Disabling the "getbulk" option when using the Smarts sm_snmpwalk tool

Products

• VMware Smart Assurance

Issue/Introduction

How do you disable the getbulk option when using the Smarts sm_snmpwalk tool?

Environment

Smarts 10.X / 2.X

Resolution

To disable the getbulk option using the Smarts sm_snmpwalk tool, use the following command:

sm_snmpwalk --noBulk device/IPaddress

Additional Information

The get-bulk operation is defined in SNMPv2. This operation enables us to retrieve a section of a table with a single operation.