Mobile devices

This section provides information for the IT administrators who need the ability to configure, manage, and control the mobile devices that employees use to access the enterprise data. To enable mobile device management, the user first needs to enroll the device for mobile device management in BMC Client Management. When a mobile device is enrolled, it is referred to as a managed mobile device.

For more information about features and benefits of mobile device management in BMC Client Management, see Mobile-device-management.

This section includes the following topics:

• • Mobile devices in BMC Client Management
  • License utilization
  • User goals and instructions

Mobile devices in BMC Client Management

Using BMC Client Management, the IT administrators can discover all the mobile devices in the network. Although, BMC Client Management discovers all mobile devices registered with the directory server, only iOS mobile devices can be enrolled and managed in BMC Client Management.

The following screenshot shows a summary of all mobile devices in the IT infrastructure, categorized by operating system and mobile device type under Mobile Device Management > Mobile Devices.

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Under Mobile Devices node, the mobile devices are listed in the following views:

• Managed Mobile Devices: All the iOS mobile devices that are enrolled for mobile device management are listed under Managed Mobile Devices node. For a managed mobile device, you can perform remote operations such as:
  • View and collect detailed inventory
  • Install or remove applications
  • Push or revoke configuration profiles 

• Synchronized Mobile Devices: All mobile devices that are registered with directory server are listed under the Synchronized Mobile Devices node. For a synchronized mobile device, you can view device information such as:

  • Name
  • Mobile device type
  • Operating system
  • Model
  • Subscriber carrier

  Note

  The managed mobile devices are also listed in the Synchronized Mobile Devices list.

  You can also assign or unassign directory servers to synchronized mobile devices.

License utilization

The following table explains how BMC Client Management licenses are utilized by a managed mobile device:

For more information about BMC Client Management licenses, see License-entitlements.

User goals and instructions

The following table provides links to relevant topics based on your goals: