4.4.3 Agentless configuration
You can manage computers without agents installed, in addition to computers on which agents are installed. A configuration that contains agentless computers is called the agentless configuration. The following figure shows the agentless configuration.
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Although the system configuration in this figure consists of only agentless computers, the configuration can also contain both agentless computers and computers with agents installed.
The following describes the prerequisites for the agentless configuration.
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The computers that the management server can directly reference by using the search function are applicable to the agentless configuration. The search function searches for the management target devices connected to the network.
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Either of the following types of authentication must be possible.
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Set the administrative share for the OS on the managed computers so that JP1/IT Desktop Management can authenticate the logon account for the OS.
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Managed computers can be authenticated by SNMP.
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You must specify the following settings to manage agentless computers.
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Disable Windows Firewall.#
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Disable Simple File Sharing.
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Enable File and Printer Sharing.
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Enable the Inter-Process Communication share (IPC$).
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Set the administrative share on each agentless computer.
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Set the common access account for all the managed computers.
#: Even if Windows Firewall is enabled, the requirement is satisfied if TCP (port number 445) is permitted. In addition, information required for logging on to the target computer by using a Windows administrative share must be set on the management server as authentication information for a network search. Note, however, that if the OS is Windows 7, Windows Vista, or Windows Server 2008, logon must be possible without authenticating a UAC (user account control).
- Important note
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There are functional differences between an agentless computer and a computer on which the agent is installed. For details about the functional differences, see (1) Functional differences between agent/agentless management.