Owner's Manual

268 Configuring Protocols to Send Information 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.
6 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
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Setting Up SNMP on VMware ESX Server 4.0 and
Later For Discovery
1 Download the VMware remote command line interface tool (RCLI) from
the VMware website at
www.vmware.com . You can download either a
Virtual Appliance, RCLI tools for Linux, or RCLI tools for Windows
operating system.
2 Run the following command on the VMware ESX Server to configure
SNMP from RCLI:
vicfg-snmp --server <ESX_IP_addr> --username root
--password <password> -c <community name> -p X -t
<ITA_IP_Address>@162/<community name>
Where X represents an unused port.
NOTE: Multiple IT Assistant IP addresses can also be mentioned using a
comma-separated list.
3 Stop the SNMP service if it is already running on your system:
Service snmpd stop
4
Add the following line at the end of the /etc/snmp/snmpd.conf :
proxy -v 1 -c public udp:127.0.0.1:X
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