SNMP Traps with Xymon 🔗 link

Hi all,

 
I'm trying to get SNMP Traps from VMWare showing up in Xymon.

 
I think the issue is with the trap format from VMWare and I suspect I
may need to tweak my snmptt.conf file for this. 

 
I have attached my snmptt.conf file and here is a an example of what I
am seeing in my /var/log/messages file. (Text in italics has replaced
what actually shows in the log for security reasons)

 
Jul  8 11:08:02 hostname snmptrapd[7399]: 2011-07-08 11:08:02 full host
name [IP ADDRESS] (via UDP: [IP ADDRESS

]:60701) TRAP, SNMP v1, community public
SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.6876.50 Enterprise Specific Trap (201) Uptime:
28 days, 20:3

3:40.64         SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.6876.50.301 = STRING: "At vm"
SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.6876.50.302 = STRING: " "       SNMP

v2-SMI::enterprises.6876.50.303 = STRING: "host name"
SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.6876.50.304 = STRING: "Error (Red)"
SNMPv2-SMI::

enterprises.6876.50.305 = STRING: "Error (Red)"
SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.6876.50.306 = STRING: "Heartbeat is missing for
VM - (Heartb

eat stopped)"

 
From what I can see it appears that VMWare sends multiple OID's in the
same trap. 

 
Has anybody got this working or can suggest a solution?

 
Thanks,

Neil Simmonds 
Operations Analyst
Operations Support Group 
Express Gifts Ltd. 
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Neil,

It's not clear that snmptt is actually being invoked.

In my logs I see each trap twice - once the raw snmptrapd log and once
processed by snmptt - note that snmptt can format a message however it
likes, discarding trap params according to the FORMAT statement (which
is static text in the example below - depends what snmpttconvertmib
finds by default)

Jul 10 07:45:45 loghost snmptrapd[5438]: 2011-07-10 07:45:45 tempmon
[10.x.x.x] (via UDP: [10.x.x.x]:51794) TRAP, SNMP v1, community
xxx#012#011PowerNet-MIB::apc Enterprise Specific Trap
(PowerNet-MIB::apcEnvLTIncTempRateViolationCleared) Uptime: 24 days,
18:57:56.83#012#011PowerNet-MIB::mtrapargsString02.0 = STRING:
"XXXXXXXX"#011PowerNet-MIB::mtrapargsString03.0 = STRING: "Main
Module"#011PowerNet-MIB::mtrapargsInteger04.0 = INTEGER:
0#011PowerNet-MIB::mtrapargsInteger.0 = INTEGER:
1#011PowerNet-MIB::mtrapargsString04.0 = STRING: "Temp Sensor
MM:1"#011PowerNet-MIB::mtrapargsString.0 = STRING: "MM: Short-term
increasing temperature rate of change violation cleared for 'Temp Sensor
MM:1' at 'Unknown'."
Jul 10 07:45:46 loghost snmptt[0]:
PowerNet-MIB::apcEnvLTIncTempRateViolationCleared INFORMATIONAL "Status
Events" tempmon - APC ENV: Long-term inc. temp rate violation cleared.

The trap above is a vpxdTrap which according to the definition has 6
parameters - they seem to match your trap above.
#
EVENT vpxdTrap .1.3.6.1.4.1.6876.50.0.201 "Status Events" Normal
FORMAT $*
SDESC

This trap is sent when entity status changed.
Variables:
  1: vpxdTrapType
  2: vpxdHostName
  3: vpxdVMName
  4: vpxdNewStatus
  5: vpxdOldStatus
  6: vpxdObjValue
EDESC

For a start, verify that snmptt is actually working.

David.

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