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awbulk-Retrieve MIB Attribute Values Using GetBulk

Valid on UNIX/Linux, Windows, z/OS

awbulk retrieves MIB attribute values using GetBulk requests (available with SNMP V2C and higher), as specified in RFC 1905. If you use the -o option, the attribute's OID is printed followed by the OID value.

Windows

install-path\services\bin

UNIX/Linux, z/OS

install-path/services/bin

This command has the following format:

awbulk [-h hostname] [-p port] [-c community] [-v 1|2c|3] [-u user] 
[-a authPassword] [-x privPassword] [-s secLevel] [-P DES] [-A MD5|SHA] 
[-n contextName] [-r n_repetitions] [-t timeout] [-d level] [-f logFile] [-o] OID

-h hostname

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

Default: local node

-p port

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 the one used by the SNMP Administrator.

Default: 161

-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, you must postfix the community string with the @ sign, followed by the specific agent instance name.

Default: public

-v 1|2c|3

SNMP version.

-u user

Specifies the User ID that owns the security (valid with SNMP V3 only).

-a authPassword

Specifies the Auth password (SNMP V3 only).

-x privPassword

Specifies the Priv password (SNMP V3 only).

-s secLevel

Specifies the security level., one of the following:
1 NoAuthPriv (only Priv works)
2 AuthNoPriv (only Auth works)
3 AuthPriv (both work)

-P DES

Specifies the DES privacy encryption mechanism (SNMP V3 only). Requires specification of an authentication mechanism also (-A option).

-A MD5|SHA

Specifies which authentication mechanism to use (SNMP V3 only).

-n contextName

Specifies the MIBMUX instance name, for use with a MIBMUX (SNMP V3 only).

-r n_repetitions

Specifies the number of times the GetBulk request is repeated after the first request.

-t timeout

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

Default: 10 seconds

-d level

Debug level to use.

-f logFile

Name of the log file to use.

Default: stderr

-o OID

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