Specifications

Administration Guide
228 VMware, Inc.
4Make!sure!the!paths!to!the!snmpd!daemon!startup!script!and!its!configuration!file!
are!correct.!
If!either!of!these!is!incorrect,!click!Change!and!type!the!correct!path.
5Make!sure!that!the!status!of!the!master!SNMP!agent!is!Running.!
6If!you’re!interested!in!VMware‐specific!SNMP!MIBs,!make!sure
!the!status!and!
VMware!traps!of!the!VMware!SNMP!subagent!is!Enabled.
7 Optional:!If!you!want!the!master!SNMP!agent!(and!the!VMware!SNMP!subagent,!
if!its!status!is!Enabled)!to!start!automatically!upon!booting,!make!sure!the!Startup!
Type!is!Automatic.
8Configure!your!traps.!See!“Configuring!SNMP!Trap!
Destinations”!on!page 230.
Configuring the ESX Server Agent from the Service Console
Use!the!snmpsetup.sh!script!to!configure!the!ESX!Server!SNMP!subagent!to!work!with!
the!default!snmpd!or!with!a!third!party!management!application.
Configuring the Default SNMP Daemon
Configure!ESX!Server!to!use!either!the!default!SNMP!daemon!or!your!selection!of!third!
party!management!applications.!Configure!the!default!SNMP!daemon!through!the!
service!console!using!one!of!the!following!procedures.
To use the VMware SNMP daemon with the default SNMP daemon
1Log!into!the!service!console!as!the!root!user.
2Type!the!following!to!run!the!script:
snmpsetup.sh default
The!default!option!sets!up!the!snmpd.conf!file!for!the!default!master!SNMP!
daemon.!This!connects!snmpd!to!vmware-snmpd,!enabling!you!to!query!for!ESX!
Server!MIB!items.!
The!script!starts!both!the!master!and!subagent!SNMP!daemons.
N
OTE If!you’re! not!interested!in!VMware‐specific!SNMP!modules,!don’t!run!this!script.!This!
script!sets!up!a!connection,!between!the!master!snmpd!daemon!and!the!vmware-snmpd!
daemon,!which!enables!access!to!ESX!Server!MIB!items.
CAUTION Do!not!use!the!snmpsetup.sh!script!to!set!up!third‐party!SNMP!daemons.