Are agents required on every system that is managed by IBM Systems Director 6.1?
No, although the type of agent may vary based upon the support required for the managed end-point. IBM Systems Director is designed to facilitate the best possible utilization of both storage-based and server-based physical and virtual resources throughout the infrastructure. In order to accomplish this task, the solution combines three main components: a single web-based console, a central management server and agents (either common or platform-based). In version 6.1, the following agent types are supported: Common Agent, Platform Agent, and No Director Agent. • The IBM Systems Director 6.1 Common Agent can optionally be used to replace the previous 5.x Level 2 Agent (though Director will continue to work with it, as well). This option will appeal to many administrators because the new agent supports a richer set of features and subagent tasks. • The Platform Agent is well-suited to environments in which a smaller agent footprint is desired, yet one in which administrators wish to ret
