Your observation is correct. The simple explanation is that snmpcollect predates
MLM (it was there when we got it) and is designed primarily for monitoring
traffic.
The MLM is from Systems Monitor/6000, IBM's tool to extend the use of SNMP
from network management to systems management, so it has lots more bells
and whistles.
Have you looked at the SIA for Solaris? That would be the matching agent
extention intended for use with the MLM for your QnD systems monitoring.
It can be found at www.tivoli.com/support/SIA.
Cordially,
Leslie A. Clark
IBM Global Services - Systems Mgmt & Networking
(248) 552-4968 Voicemail, Fax, Pager
---------------------- Forwarded by Leslie Clark/Southfield/IBM on 09/14/99
11:36 PM ---------------------------
Chris Cowan <chris.cowan@2ND-WAVE.COM> on 09/14/99 05:03:40 PM
Please respond to Discussion of IBM NetView and POLYCENTER Manager on NetView
<NV-L@UCSBVM.UCSB.EDU>
To: NV-L@UCSBVM.UCSB.EDU
cc:
Subject: Collecting and thresholding non-numeric data with the Data
Collector
Having always used MLMs, I never noticed that you can not gather
anything but numeric data with the SNMP Data Collector on either UNIX or
NT. The capability to do all sorts of relational operator tests on any
MIB regardless of type has always been part of the MLM's threshold
table.
Did I miss something? It seems the answer is to configure an MLM on
the manager in question if I want something like this. Any suggestions
on how you might query a string type MIB object sans the MLM?
The real reason we're doing this is to do some quick and dirty
monitoring of some Solaris boxes, which have Sun's SNMP stack on it.
It has the process table in private part of the MIB, but it is not
encoded conveniently to go check this with the data collector.
Thanks in advance,
Chris
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