Can anyone tell me the advantages of using the netXMS agent opposed to the windows snmp service?
t.i.a.
It depends on your environment and requirements, but here are some of possible advantages:
* Centralized configuration - you can change configuration of agent from management console; if needed, you can even store agent configs on NetXMS server
* More secure: communications between NetXMS server and agent can be encrypted, additional authentication on agent can be configured
* TCP instead of UDP is used for communications with agent - this can help in case of slow and poor quality links
* Remote command execution - agents can be used to execute commands on managed systems as a reaction to certain events
* Proxy functionality: agent can be used as a proxy to reach agents on hosts not directly accessible by NetXMS server
* SNMP proxy: agent can be used as a proxy to reach remote SNMP devices
* Extensible: you can add new parameters very easy using ExternalParamer configuration option or by writing your own subagents
* Easy upgrade - you can upgrade all agents at once from console
Best regards,
Victor