Release Information

Big Brother 4.1

Release Information

Big Brother 4.1

New Features in Big Brother Professional Edition 4.10

Enhanced Flash-based display with adjustable world clock time zones - A Flash-based alternate display is available for Big Brother. Use the classic HTML-based display or this new display mode or even both! 
Full Database integration with Oracle, mySQL or SQL Server for historical data and reporting.

GUI Modifications

Flash adjustable world clock view – you can set the world clocks from a list of different cities and time zones around the world.

Notification Changes

Customizable email subject line notifications with the Windows BB management server.

BBClient administration from browser (BBCD)

With Big Brother 4.10 UNIX/Linux management servers, you can modify client side thresholds for cpu, disk space, processes, etc directly from the management page in the browser.

Remote deploy Winodws BBClients

Big Brother 4.10 Windows management servers ship with a new BBClient remote deployment tool that will read a list of target machines and remotely install BBClients on those remote hosts.

WML support for display zones

WML support for display zones is now available with *NIX management servers. Isolate and view individual display zones with your WAP enabled devices.

Supported Platforms

The Big Brother UNIX Server and UNIX Client software are supported on these operating systems:

      Red Hat Enterprise Server 3.0, 4.0 and 5.0.

      SUSE Enterprise Linux 9.0/10.0

      Sun Solaris 8 or greater (Sparc and x86)

      HP-UX 11.0 and 11i

      HP-UX 11i Itanium 64bit (Client only)

      AIX 5.2, 5.3 or 6.1 (Client only)

The Big Brother Windows Server and Windows Client software are supported on these operating systems:

      Windows 2008 Server

      Windows 2003 Server

      Windows 2000 Server or Professional

      Windows XP

Installing or Upgrading

These Release Notes do not include installation or upgrade instructions. Please refer to the appropriate Getting Started Guide for complete installation and upgrade information. You can download the Getting Started Guides as well as the Big Brother software from the Big Brother Web site: www.bb4.com

Documentation

In addition to the release notes, the documentation consists of:

      Four Big Brother Getting Started Guides: one each for the UNIX Server, the Windows Server, the UNIX Client, and the Windows Client. These guides describe how to install, start, and perform the initial configuration for the indicated part of the Big Brother software. The installation instructions include procedures for updating from an earlier version of Big Brother without losing your customized settings. The Getting Started Guides are provided as PDF files.

      An online help system covering both the UNIX server and the UNIX client. This includes complete configuration information for all aspects of Big Brother, including defining hosts and servers, setting up notification, and more. It also includes instructions for using the features available while viewing the Big Brother status display Web page. You can access this file by clicking the Help icon on the Big Brother Web page while connected to a Big Brother UNIX server.

      An online help system covering the Windows server. This includes complete configuration information for all aspects of the Big Brother server, including defining hosts and servers, setting up notification, and more. It also includes instructions for using the features available while viewing the Big Brother status display Web page. It does not include information on configuring a Big Brother Windows client host.

      Access to the Windows server help file by clicking the Help icon on the Big Brother Web page while connected to a Big Brother Windows server. You can also access the help from the Windows Start menu on the Big Brother server by selecting Programs, Quest Software, Big Brother Professional Edition, Server, Help.

      An online help system covering the Windows client. This includes only information about the various options and settings available on Windows client hosts. You can access the help from the Windows Start menu on the Big Brother client by selecting Programs, Quest Software, Big Brother Professional Edition, Client, Help. Also, the appendix at the end of this document describes how to integrate Big Brother 3.20 with Quest Software’s Foglight product. In the future, this information will be in the Foglight documentation.