Chapter 4. Deploying Agents

Now that we have explored the consoles and also understand how to navigate around OpsMgr, it's time to deploy some agents.

In this chapter, we will first learn about the differences between agent-based and agentless monitoring. Then we will discuss specific requirements and different methods available for deploying agents to Microsoft Windows platforms. Once we have grasped the concept of deploying agents, we'll see how we can 'multihome' them to work with multiple OpsMgr management groups.

We will end the chapter by walking you through deploying agents to cross-platform UNIX/Linux environments.

Here's a high-level breakdown of what we'll cover in this chapter:

• Agent-based and agentless monitoring
• Deploying Microsoft Windows agents
• Different agent installation methods
• Working with multiple management groups
• Deploying UNIX/Linux agents