Documentation forSolarWinds Platform

Search for traps in the Trap Viewer (deprecated)

This SolarWinds Platform topic applies to the following products if you are NOT using the Orion Log Viewer to monitor SNMP traps.

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As of SolarWinds Platform 2022.3, SNMP Trap Viewer is no longer available and the Traps view was replaced by SolarWinds Platform Log Viewer. See View logs and events with the SolarWinds Platform Log Viewer.

You can search collected trap messages and format the search results list in the Trap Viewer.

  1. Click Start > All Programs > SolarWinds Orion > Trap Viewer.
  2. Click View > Search Traps.
  3. Enter search criteria, and click Search Database.
  4. To group messages for easier navigation, select the type of grouping from the Grouping list.
  5. To limit the number of displayed messages, enter or select a number in the Maximum number of messages to display field.
  6. To view messages that meet your search criteria as they arrive, select a number for the Auto Refresh Every number seconds field.

    Auto Refresh is only available when you are viewing current messages. The Date / Time Range must be set to Today, Last 24 Hours, Last 2 Hours, or Last Hour.

  7. To hide the search criteria pane, toggle the pane open and closed by clicking the double up arrows in the top right of the page.

You can now see the traps according to your settings.