Hello Community,
Can someone let me know if its possible convert a Trap, see below to an OID? Possibly with the Universal Device Poller?
The only way you could possibly do this is through a script that would in-turn make API calls. The API is available for download here
Orion SDK Information
Once you install, there is a powershell example in the Samples folder called NCM.ExecuteScript. However, passing parameters from Trap Viewer to a powershell script is very tricky. VBScript should work fine but there isn't an equivalent example for VBScript.
Not directly the way you are thinking. Traps (which, as a point of correction, are also "OIDS") are configured within the SNMP agent running on every system to send outbound messages when a threshold is breached. It can't be polled.
In some cases, there is an equivalent poll-OID value that will give you the current value.
If that's not the case, then your next best option is to have NPM receive the trap and turn it into a message that you can view in the MessageCenter (and additionally an alert).
If you are more specific with which trap you are trying to get status for, we might be able to dig in a little deeper and answer your specific issue.
Leon
Thanks for responding.
The most important feature I would like is the ability to run NCM when I trap is invoked, see below:
Leon,
Could I not even convert to as you suggested
an equivalent poll-OID value that will give you the current value.
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I hope you're still around to help me with this issue.
The trap OID that I'm trying to convert to a poller OID is: 1.3.6.1.4.1.17163.1.1.4.0.9
Any help would be greatly appreciated....
Regards
It is outside your control to convert a trap OID to a poller OID. It is a function of whether the MIB has a pollable OID that provides the information equivalent to the trap OID, i.e., it is up to the vendor's implementation of the SNMP Agent.
With respect to your main objective of being able to trigger an NCM action in response to a trap, that is standard functionality of NCM. You will need to define a rule from the Trap Viewer on the NCM server to define under what condition you want to trigger this NCM action. There is a section in the admin guide for Real-time Config Change Detection that covers that.
Holy,
As regards converting Trap to Poller - thanks for that - you have saved me a lot of time.
As regards Trap Viewer - I didn't know there was a Trap Viewer on the NCM Server.
Just to sure, are you referring to the image below?
Cheers
