Copy the skel.snmprec file to the desired filename this must start with the os name. This skel.snmprec file contains empty sysDescr and sysObjectID entries.
Data file format is optimized to be compact, human-readable and inexpensive to parse. It's also important to store full and exact response information in a most intact form. Here's an example data file content:
1.3.6.1.2.1.1.1.0|4|Linux 2.6.25.5-smp SMP Tue Jun 19 14:58:11 CDT 2007 i686 1.3.6.1.2.1.1.2.0|6|1.3.6.1.4.1.8072.3.2.10 1.3.6.1.2.1.1.3.0|67|233425120 1.3.6.1.2.1.2.2.1.6.2|4x|00127962f940 1.3.6.1.2.1.4.22.1.3.2.192.21.54.7|64x|c3dafe61 There is a pipe-separated triplet of OID-tag-value items where:
OID is a dot-separated set of numbers. Tag is a BER-encoded ASN.1 tag. When value is hexified, an 'x' literal is appended. Reference to a variation module can also be embedded into tag. Value is either a printable string, a number or a hexifed value. Valid tag values and their corresponding ASN.1/SNMP types are:
| type | value |
|---|---|
| Integer32 | 2 |
| OCTET STRING | 4 |
| NULL | 5 |
| OBJECT IDENTIFIER | 6 |
| IpAddress | 64 |
| Counter32 | 65 |
| Gauge32 | 66 |
| TimeTicks | 67 |
| Opaque | 68 |
| Counter64 | 70 |