Assigning Operators To Receive Warning And Error Messages - Novell GROUPWISE 8 - ADMINISTRATION Administration Manual

Before you can monitor the Internet Agent through an SNMP management console, you must
compile the Internet Agent's MIB (Management Information Base) file. The Internet Agent's MIB
file, named
downloaded GroupWise 8 image, or in the GroupWise software distribution directory.
The MIB file contains all the Trap, Set, and Get variables used for communication between the
Internet Agent and management console. The Trap variables provide warnings that point to current
and potential problems. The Set variables allow you to configure portions of the application while it
is still running. The Get variables display the current status of different processes of the application.
To compile the MIB file:
1 Copy the Internet Agent MIB (
2 Compile the MIB file.
3 Create a profile that uses the Internet Agent MIB, then select that profile.
49.5 Assigning Operators to Receive Warning
and Error Messages
You can select GroupWise users to receive warning and error messages issued by the Internet
Agent. Whenever the agent issues a warning or error, these users, called operators, receive a
message in their mailboxes. You can specify one or more operators.
An operator can also shut down the Internet Agent by sending a mail message addressed as follows:
gwia:shutdown
where gwia is your Internet Agent's name.
To assign an operator:
1 In ConsoleOne, right-click the Internet Agent object, then click Properties.
2 Click GroupWise > Gateway Administrators to display the Gateway Administrators page.
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, is located in the
gwia.mib
gwia.mib
directory on the GroupWise 8 DVD or
agents\snmp
) to the SNMP management console's MIB directory.