STA uses Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) to monitor library activity. You must perform some SNMP configuration activities on the libraries and some on the STA server.
These procedures assume a basic understanding of SNMP and that you are using the recommended SNMP v3 protocol. The libraries send data to STA through SNMP traps and informs, and STA retrieves library configuration data through SNMP get functions. In SNMP terms, STA is a client agent and each library is a server agent.
Once the library and STA has an SNMP connection, STA generally receives data from the library continuously and without interruption. However, there are times when manual intervention is recommended or required to maintain or reestablish a connection.
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Periodically, the MySQL Event Scheduler purges processed SNMP records from the database to minimize database growth.