Re: snmp traps every 5 min

The trap you are seeing is from the VMWARE-CIMOM-MIB.

VMWARE-CIMOM-MIB    vmwCimOmHeartbeat              notification 1.3.6.1.4.1.6876.4.90.0.401

http://pubs.vmware.com/vsphere-50/topic/com.vmware.cimsdk.smashref.doc_50/class_VMware_CIMHeartbeat.html

Changing to sensors is not a good idea as then the individual traps for fan, power supply, etc won't show up

That leaves these choices:

1. Filter out the trap (vicfg-snmp --notrap  1.3.6.1.4.1.6876.4.90.0.401

This configuration command tells the agent what traps not to send, it can be a list separated by a comma (trap-id1,trapid2,...)

2. Change the periodicity of the CIM Heartbeat (default is 5 minutes)

-- I searched for the steps to do that, but came up flat. Will update the post shortly.