Smarts: ESM not able to discover linux server processes via snmp v3
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Smarts: ESM not able to discover linux server processes via snmp v3

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Article ID: 331883

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Products

VMware Smart Assurance

Issue/Introduction

Symptoms:


No processes showing in ESM Process Monitor console for linux server 

No processes for the linux server are discoverered. 

You can see in the following screenshot that using the oid: .1.3.6.1.2.1.25.4.2.1.2 there are processes present on the linux server:
 


And you can see in the ESM console, there are none:

 


Environment

VMware Smart Assurance - SMARTS

Cause

The linux server was being discovered via snmp v3 which is not currently supported.

Resolution

Need to discover hosts via ESM using snmp V2 until snmp v3 discovery is supported.