Machine Agent registeration with Basic and SIM

[Abhi.Bajaj]

The Machine Agent can register to the controller in 2 ways:

1. Machine Agent with Basic enabled (sim-enabled = False)

For this configuration, you have 2 choices:

1. Let the Machine Agent create a dummy application. The Machine Agent can create a dummy application by passing the below flags in <MA-Home>/conf/controller-info.xml
   <application-name>NameOfApp</application-name>
   <tier-name>NameOfTier</tier-name>
   <node-name>NameOfNode</node-name>
   
   This will create a dummy application for you on the controller.
   https://docs.appdynamics.com/appd/24.x/24.3/en/infrastructure-visibility/machine-agent/configure-the...
   
   
2. Install a Machine Agent with the same <unique-host-id> as an Application agent (Java agent). This will correlate and have the Machine Agent report under the Application Tab.

2. Machine Agent with sim-enabled set to true.

• With this setting, the Machine Agent will report under the Servers Tab (Top view)
• The metrics difference between Basic and Server Visibility are noted here:
  • https://docs.appdynamics.com/appd/24.x/24.3/en/infrastructure-visibility/hardware-resources-metrics

Screenshots for Reference

Machine agent reporting with <sim-enabled> set to false

 

Machine Agent reporting with sim set to true