New features in SCO ARCserve/Open Release 2.2.0

Setting up to use SNMP message traps with SCO ARCserve/Open

To use SNMP to trap messages from SCO ARCserve/Open, you must:

  1. Configure SNMP on the SCO ARCserve/Open server to include the SNMP community name and the IP address or host name of the network management station you are using.

  2. Load the SCO ARCserve/Open Management Information Bases (MIB) file on the network management station.

  3. Turn on the SNMP trap feature for each relevant SCO ARCserve/Open function -- Backup, Restore, Merge, and Scan.

Configuring SNMP on the SCO ARCserve/Open server

To enable SCO ARCserve/Open to send SNMP traps, you must first configure the SNMP configuration files on your UnixWare 7 system to include:

To specify the SNMP community name (i.e., the session name), edit the /etc/netmgt/snmpd.comm file. It is recommended that you specify a community name of ``public''. Use the format specified in the comments at the top of the snmpd.comm file.


CAUTION: It is very important that the SNMP community name is present in /etc/netmgt/snmpd.comm.

To specify the network management station to which you want the SCO ARCserve/Open traps sent, edit the /etc/netmgt/snmpd.trap file. Supply the management station's IP address (or host name), using the format specified in the comments at the top of the snmpd.trap file.

Loading the SCO ARCserve/Open MIB file

The SCO ARCserve/Open MIB file is called ARCserve.mib and is located in the /usr/lib/ARCserve directory.

This MIB file must be loaded onto your network management station before it can interpret the SCO ARCserve/Open trap messages. Refer to your network management station documentation for information on how to do this.

Turning on SNMP message traps

Before SNMP messages can be sent to the network management console, you must enable them within SCO ARCserve/Open.

SNMP messages can be enabled (or disabled) for the Backup, Restore, Scan, and Merge Managers, on a per-manager basis:

  1. Select the desired Manager from the SCO ARCserve/Open Quick Access window.

  2. Select the Reporter option from the Manager-specific menu (i.e, Backup menu, Restore menu, and so forth).

  3. In the ``Message Type'' field, toggle SNMP alerts on or off.
By default, SNMP messages for all Managers are disabled.

To enable SNMP messages for all of these Managers, you must perform the above steps in each Manager window. Or, you can selectively enable traps for only the Managers you desire.


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