Overview of Management Information Base (MIB)

Managed data is accessible in ColdFusion Server through the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) Management Information Base (MIB). You can integrate this information with your third-party system management tools, such as HP Open View®. These tools give you a means to manage diverse components about your enterprise from any network management station in your site.

SNMP Operations supported by MIB

SNMP is the management protocol used to access and read the SNMP MIB. The following SNMP operations are supported by the MIB:

 

Note:  The set command for modifying management information is not supported.  

MIB objects

The management information in the MIB is viewed as a collection of managed objects. Each object in the MIB has a unique object identifier (OID) and a data type. For a detailed description on the information supported by the MIB Agent, refer to the  following document:

 

<ColdFusion 5 Install Directory>\cfam\database\lhmib.mib (for Windows NT and 2000)

<ColdFusion 5 Install Directory>/usr/lib/btcats/database/lhmib_UNIX.mib (for Linux and Solaris)

 

If you have an SNMP client, such as snmputil, you can look at the information by executing:

 

snmputil  walk  192.198.68.74 public .1.3.6.1.4.1.7138

 

where 192.198.68.74 indicates the IP address of the machine where you installed the MIB Agent, public indicates the specified community, and .1.3.6.1.4.1.7138 is the object identifier (or OID) of the root of the Macromedia MIB Tree.

Configuring your operating system for SNMP MIB functionality

If you want to use SNMP MIB functionality, the following steps must occur:

  1. Install and/or configure the SNMP service or process on your system.

  2. Install ColdFusion Server 5 with MIB functionality.

  3. To get ColdFusion runtime statistics, select the Enable Performance Monitoring option in the Debugging Options page of the ColdFusion Administrator. Restart the ColdFusion Server after you activate this option.

  4. Configure each machine to receive traps from the ColdFusion host.

  5. Optionally, specify the port number used by your Web server for HTTP requests.

 

For information about installing the SNMP Service or ColdFusion Server 5, refer to the book Installing and Configuring ColdFusion Server. For an overview of configuring the installed MIB on your system, see one of the following topics:

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