TABLE OF CONTENTS Agentless Management of Linux and UNIX Servers
Agent-based Management of Linux and Solaris Servers
The degree to which you can integrate non-Windows systems into MOM 2005 depends on what technique you use to manage that resource. To collect a sufficient amount of data to drive MOM s alert system, custom providers (using the MOM 2005 SDK) are needed to interact with the instrumentation exposed by the operating system as well as accompanying management packs with the associated event and alert rules. Third-party software vendors have developed solutions to extend the functionality of MOM into the non-Windows arena. In this chapter, we will look at two different approaches to managing non-Windows resources, agentless and agent-based.
The first method of managing non-Windows systems is to use Virtual Agents to collect state and performance data from those resources. When using Virtual Agents, there is no need to deploy any software on the managed systems. Instead, calls to the systems to capture data or invoke an action are made using common interfaces supported by the managed systems.
Infrastructure and application monitoring is shifting from an agent-based approach to an agentless one. Agentless monitoring holds the promise of cheaper and easier-to-maintain monitoring technology. Only a few technology barriers still exist thanks to emerging technologies and adoption by both operating system and application vendors. One company breaking those barriers by extending MOM s management capabilities for heterogeneous environments is eXc Software.
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