Redirecting specific traps to another trap receiver

Products

• VMware Smart Assurance

Issue/Introduction

Forwarding traps from a trap receiver to another trap receiver instance.

Environment

Smarts 10.x

Resolution

Edit the trapd.conf file on the OI server and make the following change:

1. Uncomment the "FORWARD" line where the Cold/Warm start traps are defined. Also add the new receiver server and the listening port on that server:
   Before change:
   

   # Generic: coldStart, warmStart, LinkUp, LinkDown
   #FORWARD: *.*.*.* .* <0-3> * host:port

   
    
   After change:

   # Generic: coldStart, warmStart, LinkUp, LinkDown
   FORWARD: *.*.*.* .* <0-3> * <host>:<port>

    

   Replace <host> with the name or IP address of the Concord eHealth server and <port> with the listening port on the Concord eHealth server.
2. Save the file and restart the adapter.
3. Verify if these traps are now also being sent to the Concord server.
   
   Now, if you also do not want OI to process these the Cold/Warm start traps, you will also need to Modify the trap_mgr.conf file too:
4. Comment out the following lines in trap_mgr.conf file under GENERIC TRAPS:
   

   BEGIN_TRAP * 0 0 
           ClassName:        Host
           InstanceName:     $SYS$
           EventName:        coldStart
           Severity:         5
           Expiration:       600 
           State:            NOTIFY
           EventType:        MOMENTARY
   END_TRAP
   
   BEGIN_TRAP * 1 0 
           ClassName:        Host
           InstanceName:     $SYS$
           EventName:        warmStart
           Severity:         5
           Expiration:       600 
           State:            NOTIFY
           EventType:        MOMENTARY
   END_TRAP