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catrap Command

The catrap command can issue SNMP traps to any destination in your network. It supports all the operands accepted as Open Systems standards for an SNMP trap command and can be used interactively, through z/OS USS, UNIX and Linux shell scripts or in Windows .bat files, or as part of an automated event handling policy defined to Event Management.

The operands provided as destination and information data to the catrap command convert automatically to the Open Systems standard datagram and are sent to the trap destination.

The catrap command lets user applications, shell scripts that are part of production jobs, or Event Management policies issue SNMP traps by executing the command and passing it the arguments.

Also, unlike some other SNMP trap commands, the catrap command does not restrict itself to any particular set of ISO or enterprise management information bases (MIBs), and is totally open for use with any MIB or pseudo MIB with no dependencies on any third‑party network management components.

Note: For more information about catrapd, the catrap command, and SNMP usage, see the Reference Guide.