Setting up SNMP for ESXI Polling

The following are a list of commands needed to enable SSH and setup SNMP polling for your ESXI host.

1. Start SSH in the ESXI web GUI under Manage -> Services -> TSM-SSH.
2. SSH to the IP address of your ESXI Host and login using an admin user.
3. Paste the following into the SSH shell esxcli system snmp set –communities public
   • This sets the community to public for SNMP access.
4. Paste the following into the SSH shell esxcli system snmp set –enable true
   • This command sets the SNMP service to enabled.
5. Start the SNMP Server in the ESXI Web GUI under Manage -> Services -> snmpd