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daboochmeister
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Oct 22, 2015

Controlling which VS do/don't trigger SNMP traps

Env: LTM 11.5.3, GTM 11.5.3   Hey all - on our F5s we co-manage both production and test/QA virtual servers. The test/QA variety are naturally less stable, as the teams bring down real servers f...
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Henrik_Gyllkran
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Oct 22, 2015

My recommendation would be to put those environments in separate BIG-IP:s because there is a solution but it's kind of icky. What you would need to do is to disable the default trap in /etc/alertd/alert.conf, and then add custom traps for all the VS:es that you do want traps for in /config/user_alert.conf.

 

Read more about adding custom traps here:

 

https://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/3000/700/sol3727.html?sr=48907127

 

The reason why I say it's icky is because F5 does not recommend that you actually edit /etc/alertd/alert.conf, and it's a bit of a hassle to make sure that you have all the important VS:es covered by custom traps, but it is possible.