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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 OID fir the attribute is printed followed by the OID value.

UNIX/Linux, z/OS

Many UNIX/Linux nodes have a MIB II-compliant SNMP agent that is 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)

Syntax

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

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

Default: local node

-c community

Name of any valid community in the configuration for the agent.

To retrieve the MIB attribute value from a specific instance of an agent, postfix the community string with the @ sign, followed by the specific agent instance name.

Default: public

-p service

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 the value that the SNMP Administrator uses.

Default: 6655 for z/OS

-o OID

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

-t timeout

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

Default: 10 seconds