Chapter
7: Configure GroupWise Monitor Options
Use the following options to customize GroupWise* Monitor operations.
Configure
General Information
The General information page of the GroupWise Monitor Options dialog box
allows you to define global information about the default community name
used by SNMP and the domain GroupWise Monitor should use to discover
agents.
To configure items on the General Information page,
- From GroupWise Monitor, click Tools
Options
to display the GroupWise Monitor Options dialog box. The General tab is
displayed by default.
- Fill in the fields.
Default SNMP community: This specifies the community name
GroupWise Monitor should use whenever a community string is not
available. The default is public. The community name is case
sensitive.
Path to GroupWise domain: This specifies the path to the
domain database GroupWise Monitor should use when discovering agents
in the GroupWise system. Use the folder icon to browse for the
database location.
Preferred protocol: If the GroupWise database contains an IP
and IPX address for an agent, GroupWise Monitor will choose the
preferred protocol specified here. If only one protocol exists in the
database, GroupWise Monitor will use that protocol regardless of the
preferred protocol designated.
Configure
Update Interval
GroupWise Monitor can automatically check for changes to agents'
properties in the domain database and display those changes. The
administrator can also update agent properties
manually. The Update Agent
Properties option updates any changes made in the domain database to an
agent's name, description, address or SNMP index. See
Discover GroupWise Agents in
Chapter 2: Set up Groupwise Monitor for more information. Agents added to
GroupWise Monitor manually will not be updated.
To configure items on the Update page,
- From GroupWise Monitor, click Tools Options
to display the GroupWise Monitor Options dialog box.
- Click the Update Tab.
- Fill in the fields.
Manually: This option allows the
administrator to manually update the agent information by using the
Update Agent Properties option under the File menu. This method is
preferred to alleviate unnecessary network traffic.
Automatically: GroupWise Monitor will automatically update
the agent information at a specified interval of time.
Number box: Type a number from 1 to 999 for the number of
time units GroupWise Monitor should wait before updating the agent
information.
Units box: Use the drop down box to specify the unit of time
GroupWise Monitor should use.
Agent properties to update: Check the boxes next to the
information GroupWise Monitor should update when a change is found.
Add new agents discovered in GroupWise: By checking this
box, GroupWise will automatically add new agents to the active agent
list discovered since the last refresh. GroupWise Monitor will access
the domain database, retrieve any changes to the agents since the last
time the agents were updated, and display the new information for the
properties selected.
Configure
Trap Target List
The Trap Target List is a list of devices to whom GroupWise Monitor
should send traps. By default, GroupWise Monitor will send a trap to the
workstation on which it resides. Hence, if ManageWise* is on that
workstation, it will receive the trap and no additional trap configuration
is needed.
If ManageWise is not on the same workstation as GroupWise Monitor or
there are other devices you wish to have receive traps from GroupWise
Monitor, complete the following steps.
Add Trap
Targets
- From GroupWise Monitor, click Tools Options
to display the GroupWise Monitor Options dialog box.
- Click the Trap Targets tab to display the Trap Targets table.
Trap targets: This table displays additional trap targets
that have been defined within GroupWise Monitor.
Address: Displays the numerical or hexadecimal address of
the trap target.
Protocol: Displays the protocol being used to communicate
with the trap target.
Community: Displays the community name to which the trap
target belongs.
Add: Click the Add button to create a new trap target and
display the Trap Target dialog box.
Edit: With a trap target highlighted, click the Edit button
to display and modify the target's properties.
Remove: With a trap target highlighted, click the Remove
button to delete an action from the list.
- Click Add.
- Fill in the fields in the Trap Target dialog box.
IP, IPX: Choose the radio button adjacent to the appropriate
protocol for this agent.
Address: Enter the appropriate node address format for the
protocol chosen.
IP: 0.0.0.0
IPX:
000000:111111111111 where 000000 represents the 6-digit network
segment and 111111111111 represents the 12-digit node address.
Community: Type the SNMP community name for this agent. The
default community name is inserted into this field. The community name
is case sensitive. For information on setting the default community
name, see Configure General
Information above in this chapter.
Edit
and Delete Trap Targets
- From GroupWise Monitor, click Tools Options
to display the GroupWise Monitor Options dialog box.
- Click the Traps tab.
- Click a target in the list click
the Edit button or Remove button.
Register
Agent Types
GroupWise Monitor will only observe agents that have been registered or
identified in Agent Types. GroupWise Monitor will observe MTA, POA, and
ADA agent types by default. Other GroupWise agent types need to be
registered by following the steps below.
Before GroupWise Monitor can observe non-GroupWise SNMP agents, an agent
profile must be created for the agent. The agent will then be displayed in
the Agent Type list. See Create an
Agent Profile in Chapter 11: Monitor Other SNMP-Enabled Devices
for more information.
To register agent types,
- From GroupWise Monitor, click Tools Options
to display the GroupWise Monitor Options dialog box.
- Click the Agents tab.
- Click the box next to each agent type you wish GroupWise Monitor to
be able to observe click
OK.
- Exit and restart GroupWise Monitor for the changes to take effect.
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