I want to monitor my Windows boxes with SNMPv3, but Windows doesn't support SNMPv3, how can I monitor my devices?

So I was on the phone with a customer of ours recently who has a mandate that all their devices must be managed via SNMPv3 by a specific date.  For most devices, this is not a problem.  However, for Windows, they currently do not support SNMPv3 for monitoring natively out of the box.  So what to do?

Well there is an open source application called net-snmp which you can install on your Windows boxes to allow you to monitor them via SNMPv3.

1. Download and install the latest version of net-snmp from here to your Windows boxes, currently happens to be v5.5

2. During the install, select “With Windows Extension dll Support”

  • I am trying to Install and Configure Net-SNMP on WIndows Server 2008 (64 bit) so that we can use SNMP v3 however I am struggling, does anyone have any procedures for completing an installation, I have configured Net-SNMP as best I can but still it won't work at all with version 3, I have version 2c working fine.

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