Sensors that support script-based and asynchronous discovery

Some sensors can be run as script-based sensors. These sensors are more apparent, which means that all commands that the sensor uses are in one script, which you can view. Script-based sensors also support asynchronous discovery.

The following table lists all script-based sensors, and the operating systems, on which they are supported.

The Asynchronous discovery sensor is required for asynchronous discovery. See also Configuring for asynchronous discovery.

Notes:
  • Some of the following sensors are script-based by default, but some of them must be configured for script-based discovery. See Configuring for script-based discovery.
  • If the target computer system is running the Solaris operating system, script-based discovery might not work if SunSSH 1.0 is used.
Table 1. List of script-based sensors.
Sensor Sensor name that is used in the UI and logs The operating systems, on which the sensor is supported Script-based by default
Apache sensor ApacheServerSensor
  • AIX®
  • Linux®
  • Solaris
 No
Asynchronous discovery sensor ASDSensor
  • AIX
  • FreeBSD
  • Linux
  • HP NonStop
  • Solaris
  • Windows
 Yes
Citrix XenServer sensor XenServerSensor
  • Linux
 Yes
FreeBSD computer system sensor FreeBSDComputerSystemSensor
  • FreeBSD
No
Generic server sensor GenericServerSensor
  • AIX
  • Linux
  • Solaris
  • Windows
 No
HP NonStop computer system sensor HpNonStopComputerSystemSensor
  • HP NonStop
 Yes
IBM AIX computer system sensor AixComputerSystemSensor
  • AIX
 No
IBM DB2 sensor Db2Sensor
  • AIX
  • Linux
  • Solaris
 No
IBM Lotus Domino server sensor DominoInitialSensor
  • AIX
  • Linux
  • Solaris
 No
IBM Tivoli Utilization sensor OperatingSystemUtilizationSensor
  • AIX
  • FreeBSD
  • Linux
  • Solaris
 No
IBM WebSphere MQ Server sensor MQServerSensor
  • AIX
  • Linux
  • Solaris
  • Windows
 Yes
IBM WebSphere sensor WebSphereScriptSensor
  • AIX
  • Linux
  • Solaris
  • Fix Pack 2 Windows
 Yes
JBoss Application Server 7 sensor JBoss7Sensor
  • AIX
  • Linux
  • Solaris
  • Windows
 Yes
Kernel-based virtual machine sensor KVMSensor
  • Linux
 Yes
Linux computer system sensor LinuxComputerSystemSensor
  • Linux
 No
Microsoft Exchange sensor ExchangeSensor
  • Windows
 Yes
Microsoft IIS Web server sensor IISServerSensor
  • Windows
 Yes
Fix Pack 2Microsoft SQL Server sensor (with restrictions) SqlServerSensor
  • Windows
 No
Oracle sensor OracleSensor
  • AIX
  • Linux
  • Solaris
 No
Solaris computer system sensor SunSparcComputerSystemSensor
  • Solaris
 No
Fix Pack 2Sun Sparc Virtualization sensor SunSparcVirtualizationSensor
  • Solaris
 Yes
WebLogic SSH sensor WeblogicLauncherSensor
  • AIX
  • Linux
  • Solaris
 No
Windows computer system sensor WindowsComputerSystemSensor
  • Windows
 No
Restrictions
  • Fix Pack 2 The script-based discovery mode of the Microsoft SQL Server sensor relies on the sqlps module, which is available in Microsoft SQL Server 2008, and later. Therefore, if you want to discover Microsoft SQL Server 2005, you must have other instances like Microsoft SQL Server 2008, 2008 R2, or 2012 installed as well.