Copying And Compiling The Notes Gateway Mib File; Configuring The Notes Gateway For Snmp Monitoring - Novell GROUPWISE 7 GATEWAY - INSTALLATION AND ADMINISTRATION Installation And Administration Manual

Copying and Compiling the Notes Gateway MIB File

An SNMP-enabled Notes Gateway returns information contained in a Management Information
Base (MIB). The MIB is an ASCII data structure that defines the information gathered. It also
defines the properties that can be monitored and managed on the SNMP-enabled Notes Gateway.
You can view the contents of the Notes Gateway MIB for a description of the SNMP variables
available for it. The Notes Gateway MIB is located in the
Before you can monitor an SNMP-enabled Notes Gateway, you must compile the
using your SNMP management program.

Configuring the Notes Gateway for SNMP Monitoring

In order for SNMP monitoring programs to monitor the Notes Gateway, the Notes Gateway must
be configured with a network address and SNMP community string.
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Copy the ngwln.mib file from the domain\wpgate\notes directory to the location required by
your SNMP management program.
ZENworks for Servers users can copy the ngwln.mib file to the \agents\snmp directory in the
GroupWise software distribution directory.
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Compile or import the ngwln.mib file as required by your SNMP management program.
For example, to compile the ngwln.mib file for ZENworks for Servers:
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In ConsoleOne, right-click the Site Server object, then click Properties > MIB Pool.
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Click Modify Pool > Add.
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Browse to and select the ngwln.mib file, then click OK.
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Click Compile.
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To make sure that the Windows server where the Notes Gateway is running is configured
to send SNMP traps to the ZENworks for Servers Site Server, add the IP address or host
name of the Site Server to the list of trap destinations.
From the Windows 2000/2003 Control Panel, double-click Administrative Tools, then
click Services > SNMP Service > Properties > Traps.
Refer to your SNMP management program documentation for specific instructions.
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Browse to and right-click the Notes Gateway object, then click Properties.
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Click GroupWise > Network Address to display the Network Address page.
domain\wpgate\notes directory.
ngwln.mib file
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