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Agent or Agent-less for endpoint security, backup & F5 LB

Which is better, agent or agentless, in terms of
a) ease of support
b) ease of upgrade/patching
c) stability (as often I've seen agents' status going Offline, Unknown, etc)
d) inteference with apps (have seen agents causing issues to .Net, Java & various apps

For endpoint security (eg: Symantec Endpoint, Trend's Deep Security),
backup (eg: Netbackup, Commvault), and F5 LB?
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> saying running as VM AV virtual appliance at hypervisor level.
Yes, I'm looking into this.

I've been installing/upgrading agents for 2 products, so have some idea.

So for F5 LB, how does it know the % load of a server if there's no agent
in the target servers that it load balances?

> would not always be given the choice, all endpoint security software that I know work with agents.
Not true, I'm using one EP security which is agentless & I heard Commvault backup can be agentless too
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