Purpose of Informix SNMP
- Event notification
You can configure an SNMP Network Manager to notify you when a specific event occurs. - Data requests
You can issue a one-time data request to compare the configuration parameters of two database servers. You can issue periodic data requests to provide statistical information for assessing database performance or resource allocation. - Traps
- Information that OnSNMP provides
All the information that OnSNMP provides is available from other sources, such as the system catalog tables, the sysmaster and sysutils databases, dbaccess calls, and the onstat utility.
Parent topic: Informix implementation of SNMP