[olug] PRTG mib editing

[Hurley, Rod]

Looks like what they are saying.  Thanks for the reply.

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From: olug-bounces at olug.org [mailto:olug-bounces at olug.org] On Behalf Of Obi-Wan
Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2012 10:02 AM
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Subject: Re: [olug] PRTG mib editing

> Anyone use PRTG for SNMP monitoring?  We sent them a techsupp email (to Germany) regarding merging mibs together.  Long story short:  The mib files are just text files, readable with notepad.  Some of the files combine several sensors together into a template, but others don't.  PRTG support says you cannot combine the information to modify the templates.  Odd, considering it looks like a cut/paste job.  We obviously could just wing it, but I thought I would ping you guys first to see if anyone has done it before.

I did a lot with SNMP about 5 years ago.  My recollection is that each MIB file contains an entire hierarchy of the OID tree.  You can't simply merge multiple MIB files unless the result comprises the entire hierarchy that includes both of your merged files.

I could be wrong, though.  It's been a few years, and I didn't take the time to refresh my memory before responding.

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