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Configure the SNMP Agent for Polling with ESXCLI

You can use ESXCLI to configure the SNMP agent for polling.
Specify one of the options listed in Connection Options for vCLI Host Management Commands in place of
<conn_options>
.
  1. Run
    vicfg-snmp --target
     with the target address, port number, and community. 
    vicfg-snmp <conn_options> -c public -t target.example.com@163/public
    Each time you specify a target with this command, the settings you specify overwrite all previously specified settings. To specify multiple targets, separate them with a comma.
    You can change the port that the SNMP agent sends data to on the target by using the
    --targets
     option. That port is UDP 162 by default.
  2. Specify a port for listening for polling requests. 
    vicfg-snmp <conn_options> -p <port>
  3. If the SNMP agent is not enabled, enable it. 
    vicfg-snmp <conn_options> --enable
  4. Run
    vicfg-snmp --test
     to validate the configuration. 
    vicfg-snmp <conn_options> --test
Running Commands in Sequence
The following example shows how the commands are run in sequence. 
vicfg-snmp <conn_options> –c public –t example.com@162/private --enable
# next validate your config by doing these things:
vicfg-snmp <conn_options> -–test
walk –v1 –c public esx-host

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