When I show the demo of ManageEngine products to prospects, I remember them asking me this question : “Do you have Linux variant of the product?”. You should have guessed my answer right. It is “Yes”. Almost all products, except a few, under the ManageEngine suite offer a Linux variant.
Let me, now, restrict myself to discuss only about Applications Manager.
Applications Manager is available for both Windows and Linux Operating system. It has been tested well to run on these OSes. Few features applicable to Windows edition are missing in the Linux edition, however, the basic functionality of all other features remains the same.
The following features are available only with the Windows Edition :
1. Exchange Server Monitoring : An extensive monitoring of the Exchange Server is available with the Windows Edition. Information related to SMTP, MTA, Information store, Information store mailbox and public folder is all gathered through WMI.
2. Windows Performance Counters : Any parameter related to the Win32_PerfFormattedData can be monitored through Applications Manager on Windows.
3. Event log rule : Any event can be monitored and notified when it occurs. This is useful when any application generates an failure event in the Windows Event log viewer. This is helpful in a way that the event log comes before the application actually crashes. This serves as a proactive mode of monitoring your applications and services.
4. Active Directory Monitor : All Windows shops will have an established AD setup in their network and monitoring AD parameters and services becomes critical to provide a hassle-free activity across the network. The screenshot shows few monitors which will help you troubleshoot for any unforeseen problems with Active Directory.
5. Microsoft .NET Monitoring : You will be able to monitor Microsoft .NET attributes and Sharepoint services when Applications Manager is installed on a Windows OS. Here is a sample screenshot to show the JIT and Queues while monitoring .NET
6. NTLM authenticated URLs and Recording HTTP(s) Sequence : You can record the HTTP(s) sequence through Recorder.exe tool which works only from a Windows OS. However, you will be able to save the sequence to Applications Manager on a Linux OS.
I leave it to you to explore the other versatile features of Applications Manager. You can choose the edition to use based on your requirements.
Kevin
I guess in summary, features needing WMI will not work in Linux.
Thanks for the post.