Using the ZENworks for Servers 3 MIB Browser

ZENworks for Servers 3 provides an extremely useful tool to help you navigate and manage the SNMP-manageable nodes in the management database. The following sections discuss MIBs, how to start the MIB browser, and how to use it to view the management database.

Understanding MIBs

An MIB is a text file that contains specifically formatted data that describes the management information on a particular class of an SNMP-manageable device. Each SNMP-manageable device has a specific standard to which it adheres. The MIB file is simply a definition of that standard.

ZENworks for Servers 3 compiles most of the MIBs that you need to manage your network. You can, however, use the MIB Compiler to add or remove files from the MIB pool. You may want to compile an MIB from Cisco, for example, so that you can manage and receive SNMP traps from those types of devices in the ZENworks for Servers console. Follow these steps from the management console to compile the MIBs:

  1. Select a ZENworks for Servers 3 management site object from the Atlas view in ConsoleOne.

  2. Right-click the object and select Properties from the pop-up menu.

  3. Select the MIB Pool tab.

  4. Click the Modify Pool button to bring up the Add/Remove MIBs dialog box.

  5. Select the MIBs that you want to remove and click the Remove button.

  6. Click the Add button and navigate to the .MIB files you want to add.

  7. Click the Compile button to compile the files with the .MIB extension and add them to the database.

  8. Click the Close button to return to the management site properties page.

Starting the MIB Browser

The MIB browser enables you to select objects that you want to display and then queries the node to obtain the data objects. It then periodically pools the node to update the information. After it obtains the data object from the node, it enables you to walk through a tree of data objects in the MIB Tree Browser pane and displays the data about the object in the pane below.

Follow these steps from the management console to access the MIB browser:

  1. Select an SNMP-manageable node in the ZENworks for Servers 3 namespace.

  2. Select File Actions MIB Browser from the main menu to bring up the MIB Browser window, as shown in Figure A.1.

    Figure A.1. MIB browser of an SNMP-manageable server object in ConsoleOne.

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  3. Click the + sign next to container objects in the MIB Tree Browser pane to expand them and walk through the MIB objects.

  4. View the description of the object in the pane below.

Viewing Tables of Scalar Objects

You can view tables of the scalar objects in the MIB and their dynamically updated values from the MIB browser. This enables you to see how the object data is being updated in the database.

Follow these steps from the MIB browser to view a table of scalar objects that you want to monitor:

  1. Navigate through the MIB tree until you find the scalar object(s) that you want to monitor. If you want to monitor more than one object, you must select the container object; otherwise, select the scalar object itself.

  2. Click the Display Data as Scalar Table button (fourth from left), as shown in Figure A.1.

  3. From the Scalar Table view, shown in Figure A.2, select any object you do not want to monitor and click the Remove button to narrow your view down.

    Figure A.2. Scalar Table view of scalar objects from the MIB browser in ConsoleOne.

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  4. Save the settings profile so that the next time you browse through the tree you can select the same Scalar view.

  5. Close the Scalar Table view window when you're finished.



Novell's ZENworks for Servers 3. Administrator's Handbook
Novell's ZENworks for Servers 3. Administrator's Handbook
ISBN: 789729865
EAN: N/A
Year: 2003
Pages: 137

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