Hi I have a requirement to be able to monitor several Linux servers (Debian) How can I achieve this best? SNMP is enabled on these servers and I have the community string. Should I use SNMP based monitoring or install the UNIX/Linux agent? Many thanks in advance!

There is no official\supported agent software for debian. You can try this: Agent: http://scxagentdebian56.codeplex.com/ ManagementPack: http://scxmpdebian56.codeplex.com/http://OpsMgr.ru/

Thank you very much for your quick response! I will give that a try now and let you know how I get on Cheers!

This mp could also monitor linux : http://operatingquadrant.com/2010/03/11/xsnmp-management-pack-suite-version-1-1-0-beta/ xSNMP Net-SNMP Management Pack – Implements operating system monitoring for Net-SNMP agent devices, such as UNIX/Linux servers through the UCD and Host-Resources MIBs. Christopher Keyaert - My OpsMgr / SCOM & Opalis blog : http://www.vnext.be