VMWARE-ENV-MIB :: vmwEventDescription

MIB Reference — IPNetwork Monitor · Updated October 06, 2026

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vmwEventDescription

Module: VMWARE-ENV-MIB

OID (symbolic): VMWARE-ENV-MIB::vmwEventDescription

OID (numeric): 1.3.6.1.4.1.6876.4.20.3.1.4

Node type: OBJECT-TYPE

Type: DisplayString

Access: read-only

Description: Human readable description of this event

What is vmwEventDescription?

A human-readable description of the environmental event reported for this deprecated vmwEnvTable row. An admin read this text to understand the specific condition being reported without needing to decode the subsystem type and status codes.

Examples

Walk all instances (SNMPv2c):

snmpwalk -v2c -c public <target> 1.3.6.1.4.1.6876.4.20.3.1.4
snmpwalk -v2c -c public <target> VMWARE-ENV-MIB::vmwEventDescription

Get a specific instance (index 1):

snmpget -v2c -c public <target> 1.3.6.1.4.1.6876.4.20.3.1.4.1
snmpget -v2c -c public <target> VMWARE-ENV-MIB::vmwEventDescription.1

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OID Breakdown

Upper-level ancestors (8 from the standard OID tree / other modules)
Numeric OIDNameModule
1isoLANART-AGENT
1.3orgAirPair-MIB
1.3.6dodAirPair-MIB
1.3.6.1internetAirPair-MIB
1.3.6.1.4privateAirPair-MIB
1.3.6.1.4.1enterprisesAirPair-MIB
1.3.6.1.4.1.6876vmwareVMWARE-ROOT-MIB
1.3.6.1.4.1.6876.4vmwProductSpecificVMWARE-ROOT-MIB
Numeric OIDNameModule
1.3.6.1.4.1.6876.4.20vmwEnvVMWARE-ENV-MIB
1.3.6.1.4.1.6876.4.20.3vmwEnvTableVMWARE-ENV-MIB
1.3.6.1.4.1.6876.4.20.3.1vmwEnvEntryVMWARE-ENV-MIB
1.3.6.1.4.1.6876.4.20.3.1.4vmwEventDescriptionVMWARE-ENV-MIB