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:
- Monitor network devices in small office environments.
- Discover Windows servers.
Monitoring network devices in small office environments
Small office IT environments might not have a hypervisor to run the gateway Appliance. In these environments, the Windows Gateway can be used to discover and monitor network resources, such as switches, routers, and firewalls.
A single Windows Gateway instance can manage up to 30 network resources.
Discovering Windows servers
In IT environments with Windows running on bare metal, Windows servers might need to be discovered individually. The Windows Gateway can be used to discover Windows servers in these environments.
A single Windows Gateway instance can discover up to 500 Windows servers.
Windows Gateway Limitations
- The Windows Gateway is not recommended for monitoring Windows Servers. To monitor Windows and Linux servers, deploy agents on the servers.
- The Windows Gateway does not support the proxy mode functionality available in the gateway Appliance. The Windows Gateway cannot be used as a proxy for agents to connect to OpsRamp.
- The Windows gateway installation is not recommended on the Operating Systems hosted on hypervisor environments.
- The Windows gateway does not support a Web user interface.
- The Windows gateway does not support SIP and Synthetics functionalities.