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Enabling VMware MIBs on an ESX 3.x host
Purpose
This article provides the steps to enable VMware MIBs on an ESX 3.x host.
The ESX 3.x or later Net-SNMP-based agent can be used with any management software that can load and compile a Management Information Base (MIB) in SMIv1 format and can understand SNMPv1 trap messages. The ESX 3.x Net-SNMP-based agent supports both traps and SNMP gets.
Resolution
To enable VMware MIBs on an ESX 3.x host:
Log in to the ESX host as root using an SSH client. If you cannot log in using an SSH client, log in to the physical console of the ESX host as root.
Open the /etc/snmp/snmpd.conf configuration file using a text editor.
To enable VMware MIBs, add this entry to the file:
dlmod SNMPESX /usr/lib/vmware/snmp/libSNMPESX.so
Note: To disable VMware MIBs, remove this entry from the /etc/snmp/snmpd.conf configuration file.
Run this command to restart SNMP:
service snmpd restart
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