NetXMS Support Forum

Hello all!

Version 0.2.13 is out!
(Actually, we already found and fixed small bug in console, so it's now 0.2.13-hf1).

Changes from previous version:

- Implemented central (stored on server) agent configs
- Agent ported to IPSO
- Added installer command line options for unattended installation of
  Windows agent
- New MIBs added: S5-ETH-MULTISEG-TOPOLOGY-MIB, BN-IF-EXTENSIONS-MIB
- Server startup and shutdown procedures improved
- Added detection of lost database connections and automatic reconnect
- Native operating system read/write locks used whenever possible
- Added possibility to use alarm message text in actions (if action executed by
  the same event processing rule as alarm)
- Better handling of interface names of Nortel ethernet switches
- SNMP trap varbinds now can be mapped to event parameters not only by OID,
  but also by position in trap PDU
- Windows binaries built against OpenSSL 0.9.8b
- Windows console:
  - DCI history data viewer improved
  - Graphs improved
- nxsnmpset utility improved
- nxevent: added -e command line option to turn on session encryption
- Implemented parameter UPS.Load for BCM/XCP compatible devices
- Fixed issues: #4, #20, #47, #67, #79, #80, #91, #92, #93, #94, #95, #96, #97,
                #98, #99, #100, #101, #102, #103

Best regards,
Victor

Is there any messages in log file or system event log? Also, try to run

nxdbmgr check

to check database consistency.

Best regards,
Victor

Hello!

Short instruction how to get an alarm from SNMP trap:

1. Create new event that will be generated on trap receive: go to Control Panel -> Events and select New.
2. Create trap matching record:
2.1. Go to Control Panel -> SNMP Traps
2.2. Select New and enter EMC trap OID - for example, 1.3.6.1.4.1.1139.1.1 for emcDeviceStatusTrap
2.3. Select your newly created event as event to be generated
2.4. Add variable bindings if needed: I don't now what variables EMC devices send, but if, for example, trap contains emcSymDevStats variable, enter 1.3.6.1.4.1.1139.1.1.1.12 as variables OID. You can use values of variables in your event text by using macros %2, %3, and so on.
3. Add alarm generation: go to Control Panel -> Event Processing Policy, add new rule, select your new event, select "generate alarm" and enter %m as alarm text. As soon as you save your policy, system will generate alarms for each SNMP trap with given OID. Of course, you can use all event processing mechanisms for events generated from SNMP traps - run scripts, send e-mails, etc.

Some useful hints:

1. You can set server's parameter LogAllSNMPTraps to 1, and then use View -> SNMP Trap Log to observe all received traps with all variables. This can be useful if you are not sure what variables are attached to the traps or exact trap OIDs used.
2. System will not process traps from unknown devices, so you have to register your EMC device as a node.

Hope this helps!

Best regards,
Victor

Hi all!

NetXMS version 0.2.12 is out!

Changes from previous version:

- Added possibility to define complicated conditions using "condition" objects
- Implemented RADIUS authentication for NetXMS users
- Added support for compressed MIB files
- New MIBs added: ENTITY-MIB
- Added support for DRBD device monitoring
- Windows console: Event editor improved
- UPS subagent:
  - Redesigned to improve stability and performance
  - Added parameter UPS.OnlineStatus
  - Fixed problem with occasional APC UPS disconnections
- Fixed issues: #89

Best regards,
Victor

Hello!

See reply in Installation board.

Best regards,
Victor

Hello!

To compile NetXMS on Windows, you have to have the following packages and libraries:

1. Latest Microsoft Platform SDK
2. OpenSSL library. Currently we use 0.9.8a, but any other recent version should be ok.
3. Scintilla library (used only by GUI components)
4. ZLib
5. Microsoft Speech SDK (used only by GUI components)
6. Windows DDK (XP or 2003 version)
7. GD library (used only by nxhttpd)

Everything should be built with VC++ 6.0.

Hope this helps!

Also, we are starting to provide commercial NetXMS support. Detailed information will be published on our web site very soon, so you can contact us if you ar interested.

Best regards,
Victor

NetXMS Forum is open! I hope it will be useful.

Victor