Users Guide

To configure the SNMP agent:

1. Edit the VMware SNMP configuration file, /etc/vmware/snmp.xml, either manually or run the

following vicfg-snmp commands to modify the SNMP configuration settings. This includes the

SNMP listening port, community string, and the trap target ipaddress/port, and trap community name

and then enable the VMware SNMP service.

a) vicfg-snmp.pl --server <ESX_IP_addr> --username root --password <password>

-c <community name> -p X –t <Destination_IP_Address> @162/ <community

name>

Where represents an unused port. To find an unused port, check the /etc/services file for the port

assignment for defined system services. Also, to make sure that the port selected is not currently

being used by any application or service, run the following command on the ESX server: netstat

–a command

NOTE: Multiple IP addresses can be entered using a comma-separated list.

To enable VMWare SNMP service, run the following command:

b) vicfg-snmp.pl --server <ESX_IP_addr> --username root --password <password>

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To view the configuration settings, run the following command:

c) vicfg-snmp.pl --server <ESX_IP_addr> --username root --password <password>

-s

The following is an example of the configuration file, after modification:

<?xml version="1.0">

<communities> public </communities>

<targets> 143.166.152.248@162/public </targets>

</snmpSettings>

</config>

2. Stop the SNMP service if it is already running on your system by entering the following command:

service snmpd stop

3. Add the following line at the end of the /etc/snmp/snmpd.conf file: proxy -v 1 -c public udp:

127.0.0.1:X .1.3.6.1.4.1.6876

Where X represents the unused port specified above, while configuring SNMP.

4. Configure the trap destination using the following command: <Destination_IP_Address>

<community_name>

The trapsink specification is required to send traps defined in the proprietary MIBs.

5. Restart the mgmt-vmware service with the following command: service mgmt-vmware restart

6. Restart the snmpd service with the following command: service snmpd start

NOTE: If the srvadmin is installed and the services are already started, restart the services as

they depend on the snmpd service.

7. Run the following command so that the snmpd daemon starts on every reboot: chkconfig snmpd