Managing SNMP devices.

Managing SNMP devices.

[Ryan Ngai Hon Kong]

Hi,

This is my first time posting to the mailing-list.
I have a question (which I hope not too silly), is there
any tools (similar to MRTG) in linux which I can use to
collect SNMP traps from various devices (manageable)?

I happen to come across this tools from http://www.netvoyant.com
but they are way too expensive. Any recommendation is
highly valued.

Thank you.
Ryan

Re: Managing SNMP devices.

[Ramasubramanian]

Hi,

	Run snmptrapd as root and give this manager's ip in the agent
running in the device.
	The trap info would get written in /var/log/messages.
	Hope this is helpful.

Regards
Rams


On Tue, 21 May 2002, Ryan Ngai Hon Kong wrote:

> Hi,
>
> This is my first time posting to the mailing-list.
> I have a question (which I hope not too silly), is there
> any tools (similar to MRTG) in linux which I can use to
> collect SNMP traps from various devices (manageable)?
>
> I happen to come across this tools from http://www.netvoyant.com
> but they are way too expensive. Any recommendation is
> highly valued.
>
> Thank you.
> Ryan
>
>
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Re: Managing SNMP devices.

[Mohd Saifullah]

On Tue, 21 May 2002, Ramasubramanian wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> 	Run snmptrapd as root and give this manager's ip in the agent
> running in the device.
> 	The trap info would get written in /var/log/messages.
> 	Hope this is helpful.
> 

I beleive you need ucd-snmp(net-snmp) or cmu-snmp RPM to be installed to
get snmptrapd on your linux system.


Cheers,
Saif

> 
> On Tue, 21 May 2002, Ryan Ngai Hon Kong wrote:
> 
> > Hi,
> >
> > This is my first time posting to the mailing-list.
> > I have a question (which I hope not too silly), is there
> > any tools (similar to MRTG) in linux which I can use to
> > collect SNMP traps from various devices (manageable)?
> >
> > I happen to come across this tools from http://www.netvoyant.com
> > but they are way too expensive. Any recommendation is
> > highly valued.
> >
> > Thank you.
> > Ryan
> >
> >
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Re: Managing SNMP devices.

[terry white]

on "5-22-2002" "Mohd Saifullah" writ:

: > 	Run snmptrapd as root and give this manager's ip in the agent
:
: I beleive you need ucd-snmp(net-snmp)
  
... within very recent memory , mention was made of security problems
with snmp as implemented.  it seems the vulnerability NOT platform
specific.  a search of 'securityfocus.com' or 'cert.org' might be in
order ...
  
--
... i'm a man, but i can change,
    if i have to , i guess ...

RE: Managing SNMP devices.

[Ryan Ngai Hon Kong]

Hi,

Thanks for the feedback.
This is a great info. However, maybe my question is misleading.
Other than collecting snmp traps using snmptrapd, is there any
other tool which I could used to manipulate these snmp to take
certain action? I actually need a very good reporting tools,
something like analog but in great depth.

Thank you.
Ryan

-----Original Message-----
From: terry white [mailto:twhite@aniota.com]
Sent: Wednesday, May 22, 2002 9:19 AM
To: linux-admin
Subject: Re: Managing SNMP devices.


on "5-22-2002" "Mohd Saifullah" writ:

: > 	Run snmptrapd as root and give this manager's ip in the agent
:
: I beleive you need ucd-snmp(net-snmp)
  
... within very recent memory , mention was made of security problems
with snmp as implemented.  it seems the vulnerability NOT platform
specific.  a search of 'securityfocus.com' or 'cert.org' might be in
order ...
  
--
... i'm a man, but i can change,
    if i have to , i guess ...


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