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NOTE: If the srvadmin is installed and the services are already started, they should

be restarted as they depend on the snmpd service.

Run the following command so that the snmpd daemon starts on every

reboot:

chkconfig snmpd on

Run the following command to ensure that the SNMP ports are open

before sending traps to the management station.

esxcfg-firewall -e snmpd

Configuring the SNMP Agent on Systems Running Supported VMware

ESXi 4.0 Operating Systems

Server Administrator supports SNMP traps on VMware ESXi 4. Server

Administrator does not support SNMP Get and Set operations on VMware

ESXi 4 because VMware ESXi 4 does not provide the required SNMP

support. The VMware vSphere Command-Line Interface (CLI) is used to

configure a system running VMware ESXi 4 to send SNMP traps to a

management station.

NOTE: For more information about using the VMware vSphere CLI, see the

VMware support site at www.vmware.com/support.

Configuring Your System to Send Traps to a Management Station

Server Administrator generates SNMP traps in response to changes in the

status of sensors and other monitored parameters. One or more trap

destinations must be configured on the system running Server Administrator

for SNMP traps to be sent to a management station.

To configure your ESXi system running Server Administrator to send traps to

a management station, perform the following steps:

Install the VMware vSphere CLI.

Open a command prompt on the system where the VMware vSphere CLI

is installed.

Change to the directory where the VMware vSphere CLI is installed. The

default location on Linux is

/usr/bin

. The default location on Windows is

C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin

Execute the following command:

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