VM ESXi SNMP Failed - An error occurred during host configuration.

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Boris Levenzon
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SSH into the host you might need to enable SSH temporarily: select the host click to configure and scroll to services on the left, select SSH and click the green play/start button on top

  • cd /etc/vmware

  • cp snmp.xml snamp.xml.bkup

  • rm -f snmp.xml

  • vi snmp.xml

paste this in:

<?xml version='1.0' encoding='ISO-8859-1'?>
<config>
<snmpSettings>
<enable>true</enable>
<port>161</port>
<syscontact></syscontact>
<syslocation></syslocation>
<EnvEventSource>indications</EnvEventSource>
<communities>public</communities>
<loglevel>info</loglevel>
<authProtocol></authProtocol>
<privProtocol></privProtocol>
</snmpSettings>
</config>

Save and close the file ":wq"

  • To start the SNMP service using the vSphere Client:
  • Click the host.
  • Click the Configuration tab.
  • Select Security Profile and then click the Services Properties tab.
  • Click the SNMP service, and then click Options.
  • Click Start.
  • Click OK.
  • Click OK.
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