Installing SNMP support for TrueSight Middleware and Transaction Monitor

To install the TrueSight Middleware and Transaction Monitor SNMP support, complete the following steps:

  1. Install Perl (see Perl requirements for event automation for the supported versions of Perl).
  2. Copy the SNMP-3.60 module SNMP.pm file to your Perl net directory. 
    • On Windows, this directory name would be something like \perl\lib\net, and 
    • UNIX systems, the directory name would be something like /usr/perl5/site_perl/5.8.3/Net. This file adds the SNMP support to Perl.
      If you are using UNIX, change the SNMP.pm file to an executable and change the ownership of the file to the TrueSight Middleware and Transaction Monitor user.
  3. Copy the InstallDir\SNMP\BMC_SNMPTRAP.pl script into a directory that is accessible by the TMTM Event Service.
    The directory must be on the same computer as the TMTM Event Service.
  4. In the BMC_SNMPTRAP.pl file that you copied to the new directory, change the SNMP receiver name to the host name of the computer where you wish to send the SNMP traps. See the comments in the file for more information about what must change. You can also alter any other default values at this time (TCP/IP ports, etc.); read Defining events, triggers, and actions before making any additional changes.
  5. If you are using a central SNMP management software tool, such as IBM Tivoli, HP OpenView, CA Unicenter, or Netcool, and want to use the BMC MIB to map the SNMP traps received from TrueSight Middleware and Transaction Monitor to your SNMP management software, then follow the instructions for you SNMP management software to load a third-party MIB file. The name of the TrueSight Middleware and Transaction Monitor MIB file is BMCMM.MIB.

To verify the SNMP support installation

See the instructions in Defining SNMP Traps for testing information.

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