Sybase Adaptive Server Anywhere SNMP Extension Agent, User Manual

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Chapter 1. The Adaptive Server Anywhere SNMP Extension Agent
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To restart the Adaptive Server Anywhere SNMP Extension Agent
1. Using your SNMP management tool, change the value of the
asaAgent.asaRestart property,
1.3.6.1.4.1.897.2.3.6
, to 1.
You can obfuscate the contents of the
asasnmp.ini file with simple
encryption using the File Hiding utility (dbfhide).
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For more information, see “Hiding the contents of .ini files”
[ASA
Database Administration Guide, page 524]
.
The ASAAgent section
The ASAAgent section of the asasnmp.ini file contains a TrapPollTime field
with information about the Adaptive Server Anywhere Extension Agent. If
the TrapPollTime field is not required, you can omit the entire section.
TrapPollTime
This value specifies the poll frequency for dynamic traps if
they are specified. The Adaptive Server Anywhere SNMP Extension Agent
polls the values every 5 seconds by default. Setting this value to 0 disables
dynamic traps. This field is optional.
The DBn section Each DB
n section of the asasnmp.ini file describes a database, how to
connect to it, and any dynamic traps that exist for the database. The fields in
this section are case sensitive.
The value for
n is a number that identifies the database. The numbers must
start with 1, and numbers cannot be skipped. For example, if the asasnmp.ini
file contained entries for [DB1], [DB2], and [DB4], the [DB4] entry would
be ignored because the file is missing the entry for [DB3].
ConnStr
The connection string used to connect to the database. You must
supply enough information to be able to connect to the database. This field is
required.
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If you want to use an ODBC data source to connect to the database, it
must be a
system data source, not a user data source.
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If you want to use an integrated login, you must map to the SYSTEM
account because the SNMP Agent runs as a service. However, this means
that anything that runs as a service can then connect to the database
without a password. Alternatively, you can change the account that the
service runs under and then create an integrated login for that account.
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The string
ASTART=NO;IDLE=0;CON=SNMP;ASTOP=NO
is prepended to
the connection string. This string does the following:
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prevents the Adaptive Server Anywhere SNMP Extension Agent from
trying to autostart a database server
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disables idle timeout since it is likely that the Adaptive Server
Anywhere SNMP Extension Agent will sit idle for some time
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