Windows – SNMP Trap receipt and processing on Windows Server 2003

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Without installing any extra software or monitoring applications, can I configure Windows Server 2003 to receive SMNP Traps from our UPS and, based on the message, perform actions (send shutdown commands to non-key servers, initiate scripts, etc).

I've got the SNMP Service and the SNMP Trap Service running on the server. Port 123 is not listening (I've got to figure out if that is a GP security policy pushed from higher-up IT (is that supposed to be TCP or UDP?)). The Community Name is set. And our APC Symmetra system is ready for me to tell it where to send the SNMP Traps.

Using already on the system tools (small executables and plugins are usually OK depending on where they come from), is this possible?

Best Answer

You're going to need additional software.

The SNMP trap receiver in the "SNMP Trap Service" in Windows Server 2003 can receive traps from other machines but can only forward them to another destination. It's less of a "trap receiver" and more of a "trap proxy".