Modify the vCenter Server SNMP Configuration

To use SNMP, you must first configure the SNMP settings of the vCenter Server.

Prerequisites

Verify that you are connected to a vCenter Server system.

Procedure

  1. View the current SNMP configuration settings of the vCenter Server from the $srv variable.
    Get-AdvancedSetting –Entity $srv  –Name snmp.*
  2. Modify the SNMP receiver data.
    Get-AdvancedSetting –Entity $srv  –Name snmp.receiver.2.community | Set-AdvancedSetting –Value public
Get-AdvancedSetting –Entity $srv  –Name snmp.receiver.2.enabled | Set-AdvancedSetting –Value $true
Get-AdvancedSetting –Entity $srv  –Name snmp.receiver.2.name | Set-AdvancedSetting –Value 192.168.1.10

Results

Now you can use SNMP with vCenter Server.