You can use MIB Manager to parse MIB modules and create Netcool rules files.
MIB Manager includes a set of base MIBs and RFC MIBs, in the NCHOME/omnibus/var/mibmanager/mibs directory. These MIBs are supplied to enable you to import additional MIBs. MIB Manager automatically uses these bundled MIBs to resolve dependencies during the import of new MIBs. The bundled MIB modules are visible in the MIB Modules view when you start MIB Manager for the first time.
MIB Manager also includes XML data files that represent an import of the bundled base MIBs. MIB Manager uses these XML files to store the MIB data it imports from the raw text MIB files.
Add your MIBs to a directory that can be accessed from the server from which the MIB Manager is started. All standards-based MIBs must be installed in a separate directory which can be placed in the search path for easy dependency resolution. By default, the basic SNMP MIBs are installed in the NCHOME/omnibus/var/mibmanager/mibs/base directory, and all RFC MIBs are installed in the NCHOME/omnibus/var/mibmanager/mibs/rfc directory.
The Netcool MIB Manager window
When you start MIB Manager, the following elements are displayed in the initial MIB Manager window: several elements are displayed in the initial MIB Manager window. The following figure shows these elements.
- 1 Toolbar
- Provides access to the most frequently used MIB Manager functions.
- 2 Perspectives
- You can view MIB data in one of two perspectives, MIB Manager or mib2rules. The MIB Manager perspective is the default perspective. The mib2rules perspective focuses on Object Identifiers (OIDs) and is provided for users who are familiar with the mib2rules utility.
- 3 Device view
- Use this view to create, update, and delete MIB Manager devices.
- 4 Details view and Console view
- The Details view displays the details of selected MIB elements. The Console view shows all log messages that are generated by MIB Manager while the current instance is running.
- 5 MIB Modules
- Use this view to search for and delete MIB modules, and to search for specific MIB values.
- 6 OID Tree view
- This view gives a representation of all MIB objects that are in the imported MIB modules.