remotely configure SNMP on Windows 2003

I have about 1000 servers I need to configure the community on SNMP. In
stead of logging into each server and manually making the change I tried to
change it via GPO. But there are only 3 fields in GPO but it's not granular
enough.
I need to modify:
1. the public community
2. Trap destinations (can be done via gpo)
3. Under security, accepted community names with read/write ability (can
only get read from gpo)
4. Accept SNMP packets from these hosts (default is localhost i want to
change that to an IP address)

I also tried configuring a server and exporting the SNMP registry keys but
even that doesn't configure everything when I import it to a new machine.

I've also looked for 3rd party utils but haven't found much for the wild
world of windows.

Thanks,
Dave

Hello,

the 4. can be done through GPO

You may use process monitor to capture registry changes when you do it from
the services.msc tab.

Looks strange that you go this way for this numbers of servers. I would
expect SCOM or things like this to manage this number of server, instead of
just SNMP.



--
Cordialement,
Mathieu CHATEAU
English blog: http://lordoftheping.blogspot.com
French blog: http://www.lotp.fr


"DavidM" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:6644782E-B0DB-4253-BC5A-(E-Mail Removed)...
>I have about 1000 servers I need to configure the community on SNMP. In
> stead of logging into each server and manually making the change I tried
> to
> change it via GPO. But there are only 3 fields in GPO but it's not
> granular
> enough.
> I need to modify:
> 1. the public community
> 2. Trap destinations (can be done via gpo)
> 3. Under security, accepted community names with read/write ability (can
> only get read from gpo)
> 4. Accept SNMP packets from these hosts (default is localhost i want to
> change that to an IP address)
>
> I also tried configuring a server and exporting the SNMP registry keys but
> even that doesn't configure everything when I import it to a new machine.
>
> I've also looked for 3rd party utils but haven't found much for the wild
> world of windows.
>
> Thanks,
> Dave

Mathieu,

How do you set #4 up in GPO? I haven't been able to find that option. It's
not under SNMP.

The reason I'm doing this isn't so much to manage the servers. I'm setting
up DellOpenManageIT which requires SNMP. Mostly it monitors the server
hardware and notifies you if anything goes wrong.

Thanks,
Dave

"Mathieu CHATEAU" wrote:

> Hello,
>
> the 4. can be done through GPO
>
> You may use process monitor to capture registry changes when you do it from
> the services.msc tab.
>
> Looks strange that you go this way for this numbers of servers. I would
> expect SCOM or things like this to manage this number of server, instead of
> just SNMP.
>
>
>
> --
> Cordialement,
> Mathieu CHATEAU
> English blog: http://lordoftheping.blogspot.com
> French blog: http://www.lotp.fr
>
>
> "DavidM" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:6644782E-B0DB-4253-BC5A-(E-Mail Removed)...
> >I have about 1000 servers I need to configure the community on SNMP. In
> > stead of logging into each server and manually making the change I tried
> > to
> > change it via GPO. But there are only 3 fields in GPO but it's not
> > granular
> > enough.
> > I need to modify:
> > 1. the public community
> > 2. Trap destinations (can be done via gpo)
> > 3. Under security, accepted community names with read/write ability (can
> > only get read from gpo)
> > 4. Accept SNMP packets from these hosts (default is localhost i want to
> > change that to an IP address)
> >
> > I also tried configuring a server and exporting the SNMP registry keys but
> > even that doesn't configure everything when I import it to a new machine.
> >
> > I've also looked for 3rd party utils but haven't found much for the wild
> > world of windows.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Dave
>
>

Hello,

We set up too openmanage and it query correctly our servers without any
write community access.



--
Cordialement,
Mathieu CHATEAU
English blog: http://lordoftheping.blogspot.com
French blog: http://www.lotp.fr


"DavidM" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:596DA1E3-C85E-4D4A-A8C4-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Mathieu,
>
> How do you set #4 up in GPO? I haven't been able to find that option.
> It's
> not under SNMP.
>
> The reason I'm doing this isn't so much to manage the servers. I'm
> setting
> up DellOpenManageIT which requires SNMP. Mostly it monitors the server
> hardware and notifies you if anything goes wrong.
>
> Thanks,
> Dave
>
> "Mathieu CHATEAU" wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> the 4. can be done through GPO
>>
>> You may use process monitor to capture registry changes when you do it
>> from
>> the services.msc tab.
>>
>> Looks strange that you go this way for this numbers of servers. I would
>> expect SCOM or things like this to manage this number of server, instead
>> of
>> just SNMP.
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Cordialement,
>> Mathieu CHATEAU
>> English blog: http://lordoftheping.blogspot.com
>> French blog: http://www.lotp.fr
>>
>>
>> "DavidM" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:6644782E-B0DB-4253-BC5A-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> >I have about 1000 servers I need to configure the community on SNMP. In
>> > stead of logging into each server and manually making the change I
>> > tried
>> > to
>> > change it via GPO. But there are only 3 fields in GPO but it's not
>> > granular
>> > enough.
>> > I need to modify:
>> > 1. the public community
>> > 2. Trap destinations (can be done via gpo)
>> > 3. Under security, accepted community names with read/write ability
>> > (can
>> > only get read from gpo)
>> > 4. Accept SNMP packets from these hosts (default is localhost i want to
>> > change that to an IP address)
>> >
>> > I also tried configuring a server and exporting the SNMP registry keys
>> > but
>> > even that doesn't configure everything when I import it to a new
>> > machine.
>> >
>> > I've also looked for 3rd party utils but haven't found much for the
>> > wild
>> > world of windows.
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> > Dave
>>
>>