How to configure VMware ESXI Snmp for Monitoring

One of the most affordable methods to monitor ESXi hosts is using built-in functionality and Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP).

ESXi SNMP configuration requires SSH access to ESXi hosts, configuring SNMP agents, and allowing access in the ESXi firewall. ESXi monitoring allows you to react in time if any issues are detected and improve the overall service availability.

This video covers ESXi SNMP configuration and explains how to enable SNMP on ESXi hosts.

To enable SNMP on ESXi:
1.Enable Secure Shell (SSH)

2.Configure SNMP
Commands used in the video:
– esxcli system snmp get
– esxcli system snmp set –communities aminos
– esxcli system snmp set –targets=192.168.1.75@161/aminos
– esxcli system snmp set –-syscontact [email protected]
– esxcli system snmp set –enable true
– esxcli system snmp get

3.Configure ESXi Firewall
Commands used in the video:
– esxcli network firewall ruleset set –ruleset-id snmp –allowed-all false
– esxcli network firewall ruleset allowedip add –ruleset-id snmp –ip-address 192.168.1.0/24
– esxcli network firewall ruleset set –ruleset-id snmp –enabled true

To verify run the command below in the Linux machine:
snmpwalk -v2c -c aminos 192.168.101.202

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