Hi There, I'm relatively new to snmp, so excuse any mistakes I make in terminology etc in this message.
I would like to extend the net-snmp agent so that I can monitor performance and status counters maintained by a proprietary mail server developed by my employer. The mail server has a telnet management interface, from which the counter values can be retrieved. >From reading the docs I can see that there are several approaches to how I can obtain the counter values. 1. Using extend directive. I can use this directive to call a shell script which would telnet to my mail server, issue the command to get the counter values and return that information from the script. If I used snmpwalk, it would then put these output values into the tables under NET-SNMP-EXTEND-MIB::nsExtendObjects and return the output. 2. Using pass and pass-persist As I understand it, this is similar to extend, except you can use an arbitrary mib entry rather than NET-SNMP-EXTEND-MIB::nsExtendObjects. 3. Creating a shared object I already have an enterprise mib representing the data I want. I know there are various arguments why one of the above approaches is better than the other. However, in my case, given I have my own mib, and I need to connect to my mail server in order to retrieve the desired information, which would you think should I use? If I go with the shared object method, does the shared object have the responsibility of issuing the telnet requests to my mail server, processing the results and updating the mib? I have read the tutorials and docs online, but I've yet to find a place where somebody walks through, step by step, an example of extending the agent using one of these methods. Do you know of any online resource for this? Are there any other solutions? Many thanks, Tim ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dive into the World of Parallel Programming. The Go Parallel Website, sponsored by Intel and developed in partnership with Slashdot Media, is your hub for all things parallel software development, from weekly thought leadership blogs to news, videos, case studies, tutorials and more. Take a look and join the conversation now. http://goparallel.sourceforge.net/ _______________________________________________ Net-snmp-users mailing list Net-snmp-users@lists.sourceforge.net Please see the following page to unsubscribe or change other options: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/net-snmp-users
