Cacti 0.8 Beginner's Guide

Time for action – set up SNMP access on an ESXi 4 server

1. Go to Start , click on Run … and enter:

   cmd
   

2. Click on Ok.
3. Go to the directory where you installed the vSphere CLI:

   cd C:\Program Files\VMware\ VMware vSphere Client\bin
   

4. Change the community of the ESXi host (change the IP and user credentials):

   vicfg-snmp.pl –server esxhost –username root –password rootpwd -c public
   

   
5. Enable the SNMP agent on the server:

   vicfg-snmp.pl –server esxhost –username root –password rootpwd -E
   

6. The following message will confirm that the agent has been enabled:
   

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