Sensor control nodes

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IBM® Storage Defender® implements the concept of sensor control nodes. The sensor control nodes are used to host the sensor management systems. The sensor management systems are used for sensors that get installed on resources like virtual machines.

The sensor control node hosts the sensor software and distributes it to the virtual machines that have the sensor installed. These sensors observe the systems that they are installed on and can detect cyberattacks like ransomware attacks in real time. When the sensor detects cyberattacks, the sensor alerts you by sending messages to the on-premises connection manager and IBM Storage Defender Data Resiliency Service.

To review the system requirements for IBM Storage Defender sensor control nodes and IBM Storage Defender sensors, see IBM Storage Defender Data Resiliency Service: Connection manager, sensor and sensor control nodes requirements.

Note: Starting with IBM Storage Defender 2.0.18, the sensor auto-update feature is triggered by the connection manager update. To ensure that the sensor auto-update feature is properly enabled, the sensor must be at version 2.0.17 and later.