Testing SNMP attribute groups

You can test the SNMP attribute group that you created within Agent Builder.

Procedure

You can start the Testing procedure in the following ways:
- During agent creation click Test on the Simple Network Management Protocol Information page.
  Note:
  If the SNMP object selected contains more than one attribute group, you are prompted to select the attribute group to test.
- After agent creation, select an attribute group on the Agent Editor Data Source Definition page and click Test. For more information about the Agent Editor, see Using the Agent Editor to modify the agent
After you click Test in one of the previous two steps, the SNMP Test settings window opens.
Select an existing connection from Connection name or click Add and you are prompted to select a connection type. Alternatively select an existing connection to use as a template, by using the Create Connection Wizard
After you select a connection type or an existing connection, click Next to complete the SNMP connection properties. When complete click Finish to return to the SNMP Test settings window.
Optional: Before you start testing, you can set environment variables and configuration properties. For more information, see (Attribute group testing).
Click Start Agent. A window indicates that the Agent is starting.
To simulate a request from Tivoli® Enterprise Portal or SOAP for agent data, click Collect Data. The agent queries the configured SNMP connection for data.
The Test Settings window collects and shows any data in the agent's cache since it was last started.
Optional: Click Check Results if the returned data is not as you expected.
The Data Collection Status window opens and shows you more information about the data. The data that is collected and shown by the Data Collection Status window is described in Performance Object Status node
Stop the agent by clicking Stop Agent.
Click OK or Cancel to exit the Test Settings window. Clicking OK saves any changes that you made.