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{{#invoke:Message box|ambox |type=warming|text=Once SNMP is enabled, the Device Details > SNMP Tables > System Group > Up Time value will start at zero | {{#invoke:Message box|ambox |type=warming|text=Once SNMP is enabled, the Device Details > SNMP Tables > System Group > Up Time value will start at zero seconds. Consequently, OptiView will show a "Detected reboot in the last5 days" warming for this first five days to come.}} | ||
To enable SNMP, execute the following command on each ESX on your network. | To enable SNMP, execute the following command on each ESX on your network. | ||
Revision as of 18:50, 14 January 2017
Introduction
When SNMP is enabled on the ESX hypervisors on your network, OptiView will be able to communticate with the ESX and showi detailed information that is otherwise unavailable.
- Device resources and virtual machine info.
- What virtual machine is running on what host
- What host is running a specific virtual machine
Solution
 | Once SNMP is enabled, the Device Details > SNMP Tables > System Group > Up Time value will start at zero seconds. Consequently, OptiView will show a "Detected reboot in the last5 days" warming for this first five days to come. |
To enable SNMP, execute the following command on each ESX on your network.
esxcli system snmp set --community <community string> esxcli system snmp set --enable true