Specifications

Basic System Administration
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 ConfiguretheSNMPsettingsonVirtualCenterServer.
 ConfigureyourmanagementsoftwaretoaccepttrapsfromVirtualCenterServer.
To configure SNMP settings on VirtualCenter Server
1IntheVIClientconnectedtoVirtualCenterServer,chooseAdministration>
VirtualCenterManagementServerConfiguration.
TheVirtualCenterManagementServerConfigurationdialogboxisdisplayed.
2 SelectSNMPtodisplaytheSNMPpage.
3IntheReceiverURLtextbox,entertheDNS
nameorIPaddressoftheSNMP
receiver.
4Intheadjacenttextbox,entertheportnumberoftheSNMPreceiver.
Iftheportvalueisleftempty,thedefaultvalueof162isused.
5IntheCommunityStringtextbox,enterthecommunityidentifier.
6ToenableadditionalSNMPreceivers,select
theappropriatecheckbox,andrepeat
Steps3through5forthatreceiver.
7ClickOKtoclosethedialogboxandsavethesettings.
ThetrapssentbyVirtualCenterServeraretypicallysenttoothermanagement
programs.YoumustconfigureyourmanagementservertointerprettheSNMPtraps
sentbyVirtualCenter
Server.
To configure your management program to interpret VirtualCenter SNMP traps
1
(S EE U PDATE ) CopytheMIBfilestothelocationrequiredbyyourmanagement
software.TointerpretVirtualCenterServertraps,onlythefollowingMIBfilesare
needed:
 VMWARE-ROOT-MIB.mib
 VMWARE-TRAPS-MIB.mib
TheMIBdefinitionfilescanbefoundatC:\Program
Files\VMware\Infrastructure\VirtualCenter Server\MIBSwhenthe
defaultinstallationdirectoryisused.
2ModifyyourmanagementprogramtoincludeandinterprettheVMwareMIBs.
SeeyourmanagementprogramdocumentationforinformationonaddingMIB
definitionstoyourprogram.