Smarts IP 9.2: How do I run the OIDINFO tool?

Products

• VMware

Environment

VMware Smart Assurance - SMARTS

Resolution

How do I run the Smarts IP 9.2 OIDINFO tool?

To run the Smarts IP 9.2 OIDINFO tool, do the following:

1. Open the oidInfo.conf configuration file found in <BASEDIR>/IP/smarts/conf/oidinfo/ for editing using sm_edit:
   
   sm_edit ../conf/oidinfo/oidInfo.conf
   
    
2. Add the class and the name of the device along with the information to display (Discovery or Monitoring) as in the following:
   
   Switch        ab1def-ghij.jklmno.com            Monitoring             *
   Switch        abc.def.com                       Discovery              *
   Router        ghijklmno.pqr.stu.com             Discovery              *
   Switch        host-x.x.x.x                      Discovery              *
   
    
3. Save and close the oidInfo.conf configuration file.  This will save the file in the <BASEDIR>/IP/smarts/local/conf/oidinfo/ directory.
4. Execute the sm_oidInfo.pl Perl script using sm_perl from <BASEDIR>/IP/smarts/bin as follows:
   
   sm_perl sm_oidInfo.pl -s <domain name> 
   
   The script will generate output similar to the following, concluding with an *.txt output file:
   
   -----------------------------------------------------------------
   Details Entered:-
   
   Current Installation  : /data/redhat5/IP/IP92/IP/smarts
   Broker                : x.x.x.x:1217
   Server Name           : NAME-IP-92
   Gather the OIDs and descriptions
   -----------------------------------------------------------------
   
   Read input device file succesfully
   
   Connected to: NAME-IP-92
   
   
   Will gather info for  <Switch><host-x.x.x.x><Discovery><*>
           We will now gather OID data for
           <Switch><host-x.x.x.x><Discovery><*>
           Completed gathering OID data
   
   
   We have completed collecting all OID data.
   Please find the info in the following file(s)
   :>/data/redhat5/IP/IP92/IP/smarts/local/logs/oidInfoLogs/Switch_host-x.x.x.x.txt
   
    
5. Navigate to the Switch_host-x.x.x.x.txt output file above and you will see the OID that is used to poll in Smarts.