MONITORING
Completing the Configuration of the Domino SNMP Agent
Once you’ve performed the platform-specific configuration steps, follow these steps, which apply to all platforms, to complete the configuration of the Domino SNMP Agent. Repeat these steps as necessary for each Domino partition.

Starting the Domino server add-in tasks

1. To support SNMP queries, start the QuerySet add-in task. Enter this command on the Domino Server console:


2. To support SNMP traps for Domino events, start the Event Interceptor add-in task. Enter this command on the Domino Server console:
3. To support Domino statistic threshold traps, start the Statistic Collector add-in task. Enter this command on the Domino Server console:
4. Arrange for the add-in tasks to be restarted automatically when Domino is next restarted. Add quryset and/or intrcpt and collect to the ServerTasks variable in Domino’s NOTES.INI file.

Configuring traps for Domino events

Once the Domino SNMP Agent is configured, your SNMP management console is able to receive traps for basic SNMP events for that server (for example, server down). Additional configuration is required to receive traps for Domino events. You must create appropriate Event Handlers in the Domino Monitoring Configuration database. The Event Handler’s Notification Method must be set to SNMP Trap, and the Notification Server must be set to an asterisk.

For more information about Event Handlers, see the topic Event handlers.

Configuring statistic threshold traps

You can receive SNMP traps for Domino statistics that exceed a specified value when you have configured appropriate Statistic Event Generators and appropriate Event Handlers in the Domino Monitoring Configuration database. Domino must also be running the Statistic Collector and Event Interceptor add-in tasks. The Notification Method of the Event Handler must be set to SNMP Trap, and the Notification Server must be set to an asterisk.

For more information, see the topics Creating a statistic event generator and Creating an event handler.

Enabling the SNMP Agent to start or stop a Domino server

You can start or stop Domino servers from a remote management console using the Domino SNMP Agent. To do so, you must enable the Domino SNMP Agent to start or stop a specific server. By default, the Domino SNMP Agent does not allow the remote server to start or stop. You do not need to modify a server’s Configuration Settings unless you want to enable the Domino SNMP Agent to start or stop that server.

Note If the server ID is password protected, then the Domino SNMP Agent cannot be used to remotely restart a Domino server because SNMP cannot pass a password parameter to the server.

Note It may not be possible for SNMP to start a server until that server has first identified itself to the Domino SNMP Agent. This situation can be overcome by putting information about the server into the lnsnmp.ini file. For additional information see Special Considerations for a Partitioned Server.

The Allow Server Start and Allow Server Stop configuration options can be found in the SNMP tab of a server Configuration Settings document.

To initiate a server start or stop the remote management console must set the lnServerTblSetState MIB object. In the case of a non-partitioned server the lnNotesServerSetState MIB object may also be used.

Enabling the SNMP Agent to reboot the system

You can reboot the system from a remote management console using the Domino SNMP Agent. To do so, you must enable the Domino SNMP Agent to reboot the system. By default, the Domino SNMP Agent does not allow remote system reboot. You do not need to modify a server’s Configuration Settings unless you want to enable the Domino SNMP Agent to reboot the system.

Note Rebooting is not supported on the zSeries (S/390) platform.

Note In the case of a partitioned server, all running partitions must agree that it’s permissible to reboot the system. If one running partition is configured to not allow a system reboot then the reboot will not be performed.

The Allow System Reboot configuration option can be found in the SNMP tab of a server Configuration Settings document.

To initiate a system reboot the remote management console must set the lnRemoteReboot MIB object.

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