Dec 27, 2022

VMWare : Enabled SNMP Services

 VMWare ESXi v.6.7.0 (Update 3) - Enabled SNMP Services.

1. Display current SNMP status --> esxcli system snmp get

2. Enabled SNMP services --> esxcli system snmp set --enable true

3. Configure SNMP Server (aka Target) --> esxcli system snmp set --targets=[SNMP Server IP Address]@161/[Community String]

eg. esxcli system snmp set --targets=192.168.1.100@161/public

4. Configure SNMP System Location (if any) --> esxcli system snmp set --syslocation=[Location Name]

5. Configure SNMP System Contact (if any) --> esxcli system snmp set --syscontact=[Email Address]

6. Configure ESXi Firewall Rule #1 --> esxcli network firewall ruleset set --ruleset-id snmp --allowed-all true

7. Configure ESXi Firewall Rule #2 --> esxcli network firewall ruleset set --ruleset-id snmp -enabled true


Update, 11-Jan-2023.

--> Disable SNMP = esxcli system snmp set --enable false


!!! HAPPY COMPUTING !!!


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