Is anyone aware of any type of script that could be used to modify the SNMP settings on Windows 2003 and/or Windows 2008 (including R2) servers? We need to "touch" roughly 150 boxes to modify the host traps are being sent to.
Thanks!
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Jeff
Thank you - we will give that a shot.
I use evntcmd.exe for this:
evntcmd.exe -v 10 events.cnf -s hostnameHere
where events.cnf contains this to add a trap destination:
#pragma ADD_TRAP_DEST YourCommunityNameHere 123.123.123.123
You can obviously do various scripting around this, and my events.cnf is very long - I send a lot of event logs traps to Orion this way, and every server is given a standard trap-sending configuration. I use a Powershell script to retrieve all "up" Windows nodes from the database and do this in bulk. You can optionally use evntwin.exe to get the trap-sending criteria for the events.cnf file.
if you have a way to import a reg file, create one like this (the [-HKEY...] deletes the key first):
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\SNMP\Parameters\RFC1156Agent]"sysContact"="MIS Department - (123) 123-1234""sysLocation"="1324 Main St, Beverly Hills, CA 90210""sysServices"=dword:0000004c[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\SNMP\Parameters\PermittedManagers][HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\SNMP\Parameters\PermittedManagers]"1"="localhost""2"="1.1.1.1""3"="1.1.1.2"[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\SNMP\Parameters\TrapConfiguration\<TRAP_COM_STRING>]"1"="1.1.1.1"[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\SNMP\Parameters\ValidCommunities][HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\SNMP\Parameters\ValidCommunities]"<RW_COM_STRING>"=dword:00000010
oh - I should fully read things first. If you are only changing the trap destination (1), you could use:
reg add \\<computer>\hklm\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\SNMP\Parameters\TrapConfiguration\<TRAPSTRING> /v 1 /t REG_SZ /d 1.1.1.1 /f
Though not related to Traps, My VMware template has all correct SNMP settings, and I just need to correct the Location field at times.
Done with:
reg add "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\SNMP\Parameters\RFC1156Agent" /v sysLocation /t REG_SZ /d "Datacenter or SITE address, CITY" /f
as a RUN ONCE command.
Regards, -Nap
