I want to send my eventlog via SNMP trap in order to monitor it,but something is not clear in my mind.
I saw i need to configure traps destination in SNMP service in services.msc and then I also need to add some eventlogs to send via SNMP in the evntwin tool.I some documentation I saw that I need to export my eventlog list with evntwin (export) tool to then use envtcmd to configure trap destinations.
- • How to set traps in Windows via the evntwin.exe utility Procedures in this section apply to Windows Server 2008 R2 and with minor modifications will translate well to other versions.
- I'm attempting to create a.cnf via evntwin.exe that will help me with monitoring the 150+ servers we have via snap traps. If I don't have to reinvent the wheel that wo. [SOLVED] Windows server snmp traps sample.cnf - Spiceworks.
Evntwin Exe Windows 2008 R2 Edition
Box is Windows Server 2008 (I think R2) windows-server-2008 powershell snmp. Look at evntwin.exe or, if you're more comfortable with CLI evntcmd.exe.
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Evntwin Exe Windows 2008 R2d2
So why i need evntcmd as I already configured trap destinations in service SNMP configure panel ?
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According to this technet documentation : http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb684482.aspx#_Using_ETT_to_Translate_Events_to_Tr
evntwin is used to configure the EventLog to Trap translation. It produces a config file that can then be deployed on other computers using evntcmd.
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