SNMP Trap Target Policy

In ZENworks for Desktops 4, the Application Launcher has been enhanced to send an SNMP message to a central server that stores these messages and enables you to print reports on the traps. These traps can identify whether an application was successfully distributed; if not, it identifies the potential problem with the distribution.

NOTE

This policy used to be in the Container Policy Package in previous versions of ZENworks for Desktops.

The SNMP trap targets policy identifies the location of the service accepting and recording the SNMP messages from the Application Launcher. In previous versions of ZENworks for Desktops, you had to place the database service as an SNMP trap target policy in order to receive Application Launcher events. This is no longer necessary, as the Application Launcher can write directly to the database.

Figure 11.3 displays the SNMP Trap Policy tab on the SNMP Trap Targets page, accessed from the Service Location Object window in ConsoleOne. The service on the workstation walks the tree to find this policy and uses the service location stored in this policy as the destination of the SNMP messages.

Figure 11.3. The SNMP Trap Policy tab of the SNMP Trap Targets policy page.

Once you have opened the policy page, you can add as many trap targets as you desire. The service on the workstation sends the SNMP message to all of the specified trap targets. Use the Add button to specify whether the destination can be achieved with an IP address, an IPX address, or a DNS name. After selecting the type, a dialog box comes up for you to enter either the address or the DNS name of the target service.