VMWare ESXi : Enable SNMP

Solution:

1. SSH to ESXi server
2. Run as below command

esxcli system snmp set -r
esxcli system snmp set -c YOUR_STRING
esxcli system snmp set -p 161
esxcli system snmp set -L "City, State, Country"
esxcli system snmp set -C noc@example.comesxcli 
esxlci system snmp set -e yes

3. Finished - can test the snmp from snmp tools

Note:

• To change hostname for ESXi server

esxcli system hostname set --host=hostname
esxcli system hostname set --fqdn=fqdn 

Source : https://support.auvik.com/hc/en-us/articles/206311526-How-to-enable-SNMP-on-a-VMware-ESXi-hypervisor