SNMP Trap Alert?

lostinvt

Forgive me if this is a really stupid question, but I'm banging my head against the wall...

I've got NPM 9, latest SP.  Everything is working swimmingly for me, and SNMP traps are coming in properly.  I can see them in the SNMP viewer, but I'm trying to figure out a basic concept (I think) here.  I have a lot of things that send out traps (backupexec, etc) and want to be able to have those traps turn into alerts for me.  Do I need to load custom MIBs from symantec?  How can I get the alerting working?  I've done it before using HP SIM and it worked very well, but it just seems to not be working for me here....

FormerMember

You create an alert as a "rule" in the Trap Viewer.  Is that where you're stuck?

 

To configure Syslog Viewer filters and alerts:

1. Click Start > All Programs > SolarWinds Orion > Syslog and SNMP Traps > Syslog Viewer.

2. Click File > Settings.

3. Click View > Alerts/Filter Rules.

4. If you are creating a new rule, click Add New Rule.

5. If you are editing an existing rule, select the rule, and then click Edit Selected Rule.

6. Select the General tab.

7. Type a Rule Name, and then check Enabled to enable the rule.

8. Select appropriate servers from the Apply this Rule to list.

 

More here... www.solarwinds.com/.../wwhelp.htm