Introduction
This guide discusses supported choices and recommendations to instrument your environment for discovery and monitoring.
Discovery
| Resource type | Environment | Required instrumentation |
|---|---|---|
| Linux server | Data center | Gateway Appliance |
| Linux server | Cloud | Public Cloud Collector |
| Windows server | Data center | Windows Gateway. See guidelines for Windows Gateway below. |
| Windows server | Cloud | Public Cloud Collector |
| VMware ESXi server | Data center | Gateway Appliance |
| SNMP enabled network resources (switches, routers, ...) | Data center | Gateway Appliance |
| Storage arrays (NAS and SAN) | Data center | Gateway Appliance |
| Other IaaS, PaaS resources | Cloud | Public Cloud Collector |
Monitoring
| Resource type | Environment | Instrumentation choices | Recommended choice |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux server | Data center | Linux Agent, Gateway Appliance | Linux Agent |
| Linux server | Cloud | Linux Agent, Gateway Appliance, Public Cloud Collector | Linux Agent |
| Windows server | Data center | Windows Agent, Windows Gateway | Windows Agent |
| Windows server | Cloud | Windows Agent, Windows Gateway, Public Cloud Collector | Windows Agent |
| VMware ESXi server | Data center | Gateway Appliance | Gateway Appliance |
| Other IaaS, PaaS resources | Cloud | Public Cloud Collector | Public Cloud Collector |
| SNMP enabled network resources (switches, routers, ...) | Data center | Gateway Appliance | Gateway Appliance |
Guidelines for Windows Gateway
The Windows Gateway is a Windows application. It supports limited functionality compared to the Gateway Appliance.
The Windows Gateway should be used only in the following scenarios:
- To monitor network devices in small office environments.
- To discover Windows servers
Monitoring network devices in small office environments
Small office IT environments may not have a hypervisor to run the Gateway Appliance.
The Windows Gateway can be used to discover and monitor network resources (switches, routers, firewalls, etc.) in such environments.
A single instance of the Windows Gateway can manage up to 30 network resources.
Discovering Windows servers
In IT environments with Windows running on bare metal, Windows servers may need to be discovered individually. The Windows Gateway can be used to discover Windows servers in these environments.
A single instance of the Windows Gateway can discover up to 500 Windows servers.