On 10/26/04 at 10:37 AM -0700, Bob Hayes wrote the following message about "Re: [IM-Talk] Host Resources Probe:"
on 10/26/04 9:21 AM, Rich Battin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I am running InterMapper server on an OS X G4 that is not running OS X Server so it appears enabling SNMP is not simple.
What is odd is that a G4 Xserve running 10.3.5 Server with Server Admin showing a checkmark next to "Enable SNMP" yet there is no regular SNMP response to the Host Resources Probe! I have used the root password that works with the Xserve probe for the SNMP "Read-Only" Community. Port 161 does not respond to a port scan yet other ports do. That is the box I need to know if the backup drive is getting full so I can backup to tape. The Xserve probe shows disk capacity but of course that never changes.
I would love to know percent of disk capacity used. The "BytesWritten" field seems to stop recording above 2 GB. How can I show or calculate the percent of drive capacity used, with an InterMapper alarm?
SNMP isn't too hard to set up for a very simple configuration, but AFAIK the only way to do it through the terminal, even on an OS X Server machine. The "Enable SNMP" checkbox in OS X Server seems to only add the appropriate line to the /etc/hostconfig file but doesn't seem to do anything about the necessary snmpd.conf file.
So, for OS X non-server machines, manually edit /etc/hostconfig as root and add "SNMPSERVER=-YES-" with no quotes to the bottom. On OS X Server machines, just enable the checkbox.
Then on both Server and regular machines, create the snmpd.conf file. Here's the method that has worked for me:
cd /usr/share/snmp/snmpconf-data/snmpd-data sudo snmpconf (this runs snmpconf as root) Select choice number 1 and continue from there.
After you go through the menus, you will have created a file called snmpd.conf in the /usr/share/snmp/snmpconf-data/snmpd-data directory. You need to copy or move it to /usr/share/snmp and then start or restart the snmpd daemon. Because of the /etc/hostconfig line, snmpd will start automagically next system restart. Also, snmpconf doesn't set the sysname, so I do that manually.
I've only made simple configurations, setting the Access Control Setup, System Information Setup, and Trap Destinations. The Monitor Various Aspects of the Running Host part looks very interesting, but I haven't had any luck making it work. But just creating the r/o community and correct info setup lets the InterMapper Host Resources probe work like a charm.
HTH.
Regards,
Bob
-- Bob Hayes Director of Technology Artbeats Software, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.artbeats.com (541) 863-4429
Thanks Bob,
There is also this Apple document and it mentions InterMapper as one of the SNMP based tools available:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=107012
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