Chapter 14. Monitoring Directory Server Using SNMP

Chapter 14. Monitoring Directory Server Using SNMP

14.1. About SNMP
14.2. Configuring the Master Agent
14.3. Configuring the Subagent
14.3.1. Subagent Configuration File
14.3.2. Starting the Subagent
14.3.3. Testing the Subagent
14.4. Configuring SNMP Traps
14.5. Configuring the Directory Server for SNMP
14.6. Using the Management Information Base
14.6.1. Operations Table
14.6.2. Entries Table
14.6.3. Entity Table
14.6.4. Interaction Table

The server and database activity monitoring log setup described in Chapter 13, Monitoring Server and Database Activity is specific to Directory Server. You can also monitor your Directory Server using Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP), which is a management protocol used for monitoring network activity which can be used to monitor a wide range of devices in real time.

Directory Server can be monitored with SNMP through an AgentX subagent. SNMP monitoring collects useful information about the Directory Server, such as bind information, operations performed on the server, and cache information. The Directory Server SNMP subagent supports SNMP traps to send notifications about changes in the running state of your server instances.


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