Enable SNMP Traps on VMware ESXi 5.x

1. Make sure you have the VMware CLI tools installed

  - from the command line prompt in the CLI tools directory, enable the SNMP service:


C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI>vicfg-snmp.pl --server my.servername.or.ip
 --username root --enable

2. Set up a target (or two)

C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI>vicfg-snmp.pl --server my.servername.or.ip
. --username root -t mysnmptraptarget@162/snmptrapcommunity

3. Send a test message

C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI>vicfg-snmp.pl --server my.servername.or.ip
 --username root --test