Install SNMP Windows Feature and Configure SNMP in System Center Operations Manager 2012 (SCOM)

Steps:

• Install Windows Features.
• Configure SNMP Services.
• Configure SCOM.

Install Windows Features

Open up server manager.

• Once the Server Manager has initialized click on “Add roles and features”

• Leave Role-based or feature-based installation as default and click Next.

• Leave the default and then click Next.

• Click Next on the roles section.

• Scroll down on the features section until you find SNMP. Press the arrow on the left to expand it. Click both checkboxes.

• Once you have clicked the checkboxes in the previous screen then this window will come up. Click the “Add Features” button.

• Now that both are selected the Next button enables, click Next to continue.

• Click the Install button.

• Installation starting.

• Feature installation busy. You can click the Close button and monitor the install from Server Manager.

• Once the installation has completed click the close button.

Configure SNMP Services

Open up Services (you can click start -> Run -> Services.msc)

• Disable the SNMP Trap Service.
• Make sure the SNMP Service is started and set to Automatic.

• Right Click on SNMP Service and select properties.

• Click on the Security Tab.
• Click on the “Add” button.

• Select the Community Rights.
• Type in the Community Name.
• Click the Add button.

• The details will now show under the “Accepted Community Names” Section.
• Click OK.

Configure SCOM.

Open up the SCOM console.

• Step 1 -> Click on the Authoring Tab.
• Step 2 -> once the menus have refreshed click on the Rules line.

• Step 1 -> Right Click Rules.
• Step 2 -> Click on “Create a new rule”

• The “Create Rule Wizard” screen will come up as shown above.

• Expand Collection Rules -> Event Based.
• Click on SNMP Trap (Event).
• We are going to create a new management pack for rules. Click the New button as shown above.

• Step 1 -> Enter in the Name.
• Step 2 -> Click Next.

• If you want to add in a knowledge Article click the “Edit” button.
• Click on Create.
• Click Next on the following screen.

• Now we are going to create a new Rule. Step 1 -> Give the rule a name.
• Step 2 -> Click on the Select button.

• Step 1 -> In the box type in “Node” and then click on “View all Targets”. Press Enter.
• Click on “Node and then Step 2 -> Click the OK button.

• Once you have selected Node in the previous screen it will now show under the “Rule Target”
• Click the Next button.

• We cannot leave this screen blank so enter in 1.2.3.4.0.
• Click on the create button.

• Make sure you are on the Authoring Tab, have selected Rules.
• In the Look For: button type in Node.
• Scroll down till you find the type: Node and the name of the rule we just created.

• Right click on the name (Step 1)
• Click on Properties. (Step 2)

• Step 1 -> Click the Configuration Tab.
• Step 2 -> Click on the Edit button.

• Double click the object identifier we created earlier and delete the information.
• Click OK.

Discover SNMP Devices

• Step 1 -> Click the Administration tab.
• Step 2 -> Click on Discovery Rules.

• Step 1 -> Right click Discovery Rules.
• Step 2 -> Click on the Discovery Wizard option.

• Step 1 -> Click on Network Devices.
• Step 2 -> Click the Next button.

• Step 1 -> Enter in a name.
• Step 2 -> Select your management server.
• Step 3 -> Click on the “Create Resource Pool” button.

• Step 1a -> Enter in the Name for the New Resource Pool.
• Optional – > give a description.
• Step 2b -> Click Next.

• Click the “Add” Button.

• Step 1 -> Click the Search button.
• Step 2 -> Click the name of your management server.
• Step 3 -> Click the “Add” button.
• After you have completed step 3 your management server will show under the “Selected Items” section.
• Click OK.

• After adding in the info it will show in the box (as shown above). Click Next.

• Confirm the settings. Click the Create Button.

• Once it’s complete click the “Close” button.

• Now that we have created a new resource pool it will list under the “Available Pools” section.
• Click Next.

• We going to use “Recursive Directory” click the radio button.
• Click the next button.

• On Default Accounts page we need to create an account. Step 1 -> Click on the “Create Account” button.

• Step 1 -> Type in a display name.
• Step 2 -> Click Next.

• Step 1 -> Enter in the community string.
• Step 2 -> Click the “Create” button.

• The account we just created will be selected.
• Click Next.

• On this screen click the “Add” button.

• Enter in the name or IP address. Make your other selections.
• Click OK.

• The information created in the previous screen will now show under “Devices”.
• Click Next.

• Leave the default selected.
• Click Next.

• If you want to exclude any IP’s then click the “Add” button, else Click Next.

• Make your selection.
• Click the Next button.

• On the summary screen confirm your settings.
• Click the Create button.

• When the following Warning comes up, make your selection. I click Yes.

• Progress screen.

• Once it finishes we can run the discovery wizard. Leave the checkbox selected and then click the close button.

• Once you have clicked close the page above shows the progress circle.

• As seen above we now see a status of Pending.
• If you click on Network Devices Pending Management you will see any errors.

Hope it helps.