Report Creating Your Own Compliance Report
Adding a new dashboard, modify an existing dashboard	Managing compliance dashboards Adding a new dashboard Modifying an existing dashboard
Manage compliance rules and dynamic groups in Compliance Management	Compliance Rules for Compliance Management Dynamic Groups in Compliance Management
Manage SCAP compliance	Overview of SCAP compliance Managing SCAP Jobs Scap job wizard SCAP Implementation Statement
Deploy and manage operating systems	Prerequisites for OSD Performing advanced OSD tasks
Manage OSD Managers, Image Repository, OSD Drivres, OSD Images, OSD Disk Configuration, OSD target lists, targets, OSD Projects, OSD multicast sessions, OS deployment via the wizzard, create an OSD PXE menu	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
Automate distribution, installation, and configuration of all enterprise software	Software distribution overview
Distribute your first package	Distributing your first package
Create an MSI package	Creating an MSI Package and making it available
Assign an existing package to the targets for distribution	Assigning an existing package to the targets for distribution
Kill Firefox before starting the distribution	Killing Firefox before starting the distribution
Distribute only to devices with a minimum amount of RAM	Distributing only to devices with a minimum amount of RAM
Use multicast distribution	Using multicast distribution (predefined bandwidth)
Reboot the device at the end of the distribution	Rebooting the device at the end of the distribution
Schedule a distribution	Scheduling distribution
Distribute with Wake-On-LAN enabled	Distributing with Wake-On-LAN enabled
Manage packages	Managing packages
Work with Software distribution wizard	Software distribution wizards
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 Patch Detection
Manage patch inventory, patch groups, patch jobs, bulletins, service packs, dynamic downloader, local access, and patch service pack distribution wizard	Managing patch inventory Working with patch groups Managing patch jobs Managing bulletins Managing service packs Dynamic downloader Local access to patch management Patch Service Pack Distribution Wizard
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 through the BCM Java Console Managing direct access to a device Remotely controlling an unmanaged device
Implement power management on client systems	Power management overview Generating the Power Management inventory Power management step reference
Monitor power management events and generate power management reports	Power Management events Power Management reporting
Define an upload schedule for Power Management	Defining an upload schedule for Power Management
Regularly generate the inventory and upload the events	Regularly generating (update) the inventory Regularly uploading events
Create or modify power scheme, change active power scheme	Creating or modifying power scheme Changing active power scheme
Collect power management inventory	Power Management Inventory
View alerts and events	Alerts and events
Launch a diagnostic tool for verification and checks	Launching a diagnostic
View device and device group diagnostic results	Device diagnostic results Device group diagnostic results
Cancel a running diagnostic, delete diagnostic result, repair corrupted data in the database, import new diagnostic scripts	Canceling a running diagnostic Deleting diagnostic results Repairing corrupted data in the database Importing new diagnostic scripts
Filter for specific diagnostic results and status values	Filtering for specific diagnostic results Filtering for specific status values
Remotely configure, manage, and enroll iOS mobile devices	Managing mobile devices Enrolling mobile devices Viewing information about managed mobile devices Performing remote operations on managed mobile devices
Manage mobile applications and configuration profiles	Managing mobile applications Managing configuration profiles for managed mobile devices

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