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AIX: Configure SNMP on AIX

February 8, 2012

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Name: Robert Camilleri

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Edit /etc/snmpd.conf
Comment the following lines:
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/etc/snmp.conf should look like this:

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logging
logging

file=/usr/tmp/snmpd.log
size=100000

enabled
level=0

community
#community
#community

mycommunity
private 127.0.0.1 255.255.255.255 readWrite
system 127.0.0.1 255.255.255.255 readWrite 1.17.2

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view

1.17.2

system enterprises view

trap

sisii

127.0.0.1

#snmpd

maxpacket=1024 querytimeout=120 smuxtimeout=60

smux
smux

1.3.6.1.4.1.2.3.1.2.1.2
1.3.6.1.4.1.2.3.1.2.2.1.1.2

1.2.3

fe

gated_password
dpid_password

# loopback

# gated
#dpid

snmpd smuxtimeout=200 #muxatmd

smux 1.3.6.1.4.1.2.3.1.2.3.1.1 muxatmd_password #muxatmd
Edit /etc/snmpdv3.conf Add security group (VACM_GROUP) and target parameters
VACM_GROUP group1 SNMPv1

mycommunity -

VACM_VIEW defaultView
# exclude
VACM_VIEW
VACM_VIEW
VACM_VIEW

internet

- included -

snmpv3 related MIBs from the default view

defaultView
snmpModules
defaultView
1.3.6.1.6.3.1.1.4
defaultView
1.3.6.1.6.3.1.1.5

# exclude aixmibd managed MIBs from the default view

VACM_VIEW defaultView
1.3.6.1.4.1.2.6.191
VACM_ACCESS

group1 - - noAuthNoPriv SNMPv1

- excluded - included - included -

- excluded -

defaultView - defaultView -

NOTIFY notify1 traptag trap TARGET_ADDRESS Target1 UDP 127.0.0.1

TARGET_PARAMETERS trapparms1 SNMPv1

traptag trapparms1 - - SNMPv1

mycommunity noAuthNoPriv -

COMMUNITY mycommunity mycommunity noAuthNoPriv 0.0.0.0

0.0.0.0

DEFAULT_SECURITY no-access - logging

logging

file=/usr/tmp/snmpdv3.log
size=100000

enabled
level=0

smux

1.3.6.1.4.1.2.3.1.2.1.2

gated_password

# gated

smux 1.3.6.1.4.1.2.3.1.2.3.1.1 muxatmd_password #muxatmd

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6 Responses to AIX: Configure SNMP on AIX

shre

August 9, 2013 at 8:05 pm

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AIX: Configure SNMP on AIX | RCAMILLERI

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Ronald R

September 9, 2013 at 2:41 pm

thank you very much for your help. IBMs help doesnt help in anything..!
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Napoleon Guardado

October 2, 2013 at 5:32 pm

served me a lot thanks..!!

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Tuan Anh Bui

November 26, 2013 at 10:15 am

I follow your post. Community string is OK but my Solarwinds can not see any resource (CPU, Memory, Locadisk). Could
you help me?
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Yettekov

April 23, 2014 at 5:26 pm

I have a Linux system running snmp that is not pointing to the snmp server. Which conf file to I need to configure to get it
to work?
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Oscar

December 4, 2014 at 7:29 pm

Excellent post, thanksregards.

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