[SNMP4J] SNMP doubts

[Kevin J. Schmidt]

Hi Bala,

If you'd like to run a host-based SNMP agent now, then check out
Net-SNMP (http://www.net-snmp.org). It's open source and will build
and run on most Unix platform (if you have gcc and other tools
installed).

Frank: Are you working on an SNMP4J agent? If so, will it be a tool
kit or a full-blown implementation, or?

Thanks,
-Kevin


On Thu, 31 Mar 2005 09:07:51 +0200, Frank Fock <fock at agentpp.com> wrote:
> Hi Bala,
> 
> Bala Subramaniam wrote:
> 
> >  Hi,
> >
> >  I am a newbie to SNMP . I have some basic doubts on SNMP .
> >
> >  (1) Can SNMP monitor only devices or shall we use to monitor some specific processes of an application . I mean can i make it to monitor cpu usage,load average of my application ?
> >
> >
> These basic application monitoring capabilities are provided by the
> systems agent
> through the HOST-RESOURCES-MIB. There is no need to instrument your
> application
> because this data can be provided through the operating system.
> 
> >  (2) If it is possible to monitor application through SNMP how my application will communicate with the SNMP agent?
> >
> >
> >
> By a subagent protocol like AgentX or by implementing a separate SNMP agent.
> 
> >  (3) weather application will send data on request of agent or automatically at some specific interval the data can be sent?
> >
> >
> >
> By using AgentX, data is provided on request.
> 
> >  Currently i am able to retreive information about my system using SNMP4J . But i would want to provide SNMP monitoring facility to my software . Any help would be grateful.
> >
> >
> >
> You may wait for SNMP4J-Agent or use any other Java SNMP library to
> build your
> own agent (if necessary at all - see above) or use a Java AgentX API to
> build a subagent
> (requires the OS master agent to be AgentX capable).
> 
> Best regards,
> Frank
> 
> Best regards,
> Frank
> 
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Kevin J. Schmidt
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