Network Management

Agents connected to an Additional Polling Engine install only the Discovery Plugin

The Discovery Plugin is the only plugin deployed to an agent that connects to an Additional Polling Engine (APE).

First published date

11/7/2018 6:50 PM

Last published date

11/14/2022 12:20 PM

Overview

If you monitor nodes with an agent that is connected to an Additional Polling Engine (APE), the Discovery Plugin is the only plugin deployed.

Product section

Orion Platform

Cause

The host name of the Additional Polling Engine could not be resolved from the main Orion server.

Resolution

Modify your hosts file to include entries for both your main Orion server and your Additional Polling Engines.

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