Users Guide

Changing The SNMP Community Name

Conguring the SNMP community name determines which management stations are able to manage your system through SNMP. The

SNMP community name used by management applications must match the SNMP community name congured on the system running

Server Administrator, so the management applications can retrieve the management information from Server Administrator.

To change the default SNMP community name used for retrieving management information from a system running Server Administrator:

1 Open the SNMP agent conguration le, /etc/snmp/snmpd.conf.

2 Find the line that reads: rocommunity public 127.0.0.1.

3 Edit this line by replacing public with the new SNMP community name. When edited, the new line should read: rocommunity

community_name 127.0.0.1.

4 To enable SNMP conguration changes, restart the SNMP agent by typing: systemctl restart snmpd .

Conguring the SNMP agent on systems running supported VMware ESXi

6.X operating systems

Server Administrator supports SNMP traps on VMware ESXi 6.X. If a stand-alone license is only present, SNMP conguration fails on

VMware ESXi operating systems. Server Administrator does not support SNMP Get and Set operations on VMware ESXi 6.X as the

required SNMP support is unavailable. The VMware vSphere Command-Line Interface (CLI) is used to congure systems running VMware

ESXi 6.X to send SNMP traps to a management station.

NOTE

: For more information about using the VMware vSphere CLI, see vmware.com/support.

Conguring 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 congured on the system running Server Administrator for SNMP traps to be sent to a management station.

To congure your ESXi system running Server Administrator to send traps to a management station:

1 Install the VMware vSphere CLI.

2 Open a command prompt on the system where the VMware vSphere CLI is installed.

3 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.

4 Run the following command: vicfg-snmp.pl --server <server> --username <username> --password

where <server> is the hostname or IP address of the ESXi system, <username> is a user on the ESXi system, <community> is

the SNMP community name and <hostname> is the hostname or IP address of the management station.

NOTE

: The extension .pl is not required on Linux.

NOTE: If you do not specify a user name and password, you are prompted.

The SNMP trap conguration takes eect immediately without restarting any services.

Setup And Administration