Smarts SAM Adapters: Is it possible to change the Expiration Time of a Trap processed by the Smarts Trap Adapter (TA)

Products

• VMware Smart Assurance

Issue/Introduction

Symptoms:


Expiration Time of a Trap processed by the Smarts Trap Adapter (TA) will allow the notification to stay visible longer.

Is it possible to change the Expiration Time of a Trap processed by the Smarts Trap Adapter (TA)

Environment

VMware Smart Assurance - SMARTS

Resolution

Change line "Expiration" to the value required on <BASEDIR>/SAM/smarts/conf/icoi/trap_mgr.conf file using sm_edit:

./sm_edit ../conf/icoi/trap_mgr.conf

Update the defaults section with the new expiration time:

BEGIN_TRAP <Enterprise OID> <Generic Trap Number> <Specific Trap Number>

ClassName: SNMPTrap

Category: SNMPTrap

InstanceName: $SYS$

EventName: $E$ $N$ $S$

Severity: 2

EventText: Varbinds: $V*$

Expiration: 84600

State: NOTIFY

InMaintenance: FALSE

ClearOnAcknowledge: TRUE

EventType: MOMENTARY

SysNameOrAddr: $A$

UnknownAgent: IGNORE

LogFile: NONE

END_DEFAULTS

This Expiration time is an unsigned integer.

<Enterprise OID>: The OID the trap uses for identification
<Generic Trap Number>:  The first number after the enterprise OID the identifies the generic class of the trap
<Specific Trap Number>:  The second number after the enterprise OID that identifies the specific type of trap/