vmOSType

VM-MIB · .1.3.6.1.2.1.236.1.4.1.4
Commands MIB view Table view

Object

column OctetString 
A textual description containing operating system
information installed on the virtual machine.  This
value corresponds to the operating system the hypervisor
assumes to be running when the virtual machine is
started.  This may differ from the actual operating
system in case the virtual machine boots into a
different operating system.

Context

MIB
VM-MIB
OID
.1.3.6.1.2.1.236.1.4.1.4
Type
column
Access
readonly
Status
current
Parent
vmEntry
Groups
1

Net-SNMP examples

How SNMP and these commands work

Walk the column to discover its indexed instances, or supply every index to read one instance.

Walk the column
/usr/bin/snmpbulkwalk -v2c -c '<community>' -Pud -Ir -OQUs -m 'VM-MIB' -M '/opt/observium/mibs/rfc:/opt/observium/mibs/net-snmp' 'udp:<hostname>:161' 'VM-MIB::vmOSType'
More examples
Read one indexed instance
/usr/bin/snmpget -v2c -c '<community>' -Pud -Ir -OQUv -m 'VM-MIB' -M '/opt/observium/mibs/rfc:/opt/observium/mibs/net-snmp' 'udp:<hostname>:161' 'VM-MIB::vmOSType.<vmIndex>'
Translate to a numeric OID
/usr/bin/snmptranslate -Pud -Ir -On -m 'VM-MIB' -M '/opt/observium/mibs/rfc:/opt/observium/mibs/net-snmp' 'VM-MIB::vmOSType'

Syntax

OctetString

Values & Constraints

Object Constraints
range: 0-255

Conformance

Member of
vmVirtualMachineGroup