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Windows 2003/XP/2000

If possible, it is preferable to use the native Windows WMI protocol instead of using SNMP on Windows devices because it allows monitoring of applications and parameters that the Windows SNMP agent does not provide.

According to Microsoft Knowledge Base article, SNMP counters for storage devices (including physical and virtual memory) on Windows 2000 are not dynamically updated. Please refer to http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q295/5/87.ASP for additional information.

Installing an SNMP Agent on Windows2003/XP/2000

  1. Navigate to on Start > Settings > Control Panel.
  2. Double-click on Add/Remove Programs.
  3. Click on Add/Remove Windows Components.
  4. Click on Management and Monitoring Tools, and then click on Details.
  5. Check Simple Network Management Protocol, and then click OK.
  6. Click on Next and let the install process complete.
  7. Double-click on Administrative Tools (inside Control Panel).
  8. Double-click on Computer Management.
  9. Expand the Services and Applications tree on the left frame.
  10. Click on Services on the left frame.
  11. Double-click SNMP Service in the right frame.
  12. On the General tab, select Automatic for Startup Type.
  13. On the Security tab, click Add... for accepted community names.
  14. Leave Community Rights to read-only and pick a secure community mame. Click OK.

    Note: Remember this name, as this information will be required to configure your Win2000 machine as a Traverse device.

  15. Click OK again and close the Computer Management and Control Panel windows.

For additional reference, please refer to http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q237/2/95.ASP.

Note: Recently Microsoft has released service pack 4 for Windows 2000 which fixes a problem where the disk utilization for the Windows 2000 host does not change. If you are monitoring disk utilization on Windows 2000 workstations/servers using Traverse, we recommend that you apply service pack 4 at your earliest convenience. This will ensure that you receive the correct utilization information, which also affects trend analysis for capacity planning.