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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Hi all,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>I’m trying to get SNMP Traps from VMWare showing up in
Xymon.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>I think the issue is with the trap format from VMWare and I
suspect I may need to tweak my snmptt.conf file for this. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>I have attached my snmptt.conf file and here is a an example
of what I am seeing in my /var/log/messages file. (Text in italics has replaced
what actually shows in the log for security reasons)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Jul 8 11:08:02 <i><span style='font-style:italic'>hostname</span></i>
snmptrapd[7399]: 2011-07-08 11:08:02 <i><span style='font-style:italic'>full
host name</span></i> [<i><span style='font-style:italic'>IP ADDRESS</span></i>]
(via UDP: [<i><span style='font-style:italic'>IP ADDRESS</span></i><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>]:60701) TRAP, SNMP v1, community
public SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.6876.50
Enterprise Specific Trap (201) Uptime: 28 days, 20:3<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>3:40.64
SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.6876.50.301 = STRING: "At vm"
SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.6876.50.302 = STRING: "
" SNMP<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>v2-SMI::enterprises.6876.50.303 = STRING: "<i><span
style='font-style:italic'>host name</span></i>"
SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.6876.50.304 = STRING: "Error
(Red)" SNMPv2-SMI::<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>enterprises.6876.50.305 = STRING: "Error (Red)"
SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.6876.50.306 = STRING: "Heartbeat is missing for VM
- (Heartb<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>eat stopped)"<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>From what I can see it appears that VMWare sends multiple
OID’s in the same trap. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Has anybody got this working or can suggest a solution?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Thanks,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 face="Segoe UI"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI"'>Neil
Simmonds</span></font><font face="Segoe UI"><span style='font-family:"Segoe UI"'>
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