Unable to Change SNMP Configuration on ESXi v6.7 U3 Host.

[JessePurdom]

I am attempting to change the SNMP target on our ESXi hosts to point to a new monitoring system and no matter what SNMP command I attempt I get the following:

Can not resolve target destination to IP address: old_target_host_name

The original target is no longer on the network, but I would think that should not matter as all I want to do is change the target.  I get the same results simply attempting to run 'esxcli system snmp get'.   I also get the same result if I attempt to reset SNMP back to the default.

I have spent much time attempting to Google this but do not come up with anything but instructions on how to configure SNMP.

Any assistance would be most appreciated!

[Bogdan_C]

Same issue here. Did you manage to find a solution?

[Bogdan_C]

I think I have found the solution. In my case, SNMP target was decommissioned and DNS entry removed. I have re-created the DNS entry and after that I was able to reset SNMP settings to defaults. I used esxcli system snmp set -r.