Dell NetWorker 19.9 Administration Guide

Configuring SNMP notifications in NetWorker

You can create an SNMP notification or modify a preconfigured SNMP notification.

1. On the NetWorker Administration window, click Server.
2. On the Server window, select Notifications, and perform one of the following actions:
   • Right-click SNMP notification request, and select Properties.
   • Right-click Notifications, and select New.
3. In the Name attribute, specify the name of the notification.
   NOTE:You cannot modify the Name attribute for an existing notification.
4. Optionally, in the Comment field, specify a description of the notification.
5. In the Event and Priority attributes, select the events and priorities that the notification should communicate to the SNMP server.
   NOTE:You cannot modify the Event and Priority attributes for an existing notification.
6. In the Action attribute, specify the options for the nsrtrap command:

   nsrtrap -c community_name -t trap_type -s specific_trap_type SNMP_server_name

   The following table summarizes the available nsrtrap options.

   Table 1. Command-line options for nsrtrap

   Option	Description
   -c community	Specifies the SNMP community that is authorized to receive traps from the NetWorker server. You configure SNMP communities on the SNMP server. The default setting for this option is Public, which means that the public community can receive traps from the NetWorker server. For security purposes, system administrators often customize the SNMP server to limit the communities that can accept traps. If the SNMP server configuration specifies a community other than Public, specify the community name.
   -t trap_type	Optional, sets the type of trap that the NetWorker SNMP Module sends to the SNMP server. The default setting is six, which sets the trap type to “enterprise-specific” and is the correct type for the notifications (error messages) that the NetWorker server sends to the SNMP server. Only modify the trap type if you intend to send a specific trap to the SNMP server and not a NetWorker notification.
   -s specific_trap_type	Optional, allows you to customize the identity of the type of trap that the NetWorker server sends. Set this option to any integer value. Use this option along with different SNMP notifications to distinguish different traps from the NetWorker server. For example, you can create separate SNMP notifications for critical messages, warnings, and events or priorities then use the -s option with a unique number to differentiate the various notifications. The Action attribute for each notification appears as follows: Critical notification: nsrtrap -s 1 SNMP_server_host_name Warning notification: nsrstrap -s 2 SNMP_server_host_name Event or priorities notification: nsrtrap -s 3 SNMP_server_host_name Configure the SNMP management software to recognize that NetWorker traps with the specific trap type of 1 are critical messages, trap type 2 are warning messages and trap type 3 are event or priority messages. Additional SNMP notifications can have other settings for the -s option to further differentiate various traps from the NetWorker server.
   -v	Sets the output mode to verbose. When you run nsrtrap from the command line in verbose mode, the program displays the community, trap type, specific trap type, and the hostname or IP address.

7. Click OK.