Overview Of The Directory Server Management Information Base; About The Operations Table - Netscape DIRECTORY SERVER 6.02 - ADMINISTRATOR Administrator's Manual

Overview of the Directory Server Management Information Base

Overview of the Directory Server Management
Information Base
Each Netscape server has its own MIB. The Directory Server's MIB is a file called
netscape-ldap.mib
network management for the directory. These variables are known as managed
objects. Using the directory MIB and network management software, such as HP
OpenView, you can monitor your directory like all other managed devices on your
network.
The directory MIB has the following object identifier:
iso.org.dod.internet.private.enterprises.netscape.nsldap
OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { 1.3.6.1.4.1.1450.7 }).
The object identifier is located in the
directory.
You can see administrative information about your directory and monitor the
server in real-time using the directory MIB. The directory MIB is broken into three
distinct tables of managed objects:
• Operations Table
• Entries Table
• Interaction Table
NOTE
For information on how to compile MIBs, see your SNMP product documentation.
The following sections describe the each table in detail.

About the Operations Table

The Operations Table provides statistical information about Directory Server
access, operations, and errors. Table 13-1 on page 417 describes the managed
objects stored in the Operations Table of the
416 Netscape Directory Server Administrator's Guide • May 2002
. This MIB contains definitions for variables pertaining to
Before you can use the directory's MIB, you must compile it along
with the MIBs that you will find in the following default location:
/usr/netscape/servers/plugins/snmp/mibs
/usr/netscape/servers/plugins/snmp
netscape-ldap.mib
(
nsldapd
file.