Time for action – configuring the Windows SNMP service
Logon to your Windows system as an administrator.
Go to Start then to Administrative Tools and click on Services.
Look for the SNMP Service and right-click on it.
Select Properties and make sure the Startup type is set to Automatic.
Select the Agent tab and enter the Contact and Location information.
Select the Security tab and add some Community names and your Cacti server's IP address to the list at the bottom.
Click on Apply and then on Ok.
Restart the SNMP Service to activate the changes you made.
What just happened?
You just configured your Windows SNMP service. You can now add this Windows server to Cacti and start polling some of the basic SNMP information provided such as hard disk space and interface statistics.
WMI setup
WMI is secured by the normal Windows security methods, therefore you'll need to create a dedicated WMI user and assign it the appropriate access rights to WMI. In this case you're creating a local user account...
