Monitoring AIX with SNMP

For AIX 5.2 or later.

As root, edit /etc/snmpdv3.conf.

#         communityName securityName securityLevel netAddr    netMask   storageType
COMMUNITY public        public       noAuthNoPriv   0.0.0.0   0.0.0.0      -

#         groupName securityModel securityName storageType
VACM_GROUP nagios   SNMPv1          public       -

#         viewName      viewSubtree  viewMask  viewType  storageType
VACM_VIEW internetView  internet       -       included     -

# or in OID notation
#VACM_VIEW internetView  1.3.6.1  -  included  -

#           groupName contextPrefix contextMatch securityLevel securityModel readView   writeView notifyView    storageType
VACM_ACCESS  nagios     -             -          noAuthNoPriv   SNMPv1      internetView    -     internetView      -

stopsrc -s snmpd
startsrc -s snmpd