SNMP issues
SNMP is the most commonly used method to monitor the health of NetScaler and the services configured on it. It involves polling specific strings, called OIDs (Object Identifiers), that represent various NetScaler properties such as interface stats, or NetScaler entities such as vServers and services, using external tools to monitor health and performance characteristics.
The NetScaler eDocs cover how to set SNMP using the various versions (SNMP v1, v2, v3), but at a basic level, you need the following configuration:
An external SNMP manager, or your own PC if you use an SNMP browser.
The SNMP MIB (Management Information Base), which contains, in a tree-like structure, all the properties of NetScaler and its objects that you can poll, and what their OIDs are. These are located in the
/netscaler/snmp/folder. You can also download the MIB files from the GUI:
SNMP community configuration, which needs to match what is configured on the server side.
Adding the SNMP Manager on the NetScaler...
