# Metricbeat Agent

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/metricbeat-agent/327798>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** metricbeat\
**Created:** [March 16, 2023, 4:21am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/metricbeat-agent/327798 "2023-03-16T04:21:13Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Tw1cUser](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/tw1cuser/32/117849_2.png) [@Tw1cUser](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Tw1cUser)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2023, 4:21am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/metricbeat-agent/327798/1 "2023-03-16T04:21:13Z")

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Hi

is it possible to pull all VMs on the server without installing metricbeat on all VMs?  
example: one server has 100+ VMs, and I want to monitor one server and include the VMs in it, without installing metricbeat on those 100+ VMs, is that possible? and the module that I use is the system module

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**Author:** ![Tw1cUser](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/tw1cuser/32/117849_2.png) [@Tw1cUser](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Tw1cUser)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2023, 6:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/metricbeat-agent/327798/2 "2023-03-16T06:32:46Z")

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anyone can answer it?

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**Author:** ![carly.richmond](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/carly.richmond/32/104935_2.png) [@carly.richmond](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/carly.richmond)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2023, 12:45pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/metricbeat-agent/327798/3 "2023-03-17T12:45:56Z")

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Hi @Tw1cUser,

I don't think it's possible to pull that information using Metricbeat without installing on all the VMs.

What are you using for your virtualization? It might be worth having a look at the [Elastic Agent integrations](https://docs.elastic.co/integrations/elastic_agent), especially if you're using something like [vSphere](https://docs.elastic.co/integrations/vsphere) to see if there's a compatible integration.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2023, 2:46pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/metricbeat-agent/327798/4 "2023-04-14T14:46:03Z")

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