Enable and configure SNMP on VMware ESXi 5

Here we are, VMware ESXi 5 is installed on the Z68 motherboard. One of the first thing to do is enable SNMP to be able to actually get remote information on what happens to the beast :) Later on, we’ll be able to get pretty graphs to show how the virtual infrastructure lives.

Here’s how I did enable and configure SNMP on my ESXi. This is the free instance, without any vCenter.
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Monitor the Airport Extreme with Munin

I already configured Munin to monitor my Synology DS409slim. Today, I’m going to configure Munin to monitor my Apple Airport Extreme, using SNMP.
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Monitor a Synology NAS with Munin

My Synology DiskStation DS409slim is, via the DSM software, SNMP aware. This means I can poll it to get some information using a SNMP capable monitoring system. This is how I configured Munin to grab some metrics from the NAS.

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