I’m forwarding DataMiner alarms via SNMP to an external system where a Kafka producer builds the alarm payload. One of the mandatory fields we need in Kafka is the Element Name.
However, in SNMP Forwarding → Custom bindings, the Element Name is not available in the binding list or the Add… —only fields like Element ID, Element type, and Element description which are usually empty in our alarm console. I understand that Element Name is not part of the original SNMP trap, but it is still required by the external interface receiving all of DM alarms .
Any guidance or best practice would be appreciated.
Just did a quick test and see that 'Element name' is available via the System Name binding. Hope it helps.
Hi,
I had a quick look and indeed, the element name is not included in the bindings. A possible option is to include the element name in another place. For example, you could add the element name in the description:
Another option is to include the element name in an element property.
Hope it helps.