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awget-Retrieve a MIB Attribute Value

Valid on UNIX/Linux, Windows, z/OS

awget retrieves the value of the specified instance of a MIB attribute. If you use the -o option, the attribute's OID is printed followed by the OID value.

UNIX/Linux, z/OS

Many UNIX/Linux nodes have a MIB II-compliant SNMP agent built into the operating system, as does z/OS. These agents are hard coded to listen for manager requests on UDP port number 161. To prevent port conflicts between the operating system agent and your agent, the SNMP Administrator defaults to listening for requests on UDP port number 6665.

Windows

install-path\services\bin

UNIX/Linux, z/OS

install-path/services/bin

z/OS JCL

prefix.MFNSM.CAW0JCL(AWGET)

This command has the following format:

awget [-h hostname] [-c community] [-p service] [-o] OID [-t timeout]

-h hostname

Specifies the host name or IP address of the system on which the agent is running.

Default: local node

-c community

Specifies the name of any valid community in the agent's configuration.

If you want to retrieve the MIB attribute value from a specific instance of an agent, then you must postfix the community string with the @ sign, followed by the specific agent instance name.

Default: public

-p service

Specifies a name in the /etc/services file that translates to a port number, or the number of the UDP port where the agent listens for incoming requests. This value must match that used by the SNMP Administrator.

Default: 6655 for z/OS

-o OID

Specifies the object identifier of a specific instance of any attribute in the agent MIB.

-t timeout

Specifies a maximum time value (in seconds) this program waits for a response to an SNMP request before exiting.

Default: 10 seconds