As opposed to other simple DCAs, several XML files are required to configure the backend-collector-dca-snmp (SNMP Collector) in order to make it run properly. These files may be classified in 3 categories:
1. Collector's configuration files:
2. SNMP collecting configuration files:
3. MIB files:
The Collector's configuration files are used to configure the collector s integration in the collecting component architecture while the SNMP collecting configuration files describe the collector s behaviour. For more details on the relationship between these configuration files, contact EMC Customer Support Services (CSS) for Watch4net and reference this solution ID.
Here is the content of snmpcollector.xml:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <config > <slave-snmp-poller-file >conf/slave-snmp-poller.xml</slave-snmp-poller-file> <snmp-masks-file >conf/snmp-masks.xml</snmp-masks-file> <snmp-polling-distribution-file >conf/snmp-polling-distribution.xml</snmp-polling-distribution-file> <translations-file>conf/translations.xml</translations-file> <mib-files-directory >mibs</mib-files-directory> </config>
We strongly recommend that those file names and path be kept unchanged unless several instances of the SNMP Collector are defined in collecting.xml.
Moreover, please note that the basic configuration provided with the SNMP Collector is inactive, in the sense that the SNMP Collector will launch along with the other configured collectors but it will not collect anything until the polling distribution (snmp-polling-distribution.xml) and SNMP collecting (snmp-masks.xml) have been configured.