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5.3 SNMP - Which OID to use for process

  • 1.  5.3 SNMP - Which OID to use for process

    Posted Tue December 23, 2014 04:24 AM

    Originally posted by: DanTechDK


    Hi all

    I'm trying to monitor my AIX server with WhatsUpGold - but I can't get info about which OID I need to use to get this information and are thies informations avalible to public?

     

    Thanks



  • 2.  Re: 5.3 SNMP - Which OID to use for process

    Posted Tue January 13, 2015 11:32 AM

    Originally posted by: GarlandJoseph


    This information is freely avaiable.  The best  thing to do is to insure you have SNMP setup on the AIX system with the appropriate level of security.  Note AIX supports up to SNMPv3.   These 4 AIX daemons should be running to maximize SNMP on AIX: aixmibd, hostmibd, snmpmibd, and snmpd.

    I suggest using snmpinfo to insure you find the oid associated with the information.  I have snmpdv3.conf temporarily setup to allow me to do this:

    snmpinfo -c <community-string> -m dump -v    #shows what oidnames

    snmpinfo -c <community-string> -m dump        #same info, but with oid numbers

    This query is from the client itself, I can also do this same thing from a linux system (that I have set up also as a manager) using the snmpwalk command to query my AIX client.  I always test from the client itself before testing from the manager.

     

    Additional info

    See file /etc/mib.defs for oids

     

    Additional Information

    /etc/snmpdv3.conf

    /usr/samples/snmpdv3/

    /usr/samples/snmpd/