how to set snmp settings on win2003 server

[Jesse Rink]

A litttle confused here, so bear with me.

I'm in process if setting up SIM 5.0 on a Windows 2003 server with SQL2000 to managed my 6 HP servers running Windows 2003.

On the managed servers, I'm unsure what I should set the snmp settings for.

Under the snmp service properties pages, I have the following questions:

On the traps page, I was going to use HPServers as the community name and set the trap destination for my SIM management machine. Does that seem ok?

On the security page, I'm unsure whether I need to add a community name since I already specified one on the traps page in the previous step. If I do need to create a seperate community name, what rights should it have? read/create? read/write? What would this community name be used for specifically? Also, which radio button should I use, "accept snmp packets from any hosts" or "accept snmp packets from this host". ?

On the agent page, there are 5 service checkbox options. Currently all are selected except "physical" and "datalink and subnetwork". Is that okay?

Any help is appreciated.

My main goal is to collect data from the managed servers to collect performance information (cpu, disk use, etc.)

JRink

[Aravindh Rajaram]

In the traps page, you should enter the community string with which the trap should be sent to the management server. (This is very much required on the 6 servers that you are going to manage.) From your post I could see that "HPServers" is the community string that you are going to use...so enter it in the traps page and set the trap destination as your HPSIM server.

In the security page you should enter the community string that is accepted by your server (If in case that particular server is going to process traps). This is very important on your management server (HPSIM server). So on your HPSIM server add "HPServers" with "Read-only" access.

It is always better to select "accept snmp packets from this host" and add your HPSIM servers IP address to the list.

And your selection on the Agent page is OK.

[Mikael Rönnbäck]

Additionally, traps and community strings are two different things, the traps are for the server to send in alerts (traps) to SIM, the community settings are for when you want SIM to be able to read status from your server or write config changes to your server.

[Jesse Rink]

So then, should the trap community name be different than the community name listed under the security tab since they do different things?

[Aravindh Rajaram]

Enter the same in both the pages. It should work for you. And do remember to set the trap destination as your HPSIM server and you should "Accept SNMP packects from this host" and add the HPSIM server to the list.

[Jesse Rink]

Thanks... One final thing.

I have the same community name listed on the traps page as the security page, and the trap destination pointing to the CMS machine. Do I also need to create a second community name on the security tab for read/write (or read/create?) or is just having the one community name with "read only" enough?

JR

[Aravindh Rajaram]

Just having one read only community string will do.

[David Claypool]

A READ/WRITE or READ/CREATE community string needs to exist although HP SIM will never use it over the wire. It is necessary for operations such as disk thresholds, VCA updates and other intra-agent communications. Using Configure or Repair Agents will create a random one if one is not present.

[Stefan Laemmer]

If someone could chime in and clarify this for me, too, i'd appreciate it:
Does the Community String set in the Traps tab need to be in the Security Community Name also ? Or can those be different ? Ie. Have HPServers in the Traps tab, and HPSomething in the security tab ? I thought i understood it, guess not.

Thanks in advance

[Aravindh Rajaram]

The Community String set in the Traps tab need not be in the Security Community Name also. It can be different.