Getting many variables at once

The getmany(ADMN) command is useful for retrieving many variables at a time. The syntax of getmany is getmany node community variable. For example, the entire system group could be retrieved using the command getmany node community system. Or, information about all interfaces attached to the node could be retrieved with the command getmany node community interfaces.

The following is an example of using getmany to get the system group.

getmany example

   # getmany paris public system
   

   Name: sysDescr.0
   Value: SNMPD Version 3.0 for SCO UNIX
   

   Name: sysObjectID.0
   Value: SCO.1.0
   

   Name: sysUpTime.0
   Value: 206730
   

   Name: sysContact.0
   Value: Trevor Jones x256
   

   Name: sysName.0
   Value: paris.cities.your_company.com
   

   Name: sysLocation.0
   Value: First Floor Computer Room
   

   Name: sysServices.0
   Value: 72

See also:

• ``Getting a variable''

• ``Getting the next OID variable''

• ``Viewing SNMP status''

• ``Using SNMP to correct problems''