Smarts NCM: What does "Created By EXTERNAL:snmp" mean in the configuration change display?
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Smarts NCM: What does "Created By EXTERNAL:snmp" mean in the configuration change display?

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Article ID: 331280

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VMware Smart Assurance

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VMware Smart Assurance - NCM

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What does "Created By EXTERNAL:snmp" mean in the Smarts Network Configuration Manager (Smarts NCM) configuration change display?



The external SNMP notfication indicates that a pull of the device configuration was done because of the receipt of an SNMP trap, most likely a config change trap. There is a "comments" area in the DCS which may contain information from the trap about the user or method that was used to make the change.