Users Guide

Setup and Administration 39

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 X 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/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:

vicfg-snmp.pl --server <ESX_IP_addr> --username

root --password <password>

-E

To view the configuration settings, run the following command:

vicfg-snmp.pl --server <ESX_IP_addr> --username

root --password <password>

-s

After modification, the configuration file looks like this:

<?xml version="1.0">

<communities>public</communities>

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

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