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