Owner's Manual

Configuring Protocols to Send Information to IT Assistant 261
Setting Up SNMP on VMware ESX 3.5 server to
Send Traps to IT Assistant
Follow the steps below to configure SNMP for the ESX server to send traps to
IT Assistant:
1
Download VMware remote command line interface tool (RCLI) from the
VMware website.
2 Run the following command to configure the SNMP from RCLI:
vicfg-snmp --server <ESX_IP_addr> --username root -
-password <password> -c <community name> -p 5567 -t
<ITA_IP_Address>@162/<community name>
NOTE: Multiple IT Assistant IP Addresses can be mentioned by putting a comma (,)
in between the target address that is IT Assistant IP address.
1 Run the following command to enable SNMP for ESX:
vicfg-snmp --server <ESX_IP_addr> --username root -
-password <password> -E
2 Run the following command to show the configuration:
vicfg-snmp --server <ESX_IP_addr> --username root -
-password <password> -s
3 Run the following command to send a test trap to IT Assistant:
vicfg-snmp --server <ESX_IP_addr> --username root -
-password <password> -T
NOTE: Ensure that the SNMP ports are kept open before sending traps to the
management station.
4 For the ESX Server traps to be properly categorized in IT Assistant,
perform the following:
a Open IT Assistant Console.
b Select Alerts  Categories/Sources  Virtual Machine.
c Right click Virtual Machine and select New SNMP Alert Source.
d Duplicate all existing SNMP Alert Source entries with the same
values as the existing entries but modify the Enterprise OID to
.1.3.6.1.4.1.6876.4.1.