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You can override the settings set here, exclusively for the events that occur during backup or during
recovery, in the Default backup and recovery options (p. 89). In this case, the settings set here will be
effective for operations other than backup and recovery, such as archive validation or cleanup.
You can further override the settings set in the default backup and recovery options, when creating a
backup plan or a recovery task. The settings you obtain in this case will be plan-specific or task-
specific.
For detailed information about using SNMP with Acronis Backup & Recovery 10, please see "Support
for SNMP (p. 45)".
The preset is:
Disabled
.
To set up sending SNMP messages
1.
Select the
Send messages to SNMP server
check box.
2.
Specify the appropriate options as follows:
Types of events to send
– choose the types of events:
All events
,
Errors and warnings
, or
Errors only
.
Server name/IP
– type the name or IP address of the host running the SNMP management
application, the messages will be sent to.
Community
– type the name of the SNMP community to which both the host running SNMP
management application and the sending machine belong. The typical community is "public".
Click
Send test message
to check if the settings are correct.
To disable sending SNMP messages, clear the
Send messages to SNMP server
check box.
The messages are sent over UDP.
The next section contains additional information about Setting up SNMP services on the receiving
machine (p. 87).
3.3.2.3
Setting up SNMP services on the receiving machine
Windows
To install the SNMP service on a machine running Windows:
1.
Start > Control Panel > Add or Remove Programs > Add/Remove Windows Components.
2.
Select
Management and Monitoring Tools.
3.
Click
Details.
4.
Select the
Simple Network Management Protocol
check box.
5.
Click
OK.
You might be asked for lmmib2.dll that can be found on the installation disc of your operating
system.
Linux
To receive SNMP messages on a machine running Linux, the net-snmp (for RHEL and SUSE) or the
snmpd (for Debian) package has to be installed.
SNMP can be configured using the
snmpconf
command. The default configuration files are located in
the /etc/snmp directory:
