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Does Storage Manager require an agent to be installed on every server to be monitored or is it "Agent-less"?

I've been tasked to look at implementing STM and was wondering if it's agent-less or if every server will need an agent installed on it. Just thought I'd throw that out there before I start reading manuals.

Thanks

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mharvey

There's an agent needed, but there is on inherent to the STM server that you can use. The ability for the proxy agent is to take some of the load off the STM server. Also, depending on the storage, you may have to use an SMIS-Provider. But otherwise, no, no agents on the storage side.

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mharvey

Regarding Windows servers, it does require an agent, however you can designate a server as an agent server and have the polling done through it for another server I believe. It becomes a proxy agent at that point.

mikegale

Thanks, that's what I was thinking from the snip-it of documentation that I've read. We're only going to use it for SAN monitoring so we should be good to tell our SAN team that it doesn't require an agent on their systems. Yes?

mharvey

dsbalcau

Using STM to monitor	Agent Required?
Physical Server (Windows, Linux, AIX, HP-UX, Solaris)	Yes
SAN or NAS devices	No
FC Switch	No
VMware	No

If you want an agentless physical server monitoring tool, I would recommend SolarWinds Server and Application Monitor.

mikegale

Thanks to both of y'all for the info. That's exactly what I needed to know.

Balki1429: Is that from one of the setup docs in STM? If so, I apologize for not reading through it more carefully.