We use cacti too. Have you set it up to catch snmp traps? ray
On Wed, 14 Jan 2009, Adam Melancon wrote: > I use Cacti for all my SNMP monitoring. It works great! > http://cacti.net/ > > Adam Melancon > > > > On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 1:42 PM, Brad Bendily <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> I am an SNMP newbie. I've started a project at work to monitor >> availability >>> of services on a server. These services support SNMP v1, but the docs are >>> pretty slim. >>> >>> I've been playing around with Net-SNMP and can do a simple SNMP get from >> my >>> workstation for the server's name and so on, so I know SNMP works on >>> it. However, I can't figure out how to receive a trap from the app's >> agent >>> on the server. There are too many factors with that configuration to >> mention >>> now, so I'd like to pose a simple question. >>> >>> What is the simplest demonstration of a trap (both sending and receiving) >>> using the Net-SNMP (http://www.net-snmp.org) tools? Can this be done >> using >>> only Net-SNMP tools? I'm using Net-SNMP as it is cross-platform. And yes, >> it >>> is open source. ;) >>> >> >> We have dell servers at work and usually install the dell open manage >> package. This adds the dell MIBs so we can get all kinds of info off the >> server via snmp. We use SuSE servers, the problem I have had with snmp >> is that for different versions of the net-snmp rpm i have to have a >> different snmpd.conf. This partly due to the open manage stuff. To get >> open manage to work you have to enable "smuxpeer". For one rpm version, >> the smuxpeer needs a password and you have to set the password in dell >> open manage. For another snmp rpm you don't need the password at all. >> for traps you need to enable them via the conf file, which will be: >> >> trapsink 10.1.1.1 public >> >> The man page says you should also use: >> trapcommunity STRING >> defines the default community string to be used when sending >> traps. Note that this directive >> must be used prior to any community-based trap destination >> directives that need to use it. >> >> trapsink HOST [COMMUNITY [PORT]] >> >> >> However, our config doesn't use trapcommunity. This may be part of >> something open manage does for us. But this sends traps to our >> open manage monitor server. Now we just need someone to monitor that >> server! >> >> Hope this helps, let me know if I can do anything else. >> b >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> General mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net >> > -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ray DeJean http://www.r-a-y.org Systems Engineer Southeastern Louisiana University IBM Certified Specialist AIX Administration, AIX Support =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= _______________________________________________ General mailing list [email protected] http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net
