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*Device resources and virtual machine info.    
*Device resources and virtual machine info.    
*What virtual machine is running on what host  
*What virtual machines are running on the host  
*What host is running a specific virtual machine  
*What host is currently running a specific virtual machine  


== Solution ==
== Solution ==

Revision as of 18:53, 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 machines are running on the host
  • What host is currently running a specific virtual machine

Solution

To enable SNMP, the following commands must be executed on the command line of each ESX.

esxcli system snmp set --community <community string>
esxcli system snmp set --enable true