Managing direct access to a device via web console
BMC Client Management web console provides the administrators with direct read and write access to the directories and files and the registry and services of a remote device.
The list of actions you see after clicking the Actions button, depends on the operating system, topology type of the device, the license and capabilities you possess as mentioned in the following table. For information on the required capabilities for accessing a device via web console, see Managing access rights and capabilities for specific cases.
Actions | Windows | Linux | macOS | License | Min BCM version |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Remote Control | Yes | No | Yes | Remote Control | |
Audit Now | Yes | Yes | Yes | Inventory | Since 20.08 if you have the patch license, a patch scan is launched. |
Download Log Files | Yes | Yes | Yes | 12.9 | |
File System | Yes | Yes | Yes | Direct Access | |
Registry | Yes | No | No | Direct Access | |
Services | Yes | No | No | Direct Access | |
Windows Events | Yes | No | No | Direct Access | 20.08 in Web Console |
Process Management | Yes | Yes | Yes | Direct Access | |
File transfer | Yes | Yes | Yes | Direct Access | 12.9 |
Ping* | Yes | Yes | Yes | Direct Access | |
Reboot* | Yes | Yes | Yes | Direct Access | |
Restart* | Yes | Yes | Yes | Direct Access | 12.8 |
Shutdown* | Yes | Yes | Yes | Direct Access | |
Wake up* | Yes | Yes | Yes | Direct Access |
*Not available on Master and Super Master
The following features are available for directly accessing a device by using the web console:
- Auditing a device
- Downloading the log files
- Managing the file system on a device
- Managing registry on a device
- Managing services on a device
- Log files for Windows events
- Managing processes on a device
- Transferring files
- Checking connection with a device
- Rebooting a device via the web console
- Restarting the agent via the web console
- Shutting down a device via the web console
- Waking up a device via the web console
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