Configuring the SNMP settings
These settings are optional.
You can use the SNMP tab in DS-System Configuration to configure DS-System to work with SNMP for sending traps. Ensure that you have SNMP management software installed if you wish to receive and handle the trap information.
For more information on SNMP refer to the Windows Help.
The SNMP tab allows you configure DS-System to work with SNMP to send traps. (You need to have SNMP management software installed if you wish to receive and handle the trap information).
DS-System can send traps as notifications in case the following events occur:
• DS-Client had errors during backup.
• DS‑Client requested a disc/tape.
• DS‑System is running on low memory (DS-System checks every 5 minutes).
• DS‑System storage drive capacity low (DS-System checks every 5 minutes).
• DS-System found invalid file(s) on storage drive.
• Customer or DS-Client storage quota reached.
• License will expire in a certain amount of time (DS-System checks every 5 minutes).
• DS-System has reached a certain percentage of the license’s storage capacity limit (DS-System checks every 5 minutes).
• (N+1 DS-System) Connection between DS-Director and Leaf was lost.
• (N+1 DS-System) N+1 formation process was successful.
• Storage has been locked for a snapshot.
For DS‑System, a trap will be sent as soon as the event is detected. DS‑System can keep sending traps at a user‑defined frequency until the problem will be solved. (Two exceptions are DS-Client had errors during backup and DS-System found invalid file(s) on storage drive. They are only sent once.)
In addition, DS‑System can be configured to send a special trap as a “heartbeat” signal (at a user‑defined frequency). This signal can be used to determine if the monitored service is running normally.
NOTE: You will require the asigra.mib file (from the DS-System installation path). This file describes how the objects are organized. Load this file with your SNMP software to receive the traps sent by DS-System.
To configure the SNMP settings:
1. On the Setup menu, click Configuration. The DS-System Configuration dialog box appears on the Defaults tab.
2. Click SNMP.
3. In the Community field, type a name and click Add to list.
4. Under the Destination host list, click Add. The Add host name or IP address dialog box appears.
5. Type a host name or IP address from your network and click OK.
6. Continue to add as many destination host names or IP addresses as you require for this community.
7. Click Event Settings.
8. In the SNMP Event Settings dialog box:
a) Select the events to be monitored.
b) Configure the notification frequency for monitored events.
c) Select Send traps as heartbeats every [...], to send traps as heartbeats. Configure the frequency of heartbeats from the drop down list.
NOTE: For OID description, refer to the asigra.mib file.
Trap contents are as follows:
Trap contents for heartbeat notifications |
timestamp | trap time | |
sender's IP address | DS-Client IP |
sender's OID | OID for “DS-System Traps” |
Varbind |
| OID | OID for the heartbeat |
Type | Integer |
Data | 0 |
Trap contents for all other notifications |
timestamp | trap time | |
sender's IP address | DS-System IP |
sender's OID | OID for “DS-System Traps” |
Varbind |
| OID | OID for the specific event |
Type | Integer |
Data is a flag | 0: New event, 1: Repeat event. |
d) Click OK.
9. In the SNMP tab, click Apply.