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Monitoring Remote Windows computers via SNMP with TOP Server

If you are looking to use TOP Server to monitor another computer’s SNMP data, you will need to ensure that the Microsoft Windows SNMP Agent Service component is installed and configured on the TOP Server machine. This service was included before Windows 8 and Server 2012, and has been added back in Windows 10 Version 1809.

The SNMP Agent Service component can be downloaded here.

Configuring the SNMP Agent Service

  1. Go to Start > Control Panel > Administrative Tools and then click Computer Management.
  2. In the console tree, expand Services and Applications, and then click Services.
  3. In the right pane, double-click SNMP Service.
  4. Click the Agent tab.
  5. Type the name of the user or administrator of the computer in the Contact box, and then type the physical location of the computer or contact in the Location box.
    • These comments are treated as text and are optional.
  6. Under Service, click to select the check boxes next to the services that are provided by your computer. Service options are:
    • Physical: Specifies whether the computer manages physical devices, such as a hard disk partition.
    • Applications: Specifies whether the computer uses any programs that send data by using TCP/IP.
    • Datalink and subnetwork: Specifies whether this computer manages a TCP/IP subnetwork or datalink, such as a bridge.
    • Internet: Specifies whether this computer acts as an IP gateway (router).
    • End-to-end: Specifies whether this computer acts as an IP host.
  7. Click OK.