SNMP Agent Availability monitor

SNMP Agent Availability monitor checks the availability of an SNMP agent. If the poll is successful then Agent Availability is reported as 100%, else Availability is reported as 0%. By default, this monitor will poll for SysObjectID OID of MIB-II. This monitor supports SNMP versions v1, V2c, and v3.

Monitored attributes for SNMP Agent Availability monitors

The following table lists the monitored attributes of an SNMP Agent Availability monitor.

Attribute	Description
Agent Availability (%)	Agent Availability indicates the status of the SNMP agent. Agent availability is 100% if agent is active and 0% if agent is down.

Configuration information for SNMP Agent Availability monitors

The following table describes the information required during configuration of the SNMP Agent Availability monitor.

Configuration information	Description
Input fields on the Configuration tab
Instance Name	Specify a name for the monitor instance. Default is TargetIP and port number.
Tag	Specify a tag value to search or group the objects. You can enter multiple name-value pairs, text, or include both (name-value pair and text). This gives you the option to group objects in different forms. Click the + icon to select a default tag class. The Enter Tag Details screen opens. Select Tag Class from the drop-down list and enter a tag value. Click Add to append tag class and value. Click Finish. Warning The tag specified by you is not considered as a default class. You cannot enter special characters &"/<>' in the tag field. Editing a Tag Value on the Enter Tag Details screen: Select a tag value and click Edit. Make the necessary modifications in the Tag Value text box and click Set to add the changes. Deleting a Tag Value on the Enter Tag Details screen: Select a tag value and click Delete. Click Yes to delete the tag value.
Source Agent	Select the name of the BMC ProactiveNet agent on which the monitor is to be created.
Target Device	Specify the DNS name/IP address of the SNMP Agent to be polled. BMC ProactiveNet recommends that the IP address of the Target Device and the device where the monitor is being created be the same.
OID to Poll	Specify OID to Poll to determine SNMP Agent Availability. By default, this will be set to SysObjectID.
Port	Specify the port number on which the SNMP agent is running. Default is 161.
Community String	Specify the community string for the SNMP agent. Default is public.
SNMP timeout	Specify the SNMP timeout period (in seconds).
SNMP Retry count	The number of retries.
SNMP Version	Version of the SNMP protocol. Supported SNMP versions are v1, v2c, and v3.
System-populated fields
Monitor Version	Version of the installed BMC ProactiveNet monitor.
Control tab
Collect Data	Select/clear check box to enable/disable data collection for the monitored component. By default, data collection is enabled (check box selected).
Statistics Poll Interval	Specify the time interval between two consecutive statistical data polls. Default is 5 minutes.
Group tab
Group Membership	This enables you to add a device and its monitors to one or more groups. Optionally, you may associate the device with a group. A group is used to logically organize the devices and monitors by department, geographic area, or service. Assigning a device to a group also enables the system administrator to restrict or allow access to certain devices. To associate the device with a group, select the group name here.
SNMPV3 Details tab
User name (Security name)	Specify a unique security name in case the version is v3.
Authorization Protocol	Select the authorization protocol (MD5 or SHA) to use for v3 only.
Authorization Password	Specify the authorization password to access the SNMP agent for v3 only.
Privacy Protocol	Select the privacy protocol (for v3 only) to use.
Privacy Password	Specify the privacy password for v3 only.

Additional configuration and setup issues

The following table presents details about Additional configuration and setup issues for the SNMP Agent Availability monitor.

Issue	Details
Skip validation	Monitors can be created even when the target application/device is not running. Agent must be upgraded to 7.1 SP2 or higher for creation of monitor using skip validation. This monitor enables forceful creation when the monitored target is not reachable or specified inputs are wrong. Click Yes on the Skip Validation confirmation message to forcefully create a monitor. Clicking No will fail the monitor creation. Forcefully creating the monitor when target is not reachable or with invalid input(s) may cause Availability to be set to 0.
Monitor configuration	No additional configuration requirements for this monitor. Maintain the default configuration of BMC ProactiveNet.
External setup	No external setup requirements for this monitor.
External dependencies	No external dependencies for this monitor.
BMC ProactiveNet agent dependencies	Monitor Instance can be created on any 7.1 SP2 or higher version agent.