Zabbix Agent2 vs Agent

[stevefxp]

Hello all,

I have moved a majority of my agents over to Agent2 implementations, especially those with a DB on them. So far things have been pretty good but I am a little confused about the functionality within Agent2.

For example when monitoring Linux I have the ability to pick the Agent template or the Active Agent template. Does Agent2 support both? It seems that when I pick the Active template I lose the green availability box for the passive side. Is this considered normal?

Thanks,
Steve

[solution]

The manual has the answers you need.

Active vs Passive:
blog . zabbix . com/zabbix-agent-active-vs-passive/9207/

Agent vs Agent2
zabbix . com /documentation/current/en/manual/appendix/agent_comparison

Agent2 Exclusive Items
zabbix . com /documentation/current/en/manual/config/items/itemtypes/zabbix_agent/zabbix_agent2

Green, Red, Gray - Availability icon
"Since Zabbix 6.2 active checks also affect host availability..."
zabbix . com /documentation/7.0/en/manual/web_interface/frontend_sections/monitoring/hosts

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Wellington