Support of Windows Server 2012

[suzuka46]

Is "Windows Server 2012 supported on zabbix1.8 agent?

"Windows Server 2012" is not listed on the following page.

https://www.zabbix.com/documentation/1.8/manual/installation/requirements

[steveboyson]

Yes, 2.0.9 agent runs fine here on 2012 (not R2).

[suzuka46]

Thank you for your reply.

But, I would like to know whether it will be supported or not on zabbix1.8.

MUST I upgrade to 2.0 when monitoring Windows Server 2012?

[steveboyson]

Oh sorry, I've overseen that you were asking for 1.8.
I see no apparantly reason why 2012 should not be supported, although I doubt that there is a 64bit version of the 1.8x agent.

See the comment here:
"On a 64-bit system, a 64-bit Zabbix agent version is required for all checks related to running 64-bit processes to work correctly."

https://www.zabbix.com/documentation/2.0/manual/appendix/install/windows_agent

(I know it is for 2.x)

[nick0909]

I believe you can run the 2.0 agents and query them from the 1.8 server as well? I did this for a short time when I hadn't yet updated my server but the newer agents were out, didn't seem to have a problem. I now have since updated my server to match.

[MaxM]

There is backwards compatibility, you can run the 2.x agent with a 1.8 server.

[suzuka46]

Thanks for your reply.

I believe you can run the 2.0 agents and query them from the 1.8 server as well?

I would like to run zabbix-agent-1.8 on Windows Server 2012 and to monitor it from Zabbix-server-1.8.

I tested in above-mentioned environment and I was not able to find a problem.
I am considered about whether zabbix-agent-1.8 is supported on Windows Server 2012.
Even if it is the environment of Zabbix-server-1.8, should I install zabbix-agent-2.0 in Windows 2012?