Unable to receive SNMP traps from free ESXi 4 into Dell IT Assistant

[bluntTony]

Hi there,

I may be missing something obvious, but I'm new to VMWare so go easy!

I'm trying to receive SNMP traps from an ESXi 4 host I set up recently (free version). The aim being to be able to receive alerts regarding temperature. The steps I have taken are:

1. Enabled SNMP by using tech support mode :

vi /etc/vmware/snmp.xml (edited the xml to show: <config><snmpSettings><enable>true</enable><communities>public</communities><targets>192.168.1.10@162 public</targets></snmpsettings></config>)

/sbin/services.sh restart

2. Installed Dell IT Assistant 8.3 on a Win7 workstation. Configured the SNMP service on this workstation

IT Assistant is receiving traps from many other hosts on the network, and it has detected the ESXi server. However the icon next to it is a (?) and I cannot receive traps. I have tried sending a test trap with vicfg-snmp to no avail. The current settings for the SNMP agent on the ESXi host, according to vicfg-snmp is:

Enabled : 1

UDP Port : 161

Communities : public

Targets :

Please can somebody advise where I'm going wrong! Thanks in advance....

[JGP]

To my knowledge SNMP is not possibel with the ESX 4i (free version), you have to buy a license to get this going.

[AndreTheGiant]

ESXi 4 seem that support SNMP.

But try to configure it as suggested in the official guide (page 52):

http://www.vmware.com/pdf/vsphere4/r40/vsp_40_admin_guide.pdf

Andre

[JGP]

ESX4i does indeed support SNMP, but at least the Free version of ESXi 3.5 SNMP was not possible. See also: http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?cmd=displayKC&docType=kc&externalId=1006543&sl....

I have not found a doc on ESXi 4

I've enable SNMP on ESX 4i (licensed version), but I had to reboot to get it to work.